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October 24, 2005
A Zero Wing Rhapsody
I can't say that I fully comprehend the complex backstory behind the "All Your Base Are Belond To Us" phenomenom. I do know that this take on it is really funny:
You have to give it up to the guy for creating such a cool midi version of Bohemian Rhapsody. The creators website is here. Found via Boing Boing.
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October 23, 2005
A Very Cool Proposal
My friend Dav recently proposed to his girlfriend (now his wife) Mie after she proposed to him.
Way to go guys!
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October 14, 2005
Folder Life-Hackery
I was telling a colleague this afternoon about the way I've organized the folders on my hard-drive. It seemed like something that might be helpful to others out there, so I put together a quick "how to" as a kind of Karmic "thanks" for all of the "Getting Things Done" lifehacks I've gotten from sites like 43 Folders and Lifehacker. (It's a "Mac specific" tip... sorry WinX users... though quite possibly the unzipped folders might work fine on your machine.)
First, unzip the following file to your desktop. (Option click to download / Double click to unzip once it's there).
It'll look like this:
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Open up a finder window. Make sure that you have it set to "Pane View".
Drag the "_Files_&_Folders" folder from your Desktop into your "Documents" folder on the left hand side of the finder window. It should look like this when you're through:
Drag the "_Files_&_Folders" folder from the "Documents" folder to the left hand pane below the "Music" folder and drop it. (This will create an alias to the original folder.)
Once you've "dropped" the folder it should look something like this:
And that's it. You now have a made to order "Getting Things Done" type A-Z filing system. I've found it so much easier to find things in this virtual filing cabinet. "Receipts" go in the "R" folder. "Serial Numbers" go in the "S" folder. It's pretty easy to get used to dropping things into their appropriate folders as you go.
Simple, right?
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October 12, 2005
Harvey Danger
I wanted to post about a new band I've come across in my net travels, Harvey Danger.
They're offering their first studio album in five years as a Bit Torrent download. Free. No craptacular DRM. Free. (You can read their reasons for doing it here.)
It's a really good album. I find myself more and more moving away from mainstream models of content distribution. Here's a band who said "We're trying to gain new fans. Every person who downloads this record for free and likes it will eventually become a fan and want to support us directly."
Sure it's a risk, but when you compare it to the alternative (signing away your rights and soul to some mega-corporation) I suspect that it's a risk worth taking.
Check out the album for yourself and see what you think. (BitTorrent required.)
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October 11, 2005
UFO: Party!
Who says we don't live in a land of opportunity?
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October 03, 2005
Create Your Own Southpark Character
Something fun... My very own Southpark character, created using the flash based South Park Studio.
One of the benefits of subscribing to your friends del.icio.us via Bloglines!
I think I'll call him "Denny".
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