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I’ve wanted to do something, as a musician, for years. I’ve always enjoyed songwriting, especially of the rock variety, but I’ve been interesting in DJs and remixing, but I’ve never thought that they were truly using the medium as well as they could.

Well, it happened. Listen to the second song, and anything else that catches your fancy. Apparently, this is a huge thing in London. I enjoyed the Avalanches’ record this year, because it hinted at this kind of music (and in many ways did it better). While a lot of it can definitely be described as novelty, the potential here is mindboggling, to me. Via MeFi.

When the fuck did this happen? Am I going to have to buy one? Fuck.

This year’s weblog awards.

I don’t want to call this ‘Why Macs Are Better Than PCs because then some of you PC people out there might not see it. But you really should. It’s not what you think it is. TwoThingsAtOnce

“I already had some level of “game,” but this book just helped me take my game to the next level.”



Don’t know how or why he found it, but SU think you need this book. For everyone’s sake, really. I’m getting tired of going out with you and seeing your game fail.

The new iMac wuvs you…

Alternate not being an exception, I’ve noticed a severe dip in ‘blog updates lately.. Hrmm.. Maybe it’s because it’s January and work for us all has picked up (has for me) or if December’s just a natural time for obsessive and often blogging. Who knows.

What Pre-1985 Video Game Character Are You?

Know how to use ResEdit? Hate the Office 2001 splash screens that pop up while the apps are loading? Then go download my Office 2k1 Splash Replacements online now at ResExcellence.

Okay. In MacOS X, if you take a screenshot of a flash movie in IE and then drop it into Illustrator…


The shot is still a vector. Does anyone else think that’s just insane? I’m loving this OS more and more.

The most explosive charge, Paula, is that the Bush administration—the present one, just shortly after assuming office slowed down FBI investigations of al Qaeda and terrorism in Afghanistan in order to do a deal with the Taliban on oil—an oil pipeline across Afghanistan.

These are some interesting allegations that this book makes. But what is the title of the book? They never say in the transcript. However, this shouldn’t come as a shock.

(link via MetaFilter)

…but it sure is cool.



Alternate’s possibly some people’s only Mac-news outlet, so here goes:

1. New iMac, flat-panel 700 & 800 mhz G4 models, looks like a lamp some people say, SuperDrive on the high-end, prices at normal iMac prices ($1200 and up)


2. iPhoto, pretty cool new digital photo studio thingamajig for MacOS X only, sort photos, share them, edit them, buy hard-bound books with them for $30, etc. Pretty fucking cool.


3. 14” iBook and lowered prices on the 12” models, no speed bump for them


4. No new G4s announced, kind of a let-down as the iMac is so cool, a newer, faster G4 tower to expand the Pro line would have made sense, but whatever.

I’m sure I’ll be told if I’ve left anything out….

If you’ve had enough of the hype, go check out SvN’s sneak look at the new iMac. Or, not really their sneak look, but TimeCanada.com’s slipup. So who’s going to get fired for that?

Why am I always the last one to hear about these things?




Members of The Landover Baptist Church are outraged at the Satanic subtlety in which marketing geniuses have moved this horrific abomination into the homes of America’s youth. “One Mother was concerned that her young daughter was not interested in boys,” a Pastor noted, “she asked her little girl, ‘why don’t you talk about the cute boys at school?’ Her daughter replied, ‘oh momma, nobody I know is cuter than Jar Jar Binks.’ The mother was horrified.”



What a great satire site. It’s a pity I haven’t seen it ‘til now.

Apple.com: “Beyond the rumors sites. Way beyond.”



Rad.