The Nomi Song: documentary of 80's artist

Apple - Trailers - The Nomi Song If you followed URGH! music in the 80's this might be of interest. I vividly remember seeing him on SNL as he was carried out in a strange heavy object. He also influenced David Bowie for a period...

450 Guitar AMP Settings for GarageBand users

MacSongTools : Tone Heaven Vol. 1 Looks like a quick and fairly cheap way to bulk up the number of available guitar amp settings in GarageBand without spending hours tinkering and saving customs settings.

Fairtrade: The Business of Ethics

brandchannel.com | Fairtrade: The Business of Ethics: "...Enter a new breed of enterprise, firms with a mission to restore fairness to trade and promote economic development in the world's poorest countries. From humble beginnings, the Fairtrade movement has blossomed into an international labeling organization endorsing brands in nineteen markets around the world..."

Who'da thunk Phish would be worse than Spam?

Phishing Attacks Jump 42 Percent: "Phishing attacks (define), which use bogus e-mails and Web sites to dupe users into revealing personal data, jumped 42 percent from December to January, according to the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG)."

'Clutter' your desktop with album artwork

Clutter by Sprote Rsrch.: "Clutter is a small Mac OS X application that lets you put music CDs on your desktop. You can drag them anywhere -- they're really windows. Line them up neatly or put them in piles, it's your choice. Each one looks like the real CD's cover, and double-clicking it tells iTunes"

The recent update of this fun little bit of freeware seems to work quite well - a fun addition if you have lots of songs and album artwork.

Apple - H.264 FAQ

Hi, I'm back from a few days off.

Apple - H.264 FAQ posted in preparation for launch of QuickTime 7.

UN Panel Aims to End Internet Tug of War by July

Reuters News Article: "GENEVA (Reuters) - A U.N.-sponsored panel aims to settle a long-running tug of war for control of the Internet by July and propose solutions to problems such as cyber crime and email spam, panel leaders said on Monday.

The panel, set up in December 2003, will lay groundwork for a final decision to be taken in Tunis in November at a U.N.-sponsored World Summit on the Information Society, where global control of the world wide web may be decided..." More in full article...

New NIN iPulse Jacket by J.Y.

J.Y. Design - iPulse Jacket : NIN preTeeth



Inspired by the teaser video for the upcoming Nine Inch Nails release 'with teeth' mentioned in an earlier post.

Typographica's Favorite Fonts of 2004

Our Favorite Fonts of 2004 || Typographica

"...As the new year began I asked Typographica readers and contributors to share their top picks from the fonts released during 2004. Here are the results in no particular order..."

Milton Glaser video interview

Adobe Studio Presents - Milton Glaser, Art is Work

SiteProNews: The 7 Points of Do-It-Yourself SEO

SiteProNews: The 7 Points of Do-It-Yourself SEO: "The basics of search engine
optimization are simple. It's all to do with the keyword content
of your text copy, and can be summarized in seven points."

Here's a good rehash of some of the basic options to consider when aiming to get the most out of FREE SEO. Free placement is still a bit of a shell game in the end, so don't sacrifice usability, productivity, or brand guidelines for the sake of any 'magic' recipies...

Nalgene Brand gets profiled at brandchannel.com

brandchannel.com | Nalgene Outdoor Bottles Brand: "...Nalgene Outdoor has grown into the leading manufacturer of camping bottles and containers in the US, and it all started as an accident of sorts..."

frontline: a company of soliders | PBS

frontline: coming soon: a company of soliders | PBS: "FRONTLINE reports from inside the U.S. Army's 8th Cavalry Regiment stationed in Baghdad for an up-close, intimate look at the dangers facing an American military unit in Iraq. Shot in the weeks following the U.S. presidential election, the film tracks the day-to-day challenges facing the 8th Cavalry's Dog Company as it suddenly has to cope with a dramatic increase in attacks by the insurgents."

Frontline has been one insightful episode after another lately. I plan to tune into this one. Also, if you miss any, the website offers full online video of many past episodes.

Macromedia: new MX products in late summer?

Macworld UK - Macromedia - new MX products in late summer: "Macromedia is expected to debut new products in its industry-standard MX range by 'late summer', an analyst said yesterday."

Start saving now kiddies...

Willamette Valley Vineyards on Food Network

Willamette Valley Vineyards - Oregon Winery Specializing in Pinot Noir and Other Fine Wine

A friend of mine (a fellow former East Coaster) works at this vineyard and gave me a heads up that they are going to be featured on Food Network's "$40 a Day" show tonight. I figured I'd give them a plug, so check out the show or visit their site and buy some great Oregon wine.

Consumers Search Before Buying Online

Consumers Search Before Buying Online: "Roughly half of online shoppers conduct research on a search engine before making an online purchase, according to a study performed by DoubleClick in conjunction with comScore Networks."

While the title of the article comes as no surprise, there are some interesting details about trends in the duration-of-research and terms taken into consideration when leading up to a purchase:

"...According to the report, approximately 77 percent of keyword searches conducted by buyers across all four categories are generic, compared to 23 percent that are brand-only or a branded word plus another item...Overall, the findings challenge popular presumptions that brand-related search queries conducted within a few days of a purchase most directly lead to the online sale. As a result, DoubleClick says it plans to encourage clients to invest more heavily in generic search terms and to do so earlier in the online buying cycle..."

Includes nifty chart too...

Cool Cure T alert...

The Cure Sky Dog Tee

I.D. Forty - Design's Most Influential People

BTW here's "I.D. Forty - Design's Most Influential People"
MoMA's Architecture and Design Department tops this year's list of design's 40 biggest influencers.

nine inch nails: with teeth: QuickTime Teaser

nine inch nails: current

Click the image you see under the 2/12 entry to get a QT teaser announcing the "_5_3_05_" release date for the new album. It includes a short snippet of a track that sounds new to me. Same page also has full track list.

Delicious Monster's Aromatic HQ

The Mike Matas Blog - Delicious Monster on the News

Mike and crew make their local Seattle news, showing that business meetings in cafes are no longer about the high hopes of scribbling on napkins, but leveraging wifi to kill the cubicle. Go DM!

Beware of ogling tourists wandering about your city in white earbuds

AudioTreks - MP3 Walking Tours Of Popular Cities

"AudioTreks" are Walking Tours of fun, popular neighborhoods. But, instead of following a person or a book, you can DOWNLOAD THEM TO YOUR OWN MP3 PLAYER."



Interesting twist on the audiobook concept...

Straight to HEC boy!

Microsoft to give developers a new look at Longhorn | CNET News.com

I'm sorry, is it just me or is it kinda funny that Microsoft is hosting a conference called "WinHEC"? Bad acronym management or are they just being honest? BTW the Clash reference in my title reminds me that you should get that song if you don't already have it!

Blockhead Skateboards offers up limited edition decks

Blockhead Skateboards Super Crew Classics

I joined the fray and picked up the "Laban Pheidias" model. Old school time.

A Spike Lee Joint, A Box of Mutants, or Apple's Next Gen OS?

Apple reveals flashy Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger retail packaging

Just kidding, it looks like Apple has decided to do some of its own leaking. The new packaging is interesting, in that Apple's packaging has trended toward two directions: pro and consumer. The black simple packaging used for its pro apps and the white box with freestyle graphics for consumer. This pro treatment of the OS shows that Apple wants the next version of its OS to be taken seriously by all.

Get Loopy with William Shatner

ACIDplanet.com: Contests: William Shatner Mash-Up Contest

ACID mixing software users and/or Apple Garageband users who have an aciplanet.com membership (very cool that GB now supports direct import of ACID loop files) Go get some free Shatner loops to have fun with...

PodBrix lego figure thingie

PodBrix . 1000 brix in your pocket OK OK so I'm one of the 300 idiots who bought one of these... They did sell out, so I'll have to keep my eye out on eBay to check for any immediate resale value - always looking for the next big keepsake I guess...

Interesting personal site about "The Gates"

Goodexperience.com had a link to this interesting website. From the site: "This is our personal log of our time at The Gates, Central Park. Today we were cut loose by Christo & Jeanne-Claude's official site, with our link removed. It's difficult to know if anyone will be able to find this site without that link, so we might just abandon the effort. We'll continue as long as we continue, to hear from you."

It contains some nice pictures and some QuickTime movies as well.


Also be sure to visit Christo and Jeanne-Claude's official site:
http://www.christojeanneclaude.net/tg.html

Decemberists' Show Dates 2005

Decemberists' Show Dates 2005 I really hope to catch them when they come to Eugene mid-March!

Check out the music at iTunes Music Store too...

Artists Against 419

Artists Against 419 - FAQ & support center: "The 419 Flash Mob is an world wide online event against 419 fraud - it's 24 hours fun - it's fake banker's nightmare: On the 1st day of each month (or other notable days of the year), people from all over the world are celebrating a mass visit on fraudulent web sites. Either these sites reach their bandwidth limit soon, or the admins notice the traffic and close the offending web sites.

Since December 2003 ten Flashmobs have been run. We succeded to shut down over 127 fake banks!"

TrueMajority OREO Video

While this animation is not very new, it seems quite relevant in light of Bush's latest budget. A very interesting perspective presented by Ben Cohen (or cartoon of him that is) that dispels the notion that we don't have enough $ to fund programs that we need. He suggests that we could take a small portion of the huge Pentagon budget to help make our country better.


Watch it here

New Nasty Cross-Browser Exploit, Safari Included [UPDATED: Temporary Patch for Safari]

New Nasty Cross-Browser Exploit, Safari Included [UPDATED: Temporary Patch for Safari] :: Apple-X.net :: Alternative Mac Tech News, Analysis, Reviews, and Opinion.: "In a rare twist in computing today, the infamous Schmoo group revealed a nasty, nasty browser exploit that works on all modern browsers that support IDN (international domain names), which does NOT include Internet Explorer (unless you've loaded a plugin to support IDN)." Read the article and then follow the links to download the free plugin to protect Safari from such issues.

The Iconfactory posts yet another great icon set "Litho System"

The Iconfactory: Litho System

You are always guaranteed to find great stuff in 'the showroom'

Brandchannel.com finally notices folks like Adbusters?

brandchannel.com | Anti-Brand Movement | Corporate Activists | Brand Issues | branding and marketing portal Anti-Globalization: Are You Serious?

Interesting toe in the water article and I'm glad they present the challenge for folks like Adbusters to be "Anti-brand" and yet sell branded stuff.

UNKLE's amazing 1998 Video "Eye for an eye" added to iTMS

The full video for "Eye for an eye" by UNKLE can now be viewed on iTunes Music Store. Click here to watch this incredibly prescient video directed by Shynola/Ruth Lingford...

Peter Gabriel - PLAY DVD

Peter Gabriel - New DVD Play Featuring 23 videos, with fully restored visuals and amazing new 5.1 mixes by Peter, Daniel Lanois and Richard Chappell, and extras including three bonus videos (also with full 5.1 surround mixes).



Looks like the best way to get your hands on his great catalog of videos past and present. Students of film and video best get your hands on a copy for some schooling.

Lo-fi Animation Makes Further Inroads in the World of Pop Music

Well the new Beck video for "Hell Yes" (link will open iTunes) continues in the tradition of 'lo-fi' animation that looks like it came from a classic combo of MacPaint and Macromedia Flash.



Predecessors include many other videos, but a recent standout was phong.com and GNN.tv's animated version of Eminem's "White America".

CNN.com - So-called U.S. hostage appears to be toy - Feb 1, 2005

CNN.com - So-called U.S. hostage appears to be toy - Feb 1, 2005

...Talk about faulty intelligence. Desperate times all around. So is this is when the Bush administration admits that the whole WMD scare was over a photo showing a hooded GI Joe doll holding a box of "Pop Rocks"?...

musicplasma.com visual map of rleated music / artists

musicplasma.com music, links, related artists A very nifty interactive graphical view. A nice alternative to the standard list style. Found this thanks to Josh Rubin.