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Take Me Out by The Magic Numbers
originally by Franz Ferdinand
(via imsorrybrendan)

Superb.

Mar 31, 200925 notes

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When U Were Mine by Crooked Fingers
originally by Prince
(via thisiswhy)

I love this cover. Last.fm tells me I’ve only played it 14 times, but I’ve often suspected last.fm of lying to me.

Mar 31, 200926 notes

Mar 31, 20091 note

“We’re updating the Replies feature and referring to it instead as Mentions. In your Twitter sidebar you’ll now see your own @username tab. When you click that tab, you’ll see a list of all tweets referencing your account with the @username convention anywhere in the tweet.” —

@biz on the Twitter Blog

It’s a nice feature and I will enjoy having it. However, this feature was dropped on the developer community like a giant sack of potatoes. No warning. Just a big spud bomb. There are actually quite a few implications of this in the API side if you’ve been relying on Replies to behave one way and now it will start including many more tweets. If you change the Twitter UI (which they did)…fine, no big deal…you show more tweets now. But with the wide range of web and desktop apps that use the Twitter API out there in production, I really can’t believe that there was no warning or time given to actually test this feature out.

(via damon)

Absolutely. I kept thinking I’d somehow missed it on the API-dev list. Apparently not.

Mar 31, 20093 notes

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Mar 29, 2009188 notes

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A Whiter Shade of Pale by Annie Lennox
originally by Procol Harum
(posted by bunkercomplex)

Annie Lennox rules.

Mar 29, 200919 notes

Mar 29, 200955 notes

“The way to drive genuine discoveries without a significant reliance on collaborative filtering or recommendation algorithms is to intelligently select and present information that captures the context of a particular piece of music and creates meaning for the person interacting with the system. Use computer systems to connect people, spotlight individual voices, then have voices and social connections define what music everyone interacts with.” —FAßCINATED - Notes from the “Help! My iPod Thinks I’m Emo!” panel

Mar 25, 2009

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1979 by Young Love
originally by Smashing Pumpkins
(posted by karenabad)

I love it when you find something that captures the spirit of the original but still imbues the song with it’s own heart.

Mar 25, 200928 notes

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Can’t Tell Me Nothing by Francis And The Lights
originally by Kanye West
(posted by karenabad)

I’m developing quite the music crush on Francis and his Lights.

Mar 25, 2009

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Picture in a Frame - Pearl Jam
originally by Tom Waits
(posted by everybodycares)

It’s a Pearl Jam cover I didn’t have. Unacceptable.

Mar 24, 200917 notes

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Heart Shaped Box by Evanescence
originally by Nirvana
(posted by mi alegria)

Despite this being Evanescence (or perhaps because it’s Evanescence), this cover seriously appeals to me. I guess I’m just a sucker for that sweet altpop candy with the faux glaze of authenticity.

Mar 24, 200953 notes

Mar 23, 2009

“

Every kid is different, and my nine-year-old is so much like me. She feels each innocent entreaty, each ‘What did you do today?’ like a physical blow. Trying to talk to her about anything remotely important is met with something I never expected — outright refusal. I expected embarrassed squirms, I expected silence, but I never expected high pitched screams and fists shoved in ears, escape and slamming doors.

So.

I have gone into her email and marked the setting that forwards a copy of each incoming message to me. (There, I said it!) I tell myself this is because she is only nine, because I need to know if she is contacted or solicited in any unseemly way — but that’s not the whole truth. The whole truth is I just want to know her. I just want to know her, and she already does not want to be known.

” —

Okay, Fine, Dammit

This whole blog contains damn fine writing. It’s been a long time since I discovered that on the internet and I can’t help but wonder if it changed, or was that me?

Mar 23, 2009

Mar 22, 20091 note

“JavaScript on/off is an issue of interoperability — if your app doesn’t work with JavaScript off it sucks for people with or without a disability. Interoperability is best practice, but it doesn’t discriminate based on disability.” —When is the right time for accessibility? » box of chocolates

Mar 22, 2009

“Speaking of killer apps, there was a distinct feeling at this year’s South by Southwest that entire tribes of social media bloodhounds were hunting in packs for “this year’s Twitter.” I feel sorry for them. If they would only stop and open their eyes, they would realise that South by Southwest is like the world wide web: the killer app is people.” —The Austin Report, Jeremy Keith (via alexknows)

Mar 21, 20092 notes

Mar 20, 2009

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