For real? You should check this out. This both gets me excited and makes me nervous...

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I'm in love with Kutiman right now:

http://www.youtube.com/user/kutiman?blend=1&ob=4

He takes different YouTube videos of musicians playing solo and makes them play together.

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This is the first one. It reminds me of some people I know:

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This is my favorite one. Containing the most elegant hiccup fit ever:

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Calvin and Hobbes commenting on the Auto Bailout, 15 years ahead of it's time:

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I bought my first iPhone App. I usually only get the free ones, but this one is worth the money.

It's incredible. It's called the Bloom and it was developed by a musician I really like named Brian Eno and a program designer named Peter Chilvers.

Here is a demonstration:

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It only costs $4.00 and I highly recommend it to iPhone users.

For my own memory, I am going to share with you faithful Livejournal readers My Favorite New Media of 2008. I'm sure you're dying to know. Mind you, these aren't necessarily things that came out in 2008, but merely things I first discovered and fell in love with in 2008 ( Read more... )

I want to share with you a story I've been reading. It's a nonfiction book called Whatever It Takes by Paul Tough. It tells the story of Geoffrey Canada's Harlem School Zone. I was first drawn to this story when the Harlem School Zone was featured on This American Life in their episode called "Going Big ( Read more... )

I've finished Richard Dawkins' book The God Delusion. Needless to say, the man is brilliant. I wasn't really that surprised that Mr. Dawkins and I believe in many of the same things, but I didn't really expect that I would be so emotionally dissatisfied with the book. Especially after the emotionally compelling opening paragraphs. Of course, I ( Read more... )

I know Obama won and I should be happy, but all I can see is 8...

Californians, I am angry at you right now. I love you and I want to always be kind to you, but it is hard for me to be kind and generous when you behave this way. I know you know better than this. I respect that some of us have a difference of opinion, and I do not want to ( Read more... )

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