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If we are going to talk about making cakes with bacon I think it only follows that we should talk about doing internet searches with Meat Loaf.
So, if you know Gypsy the musical, you know that to make it, you’ve gotta have a gimmick. Well SearchWithMeatLoaf is just that; a gimmick wrapped around a search engine (powered by Google and Ask.com).
The premise is pretty simple. It is a search engine and at random times they decide to give out Swag Bucks. If you win enough Swag Dollars you can enter the Swag store and buy some Meatloaf related products (some vinyl, a Meat Loaf etched Ipod Nano or Classic or a etched Macbook) and a ton of other prizes including classic vinyl, a Starbucks’ card, a Nintendo Wii, a year of Netflix, a Starcaster guitar and Amp by Fender, etc., you get the idea).
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I recently came across the site RCRDLBL, add some vowels and you’ve got Record Label, which is the idea behind the site. It is a chance for musicians to have their music heard and maybe make some money. As they say “RCRD LBL is an online record label releasing exclusive and completely free music from emerging and established artists.” Oh, right, and it’s all free. Personally I am downloading some Bad Brains right now. They hand select the artists whose music they are pushing
A similar site, US Trendy is doing similar stuff, but also includes a place for Fashion and Art work to be displayed, kind of an artistic collective to show off your work and maybe get discovered. Instead of the music being chosen and artists being selected to have their work exhibited, US Trendy allows folks to upload their own stuff.
Finally on the music front we have Mp3gle. Don’t ask me if it is a legal, I have my doubts. It kind of looks like it is a file sharing search engine. I am not sure the sources it is searching, but it is allowing folks to search for music and then either play it or download it. And this isn’t music by folks you have never heard of, this is brand name, big label music, the type of stuff you pay to download on iTunes. Pretty nifty if you ask me
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So, it is obvious we are fans of New York Magazine. We’ve used their content (usually crediting them). They’ve used our content (sometimes crediting us).
Any-hoo, it just came across my inbox that they are doing a website re-design which will probably launch next Friday. If you’d like to see a little preview of what the new New York Magazine homepage will look like, check it out here.
According to their announcement: “the new homepage has a more consistent organization—now you’ll always know where to find whichever type of news you’re looking for, and you’ll be able to search our restaurant listings, runway galleries, and product guides more easily.”
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Does anyone still remember a time when people predicted that you would be able to watch anything you wanted when ever you wanted? Any show on a whim? When we hit 1000+ channels people felt that was the way it was going to be, but it wasn’t. On-Demand costs money and there is a limit to the shows shown. iTunes wasn’t much better though had a lot more recent titles to choose from.
This year we had channels starting to ponder the iTunes model and they all started streaming most of their shows on the internet (a combination of pay-per-view and free content) though most of those streams were a bit choppy and interrupted by a ton of commercials.
Well, now we have reached a point where that any show on a whimis starting to look more like a reality- Enter Hulu. Read more »
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Every now-and-then I come across a project that simply blows me away. Makes me wish I had the skills to create something of a similar nature. Unfortunately, most of these projects involve an advanced knowledge of wood working or a basic knowledge of electronics.
This one falls into the knowledge of electronics category. Maybe one day I will actually read up on and teach myself some of the basics of electronics if just to learn how to create something like this:
Much respect to Angela Yuan (though she might want to work on her website a bit)