Mr. Bones and the Gourditos - Monster Mash

Grand prize winner in Make's Halloween Contest.

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/11/make_halloween_contest_2009_-_winne.html

Carl Sagan - 'A Glorious Dawn' ft Stephen Hawking (Cosmos Remixed)

Carl Sagan and Steven Hawking, presented in a new way.

DJ Hero...

When my son finds out about this, he is definitely going to want this game!



Daft Punk is featured in parts of it, which is one of his favorite musical acts.











I'm just sorting out the Daft Punk tracks that have video samples right now. There is a lot more to like about this game, though. I will find more and post them sometime later.

Mahnahmahnah!

Probably the best thing ever done on The Muppet Show, which is generally filled with excellence to begin with.

The Yes Men Fix The World (2009) Trailer

I look forward to seeing this film. As time goes by, I realize that I am a huge fan of culture jamming. I wonder how well it pays...?

The Other Two - Selfish

Fantastic song that was released by two members of New Order (drummer Stephen Morris and keyboardist Gillian Gilbert) in the mid-90s.

Preview Imogen Heap's new album: Ellipse (being released next Tuesday, August 25th in the US)

So far "First Train Home", "Swoon", and "Tidal" strike me as early favorites. I bought a pre-order version of the release through iTunes that will also provide instrumental versions of each track, plus an additional video from Imogen. It should be good stuff!

Los Plumabits - Disco Laser

Not sure what they are talking about, but it has a nice groove and a wild Krofft-style video.

Art Of Noise - Moments in Love (Live Rare Version)

Art of Noise is one of the best musical acts to hit this planet. Brilliance that has gone unappreciated for far too many.

The Art of Noise Close (to the edit) (Prince's Trust 2004)

I had seen this concert on HDNet a few years back, but apparently they left off some brilliant pieces...such as this ONE! How do you leave off an Art of Noise track?!?!

Thomas Dolby anecdote on Trevor Horn

Dolby is great.

Pareidolia by Matthew Davidson

This track should also be available for free download at this site.

Little Boot's "Remedy"

In tribute to 10 years of SETI @home...

Radio Seti from Hans-Jörg Scheffler on Vimeo.

At least I can say that I try to contribute to this project now, with 4 desktops working on it, plus a laptop...

Stop motion animation + Moog synth fun

STOP MOTION - Madrugada de Sábado from arthur joly on Vimeo.

Eléctrico by Flavio Rodriguez

Eléctrico - Flavio Rodriguez. from PRESSREC on Vimeo.

Presented by Little Red Corvette Records and Pressrec productions.

Lucid House

Lucid house June 2009 from lucidhouse on Vimeo.

Supernova

Supernova from Siggi Eggertsson on Vimeo.

"Supernova" - a music video by Siggi Eggertsson for artist / musician Lawrence Cepstral.

I found this at Synthopia.

William Shatner does Palin's farewell speech as it was intended to be...

Spore Galactic Adventures Video

NIN + Gary Numan

For years, I had some sort of problem with Trent Reznor. Something about him not having enough cred, with me being a fan of Skinny Puppy, Pigface, Ministry, and so on. That NIN was too commercial or some bullshit like that. At the end of the day, Trent is really standing for something out there when so many have long since sold out or died (Skinny Puppy tried, which proved to be quite dangerous).



Gary Numan's music has been very special to me for a long time, so finding out about this combination happening just a few days ago was really cool.

DJ Prince comes up with a really good mashup, which is part of The Sound of Funky Breaks compilation.

STEAMROLLER!

The Internet for Dummies by Dummies

We can buy tickets on the online!

Phone Manners

It is a little subtle, but fun just the same.

ESPN360 | "Billy Mays College"

More ESPN360 Billy Mays awesomeness.

ESPN360 | "Billy Mays Office"

Some more Billy Mays funny stuff.

Tiga // Shoes

Hmmm... I think I like it.

ESPN360 | "Billy Mays On the Run"

Billy Mays was awesome.

Ace Rimmer, what a guy! from Red Dwarf

Classic moment!

Back to the Future Alternate Ending

Awesome mashup.

Terry Wogan interviews Max Headroom

Open-mindedness

Remix some Peter Gabriel...

You can get the samples at realworldremixed.com right now.

I did not make this one, but it is the first Shock The Monkey one that I found and it is pretty good.

So, Earth Hour is about keeping lights off...

...so why are so many people now saying that keeping your lights on is the better idea? This is an idea that appears to have originated with the Objectivists. That, by itself, is a good reason to be very skeptical and just about reject it out of hand.

Turn off the lights. Take the opportunity to prove a point. Don't derail a good concept simply because you have a crummy attitude that causes you to rebel against anything that isn't based on selfishness. I have been there. I have done that. It doesn't prove anything, beyond you being an asshole.

Earth Hour 20:30 - 21:30, Saturday, March 28, 2009

C64 Longplay - Yie ar Kung Fu

I used to play this game a lot, back about 20 years or so.

Happy Birthday says Elvis

Hot damn right!

Disney is changing things up for somebody special?

What do you think of that?

Cheesus Loves me

Good stuff.

Glen Beck is a douchebag...

So, this guy is carrying on about what Benjamin Franklin and George Washington had to say about religion.

I am left wondering why it really matters. We know that these gentlemen are pre-Darwin, so they definitely had less to work with. Sometime I will try to get something more coherent together about the idiocy of Glen Beck.

Embracing Open Source Software for the Enterprise

There are many companies out there today that are willing to embrace Open Source Software for a lot of their production services. They will run servers on them, often using Linux. They will run their web services on them, through Apache, JBOSS, and other products. They will run their instant message services through a Jabber derivative. They run production monitoring/alert systems through OSS as well, using things like Zenoss and Big Brother. However, how many really try to take this to the next level? How many run their desktops on Linux? How many put it on their laptops?

In this current environment, where businesses are trying to cut costs at every turn. Wouldn't it be better to keep more employees on the payroll in exchange for dropping Microsoft? Don't use Microsoft Office, instead opting for Open Office. I would love to see more companies going this route. A lot of people in a lot of offices think they cannot function without Windows, but they can learn something new. As long as you provide them everything they need to get their job done, they will be fine on any operating system using any kind of tools. They will learn some new transferable skills that will help them land on their feet somewhere else, should the bottom still fall out of your company anyway. Beyond that, they will be part of something new and fantastic. A company that is not paying royalty/license fees to anyone. A company that can even give back to the Open Source community via the bug reports, feature requests, etc, that an entire enterprise running OSS could provide. In house development patches, fixes, etc, could be released to the Open Source community that would help even more enterprises go down this same road. It is a win-win for everyone involved...

So why won't a large enterprise make this switch? Or have some large ones already done it, from the top to the bottom, and I just have not managed to read about it somehow?

Cal Clutterbuck vs Steve Staios Jan 30, 2009

Steve with the big hit, good scrap, and the Oilers win a big game.

Supercar!

For those who have missed out on knowledge of this show, it is a great little sci-fi show, from many decades back, made by Gerry Anderson. It has been fun to watch this with my kids, passing on the legacy of a classic show that might otherwise end up lost in the annals of time.



I remember watching Terrahawks when I was a kid, which was the last series of its kind that Gerry Anderson ever made. My exposure to Supercar came from Higgins Boys & Gruber on The Comedy Channel in the US (not HA!, CTV, or Comedy Central).



We have almost finished watching this series from beginning to end. After we are done, we will move on to Fireball XL-5, Stingray, Thunderbirds, and Captain Scarlet (as well as others that I have not queued up yet).

Puppet Up - George Michael In The Handicapped Stall

Not Safe For Children/Work - From The Jim Henson Company