I know you all have heard of this by now. You've probably been sitting there staring at them for hours on end(or maybe not). I'm talking about the webcam full of cuteness that is the Shiba Inu sextuplets. Yes folks, puppies! They've even made made national news recently. Not going to lie, I was not in the best of moods before I ran across their Ustream page that was linked off from Twitter(of course it was). Shibu Inu's are beautiful looking dogs full grown, but puppies...awwwww!
I defy you to look at this stream for more than a minute and not be moved. If you can, then you are a truly heartless bastard indeed & there is no hope for your soul. A little strong, maybe? Not strong enough!
Anyway, go check them out here or check the embed below. We now return you to your irregularly scheduled brand of meh....in a minute.
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I defy you to look at this stream for more than a minute and not be moved. If you can, then you are a truly heartless bastard indeed & there is no hope for your soul. A little strong, maybe? Not strong enough!
Anyway, go check them out here or check the embed below. We now return you to your irregularly scheduled brand of meh....in a minute.
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So I sometimes do these posts where I give up the song that's rattling in my brain at the moment. You may have heard of these songs of the moment, maybe not. In either case, I've been wanting to put a little something extra on these posts s an added takeaway. I though, HEY!, I'll put up the song. What a novel idea! Nobody's thought of that! Sarcasticism (yea?, what of it?) aside, I ended up finding ways to do that alright for the blog, but not for those oh so precious Twitter moments that I seem to be having more of (than actual blog posts).
And as if on cue, it came to me like a sign from the Web 2.0 Deities (or like a song I wrote. You don't know). Tinysong.com is the site. Let's say you're looking for "Sex God" by the Brand New Heavies...Ok, not your cup of tea. How about "Erotic City" by Prince....(*SIGH*) Fine, "3 is the magic number" from Schoolhouse Rock...Prude! Anyway, you have your song, you go to the site, Tinysong.com and put it in the box, and hit the little search icon next to it. If the song is there, it will list it underneath the box or give you what it thinks you meant. You can then click on the song and it will give you a web address AND will copy it to the clipboard for you. Handy, huh? You could also click on the name of the track under that and it will take you to Groovshark.com where it will start streaming. It goes there because that is where it's searching from. Hence the "Powered by Grooveshark" link near the bottom of the page. Grooveshark is another site for music discovery, streaming, and playlist making. I've had a 90% success rate given the search terms i've used, so far, so they seem to have a good range of music that I can tell. But hey, give it a try for yourself.
I've been going silly with Tinysong links on Twitter because I like it so much. Sometimes, they don't have the song I'm looking for and that sucks, but it's not that often. You'll be seeing more of this from me for a while. Until then, go try it.
And as if on cue, it came to me like a sign from the Web 2.0 Deities (or like a song I wrote. You don't know). Tinysong.com is the site. Let's say you're looking for "Sex God" by the Brand New Heavies...Ok, not your cup of tea. How about "Erotic City" by Prince....(*SIGH*) Fine, "3 is the magic number" from Schoolhouse Rock...Prude! Anyway, you have your song, you go to the site, Tinysong.com and put it in the box, and hit the little search icon next to it. If the song is there, it will list it underneath the box or give you what it thinks you meant. You can then click on the song and it will give you a web address AND will copy it to the clipboard for you. Handy, huh? You could also click on the name of the track under that and it will take you to Groovshark.com where it will start streaming. It goes there because that is where it's searching from. Hence the "Powered by Grooveshark" link near the bottom of the page. Grooveshark is another site for music discovery, streaming, and playlist making. I've had a 90% success rate given the search terms i've used, so far, so they seem to have a good range of music that I can tell. But hey, give it a try for yourself.
I've been going silly with Tinysong links on Twitter because I like it so much. Sometimes, they don't have the song I'm looking for and that sucks, but it's not that often. You'll be seeing more of this from me for a while. Until then, go try it.
So after much hemming and hawing, I've decided to kick around Muxtape. You see, i've come across some old tapes and playlists that i've done in times past (I guess you can call them mixtapes, but there was no real mixing involved). I wanted to find a place or two where I could put them up and link them to the blog for any number of reasons. Not saying that there might be any additional segments to the site, but you never know what may come. Anyway, I've found other such websites, but they either need the song to be already on the net or you need to have your music on a site or space you're in control of. Well, I can't always find songs on the net using sites like Seeqpod, Skreemr, Mixwit, or Grooveshark lite (though Grooveshark has been having a better average so far), and I don't have a spot of that I can just store stuff in the cloud...yet. I'm looking into something, but that's for later. Right about now....
Muxtape is a website wherein one can put up a quick, and I use the word quick loosely (you'll see), playlist for the world to share in...Well at least your friends or whoever you send the link to or sees it. There are other site that probably do this better and will let you embed something on your own site, but this is a quick dirty job, with a fairly clean interface.
After you sign up, (its free), you can start uploading MP3 tracks or do what little customizing of your page that you are given. This means you can title, caption or change the password and color of the page. Simple. But let's get to the meat of it. Muxtape is cool for it's simplicity, but some annoyances at the same time. You've got a 12 song limit and you can only load MP3s for now. No problem there, but you can only upload them one at a time. This is not such a bad thing if it wasn't for the fact that some times you get an error in the midst of uploading a song and have to start again. There is a 24MB limit per track but I don't know too many MP3s that will exceed this. Once you get your songs in there, you can rearrange them, rename the track, or delete the track if you don't think it fits, which you probably would have done before uploading songs. And once you delete a track, it's gone unless you upload it again. By the way, the speed of the upload depends on the speed of your internet connection. Don't think you'll be trying this on Dial up. Don't say I didn't warn you.
Rearranging songs is easy, just drag and drop the track where you want it. Doesn't really get easier. Once done, sit back and enjoy the mix (or mux). Once you get to your playlist page, you can click on a track and listen away. You get the names of the track which, I believe, comes off of the ID3 tags of the MP3 unless you change the name after uploading. This reminds me of a pet peeve with MP3 tagging, but that's for another post. Anyway, let's get to controls. You can click a track start/stop a track and/or click on in another track. That's about it. No rewind, no fast forward. No wire hangers. If you start a track and let it play on through, it'll go to the next one automatically. You can see how much time the song is under the name and a counter to the right of the song. Also, if you were listening to someone elses Mux and like the song that's playing, you can buy it by clicking the 'buy this MP3' link under the title.
If you know of someone else with a muxtape, you can favorite there mux at the top right. They can do likewise and you can see the ones you've favorited when you log in. One thing I've noticed is that in the terms of service, they say that once you you upload a track, they can use it. I have little problem with this, but I've not seen what they do with the track and/or whether it stays with them should you delete the track.
And speaking of deleting, This brings up the thing that peeves me out about the site. Suppose you are tired of the mux that you've made and want to another one. No problem, just delete it and start fresh with a new one....oookay, and what does one do if one wants to recall an old mux. Guess what, you're SOL unless you delete and reload it! You can't have more than one muxtape ever (Unless you have multiple logins). That's bunk! I would really like to see the ability to keep at least 5 muxes around, but maybe the internet music license strikes again. Who knows.
Now you may be asking yourself, I wonder how can I find a particular artist or song in someone's muxtape. Well, look no further than Muxtape Stumbler. I don't think it has anything to do with the folks at muxtape, but it doesn't matter. Muxtape Stumbler, as you would expect, is a music search engine using muxtape as the playground. this way, you can find songs and there by finding new muxtapes to discover, as opposed to the ones you see on the front page of the site. Now if there was an alternate way to get the mp3's this would be a dangerous combination. it's just as well there isn't. you should really support the artists and but the songs anyway. What would also be cool is if they had support for Last.FM, which I hear is coming.(EDIT: as of the day after I originally posted this (probably the day of) Muxtape now has Last.FM integration. You first have to logon and link it to your Last.FM account. Then while you're logged in to Muxtape, you can scrobble any songs you listen to.
(EDIT)
Came across an app that let's you have Muxtape up without going to the site in a browser. It's called Muxtape on AIR. It's made with Adobe's AIR platform, so if you don't already have it, you will have to download it and install it before installing MoA. This is cool if you don't feel like having a browser open or don't want to have Muxtape in a browser while surfing. haven't checked this out yet, but I will.
Well, that's about it except for one thing from the 'You should have saw this coming' file: If you care to check out MY muxtape, you can go here. What's there now may not be new to a couple of you, but if it is, enjoy it. It was something I put together a few months ago, just for giggles. Plus, if you should happen to see this post sometime from now and the content has changed, hopefully, it'll still be good. And while this defeats the purpose of sending you there, you can download the mix (if you liked it) from here:
Now before you ask me why I'm using Pando, 1) is because I like it, and 2)Mediafire wasn't playing right and zshare...I just didn't try. There you go.
(ED. Note: Twitter has been seeing it's fair share of outages lately, so don't be surprised or annoyed if it's down.)
So this post has been long in coming because...While I've known about it since it started in 2006, I really didn't check it out until '07 and even then, I didn't think it would last. Boy, was I wrong, or just short in being right.
Anyway, let's get to it. We are here to talk about the phenomenon known as Twitter. I think I've decided to do a couple of things with this post: 1) Break it up into two posts, and 2) concentrate on Twitter more than it's closest competitor, Pownce(Which I also like). Why, because I've spent more time on Twitter than Pownce and the fact that I will probably use Pownce in a slightly different way than I do Twitter. The reason why I'm even mentioning Pownce is for contrast. Both are good services with great potential and should be looked into that the first chance. Wait until you finish the post first though, eh?
The thing to answer is what are Twitter and Pownce. Before I answer that, I'd like you to take a peep at this great short video from Commoncraft.com on what Twitter is. It can tell you better than I ever could.
Twitter in Plain English
Finished? Cool. Now that you've seen that, you have an idea on what Twitter is. What you don't know is that it can be so much more than that. It can be a teaching aid, a news reader, meeting arranger, book starter, blog promotion, news gathering, poll taking device, search engine, Public IM chat, mini blog, movie reviews, and many other uses I'm sure. For my people on the ED board, think of it as any of the random thoughts threads all in one. Basically what I'm saying is that it can be just about anything you'd want it to be. For me, I listen to and read a lot of podcasts and blogs. A lot of people I read or listen to are on Twitter so it's a lurk into what they are thinking and doing at the moment. Plus, there is a chance to get in on some good conversation or see who's eating a cheese sandwich. :) Next post, I'll list off some Twitter tools to help get more out the service. For now, let's get a couple of basics out of the way.
First off, Twitter is free to sign up for. Once you do, you fill out your particulars and start twittering(the act of posting) from the site. Before you do that though, you may want to hit the settings button. You may want to make some changes if you hadn't done so when signing up. Barring any changes you might want to make to your account page or password, you may want to hit the picture tab and add a picture of yourself or what have you. I don't know about how they feel about anything of an obscene nature, but even if they are cool with it, others might not be. Even still, the picture will represent you so that's on you as to how you want to do that. There is also the design tab to mess around with. You can use Twitter's default style or you can change the text and background picture and colors. You know, make it more homey. Just PLEASE don't go Myspace with it. (*BLECCCHH!!*) By the way, you have the option to make your tweets private by checking the "protect my updates" box on the account tab. Then, only those you choose to see your tweets (those that are following you) can see them.
You might also got to the device tab and set twittering from a mobile phone or IM client. No only can you tweet (that's what they call your posts) from the website, you can tweet from your cellphone via text or by an IM client. We'll talk about other ways next post. For the phone, you just put in your number and save it. You will probably want to set up a contact for Twitter in your phone. For IM, you put in your Gtalk, Livejournal, or any other Jabber client's ID and go to town. You can also turn on/off device updates and set a "sleep" time from here. Ok, here's the deal on this. With device updates on, tweet's from anyone you follow will be sent to your phone via text, provided you chose to have that person's tweet sent there. This is cool if you have an unlimited texting plan or like vibration. I still don't think that if you follow a lot of people (or people who tweet nonstop) and send their tweets to your phone, you'd want to have this to be a factor. But if you do set up for phone updates, you can set up a time that you won't get the texts. This is handy if say you are in a meeting or, I don't know, maybe want to sleep.
Now that you have all of that ironed that out, you may want to start twittering. If you are on the website, you will see a text box at the top of the screen where you can make the magic happen. There is a character countdown on the right hand side the goes down as you type. Even though you have a 140 character limit on tweets you can keep typing past that. Once you hit the update button, it's only going to post 140 characters though. If you have more than that to say, you might want to split the tweet or just blog about it elsewhere. :) If you are on your cellphone, you already know that you have a cap of between 140-160 characters depending on phone. If you went over 140, your tweet gets split after the 140 mark. Got it, good. All you need now is some commands.
Let's get some lingo going. Basically there are two things necessary to get around Twitter. Learning how to tweet and replying to tweets. I think the first part is covered, so let's get to replying. Replys are handled in this manner:
(At the start of a tweet)
@username [whatever you want to say minus the brackets] = @ mean the reply will be publicly seen but directed to the username given.
d username [whatever you want to say minus the brackets] = d means a direct message to username given. I don't think you can direct message people who are not following you. Haven't tried it yet though.
These can be done from wherever way you tweet from. There are other commands that might be useful if you are checking things out from a phone. You can find a list of the lingo here.
Below is an example of how the page will look when you sign on from the web.
You have a picture of a person's tweet(s), their name, the tweet, where they twittered from and a star and an arrow pointing back to the tweet. The star is for when you really like the tweet and want to favorite it. Just click it and go. I've yet to really use this even though I've come across some great tweets. The arrow is for when you want to reply to the tweet. You just click that and you will see an @username in the box at the top where you update. just start typing your reply and update(leaving a space in between the @username and the start of your reply.
That should just about cover everything you need to get started except for one thing. The whole following thing I've been alluding to. On Twitter, you're either being followed by or following people. Think friending in Myspace, Facebook, etc. and you're pretty much there. Say you are signed in to Twitter and you come across someone (or you already know someone there) that you find interesting and want to keep up with their updates. On the top of their page under their pictures, you will see a box that says "Follow"(example above). Click that and you start following their updates. If you've set it up, you can get an email anytime that someone follows you. So when you start to follow someone, that person might get an email saying that you are following them. If they choose to, they can follow you back, but it's not mandatory that they do. The same goes for you when someone follows you. You can also block or remove people should they prove to get besides themselves as people on the 'Net are want to do sometimes. On the same token, you can be blocked at the discretion or the person you are following, so take that as it is.
I should also point out that there potentially could be spam on the service. Using a site called Tweetscan, where companies and others can search through Twitter for keywords of choice. Think Google Alerts but for Twitter. This can be used to find out who's talking about what (IE: about them) so that they can follow their updates if necessary. While I can see good uses for the site, I'm not so keen (or sure) on how it can be used. After all, the people following you can see and reply to your tweets, but unless you follow them back, that's about where it stops. Not sure what exactly is gained outside of the fact that you may have mentioned them once. There are those people who somehow seem to follow everybody for rather suspious reasons. If you should happen to check out who's following you and all they ever post about are links going to something on their site, you should weigh it out. If you like it, cool, if not, do what you must. All of this may sound a bit contradictory when I speak on another site next post, but I think you can handle it.
That's enough for now. Get to Twittering. Me talking about it doesn't give it enough justice. And if you care to, send me a message when you get on there.
If you care to read a little more on it, try these places:
Newbie's guide to Twitter - Webware.com
The Twitter Handbook
The quick guide to Twitter
I'm sure I've missed something, but maybe I'll catch it for next post. This should be enough to get you out there. Before you know it, you'll be a Twitterholic in no time.
So this post has been long in coming because...While I've known about it since it started in 2006, I really didn't check it out until '07 and even then, I didn't think it would last. Boy, was I wrong, or just short in being right.
Anyway, let's get to it. We are here to talk about the phenomenon known as Twitter. I think I've decided to do a couple of things with this post: 1) Break it up into two posts, and 2) concentrate on Twitter more than it's closest competitor, Pownce(Which I also like). Why, because I've spent more time on Twitter than Pownce and the fact that I will probably use Pownce in a slightly different way than I do Twitter. The reason why I'm even mentioning Pownce is for contrast. Both are good services with great potential and should be looked into that the first chance. Wait until you finish the post first though, eh?
The thing to answer is what are Twitter and Pownce. Before I answer that, I'd like you to take a peep at this great short video from Commoncraft.com on what Twitter is. It can tell you better than I ever could.
Twitter in Plain English
Finished? Cool. Now that you've seen that, you have an idea on what Twitter is. What you don't know is that it can be so much more than that. It can be a teaching aid, a news reader, meeting arranger, book starter, blog promotion, news gathering, poll taking device, search engine, Public IM chat, mini blog, movie reviews, and many other uses I'm sure. For my people on the ED board, think of it as any of the random thoughts threads all in one. Basically what I'm saying is that it can be just about anything you'd want it to be. For me, I listen to and read a lot of podcasts and blogs. A lot of people I read or listen to are on Twitter so it's a lurk into what they are thinking and doing at the moment. Plus, there is a chance to get in on some good conversation or see who's eating a cheese sandwich. :) Next post, I'll list off some Twitter tools to help get more out the service. For now, let's get a couple of basics out of the way.
First off, Twitter is free to sign up for. Once you do, you fill out your particulars and start twittering(the act of posting) from the site. Before you do that though, you may want to hit the settings button. You may want to make some changes if you hadn't done so when signing up. Barring any changes you might want to make to your account page or password, you may want to hit the picture tab and add a picture of yourself or what have you. I don't know about how they feel about anything of an obscene nature, but even if they are cool with it, others might not be. Even still, the picture will represent you so that's on you as to how you want to do that. There is also the design tab to mess around with. You can use Twitter's default style or you can change the text and background picture and colors. You know, make it more homey. Just PLEASE don't go Myspace with it. (*BLECCCHH!!*) By the way, you have the option to make your tweets private by checking the "protect my updates" box on the account tab. Then, only those you choose to see your tweets (those that are following you) can see them.
You might also got to the device tab and set twittering from a mobile phone or IM client. No only can you tweet (that's what they call your posts) from the website, you can tweet from your cellphone via text or by an IM client. We'll talk about other ways next post. For the phone, you just put in your number and save it. You will probably want to set up a contact for Twitter in your phone. For IM, you put in your Gtalk, Livejournal, or any other Jabber client's ID and go to town. You can also turn on/off device updates and set a "sleep" time from here. Ok, here's the deal on this. With device updates on, tweet's from anyone you follow will be sent to your phone via text, provided you chose to have that person's tweet sent there. This is cool if you have an unlimited texting plan or like vibration. I still don't think that if you follow a lot of people (or people who tweet nonstop) and send their tweets to your phone, you'd want to have this to be a factor. But if you do set up for phone updates, you can set up a time that you won't get the texts. This is handy if say you are in a meeting or, I don't know, maybe want to sleep.
Now that you have all of that ironed that out, you may want to start twittering. If you are on the website, you will see a text box at the top of the screen where you can make the magic happen. There is a character countdown on the right hand side the goes down as you type. Even though you have a 140 character limit on tweets you can keep typing past that. Once you hit the update button, it's only going to post 140 characters though. If you have more than that to say, you might want to split the tweet or just blog about it elsewhere. :) If you are on your cellphone, you already know that you have a cap of between 140-160 characters depending on phone. If you went over 140, your tweet gets split after the 140 mark. Got it, good. All you need now is some commands.
Let's get some lingo going. Basically there are two things necessary to get around Twitter. Learning how to tweet and replying to tweets. I think the first part is covered, so let's get to replying. Replys are handled in this manner:
(At the start of a tweet)
@username [whatever you want to say minus the brackets] = @ mean the reply will be publicly seen but directed to the username given.
d username [whatever you want to say minus the brackets] = d means a direct message to username given. I don't think you can direct message people who are not following you. Haven't tried it yet though.
These can be done from wherever way you tweet from. There are other commands that might be useful if you are checking things out from a phone. You can find a list of the lingo here.
Below is an example of how the page will look when you sign on from the web.
You have a picture of a person's tweet(s), their name, the tweet, where they twittered from and a star and an arrow pointing back to the tweet. The star is for when you really like the tweet and want to favorite it. Just click it and go. I've yet to really use this even though I've come across some great tweets. The arrow is for when you want to reply to the tweet. You just click that and you will see an @username in the box at the top where you update. just start typing your reply and update(leaving a space in between the @username and the start of your reply.
That should just about cover everything you need to get started except for one thing. The whole following thing I've been alluding to. On Twitter, you're either being followed by or following people. Think friending in Myspace, Facebook, etc. and you're pretty much there. Say you are signed in to Twitter and you come across someone (or you already know someone there) that you find interesting and want to keep up with their updates. On the top of their page under their pictures, you will see a box that says "Follow"(example above). Click that and you start following their updates. If you've set it up, you can get an email anytime that someone follows you. So when you start to follow someone, that person might get an email saying that you are following them. If they choose to, they can follow you back, but it's not mandatory that they do. The same goes for you when someone follows you. You can also block or remove people should they prove to get besides themselves as people on the 'Net are want to do sometimes. On the same token, you can be blocked at the discretion or the person you are following, so take that as it is.
I should also point out that there potentially could be spam on the service. Using a site called Tweetscan, where companies and others can search through Twitter for keywords of choice. Think Google Alerts but for Twitter. This can be used to find out who's talking about what (IE: about them) so that they can follow their updates if necessary. While I can see good uses for the site, I'm not so keen (or sure) on how it can be used. After all, the people following you can see and reply to your tweets, but unless you follow them back, that's about where it stops. Not sure what exactly is gained outside of the fact that you may have mentioned them once. There are those people who somehow seem to follow everybody for rather suspious reasons. If you should happen to check out who's following you and all they ever post about are links going to something on their site, you should weigh it out. If you like it, cool, if not, do what you must. All of this may sound a bit contradictory when I speak on another site next post, but I think you can handle it.
That's enough for now. Get to Twittering. Me talking about it doesn't give it enough justice. And if you care to, send me a message when you get on there.
If you care to read a little more on it, try these places:
Newbie's guide to Twitter - Webware.com
The Twitter Handbook
The quick guide to Twitter
I'm sure I've missed something, but maybe I'll catch it for next post. This should be enough to get you out there. Before you know it, you'll be a Twitterholic in no time.
Just thinking about, there isn't much I can say on the matter. I love Hip Hop. I respect the game of Chess, but never really learned it. I do, however, LOVE the Mystery of Chessboxing. Damn good movie. A certain member of the Wu-tang Clan undoubtedly drew his namesake from this movie.
But that's not what this is about, sort of. You see Wu-tang member, the RZA, is widely known to "take the Queen with the Rook". Alright, filthy minds, I meant that he like to play Chess. Geez! Anyway, it can also be said the he, along with the rest of the Clan, has all but cemented their place in the Hip Hop Hall of Fame. So why not marry the two? How about throwing a bit of social networking in for good measure? If you are curious about the mixing, head on over to Wuchess.com.
The partnership of Rza and online Chess community, Chesspark. Chesspark itself, is a site that let's chess players from around the world share the love of the game by letting them play each other online. Casual and experienced players can pit their skills against each other. Wuchess is basically Chesspark for lovers of Hip Hop. Here, you will a community of chess players and Hip Hop heads coming together to form a more..."unique" union. Apparently, in addition to playing and socializing with other like minded folks in chess, you can make you own chess clans, compete in tournaments, practice against the computer, and get tips from pros. Also, members of the site can get access to exclusive videos and mp3 from Hip Hop artists (assumably from those associated with site, but...). Now, here comes the rub. It's $48 a year to join (Chesspark is $40 a year). Chesspark has a free service, I believe. Honestly, I hadn't tried either way. Here is a tour of the site, if you are interested. And here's some tutorials, also. And you gotta love the chess pieces.
(screenshot from Crunchbase)
Admittedly, it's an interesting idea. Rza has been trying to get more Hip Hop minded folks into chess. And this is not the first time such a combination has been tried, either. Before this even, there was a Hip Hop Chess Federation (of which part of the funds from Wuchess is going towards) formed to get the youth active in chess. Chess is a thinking man's game. Hip Hop is SUPPOSED to make you think, I believe. Anything that can bring one to the other can't be a bad thing. I can't totally be mad at it. Every now and then I get the itch to learn to play. I remember hearing about an Black Grandmaster named Maurice Ashley who put his likeness and skills behind a PC CD-rom title named Maurice Ashley Teaches Chess. I still have the game, too. He also wrote a book called Chess for Success.
How about I end this with a couple of links stories about Wuchess, eh?
WuChess: Online Chess For The Hip Hop Crowd. Why Not. - TechCrunch
The Rza launches Wuchess.com - BlackWeb 2.0
But that's not what this is about, sort of. You see Wu-tang member, the RZA, is widely known to "take the Queen with the Rook". Alright, filthy minds, I meant that he like to play Chess. Geez! Anyway, it can also be said the he, along with the rest of the Clan, has all but cemented their place in the Hip Hop Hall of Fame. So why not marry the two? How about throwing a bit of social networking in for good measure? If you are curious about the mixing, head on over to Wuchess.com.
The partnership of Rza and online Chess community, Chesspark. Chesspark itself, is a site that let's chess players from around the world share the love of the game by letting them play each other online. Casual and experienced players can pit their skills against each other. Wuchess is basically Chesspark for lovers of Hip Hop. Here, you will a community of chess players and Hip Hop heads coming together to form a more..."unique" union. Apparently, in addition to playing and socializing with other like minded folks in chess, you can make you own chess clans, compete in tournaments, practice against the computer, and get tips from pros. Also, members of the site can get access to exclusive videos and mp3 from Hip Hop artists (assumably from those associated with site, but...). Now, here comes the rub. It's $48 a year to join (Chesspark is $40 a year). Chesspark has a free service, I believe. Honestly, I hadn't tried either way. Here is a tour of the site, if you are interested. And here's some tutorials, also. And you gotta love the chess pieces.
(screenshot from Crunchbase)
Admittedly, it's an interesting idea. Rza has been trying to get more Hip Hop minded folks into chess. And this is not the first time such a combination has been tried, either. Before this even, there was a Hip Hop Chess Federation (of which part of the funds from Wuchess is going towards) formed to get the youth active in chess. Chess is a thinking man's game. Hip Hop is SUPPOSED to make you think, I believe. Anything that can bring one to the other can't be a bad thing. I can't totally be mad at it. Every now and then I get the itch to learn to play. I remember hearing about an Black Grandmaster named Maurice Ashley who put his likeness and skills behind a PC CD-rom title named Maurice Ashley Teaches Chess. I still have the game, too. He also wrote a book called Chess for Success.
How about I end this with a couple of links stories about Wuchess, eh?
WuChess: Online Chess For The Hip Hop Crowd. Why Not. - TechCrunch
The Rza launches Wuchess.com - BlackWeb 2.0
The Roots - Rising Down: Go get it.
Estelle - Shine: Why don't you already have this?
Portishead - Third: Still need to spin this one some more, but get it anyway. Maybe they'll get their asses into the studio more. (If any member of Portishead happens to see this, I say this with love. And where the Hell is Keybored 299 03??)
Iron Man movie: Hadn't seen it. Shut up! I usually wait until they get to DVD anyway.
Grand Theft Auto IV: It apparently is the shit. I've only cracked it open and started it before getting busy with other crap. Lemme lone. If I finish it before Soul Calibur IV, that'll be saying something.
That's all I can think of right now. If this wasn't enough for you. Allow me to point you to a time passer.
It's called Typeracer. Sounds self explanatory? It is. You're a car, you're in a race with other cars. First one to type their way to the finish line with the given lines of text, wins. Mistakes have to be dealt with before moving on. I personally, suck, but their seems to be some jokers who can type 160 words a second (that's insane!). There is a leaderboard, if you some choose to participate. You can also practice, which let's you know how bad you really are. It's pretty fun...if you like typing games.
Later!
Estelle - Shine: Why don't you already have this?
Portishead - Third: Still need to spin this one some more, but get it anyway. Maybe they'll get their asses into the studio more. (If any member of Portishead happens to see this, I say this with love. And where the Hell is Keybored 299 03??)
Iron Man movie: Hadn't seen it. Shut up! I usually wait until they get to DVD anyway.
Grand Theft Auto IV: It apparently is the shit. I've only cracked it open and started it before getting busy with other crap. Lemme lone. If I finish it before Soul Calibur IV, that'll be saying something.
That's all I can think of right now. If this wasn't enough for you. Allow me to point you to a time passer.
It's called Typeracer. Sounds self explanatory? It is. You're a car, you're in a race with other cars. First one to type their way to the finish line with the given lines of text, wins. Mistakes have to be dealt with before moving on. I personally, suck, but their seems to be some jokers who can type 160 words a second (that's insane!). There is a leaderboard, if you some choose to participate. You can also practice, which let's you know how bad you really are. It's pretty fun...if you like typing games.
Later!
First of all, '07 gems is the name given to those apps, gadgets, or sites that I was too lazy to write about in '07. Plus, I can see myself using these items more in the future and I wanted to make sure I put the word out before I started to do so. See how that works out? Good.
Pando.com is a way to send and/or share large files (up to 1GB) to people via email, IM, or the web (more on this later). Given the file size limitations of most email clients, you can see where this can be a cool deal. Let's say you are working on some music project and the person or people you are working with are scattered around the country. You want to send the latest version of a track to everyone in the group easily. You just find the file on your PC, right-click on it, choose send with Pando, choose to send via email, IM, or web, address it and hit send. You could also go though a similar process from Pando itself, but it just as easy. The file gets uploaded in what the company calls a package (get it?). The people sent to get a small (.Pando) file that will open up in Pando and start downloading instantly, provided they have it installed on their PC. It works with Outlook, Gmail, and pretty much any other web based email client.
I mentioned that in addition to sending by email, you could could send files through IM and the web. Pando works with all of the major IM clients along with Trillian, ICQ(anybody still using this?), and the VoIP darling, Skype. I'm guessing that Pidgin, the new kid Digsby(still playing around with it), and the web based Meebo won't have any issues with it either. For anyone wanting to, you can also publish to the web. Pando can be used to publish video, audio or whatever else on websites, blogs, forums, and by RSS. Once posted, the file can be shared with others just as easily with no real cost to you. Pando even gives you the code to copy and paste onto your site for distribution.
Now comes the inner workings part. Pando works on a P2P type protocol similar to Bittorent, if you've ever heard of it.The more people with the file and have Pando running, the faster that someone downloading said file will be able to get it. The person's connection still plays the part in this, mind you. Basically, you have the file on your PC. As soon as you send it to wherever, a copy goes to Pando's servers and a small file, if sending by email or IM, goes to the recipient. The recipient opens the file in Pando and starts downloading just like that. The cool part is that once you are finished uploading the file, the recipient can still get it because, as I've said, it's on Pando's servers and will stay there depending on how it was sent. If sent by email or IM, it lasts for 7 days after the last time it was shared or downloaded. If by web, 30 days from the last download. If someone downloaded the file within 30 days, the count starts over. I could have saved you so much trouble by pointing you here.
Oh, I forgot, they also have a service where you can subscribe to and download HD quality videocasts. They already have channels that you can subscribe to from the likes of ESPN, CNN, Geekbrief.tv, Epic-Fu, and others. You can also use Pando to download Bittorent files, but I haven't used that option much. I believe that I have just heard that they are partnering with NBC for a direct download service for their shows (for pay, no doubt). That might be pretty neat, if it works.
By now, you have either clicked away from this post or are wondering how much this is. If you've stuck it out, here's the answer: For the low, low price of free you can have all of this functionality. There is also a paid version that boasts a bigger file size limit, no ads, more hosting time, etc. That's about it. I'm guessing that's enough, though. If you were interested, you'd be downloading it by now. If you care for a sample of the goods, try this little offering out.
Something funny. I was going to do screen capture on how to send a a package, but I realized the irony of it. Hope you enjoy what I did send and I hope the people who made what I sent won't be upset.
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Pando.com is a way to send and/or share large files (up to 1GB) to people via email, IM, or the web (more on this later). Given the file size limitations of most email clients, you can see where this can be a cool deal. Let's say you are working on some music project and the person or people you are working with are scattered around the country. You want to send the latest version of a track to everyone in the group easily. You just find the file on your PC, right-click on it, choose send with Pando, choose to send via email, IM, or web, address it and hit send. You could also go though a similar process from Pando itself, but it just as easy. The file gets uploaded in what the company calls a package (get it?). The people sent to get a small (.Pando) file that will open up in Pando and start downloading instantly, provided they have it installed on their PC. It works with Outlook, Gmail, and pretty much any other web based email client.
I mentioned that in addition to sending by email, you could could send files through IM and the web. Pando works with all of the major IM clients along with Trillian, ICQ(anybody still using this?), and the VoIP darling, Skype. I'm guessing that Pidgin, the new kid Digsby(still playing around with it), and the web based Meebo won't have any issues with it either. For anyone wanting to, you can also publish to the web. Pando can be used to publish video, audio or whatever else on websites, blogs, forums, and by RSS. Once posted, the file can be shared with others just as easily with no real cost to you. Pando even gives you the code to copy and paste onto your site for distribution.
Now comes the inner workings part. Pando works on a P2P type protocol similar to Bittorent, if you've ever heard of it.The more people with the file and have Pando running, the faster that someone downloading said file will be able to get it. The person's connection still plays the part in this, mind you. Basically, you have the file on your PC. As soon as you send it to wherever, a copy goes to Pando's servers and a small file, if sending by email or IM, goes to the recipient. The recipient opens the file in Pando and starts downloading just like that. The cool part is that once you are finished uploading the file, the recipient can still get it because, as I've said, it's on Pando's servers and will stay there depending on how it was sent. If sent by email or IM, it lasts for 7 days after the last time it was shared or downloaded. If by web, 30 days from the last download. If someone downloaded the file within 30 days, the count starts over. I could have saved you so much trouble by pointing you here.
Oh, I forgot, they also have a service where you can subscribe to and download HD quality videocasts. They already have channels that you can subscribe to from the likes of ESPN, CNN, Geekbrief.tv, Epic-Fu, and others. You can also use Pando to download Bittorent files, but I haven't used that option much. I believe that I have just heard that they are partnering with NBC for a direct download service for their shows (for pay, no doubt). That might be pretty neat, if it works.
By now, you have either clicked away from this post or are wondering how much this is. If you've stuck it out, here's the answer: For the low, low price of free you can have all of this functionality. There is also a paid version that boasts a bigger file size limit, no ads, more hosting time, etc. That's about it. I'm guessing that's enough, though. If you were interested, you'd be downloading it by now. If you care for a sample of the goods, try this little offering out.
Something funny. I was going to do screen capture on how to send a a package, but I realized the irony of it. Hope you enjoy what I did send and I hope the people who made what I sent won't be upset.
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If you are in the market for a new cell phone (like me), you'd want to be able to eventually pick up the phone and play with it without having to deal with the annoying salespeople at the various kiosks or stores where you plan to get said phone. This is also after going to the various carriers and checking out the service and also hitting up Phonescoop.com for news and reviews on the carriers and phones, right? Right! So after doing all of that and now dreading going to the store before you actually want to make a purchase (assuming you don't purchase online anywhere), why not test out the phone from the comfort of your own web browser, eh? "But Roddy", you ask, "you can't do that that from a web browser. You need to pick up, press button, flush it down the toilet, or whatnot." Um, ok. All but that last part with the toilet might have truth to it. There is also the notion that you don't always need to touch something to look at it. That's what Mama used to say. She also said, "Don't you rush to get old." Mama used to say....
Anyway, this brings us, finally, to the point of this shindig: TryPhone.com
I saw this on MSN earlier. Here, you can try out the features of certain phones and check out reviews, buy, and in cases, look at a demo of features on the phones right from the site. It's pretty neat. It's in Beta, so it's not fully baked yet, but you can go check it out. They don't have but a handful of phones on there either, but if you were in the market for what they do have, go right on in. Some phone manufacturers like HTC (T-Mobile Dash, AT&T's 8925, Verizon's XV6800, etc) sometimes have little demos of there phones features on their site. This one rolls on that notion for different brands of phones. I like it even though the phone I want, the aforementioned XV6800, is not on here. But hopefully, they will at least get to all of the newer phones.
Try it out. It's cool.
Anyway, this brings us, finally, to the point of this shindig: TryPhone.com
I saw this on MSN earlier. Here, you can try out the features of certain phones and check out reviews, buy, and in cases, look at a demo of features on the phones right from the site. It's pretty neat. It's in Beta, so it's not fully baked yet, but you can go check it out. They don't have but a handful of phones on there either, but if you were in the market for what they do have, go right on in. Some phone manufacturers like HTC (T-Mobile Dash, AT&T's 8925, Verizon's XV6800, etc) sometimes have little demos of there phones features on their site. This one rolls on that notion for different brands of phones. I like it even though the phone I want, the aforementioned XV6800, is not on here. But hopefully, they will at least get to all of the newer phones.
Try it out. It's cool.
Twas the week of Thanksgiving and all over the place,everybody's waiting for Friday, like it was a damn race!
Yep, the day that people all over the U.S. braces for in anticipation. The one Holiday to rule them all, for retail stores. Yes, I'm talking about the first official shopping day of Christmas. Forget the day before and the turkey that is eaten on that day. that day is to give thanks for the two days off and the the shopping therein. Sounds snarky? Maybe a bit, but let's get to the reason of the post. Black Friday is the day in question, and though I don't know why it's called that and don't put much stock in it, but there is a purpose for those who do. The purpose, there are deals to be had and here is where to do a couple of them. The sales are usually out before the actually day and here are a couple of places to find them.
Dealnews.com
Mild mannered deal and (online) coupon site by day, early Black Friday sales poster by Thanksgiving. I've not used this site before, but I may come here more often for coupons to online stores and such.
Black Friday.info
The original (well, at least the first one that I've come across) site for Black Friday deals. Just like Dealnews, they have the ads the week or more before the day. They also have coupons and apparently a shopping list that you can access should you sign up with them (that's at your discretion).
One note: Walmart has been having sales for the last few Fridays to try to siphon off the madness that is Black Friday. One of these said sale was a $99 HD DVD player from Toshiba. I missed out on that, but it doesn't matter because I'm not trying to get into this HD Format war. That's another story. Wally world had also banned sites such as these from posting their ads before this week for reasons of selfishness and sales, I'm sure.
Anyway, I'm sure there are more sites with other stuff, but really, I have a feeling they will be repeating the same ads. So, you have your ammo, go give 'em hell. I'm not trying to be out in that mess. That's what the internet is for. And Cyber Monday, as stupid as that sounds.
P.S.
I almost forgot, there is also one of my favorite sites out there, Woot.com. They have one thing on sale every day. Mostly something electronic in nature, but worth a look. Sometimes, they have side deals that are ironically on the top of the page and you get a song if nothing else. There is also there sister sites, wine.woot and shirt.woot for...those items.
(EDIT)
And I TOTALLY forgot about Fatwallet.com. They've been doing their thing for a while now. possibly longer than Dealnews. I don't know. Check them out also. OUT!
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Let's face it. Email, for all of it practicality, is kind of impersonal. Even the best writers out, and I know a few good ones, can be misconstrued via email. Sometimes, you need to see, or be seen, in order to get the message across. Well guess what party people, that where Eyejot comes in. Eyejot is a free video messaging service that is easy to use. It's basically video email. And guess what, you don't need much to use the service. All you need is:
A webcam - Easy enough to find. you can get a Sony Eyetoy (make sure you get it without the game unless you have a PS2) and use it as a cheap webcam. It's about $30. All you would need are the drivers to run on the PC/Mac. You can just Google Sony Eyetoy Drivers and find them.
A microphone or headset - Most webcams have a built in mic, but you can opt for a better quality or a headset/mic jobby that you may have lying around.
A PC (or Mac) with a web browser and Adobe Flash installed - If you can see this post, chances are, you have this already. I could be wrong, though.
Once you have all of this, you can put them together, set your phazer's on stun, and point your browser of choice to Eyejot.com. Sign up (it's free, like I said), and start recording using the easy to use controls. The first time you use it, you will have to allow Flash to access the webcam, which should come up the first time you try to compose a message (If it doesn't, press the little camera next to the stop button and go through the setup assistant). It go time from then on. You can record your message and send like you would a regular email. It's just that simple. You have an inbox to house incoming Eyejot from friends and also a friends list (address book) to keep your email addresses in.
There's also a couple other neat features to the service. You can get a widget for your Blog, website, Myspace page, whatever so that people can see you profile video and/or send you an Eyejot through it (should they have the proper setup...What am I thinking, of course they do. I forgot where I was.). I'd do this but... I really don't think so. For you iTunes users, you can enable support for RSS and subscribe to your messages from iTunes or any RSS reader (Firefox, Google reader, etc). What's also cool is that you can also enable viewing Eyejot messages on your video capable smartphone. That's pretty neat! I should point out that the site is in Beta (of course), but it seems to work pretty well from my tests.
Now I know what you might be thinking, "why on earth would I want put myself on a webcam and send it to someone"? My answer: go back and read the beginning of this post. My real answer? You do it anyway with the webcam you have set up in the bedroom that you charge for. And you're all over Skype video, so why not? Maybe your friends you like to actually see your face instead of the cold heartless emails (forwards, mostly) that you keep sending them. You ever thought of that? Of course not, you selfish bastard! However, if you do this, don't try to hold me responsible for when you send them drunk messages with some other body parts in the webcam outside of your face. It would NOT be my fault (though if you're cute, I might want to see it)! And don't try to blame me for giving you any ideas that you, or anyone else(me), didn't already have.
So, if I didn't give you a good enough reason to try this out, allow me to leave you with my slogan for the service. Feel free to use it, it's good. Ready?
Eyejot - When you care enough to let them see how crazy you look.
I just want credit if you do use it!
Peace
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A webcam - Easy enough to find. you can get a Sony Eyetoy (make sure you get it without the game unless you have a PS2) and use it as a cheap webcam. It's about $30. All you would need are the drivers to run on the PC/Mac. You can just Google Sony Eyetoy Drivers and find them.
A microphone or headset - Most webcams have a built in mic, but you can opt for a better quality or a headset/mic jobby that you may have lying around.
A PC (or Mac) with a web browser and Adobe Flash installed - If you can see this post, chances are, you have this already. I could be wrong, though.
Once you have all of this, you can put them together, set your phazer's on stun, and point your browser of choice to Eyejot.com. Sign up (it's free, like I said), and start recording using the easy to use controls. The first time you use it, you will have to allow Flash to access the webcam, which should come up the first time you try to compose a message (If it doesn't, press the little camera next to the stop button and go through the setup assistant). It go time from then on. You can record your message and send like you would a regular email. It's just that simple. You have an inbox to house incoming Eyejot from friends and also a friends list (address book) to keep your email addresses in.
There's also a couple other neat features to the service. You can get a widget for your Blog, website, Myspace page, whatever so that people can see you profile video and/or send you an Eyejot through it (should they have the proper setup...What am I thinking, of course they do. I forgot where I was.). I'd do this but... I really don't think so. For you iTunes users, you can enable support for RSS and subscribe to your messages from iTunes or any RSS reader (Firefox, Google reader, etc). What's also cool is that you can also enable viewing Eyejot messages on your video capable smartphone. That's pretty neat! I should point out that the site is in Beta (of course), but it seems to work pretty well from my tests.
Now I know what you might be thinking, "why on earth would I want put myself on a webcam and send it to someone"? My answer: go back and read the beginning of this post. My real answer? You do it anyway with the webcam you have set up in the bedroom that you charge for. And you're all over Skype video, so why not? Maybe your friends you like to actually see your face instead of the cold heartless emails (forwards, mostly) that you keep sending them. You ever thought of that? Of course not, you selfish bastard! However, if you do this, don't try to hold me responsible for when you send them drunk messages with some other body parts in the webcam outside of your face. It would NOT be my fault (though if you're cute, I might want to see it)! And don't try to blame me for giving you any ideas that you, or anyone else
So, if I didn't give you a good enough reason to try this out, allow me to leave you with my slogan for the service. Feel free to use it, it's good. Ready?
Eyejot - When you care enough to let them see how crazy you look.
I just want credit if you do use it!
Peace
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Song of the Moment
"Music For Life" Ft. J Dilla, Nas, Common, Busta Rhymes Marsha Of Floetry
"Music For Life" Ft. J Dilla, Nas, Common, Busta Rhymes Marsha Of Floetry
It's true. I was there. I was in a box musically where I've never kept myself. I missed out on a lot of good music in the past year or two. I'm getting better. I have help. Pandora's riding shotgun even though I hadn't been on there much lately. Honeysoul and Neosoulcafe are starting to keep me in line and I can't forget about my man T. Grundy who constantly reminds me what and where the real music stays. I'm set, but I hate the fact that I believed that Soul music was in hibernation.
I don't listen to the radio much because it seems that the same songs get played every 15 minutes or so. I can't deal with that. And as far as Rap is concerned, I don't know, i'm biased because of the school I came from seem more true than these cats out now. That's now fair even if it is true, so I plan to stick my ear back to the ground check the sound. Jazz for me is an ever growing love. I've been exposed to it when I was little and I was hooked ever since. In '06, I checked out a couple things on the contemporary front, but I lapsed on the classic stuff. Anyway, I am making a conscious effort to rebuild the blocks that fell off my house. Wanna know what I've done so far? Let's stick with Soul for the time being. It's actually not much, but it's a step.
You've seen my post on Sy Smith, right? I'm looking for true artists like this lady. There are a few and unfortunately I may have to trek into that ungodly den called Myspace (no offense to my known Myspace junkies. I still love you all.) to listen to them. Here are a few:
Darien Brockington
Chrisette Michelle
Choklate
Kimy (Definitely check this one out.)
There are a few more, but you get the point. Like I said, I'm working out. And speaking for working it out, it's is Valentine's Day. Whether that means anything to you or not, it's always a good day for some great music. On that, I'm going to have to ask you to point your browser to this link:
NetInfoWeb 2.0: Soul, R Jazz and Blues on the ‘Net » ‘The Event’: Valentine’s Day-Triple Play…
In a case of my man never letting me down, Mr. TGrundy hosts a very interesting post full of great music mixes as he says, "3 Musketeers" style between himself, Grantlove, and EJ Flavors (whom I've checked out in the past and will be hitting up his spot with more frequency). And even if you see this post after February 14th, still check the mixes. After all, you're still going to Love and/or be in love after today, right? RIGHT?
Quick, what's the name of song with that guy who did that thing with the thing....? Here wait, let me hum about 2 seconds of it.
Come on, you know who is it!
If this happens to you on the regular (Don't lie, it's not just me), then I have a site for you to send these people and get in some kicks in the process. Midomi.com is a music search site that identifies songs by humming them. If you have a microphone hooked up to your computer, you can go to this site and you can sing (or hum) a few bars of that ditty you've trying to find the name of. It then goes out and tries to find the name of the song that you are looking for. It is said to be fairly accurate according to the article that I've linked to below. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that it's not too accurate with Rap songs. Now that I think about it, I haven't tried it. Oh, if it finds what you are looking for and you want to buy it, there will be a link to where you can do that.
And now for the beautiful part. The site also let's you record said rendition of songs and share in a Youtube / Myspace type fashion. So now you can bring that shower version of Mariah Carey to the masses. This is my favorite part because anyone can come to the site and listen to some good and some not so good versions of songs from Joanne and Joe Shmoe. HOTNESS! It's the stuff that American Idol was made from (God help us). I've actually heard some people with some pretty good voices on the joint. And I can always go on a Youtube style hunt for the next William Hung. That's where the kicks come in.
But hey, you don't have to take my word for it, check out the article below from Webware.com and then go to Midomi.com and check it out. I'm sure I'll hear a couple of you there shortly. :)
Midomi names the tune [with video] | Webware : Cool web apps for everyone
Come on, you know who is it!
If this happens to you on the regular (Don't lie, it's not just me), then I have a site for you to send these people and get in some kicks in the process. Midomi.com is a music search site that identifies songs by humming them. If you have a microphone hooked up to your computer, you can go to this site and you can sing (or hum) a few bars of that ditty you've trying to find the name of. It then goes out and tries to find the name of the song that you are looking for. It is said to be fairly accurate according to the article that I've linked to below. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that it's not too accurate with Rap songs. Now that I think about it, I haven't tried it. Oh, if it finds what you are looking for and you want to buy it, there will be a link to where you can do that.
And now for the beautiful part. The site also let's you record said rendition of songs and share in a Youtube / Myspace type fashion. So now you can bring that shower version of Mariah Carey to the masses. This is my favorite part because anyone can come to the site and listen to some good and some not so good versions of songs from Joanne and Joe Shmoe. HOTNESS! It's the stuff that American Idol was made from (God help us). I've actually heard some people with some pretty good voices on the joint. And I can always go on a Youtube style hunt for the next William Hung. That's where the kicks come in.
But hey, you don't have to take my word for it, check out the article below from Webware.com and then go to Midomi.com and check it out. I'm sure I'll hear a couple of you there shortly. :)
Midomi names the tune [with video] | Webware : Cool web apps for everyone
I'm going to be honest with. i'm not crazy about watching Football. In fact, I'm not so much a sports fan, either. I've watched Basketball. Boxing for sure, Track and Field, HELL YEA! Tennis, if Serena (or Venus should she ever) is on, but that's outside the point. hell, I don't even have cable so I couldn't catch too much if I wanted too. I'm going well away from the point now.And yes, I am, for what it's worth, an American AND a fully secure in his masculinity male child. BELIEVE IT! I say that because it always comes into question when I mention these facts. Meh!
The point is, while I suppose it is historic (for lack of a better word) that there are two teams with African American coaches playing, I'm not so much in caring. First of all, 32 teams, 5 African American coaches, 70 or 80 percent African American players, how ever many years of the NFL, and something still doesn't add up but you do the math. And on that note, how many African American owners are there? maybe I'll look into that, but I bet I don't have to go far. That's an issue that is as big as (if not bigger than) the coaches and THAT'S being glossed over for what it's worth. That's a whole other issue that i'm not yet qualified to argue, but I thought that I would mention it. As a matter of fact, that's not even the point of this post.
The points are that, (a)while I might tune into the game around the forth quarter, the winner has already been declared. I site this article as evidence:
Colts Win (Madden) Super Bowl news from 1UP.com
(UPDATE) Here's video of the match to support my claims.
See, now I don't have to watch the game. Which brings me to what I will really be tuning in for: the commercials. I love the commercials that come around Superbowl time. They supply me with half of my year's entertainment. Think about it, you know there will be some funny one's. You know there will be some summer movie lovin' going on! you know there is probably going to be the one tasteless one that everybody likes but will never ever be shown again. and you know that fool who is proposing to his girlfriend is finally going to get his shine. And I bet his girlfriend already knows about it. I call the dude a fool because you couldn't turn on the TV or read the web without running across a mention of it. Dude's been on Entertainment Tonight (a show I despise) with his back to the camera like no one who knows him well enough will EVER know it's him. Don't get me wrong, his idea was cool, but really. That should have been kept on the LOW low! And I hope for his sake that the girl says yes because you know it's going to come out. Alright, once again off topic (DRINK).
Anyway, as much as I'm looking forward to the commercials during the game, I can think of better things to do than sit through the game to get to that part. Luckily, there is an answer for that. Last year, there was a website that posted all of the commercials as they aired. Come to think of it, there were a couple. Ifilm.com has a commercial channel that has old and new commercials on it (you will see this mentioned again one day). In that channel, there is a section for Superbowl commercials for the last year or two. I don't expect them to stop doing that anytime soon. My personal favs are the Terry Tate, Office Linebacker (AKA The Mighty Rasta, BKA Calvin from My wife and kids). Dude ran for Governor of California. I did not know that! Anyway, Check it out:
Ifilm.com - Superbowl Ad Showcase
The site I'm really I'm really talking about is this site I ran across on a blog last year about this time. As i said, this site posted the commercials as they aired in an RSS feed so that anyone could download them and watch at their leisure. If you know anything about RSS (most of you have your own blogs, so you might have an idea), this means that you can suscribe to the feed and as the commercials air, you can download or watch them when the feed updates. I loved that idea last year and they are doing it again. As a matter of fact, if you go to the page:
Watch 2007 SuperBowl Commercials - Super Bowl Ads Podcast :: Technology News and Opinions
You can subscribe to this year's feed (yes, there is also an iTunes link) or watch this or last year's commercials as a podcast right there. And it appears that there are already some commercials for this year popping up. So now, all I have to do is check for halftime, and i'm set! Love it!
Didn't see that one coming huh? Yea, I'm watching Prince at halftime. That's a given! What! Don't act like i'm the only one whose going to be checking out just the commercials!
Oh, I'm pretty sure Youtube will be doing this also... Call it a hunch.
YouTube - Supervote
Technorati Tags: Superbowl, commercials
The point is, while I suppose it is historic (for lack of a better word) that there are two teams with African American coaches playing, I'm not so much in caring. First of all, 32 teams, 5 African American coaches, 70 or 80 percent African American players, how ever many years of the NFL, and something still doesn't add up but you do the math. And on that note, how many African American owners are there? maybe I'll look into that, but I bet I don't have to go far. That's an issue that is as big as (if not bigger than) the coaches and THAT'S being glossed over for what it's worth. That's a whole other issue that i'm not yet qualified to argue, but I thought that I would mention it. As a matter of fact, that's not even the point of this post.
The points are that, (a)while I might tune into the game around the forth quarter, the winner has already been declared. I site this article as evidence:
Colts Win (Madden) Super Bowl news from 1UP.com
(UPDATE) Here's video of the match to support my claims.
See, now I don't have to watch the game. Which brings me to what I will really be tuning in for: the commercials. I love the commercials that come around Superbowl time. They supply me with half of my year's entertainment. Think about it, you know there will be some funny one's. You know there will be some summer movie lovin' going on! you know there is probably going to be the one tasteless one that everybody likes but will never ever be shown again. and you know that fool who is proposing to his girlfriend is finally going to get his shine. And I bet his girlfriend already knows about it. I call the dude a fool because you couldn't turn on the TV or read the web without running across a mention of it. Dude's been on Entertainment Tonight (a show I despise) with his back to the camera like no one who knows him well enough will EVER know it's him. Don't get me wrong, his idea was cool, but really. That should have been kept on the LOW low! And I hope for his sake that the girl says yes because you know it's going to come out. Alright, once again off topic (DRINK).
Anyway, as much as I'm looking forward to the commercials during the game, I can think of better things to do than sit through the game to get to that part. Luckily, there is an answer for that. Last year, there was a website that posted all of the commercials as they aired. Come to think of it, there were a couple. Ifilm.com has a commercial channel that has old and new commercials on it (you will see this mentioned again one day). In that channel, there is a section for Superbowl commercials for the last year or two. I don't expect them to stop doing that anytime soon. My personal favs are the Terry Tate, Office Linebacker (AKA The Mighty Rasta, BKA Calvin from My wife and kids). Dude ran for Governor of California. I did not know that! Anyway, Check it out:
Ifilm.com - Superbowl Ad Showcase
The site I'm really I'm really talking about is this site I ran across on a blog last year about this time. As i said, this site posted the commercials as they aired in an RSS feed so that anyone could download them and watch at their leisure. If you know anything about RSS (most of you have your own blogs, so you might have an idea), this means that you can suscribe to the feed and as the commercials air, you can download or watch them when the feed updates. I loved that idea last year and they are doing it again. As a matter of fact, if you go to the page:
Watch 2007 SuperBowl Commercials - Super Bowl Ads Podcast :: Technology News and Opinions
You can subscribe to this year's feed (yes, there is also an iTunes link) or watch this or last year's commercials as a podcast right there. And it appears that there are already some commercials for this year popping up. So now, all I have to do is check for halftime, and i'm set! Love it!
Didn't see that one coming huh? Yea, I'm watching Prince at halftime. That's a given! What! Don't act like i'm the only one whose going to be checking out just the commercials!
Oh, I'm pretty sure Youtube will be doing this also... Call it a hunch.
YouTube - Supervote
Technorati Tags: Superbowl, commercials
Do you remember that night you went to the club with your people and got clowned because you saw old Aunt Ruthie in the middle of the dance floor [Insert current dance craze]? You know when you ran into that fine ass person on the way out that you saw on the way in? How you both chatted away over drinks in the deepest darkest corner of the club. You had your head down the whole time and they though it was funny. You started getting to know each other. They were looking finer and finer the more you talked. The jam came on and you got up to dance (right near the table so that you wouldn't run into Aunt Ruthie or your people). You started grindin' really close even though it was a fast song playing at the time. Then you heard 'Sexual Healing' over the sound system (when it was really playing 'Smack my Bitch up'). So you decided to invite them back to your place, you know, because it's a little less crowded and noisy. Well, that and you thought you saw Aunt Ruthie heading your way. They agree after you say, 'I don't normally do this". You creep out the club real fast, find your car, and head for some head to the crib. The night ends with some toe curling sex on your overturned couch.
You wake up in the afternoon to the phone. It's your mom asking why aren't at the family reunion that started 2 hours ago. You also look around and see that your late night conquest has flown the coop. Shit, that turned out better than you expected. You don't even remember their name. so you tell your mom you're on way, rush the shower, get dressed, and roll out. And then you get there. People are eating, most are drunk, and the music is loud kinda like last night, eh? You try not to notice that Aunt Ruthie is still in the same clothes as last and is still dancing away. Pretty spry for 82 years old, but that see through mini skirt and matching top, ick. Still embarrassing, though. You grab a plate in between hugs and finger pulls. Junebug still can't get right and you refuse to do the shufflebutt like you did when you were little. Uncle Wally still preaching but makes the best whiskey in the country. Secret ingredient, Tequila, and you always wondered what that car that sat in his yard was for. Pee Wee still smells and "Aunt" floyd is still with Uncle Jimmy. There goes Aunt Frida cheating at Spades again and arguing like she didn't to Uncle Junior. She's at the point where she's about to take her blade out cut him....again. You hold your head down and keep asking yourself why do you keep coming to these things.
Anyway, as you mumble to yourself and after Bug asks you for $5...again (He'll pay you back. He promises...again), your mom taps you on the shoulder. She wants you to say hey to cousin Jenny, the second cousin that haven't seen since you two used to bathe together as babies. You don't remember what happens next because you fainted....
Well now, in between therapy sessions, you can keep track of your whole sordid family tree with the website, Geni.com. It's free and seemingly easy to use. You just start putting in your particular info (you, mom, dad, other mom i'm not sure of) and the branches of family that you know of and keep going. You get a temp password emailed to you at the time and then when you login the first time, you can make a permanent one. You can even put in email address that can be used to invite other family members to fill in spots that you didn't seem to figure out in time. So supposedly only your family will see your tree. Granted, it is said not to be a professional tool so you won't be going all Alex Hailey all of a sudden, but it can be a cool way to start going about it. Below is a link to where I found out about it. It should be noted that the site is in beta, which means it's got miles to go before it can walk. But then again, Google has stuff that is in perpetual beta and is floating about.
Sorry, I wasn't able to tell you about it before the reunion, but you might have still not known better (or cared). Try it out still and stay away from next year's reunion. Here's an article from where I found out about it.
Webware.com - Geni: Finally, Genealogy made easy
You wake up in the afternoon to the phone. It's your mom asking why aren't at the family reunion that started 2 hours ago. You also look around and see that your late night conquest has flown the coop. Shit, that turned out better than you expected. You don't even remember their name. so you tell your mom you're on way, rush the shower, get dressed, and roll out. And then you get there. People are eating, most are drunk, and the music is loud kinda like last night, eh? You try not to notice that Aunt Ruthie is still in the same clothes as last and is still dancing away. Pretty spry for 82 years old, but that see through mini skirt and matching top, ick. Still embarrassing, though. You grab a plate in between hugs and finger pulls. Junebug still can't get right and you refuse to do the shufflebutt like you did when you were little. Uncle Wally still preaching but makes the best whiskey in the country. Secret ingredient, Tequila, and you always wondered what that car that sat in his yard was for. Pee Wee still smells and "Aunt" floyd is still with Uncle Jimmy. There goes Aunt Frida cheating at Spades again and arguing like she didn't to Uncle Junior. She's at the point where she's about to take her blade out cut him....again. You hold your head down and keep asking yourself why do you keep coming to these things.
Anyway, as you mumble to yourself and after Bug asks you for $5...again (He'll pay you back. He promises...again), your mom taps you on the shoulder. She wants you to say hey to cousin Jenny, the second cousin that haven't seen since you two used to bathe together as babies. You don't remember what happens next because you fainted....
Well now, in between therapy sessions, you can keep track of your whole sordid family tree with the website, Geni.com. It's free and seemingly easy to use. You just start putting in your particular info (you, mom, dad, other mom i'm not sure of) and the branches of family that you know of and keep going. You get a temp password emailed to you at the time and then when you login the first time, you can make a permanent one. You can even put in email address that can be used to invite other family members to fill in spots that you didn't seem to figure out in time. So supposedly only your family will see your tree. Granted, it is said not to be a professional tool so you won't be going all Alex Hailey all of a sudden, but it can be a cool way to start going about it. Below is a link to where I found out about it. It should be noted that the site is in beta, which means it's got miles to go before it can walk. But then again, Google has stuff that is in perpetual beta and is floating about.
Sorry, I wasn't able to tell you about it before the reunion, but you might have still not known better (or cared). Try it out still and stay away from next year's reunion. Here's an article from where I found out about it.
Webware.com - Geni: Finally, Genealogy made easy
The holiday season is upon us and you know what that means....
Ok, yea, you'll wish you hadn't had that last mound of stuffing, but besides that it's one week away from the busiest shopping day of the year. The time of year stores LOVE because they will be giving thanks to you for giving them all of your money for the sake of Christmas. You know, when you CLAIM to be Christmas shopping for the family when you are really just getting stuff for yourself (selfish ass). For those of you crazy enough to want to go out and shop during that day, I know you will want a leg up on all of the sales going on for Black Friday. Wait a minute, who came UP with that stupid name anyway and why is it BLACK Friday........oh!!
Anyway, how will you get a heads up on the sales when the paper with those sales won't come out until Thanksgiving (sometimes they start advertising the Sunday before)? You are in luck, there are a couple of site that will help you in this time ofgreed need.
They are:
BlackFriday.info
and Fat Wallet.com
Now Blackfriday.info covers just that day. It usually has all of the sales that are going to be had on Black Friday at least a week in advance. Which is why i'm telling you about it now. Usually when a store puts it out, they post it. Well, Except this year for Best Buy, who made them take theirs down this year. I don't know how long they have been doing this, but I found out about them a couple of years ago.
Fat Wallet, I believe, works all year round. They have been around for a while and they pretty much sniff out all of the deals and coupons around the web from places and posts them up on their site. I haven't used it much, but I have heard of it. It might ask you to sign up, but it appears that you don't have to in order to take advantage of what is posted.
And there you go. consume until your hearts content. Oh, I want to give up a bonus site that also works all year. It's called Woot.com. Their thing is: "One day one deal". Every day they have a new or refurbished item, mostly of a tech related nature, on sale. Once the day is over, the deal is over. Sometimes (like right now when i'm writing this), the will have what is called a Woot-off! That is a day or two when they put something up on the site until it sells out and then put up another item. As I said, that goes on for a day of two and sometimes there is some good stuff that comes up. They even have a nice little funny podcast to go along with the item. The write ups on the items are amusing, too.
Anyway, go check that stuff out if you are so inclined. I just want my 10% commission of front. Leave it at the door on your way out. And no plug nickels either, ya cheapskates!
Peace
Technorati Tags: sales, blackfriday, woot
Ok, yea, you'll wish you hadn't had that last mound of stuffing, but besides that it's one week away from the busiest shopping day of the year. The time of year stores LOVE because they will be giving thanks to you for giving them all of your money for the sake of Christmas. You know, when you CLAIM to be Christmas shopping for the family when you are really just getting stuff for yourself (selfish ass). For those of you crazy enough to want to go out and shop during that day, I know you will want a leg up on all of the sales going on for Black Friday. Wait a minute, who came UP with that stupid name anyway and why is it BLACK Friday........oh!!
Anyway, how will you get a heads up on the sales when the paper with those sales won't come out until Thanksgiving (sometimes they start advertising the Sunday before)? You are in luck, there are a couple of site that will help you in this time of
They are:
BlackFriday.info
and Fat Wallet.com
Now Blackfriday.info covers just that day. It usually has all of the sales that are going to be had on Black Friday at least a week in advance. Which is why i'm telling you about it now. Usually when a store puts it out, they post it. Well, Except this year for Best Buy, who made them take theirs down this year. I don't know how long they have been doing this, but I found out about them a couple of years ago.
Fat Wallet, I believe, works all year round. They have been around for a while and they pretty much sniff out all of the deals and coupons around the web from places and posts them up on their site. I haven't used it much, but I have heard of it. It might ask you to sign up, but it appears that you don't have to in order to take advantage of what is posted.
And there you go. consume until your hearts content. Oh, I want to give up a bonus site that also works all year. It's called Woot.com. Their thing is: "One day one deal". Every day they have a new or refurbished item, mostly of a tech related nature, on sale. Once the day is over, the deal is over. Sometimes (like right now when i'm writing this), the will have what is called a Woot-off! That is a day or two when they put something up on the site until it sells out and then put up another item. As I said, that goes on for a day of two and sometimes there is some good stuff that comes up. They even have a nice little funny podcast to go along with the item. The write ups on the items are amusing, too.
Anyway, go check that stuff out if you are so inclined. I just want my 10% commission of front. Leave it at the door on your way out. And no plug nickels either, ya cheapskates!
Peace
Technorati Tags: sales, blackfriday, woot
You know, I think what I originally wrote might have be nicer than what i'm posting now, but what can you do (see bottom). Anyway, a while ago, I mentioned a nice music blog that I said I would check out and write about. Actually, it was two sites, NetInfoWeb 2.0 "Tracking the sites, Tracking the Soul " and RIBS: Rhythms in Black Satin, an MP3blog, ran by the MAN TGrundy. I can't seem to find the post that I mentioned them in, but go with me on this. Maybe if I would get off of my ass, I would finish the post properly (and I will. it's a great site). I will say right now that RIBS has some great audio mixes (and the playlists for them) and that you should go check them out. Anyway, i've been checking the site out and commenting on a couple posts here and there. I went there earlier tonight and saw that I got a nice post written about me. Well, it's not really about me, but a post I did fairly recently. How about this, you go check his post and you'll see what i'm talking about.
NetInfoWeb 2.0 » Roddykat… Working Hard For The Money!
Now, I thought it was nice and and I quite possibly blushed when I saw it... well, you know, being brown and a man, it doesn't happen often. Actually, this reminded me of something that i've had on the back burner for a while now. I may try to dig some stuff out and post them. Oh, and don't get me wrong, i've been mentioned in other's post before (not that i'm anybody), but this took it to another level for me. So once again, I will say thanks to tgrundy for the post and I can't wait for the mix!
Peace!
Performancing Tip(s): 1) Save early, save often. Pretend you are in Microsoft Word and fear a crash. It does happen. 2) Unless you are 200% confident in it's delivery, don't clear the post until after it's published. Performancing is pretty good about letting you know if it wen through or not, but why risk it (unless you did #1). Firefox could possibly crash and not recover you post (don't know if the new version works for running extensions). The last tip is mainly for Blogger users because I can't tell you how many times i've posted something only and it not be there or worse. Oh wait, yes I can, it's about 5.
From the pages of the web productivity site, Lifehacker, comes this story.
Google Gadgets open for all web pages - Lifehacker
That's right you, yes you website slash blogger, can add even more stuff to your site(s). Not from any old place, oh no, but from the mighty Google empire! Games, news, weather, horoscopes, calendar, it's all there, plus more! And you, yes you, can select any number of "gadgets" (as it's being referred to) to compliment pimp out your already off the hook well populated website or blog to the highest of pimptivity. This is what you've been waiting for. It's Google, It's you. It's Google with you making as much whoopie as you can finally stand! How can you do this? Check the link above...if you dare!
The views expressed in this post are not in any way sarcastic, but meant to be slightly humorous, though the content is real. If, said post was taken out of context (read: someone thought I was trippin'), please proceed to get a life and laugh a little. Or, just dont get it because it might not have been as funny as I believe it to be. This really is cool. All right now. I'm ready to go home and i'm threatening to fire up MSN and play UNO, which is far less distracting than what I am doing as opposed to what i'm doing now.
We interrupt the previously scheduled rant for something a little more or less productive.
For those of you Pandora users, you might want to check this link out.
jkOnTheRun: As if we needed more to like about it: 15 Pandora tweaks
Now, i've talked about Pandora enough in the past and I probably won't stop talking about it any time soon. This post, outside of having some other good links, clicks through to this post on the Lifehacker site:
Technophilia: 15 ways to get more out of Pandora - Lifehacker
As the title says, there are some useful tips for handing Pandora. Some of them I have heard of and/or used before. An issue in one of these tips, I hadn't encountered. The only one I didn't see is the one on how to rewind a track and I know there was a way out there. I'm not so much concerned with saving tracks (which is mentioned in one or two or the tips), but it is handy, I guess. At any rate, if you use Pandora, check it out. If you are curious about it, check out my stations to the left of this post.
And now back to the previously scheduled rant or whatnot.
Well, I least I think it's number 3. I can't remember the last one I did that counted as one. I have one I've been sitting on for a couple of months, but haven't put it up yet. Forget that, this one has priority.
So I was talking music with my dear friend Baby Jaguar last week (Hi Daneita) and she asked a question that I totally could not answer, until NOW. The question was...
Where the HELL is Maxwell!
And I thought to myself, yea, where the hell is he? He hadn't had an album since 2001's Now. Hell, Sade's done something since then and you KNOW she can space out her albums like nobody else. And Maxwell was on a pretty good run when he came out. The voice, the timing, the blowed out hair, it was all there. However, I didn't go snooping around for it right off the bat. It wasn't until I was listening to a NeoSoul Cafe podcast last night at work when I heard "Each Hour Each Second Each Minute Each Day: Of My Life"(I love his song) from his second album, Embrya. This is what sent me to finding out what's the deal is. So let's back up a bit.
Maxwell hit the ground running with his 1996 debut album, "Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite". I knew the album was going to be something when I saw the video for "'Til the Cops come Knockin'". And I only saw it once on B.E.T. The whole album was a hit and it played out like a story, or a suite, if you will. Notable songs* were, "Ascension (don't ever wonder)", 'Reunion', "Sumthin' Sumthin'" (of course), and my personal favorite, "Suitelady (The Proposal Jam)". He followed this album a year later with an MTV unplugged album. Let me go ahead and say that I don't usually count "live" albums as full albums because they usually they are usually concerts centered around whatever album was out at the time and not full of any real new material. This one was no exception, but it did spawn a single from it and it was popular. He remade Kate Bush's "This Woman's Work", it took off, and he rode it until the wheels came off.
The video that started it all (for me)
1998 saw the release of the aforementioned album, "Embrya". This also brought the release of some quite long and strange ass song titles. Nonetheless, the album was about as good as the first. Some would argue better. It worked the way it worked for me. Notable songs, "Everwanting: To Want You to Want", the single "Luxury: Cococure", "I'm You: You are Me and We are You", "Submerge: Til We become the Sun", and my personal favorites "Matrimony: Maybe You" and the aforementioned "Each Hour Each Second Each Minute Each Day: Of My Life" Which, by the way, is exactly what was being taken typing all of this out. Jeez! Pretentious, much? Anyway, good album, terribly long titles.
Now that my hands are tired, i'm breezing through the res of this. Maxwell rode Embrya until 2001 (not really, but go with it) when he released "Now" where he re-ran "This Woman's Work" as the jump off. This album was as good as the other albums, in my opinion, which is good. I happen to like consistency in an artist. Call me crazy. I guess now I should take the time to say that through out all of the albums laid the consistent production of Stuart Matthewman. The name may not sound familliar but the his sound does. He is part of the group Sweetback who also doubled at one point as Sade's backing band (okay, do you see the connection?). So if you know the sound, then you know what this album sounded like. In fact, I forgot that Sweetback's album and Maxwell's first album came out the same year, so they had the connection even then. Maxwell also sung the song "Softly Soflty", which is a nice song, on their album (go pick it up. It's sexy).
Back on track. Notable songs... really, f like the first two albums, you probably liked this one. But since you insist on having notable songs here they are: "Get to know ya", "W/as my girl", and the hit single, "Lifetime". After that, he dropped off the face of the earth. Or so I thought.
I just so happened to do a Myspace check and sure enough, he's there. Not only that but it appears that he is working on a new album that looks to be out around Valentine's day? This is great news, personally. There is one thing that has me worried. If you go to his Myspace page, you will notice something quite wild. No, not the fact that there are 3 tracks presumably from the upcoming album. The brother done cut his blow out! Oh wait, I think he just has it dreaded up and pulled back. his hair was kind of signature for him, so I got worried. Actually, I still am. Is this going to be the Maxwell of yesterday with some new material, or is this a new Maxwell that feels the need to flow with the mediorcrity of today's R & B? Who know? Well, I guess I would if I had checked out the tracks on Myspace and I will later on. Right now, I'm kinda glad to see the brother is coming back out. Maybe lifting up the underground (Neo)soul genre, perhaps? We'll see. Hopefully, he'll still do a little Sumthin' Sumthin' (yuck, yuck yuck).
Sorry, had to make the joke.
Technorati Tags: Soul, music, Neo Soul
A new "season" of the Neo Soul Cafe video show has started. First up: Van Hunt. If you don't know who that is exactly (like me), go the the site and click on The Lounge. Then click Podcasts, then video, and finally click on the link for the show. Now was that so hard? Interview + good music videos = Winner! You can also get any of the other shows you may have missed. It is video so hopefully you have a fast connection. Oh, you can subscribe to the show (with your favorite podcatching client like Itunes or whatnot) and grab it that way.
Technorati Tags: soul, music, neosoulcafe
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