Super Mario Brothers subwoofer brings the bass, mushrooms - Engadget

Since I am a music geek, I am also a Rhapsody subscriber, and find it totally invaluable. Their new tagline “Think It, Hear It” is quite accurate to describe the experience. They recently launched a new Facebook application that has similar functionality to other FB music apps, except it now allows LEGAL FULL-TRACK STREAMING of their entire library. I can’t wait to see what else these guys are up to in 08!

BusinessWeek seems to agree with me. Check out their article: Stars Are Aligning for Subscription Music

Avvenu lets you stream your iTunes library to PocketPC devices. Pretty cool, if you have an unlimited data plan.

Avvenu Music: Listen and share your iTunes music collection from anywhere

From TedTalks, the best lecture series on the planet. Why Are We Happy? Or Not? - Daniel Gilbert

Bestselling author of Stumbling on Happiness, Daniel Gilbert describes some surprising information about your happiness.Sounds like we all need to listen to Sinead after all.

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• Enter to win $10,000 from Amazon
• Screenwriter John Rodgers posts on Kung Foo Monkey about peoples favorite bits of prose/screenwriting. Some interesting stuff, if a bit Whedon/Sorkin heavy (not that I’ve ever had a problem with that.
• Within that post is an essay about why Peanuts is awesome
• A bunch of nerds web professionals filmed people reading webpages to track eye movements. Here are a bunch of things you can do to your site to take advantage of their findings.

Here’s some randomness. If you haven’t already, you should really subscribe to the del.icio.us bookmark feed on my blog, as I post there much more regularly than here. Also, we just launched new blogs at work, so check those out!

• Everyone’s seen dylanmessaging.com by now, right? right?
• My So-Called Life DVD news: A new ‘My So-Called Life’ set is in the works | TVShowsOnDVD.com (Available from Shout Factory!)
• WebGeek article: The three kinds of platforms you meet on the internet
• Wired interviews Ridley Scott about the upcoming Blade Runner: Super freaky 5-disc fanboy wet dream edition
• Speaking of fanboy wet dreams: Kristen Bell, Star Wars Geek
• In “we couldn’t make this stuff up and now we’re gonna throw up in our mouths” news, a Giuliani supporter recently had a fundraiser to which the entrance fee was $9.11.
• If you’re into indietronica, listen to the new Sono album on MySpace
• For those who have not been following stupid hipster trends, apparently “electronica” is back.
  
• Gawker Media’s pseudosnarky sexblog Jezebel takes an ironic look at dating wunderdouche “Mystery”. Bonus: He loves ass-licking.
• Apparently “Quirk” is not cool even though it is cool. Or it’s out because it’s in. Or whatever.

• One of my top albums of 2006, The Format’s “Dog Problems” is being given away.. FREE and at no cost! Get it now!
• Apparently theres an email going around at Microsoft HQ about life at google. I was surprised to hear that its not all steak and blowjobs. Okay, not really. It sounds more like beer bongs and sorority girls, actually.
• There are no words for how cool this PhotoSynth demo is, but here’s a shot: Imagine taking a bunch of photos of a building and having a piece of software automatically recognize where you are in 3d space and build a model of the building. Now imagine that tied into flickr.
• Hum a song into your computer to identify it with Midomi
• For all the worker drones: How to write a do-able ToDo list via lifehacker
• Are you a sexualist or a sensualist? Nerve may help answer the question.

I know I know, you haven’t heard from me lately. I have been posting at some of my other blogs, namely Cute Girls in Stupid Sunglasses as well as my DJ setlist site.

Here’s some stuff to keep you amused:

• On last.fm? Here’s a tool to give you graphs of your listening patterns.
• $10,000 face scanner for your CGI needs? No thanks, I’m drinking Milk!
• Self-explanatory: What’s Cooking, Grandma?
• Interesting NY Times article on how making the better answer the default answer increases productivity and saves lives.
• From the “hack your life” file, improve your own personal Kaizen (i.e. slow improvement of many things over the course of time)
• For the internet marketing nerds: Here’s how Google’s acquisition of Feedburner will change RSS marketing.
• Something Warner got to first (Damn you, Ethan!)

Until next time, see you on the internets!

Eclipse de luna total - marzo 2007
Originally uploaded by nocturamafotoblog.

- For all you sick people: According to Scientific American, Airborne is a scam.
- Why does Jessica Alba even have a face, when it’s not nearly her best side?
- OK, I give up. Scarlett Johansson is officially hot.
- 2007’s great life advice begins with “Are you leaking? Plug it!”. Used for business in this context, but applicable to all things. Get it out of your head and on paper!
- Ever want to take a sound clip and see what it would sound like when played in a big abandoned warehouse? Well…thanks, internet!. There’s also one that will let you try audio in “a huge [11m] tank made of ferroconcrete”
- Every rockers dream come true: a real, working air guitar

I’d like to leave you with a trio of articles from one of my favorite magazines/blogs, Psychology Today.

- Krang is here! Apparently, we have brains in our stomachs.
- What I’ve been saying for years (it’s even on my MySpace page) is true. Half-asian people really are more attractive!
- I guess all those piano lessons weren’t so horrible: How music lessons strengthen verbal skills