Month: September 2007
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iTunes blindness
This week, Apple is featuring one show that hasn’t updated in 8 months, and another that hasn’t updated in almost a year. Explain to me again why they hold the reigns of podcasting. Now, Dave Winer started working on a podcatcher. Should you care? Definitely. Apple is now the barrier to entry. Though podcasting is…
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My budding inferiority complex
Let’s not lie to ourselves: Neither you, nor I, nor anyone will be anywhere near as cool as this guy. Sigh.
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Bloxorz
I’ve been playing this game for three days straight, I think. Honestly, unless you want your whole day to get sucked away, this is the way to do it. 🙂
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Doctor Steel
When I was young and played the accordion, I wanted to grow up and be the coolest accordion player alive, like Doctor Steel kind of is now. His music is kind of how I think nerd rap would sound if there were an accordion involved… which is to say, more intellectually interesting than traditionally good.…
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Don’t buy Kanye, Don’t buy 50
And now, a public service announcement brought to you by Jay Smooth. P.S.: If you’re looking for an album to buy this week, consider Killah Priest instead, which you can listen to on my new episode. (Yeah, I still do a podcast. I’m just as shocked as you are, frankly.) P.P.S.: Clyde Smith is saying…
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Apple brainwashing
Is it just me, or do both the hosts of Apple’s guided tours, for iPhone and iPod Touch, both seem like robots? I didn’t notice it so much with the iPhone, but with the new one, it’s unmistakable. Either the hosts are robots, or they’ve been instructed to act as inoffensive, and move as smoothly,…
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Being a cyborg
How to subscribe. How the rich control your education, being a cyborg, and the chessboard of life. Relevant links: Famous for 15 people, Chat with a rich kid. [http://m.podshow.com/media/170/episodes/85532/inoveryourhead-85532-10-31-2007.mp3] Direct download link
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My new life (kinda)
It looks a lot like the old life, but it doesn’t sound the same. Here’s why: (video below)
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Use Gmail? Mark Quechup as spam
Update: A few people have told me that doing this will result in you marking your own contacts as spam. Gmail is actually smart enough to prevent this from happening. Since having marked CC’s Quechup emails as spam, I have received email from him numerous times. Same with Rich Palmer. So, do it with impunity.…