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I’ve been thinking of a way to say thank you for making Battle Studies such a huge success out of the gate… I’ve also been thinking of a way to use tumblr as a means of posting some more substantial stuff… So here’s a very raw, live solo version of “Edge of Desire” I just recorded in my apartment as a way to show my gratitude to you all for extending my time in this amazing career you’ve helped me build.
I think if you were kind enough to spent the 13 bucks, you should get some free music for the next good while.
So here it is. A song about late night longing recorded at 3am. iPhone dinging in the background and all…(that’s how I knew the take was going to be worth sticking with, as the best takes always get interrupted.)
Thank you.
More to come…
John
Jim Henson Tribute 1990
The Henson family, Kermit, and Piggy appear at Macy’s annual Thanksgiving Day parade, New York City, 11/22/1990. As this was the first such parade after Jim’s passing, a touching montage of rare footage was played.
Cute I am
Clearly he's the *young* Obi Wan
Hide my cute face will I
Cuter still am I still
The force is strong among my nephews (4 year old Eli as Obi Wan, 3 month old Jazz as a little Yoda!)
#starwars #cutekids
AT&T enlists employees to oppose Net neutrality
Advocacy groups say AT&T has gone too far in its lobbying efforts to oppose the Federal Communications Commission’s new proposed Net neutrality regulations.
This week AT&T’s top lobbyist Jim Cicconi sent a memo to managers urging them to encourage their families and friends “to join the voices telling the FCC not to regulate the Internet.”
Talk about transparency! In their haste to get their new Web site up and running, the Republican Party has posted online a slew of things you wouldn’t normally expect.
Such as instructions on how to operate the Web site.
(hat tip: @technosailor for the link)
Just because there’s a recession, it doesn’t mean you can’t find your dream job. So allow me to direct your boundless ambition toward an ad on Craigslist’s Calgary site.
While many people scour Craigslist to see if Starbucks or Bed, Bath and Beyond might be seeking additions to their cheery teams, the poster of this ad is searching for an altogether more adventurous type, proudly announcing “Astronaut Needed (Northern Alberta).” Is that the cough of a million scoffs I hear? Perhaps. But this is truly an interesting opportunity, to say the least. Just look at the first, enticing sentence of the ad: “Astronaut needed for experimental flight to Titan.”
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To achieve sexy buttons, Google has implemented CSS features that are currently not part of any standard and are only supported by Webkit based browsers (ie. Chrome and Safari). To experience sexy buttons on Google, you will need the Google browser (or that other one). The two specific features that are being used to enable sexy buttons are -webkit-border-radius and -webkit-gradient. Both were implemented by Webkit developers as new CSS features over a year ago – and it is hard to argue against their usefulness (where would we be today without rounded corners?).
Browser developers are resorting to going their own way with implementing new features because the standardization process is nothing short of a clusterfuck. In 1996, back in the wild west days of the web, the CSS1 recommendation was published – but the two major browser maker at the time were at each others throats and didn’t pay much attention to it. It only took another two years to get the next version, CSS2, to recommendation status. It was this version, and more importantly, support from the browser makers, that spurred the widespread adoption of CSS and the separation of markup from style on the websites. The first drafts for CSS3 was published in 2001 – and today, a full 8 years later, it is still a work in progress as nobody seems to be able to agree to anything again.
LCROSS Impact countdown clock.
This whole thing just doesn’t sit right with me for some reason … Just not comfy with the idea of bombing something that controls our tides (and, to some extent, our moods)!
A study on 1.5 million people found a woman’s level of education was more important than a man’s when it came to the chance of him living a long life.
The authors suggested that better educated women may be more aware of healthy diets and medical treatments, thereby influencing their partner’s lifespan.
Did Facebook add twitter follow links to updates sent through twitter? Never saw this before . . .
TinyScroller JavaScript Scrollable Div – 1.7KB -http://bit.ly/4czxhr (by @leigeber) via @umutm
