The Good Life

"Oh, The Huge Manatee!" - Photoshop Friday

nobody@vox.com(Darren) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:26:46 -0500

Ran across this in Boing-Boing and had to share. No real context, just struck me as drop-dead funny, and maybe if you are a bit warped like me, you'll like it too.

Source: http://www.somethingawful.com/d/photoshop-phriday/

clipped from www.boingboing.net

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Old School: Fly Girl by Boogie Boys

nobody@vox.com(Darren) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:02:32 -0500

Since I posted Sly Foxx, I felt I should post this too. Somewhere in my closet is a 12" single from Ultimix/Funkymix with a great mash-up of the two.

Boogie Boys - A Fly Girl

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Video: Tarzan Boy LIVE

nobody@vox.com(Darren) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:43:04 -0500

I think I have never heard this version of "Tarzan Boy" and really, I must have it!

The video is kinda funny, in a so-bad-it's-good sort of way.

But seriously, this version of the song is different. Listen for the bells/chimes/synths under the vocals when he sings "Jungle Life...." then later at 2:03 in, there is additional production. Sadly, I have the 12" singe (hate to admit it) and this isn't the 12" remix. Any idea where can I get this version of the song?

Tarzan Boy (Live)

I really did 100% totally hate this song in the 80s. Guess I've lightened up. I even like this song now....

Sly Fox - Let's Go All the Way

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Mash-up: Pump Up The Doorebell

nobody@vox.com(Darren) — Fri, 30 May 2008 16:28:43 -0500

Stumbled on the video for Part Ben's "Pump Up The Doorbell" and thought I'd post the audio to go with it. Great mash-up, very simple, but oh so catchy! Erik B's "Paid In Full" vs "Doorbell" by the White Stripes.

PartyBen-PumpUptheDoorbell

Party Ben

VJ JAREN (Party Ben) ERIC B VS. WHITE STRIPES MASHUP EDIT

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Free DivX Player for Pocket PC

nobody@vox.com(Darren) — Wed, 28 May 2008 11:37:23 -0500

Needing to update this on my old Pocket PC. Also need to look at MVP and how it compares with CorePlayer.

clipped from pocketpc-live.com

DivX Player for PocketPC

DivX player is one of our favourite media player for watching those downloaded movies on a Desktop PC. Impressing is that they are working on a Windows Mobile version as well with an update released just today, the latest version 0.90 doesn't seem to live upto the expectations.

He is recommending CorePlayer which is nothing but a remake of the free TCPMP with some nice user-interface, but I presonally prefer TCPMP which is way better.

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How To Make A Flickr Slideshow for Your Blog/Website

nobody@vox.com(Darren) — Wed, 28 May 2008 11:06:53 -0500

I've seen a few of these but never knew how it was accomplished. Not that easy, but not too hard either. Good stuff Maynard!

clipped from paulstamatiou.com

HOW TO Quickie: Embedded Flickr Slideshows

Dig those flash Flickr slideshows? All that’s needed is a bit of code to embed them within your website to give your readers something dynamic.

<iframe align=center src=http://www.flickr.com/slideShow/index.gne?user_id=12345678@N00&tags=foo frameBorder=0 width=500 scrolling=no height=500></iframe>

Place this somewhere on your website or within a blog post. Change user_id from 12345678@N00 to your flickr id, which you can find out with this idgettr. Also replace foo with the tags of the photos you wish to display.

Other parameters include the following:

tag_mode=

set_id=

group_id=

If you want to use one of these extra parameters just add it after your user_id with a separating ampersand (&).

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RSS Widget Brings "River Of News" to Desktop

nobody@vox.com(Darren) — Tue, 27 May 2008 17:12:39 -0500

Another great find by RWW's Marshall Kirkpatrick

clipped from www.readwriteweb.com

Snackr is an RSS Addict's Dream Come True

Snackr is a new Adobe AIR app that lets you display items in your RSS feeds in a beautiful scrolling ticker on any edge of your screen. I am absolutely giddy about it after only a few minutes of use. Snackr is something you'd supplement your existing reader with, not a replacement. It is not for the faint of heart or information averse, either.

You can have Snackr running at the top, bottom, left or right margin of your screen.

The idea is not to read every item here, but to give your eye some opportunity to catch items it might not otherwise.

Snackr was built by Narciso Jaramillo, a long time Adobe developer now working on the Flex product line.

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5 Must-Have Tools When Working Online

nobody@vox.com(Darren) — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:47:04 -0500

From RWW by Marshall Kirkpatrick. Snipped the bullet points, but go read the full article to find out all the good stuff.

clipped from www.readwriteweb.com

5 Tools Everyone Working Online Should Have (IMHO)

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / May 9, 2008 4:49 PM / 40 Comments

Multi-service IM

If you're on a Mac check out Adium, on Windows try Miranda. Once you take a few minutes to get this set up, you'll never go back.

Cross Platform Screensharing Tool

I've been using Yugma lately and it works well for Mac to Windows sharing. Many people really like Yuuguu.

A Custom Search Engine

Google Custom Search Engine lets you paste in a list of URLs and create a "miniature search engine" that brings back results only from those URLs you've selected. I use these all day long, every day. The next time you think "Damn, Marshall sure took some time to research details on this post" - you can know now that it was really just my Custom Search Engines at work.

Startpage

usually use Netvibes just because it's easy to share pages, the OPML handling is pretty good and the mobile version is great.

Blog With Your Name and Contact Info

far better than most resumes

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Stop Firefrox from Resizing Yourt Browser Window

nobody@vox.com(Darren) — Wed, 21 May 2008 11:28:23 -0500

This tip just made my day!

clipped from nighthacker.net

Keep Firefox from Auto-Resizing

Isn’t it annoying when websites resize your browser window? I think it is. If you do too, and you use Firefox, then I can tell you a way to prevent that. All you have to do is follow these 4 simple steps, and sites won’t be able to resize your Firefox window anymore.

Step 1: Click Edit in the toolbar, then click Preferences.

Step 2: Click on the Content tab.

Step 3: Click on the Advanced button, which is across from the Enable Javascript checkbox.

Step 4: Uncheck Move or Resize Existing Windows.

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Stream Media to a PS3 Using a Mac

nobody@vox.com(Darren) — Wed, 14 May 2008 10:03:47 -0500

Found via Twitter (sorry can't recall who, but will update if I find it)

clipped from www.last100.com

How-to: Stream media from a Mac to PlayStation 3

clipped from www.last100.com

Thanks to some great third-party software, and Sony’s decision to add support for the UPnP AV standard, the PS3 has, in some ways, become a better solution than Apple’s own offering to the problem of streaming content - audio, video and photos - from a Mac to the TV. Here’s our quick guide to creating a Mac-supported PS3 media center.

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