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Saw this on the CMD+SHIFT DESIGN feed. Pretty clever tattoo!

My comment on this article was forced to the bottom of the page where nobody is likely to read it, so I thought I’d just post it here as well; If you disagree, let me know!

“A web site is an experience that you are creating for someone. If a link occurs in a place where I don’t want to direct someone away from my site, you’d better believe I’m going to open in a new window/tab.
Also, I can’t believe it would be suggested to rely on javascript for page links.
Can’t say I agree with this article; the user is just going to have accept there are some things they can’t control. I’m sure there are people who’d prefer my whole site be in blinking text; doesn’t mean I have to make it happen.” -Me

I will take a snowy winter day over this sweltering BS any day! Unless I’m on the dock with drink in hand, you can keep this weather! This and gun toting idiots are why I’ll never live in California!

I posted a comment on this CBC.ca story, but it’s long since pushed down by more recent posts. So here’s my comment on the story; maybe I’m stupid, but it’s kind of a WTF to me…

“When our government screws up, we pay. That’s nothing new; I would expect compensation if my rights were violated like this too. There are more important things at stake than money here.

What I don’t understand is “Arar failed to establish that the federal court had jurisdiction to hear his complaint”. This to me is nonsensical. Arar now dictates what roles the government plays?” -teezeCrost

I know many people who’d be into this! Maybe this is how I’ll decorate my basement when it’s done.. Probably not, but.. Holy Awesome.

More det’s at thinkgeek!

Due to tons of things going on, this episode required a slight change of recording schedule. Apparently casting in the morning makes gwardo and teeze talk for over 2 hours! Lots of good shit here: lots of laughs AND finally the inclusion of SHIT vs HITS! Our show notes are touch and go lately, but if there’s anything that anyone wants clarified or elaborated upon, you can always get in touch with us at hotcakes@sweet-dick.com

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Well it’s official - electro is the new indie music. Wasn’t it less than 5 years ago that kids were listening to Modest Mouse and Arcade Fire? I’m not completely counting indie rock out, but with the rise of groups like Justice, Chromeo, and the imminent return of Daft Punk, you must admit that electro is getting popular in a big way. I was at a Justice concert in a big venue not too long ago and it was filled with hipsters and frat boys, moshing to the music like it was a Megadeth show. That my friends, is when you know something has become huge.

Maybe I’m just an elitist music snob, or maybe you can go fuck yourself. Either way, worth checking out is Megasoid, an electro group out of Montreal(isn’t everyone from Montreal these days?) that I had the pleasure of seeing last week with “The Church of Turbocrunk” at Toronto’s NXNE Festival. The room was a sweat shop in a good way - once you walked in, you knew something crazy was going on. Interesting tidbit, Sixtoo is the mastermind behind the Megasoid parties.

Peep their epic Speed Knots mixtape here and an interview with BlogTO here

Everyone knows the mp3 player world is dominated by Apple. Whenever someone mentions their mp3 player, I automatically think ipod, and if it’s not, it’s just ghetto. Maybe it’s just me hopping on the Apple bandwagon, but one can’t help but admit that it’s THE mp3 player to get, regardless of the model.

Well today I(skeptically) decided to try out the 8Gb Zune. I was thinking, “Ok, Apple vs. Microsoft.” I’ve been using Windows XP and MS Office for years and I expect the software to be quite finicky at the best of times. I think a week of using my PC without it crashing is the same week I buy a lottery ticket because the odds of both happening are about the same.

So the Zune - almost(exactly) the same size of my 1st gen ipod nano with a bigger screen(made of glass, not plastic) and it plays video and has wireless connectivity and it can also tune into the radio. Wow, that’s a lot better than my nano so far. After using the software, I’m very surprised to say that it is really smooth with little lag. Granted, my 1st gen Nano is something like 3 years old now and the Zune is brand new. Pretty much the only difference between this and the new ipod nano is the shape, the fm radio, and the wireless syncing.

Main drawbacks for me are: 1-yet another different cable for a different mp3 player, as well as new software to learn to use. I’m still trying to figure out this software and I’m starting to get impatient. Kind of like how Guitar Hero and Rock Band’s controllers are not compatible with each other, thereby leaving you with a living room filled with toy instruments; and 2 - no apple support. Why would Microsoft do this? Wouldn’t they want their portable media player accessible to everyone? All in all, we know that the Zune doesn’t have a chance competing against iPod, but it’s definately worth trying.

Man, these things are fun to come back to! This Strongbad email episode is pretty good; he writes/alters a children’s book. “Southern accents soo hot”

-Check out the love poems one while you’re there. Quite strong with the male pattern baldness through the wrestlin mask and the part about “TIS MO’NIN’!”

In this week’s very special episode, teezeCrost and Gwardo have invited Alena and Wil to review the Onion Movie with them! Spoiler alert: it kicks ass!

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Enough is enough. The irony of white indy rock shitheads doing covers of “straight up gansta shit” is totally played out.

Fuck off!!!

Peep the arms at ~1:30

Never been a HUGE fan of the music games, but I think it’s interesting when companies are forced into competition.

This is some ish worth hearing. Dude is from t-dot, and something about him reminds me of Talib Kweli. 1st heard the “foot loose” track on DJ Ducats‘ Peaceful Journey podcast.

Yeah, I’ve never been a Star Wars freak, but this sounds like it COULD kick ass!

This is awesome. Get the fucking shit done, government!

If you want it in a nutshell, basically if this new bill passes, Canadians will be unable to do anything with any digital content or devices they purchase. And the repercussions are severe. As this Vancouver Sun article states, “…make no mistake about it, the amendments are draconian.” According to Jack Layton, “The NDP is strongly opposed to this bill…”

To learn more about all of this, and find out how you can help defeat the bill, here are some links:

- The Blog of Dr. Michael Geist,law professor at the University of Ottawa.
- Grant Lawrence’s interview with Jeremy de Beer.
- Fair Copyright for Canada group on facebook.

Apparently My & Gwardo’s buddy, xbeepsx, runs TIFS (the internet’s favorite site)! I had no idea!

One thing that caught my eye is a link to an album by “A Wilhelm Screem”. Cool band name, and if you don’t get the significance, peep this past post!

Anyway, looks Like he’s been cookin’ up some mad tasty dishes!