A post on Gizmodo pointed me to this quite brilliant selection of “Geeky Grafitti” over @ Kontraband. There are 20+ pics in all but some of my faves are:
My very own Historical Tweet
Continuing with my fledgling internet star career, not only is my Windows 7 diary available on Microsoft Technet but I have also got a post up over at Historical Tweets.
My Windows 7 Diary on Microsoft Technet
Through the magic of Twitter, I heard that they were looking for user submissions for a “Windows 7 Diary” detailing how people are getting on with installing and using Microsoft’s new Operating System.
I’d been keeping something of a record of my beta testing exploits on this blog anyway (as I’m sure all my regular reader now ha ha!) so I added to that and submitted it. Much to my surprise, mine was chosen to be part of this week’s Technet NewsFlash and also serialised over the week over at Curious George’s Technet Blog (Day 1 is down at the bottom).
Feel free to let me know what you think!
MS Songsmith Remixes
Songsmith was one of Microsoft’s announcements at this year’s CES show and I didn’t pay it much attention to be honest-a program that adds music to your vocals just didn’t seem like much to get excited about.
How wrong I was!
We are witnessing a new meme being created at this very moment-people giving Songsmith the accapella’s of popular/classic songs and seeing what it comes up with music wise; I have to say some of them are fantastic.
Here we have:
Beatie Boys Intergalactic (courtesy of @Jonoble)
and an oddly techno Wonderwall from Oasis
I’m not sure that these are the greatest advert for Songsmith as a serious product but they do help show that great music definitely requires a human touch 😉
You can grab a trial here and start to join in with what will hopefully become a truly popular meme. I’m gonna go dig out all my cd’s with accapellas on and see what I can come up with-if I get any gems I’ll post them up here 🙂
HistoricalTweets
HistoricalTweets.com is a pretty funny new site, based on the premise of what famous people might have tweeted in the past, should Twitter have existed. Now that description doesn’t do an awesome job if getting the mirth across so here are some examples:
I submitted myown yesterday so hopefully that will come up on the site soon! If it hasn’t appeared within a few days, I’ll put it up here anyway 🙂
Blip.fm-Twitter for Music
Blip.fm rocks-big time.
That is my new statement of choice and I might even get it put on a T-shirt!
Blip.fm is simply Twitter for music, you search through the pretty extensive database for songs and then you “blip” them. This puts the song into your playlist along with a short, up to 140 character message (seem familiar?) for others to see.
You can give people “props” for specific songs they’ve chosen and even “re-blip” them through your feed if you so wish. You can also add the songs to your playlist and give other users “props” for specific songs in their blip-feed. This adds a litle more social interaction than is available on Twitter which I like, and the “Following”/”Followers” are here on blip.fm too, just as “Favorite DJ’s”/”Listeners” to keep with the music theme.
You can link it to your Twitter* account so it will post a “Tweet” each time you “Blip” and it has a nice n easy feature to import/invite people from yout Twitter account too.
*This also works with Friend Feed, Tumblr, Livejournal, Jaiku & Audio Scrobbler.
Come listen at @ http://blip.fm/tiresiastheseer
I find Blip.fm to feel more purposeful than Twitter, which is certainly a good thing. With Twitter, I sometimes find myself logged in wondering what to write, thinking “is there any point to write anything at all?” and I’m sure I’m not alone in that; but with this I’m always thinking of new songs/old songs I’d forgotten to be blipped. If nothing else it serves as easily accessible background music for when I’m online.
All in all I think this is a great addition to the rich tapestry of Web 2.o sites that is currently being weaved around us.
NWA Help the Police
I found this on YouTube today and it’s absolutely brilliant…a dad edited version of NWA’s “Fuck Tha Police” from a BBC3 Sketch show called Rush Hour. Even better, it’s Adam from the Adam & Joe Show…check it out:
…and that Jasper, is more or less how it is in the Hood.
Is Tupac still alive?
This is a brilliant clip from the Dave Chapelle show, taking aim at the rumours that Tupac Shakur wasn’t shot in LA back in 96..
Again, can’t get it to embed so check the link here.
Wu Tang Financial
The Wu-Tang Clan give financial advice on the Dave Chapelle Show..truly brilliant!
RZA & GZA are quality in this clip-“Gotta diversify your bonds”…love it!
I can’t get it to embed here so follow the link below to check it out (Warning: Contains the “N” word)
Cloudy with a chance of Licensing 