RIP Mark Linkous

Today I got the news that Sparklehorses main man Mark Linkous committed suicide.
Another great one that lost the battle against depression. “It’s a Wonderful Life” will remain as one of my top 10 favourite albums.

Published on March 7, 2010 with the tags: , . Comment?

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Published on March 4, 2010 . Comment?

Chat Roulette

Chat Roulette looks like a thing for teenagers, I haven’t tried it yet, I don’t think I ever will, but the videos I’ve seen about it are all very entertaining.

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Published on February 26, 2010 with the tags: . Comment?

Microsoft is finally listening

Ah.. a brand new phone operating system, based on the Zune and with integration with Xbox Live and major social websites. I’m actually quite impressed with the videos of the phone usage, Microsoft finally completely distanced itself from the desktop metaphor on the mobile experience, even more than other mobile OS’s like the iPhone or Android.It looks like something aimed at the regular phone user, with simpler UI and focused on common phone tasks.
Thumbs up for this move Microsoft!

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Published on February 16, 2010 with the tags: , , . Comments Off

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Published on February 5, 2010 with the tags: . Comments Off

The most awesome action scene ever

A friend sent me this, I’m baffled by the awesomeness of it. The directors name is E.V.V. Satyanarayana, I think that explains a bit.

Published on February 4, 2010 with the tags: . 3 people left comments.

Elastic Theme Editor for Wordpress

Elastic is a great way to get started if you want to develop custom themes for Wordpress.

Published on February 3, 2010 with the tags: , , , . Comments Off

Sagmeister Paper Chair

Altough I like the concept, I can’t really see this as nothing more than an art piece, with no function at all.

Published on January 15, 2010 with the tags: , . Comments Off

50 + 5 songs from 2009

  1. Simian Mobile Disco – Bad Blood
  2. Phoenix – 1901
  3. Girls – Hellhole Ratrace
  4. The Gossip – Heavy Cross
  5. Miike Snow – Animal
  6. Röyksopp – The Girl and the Robot
  7. Miike Snow – Black & Blue
  8. Yuksek – Tonight
  9. Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks
  10. La Roux – In For The Kill
  11. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Zero
  12. Animal Collective – My Girls
  13. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll
  14. Feist and Ben Gibbard – Train Song
  15. The Dead Weather – Treat me Like your Mother
  16. MSTRKRFT – Heartbreaker f. John Legend
  17. Girls – Lust For Life
  18. Silversun Pickups – Panic Switch
  19. Peaches – Show Stopper
  20. Little Boots – Stuck On Repeat
  21. Passion Pit – The Reeling
  22. Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson – Relator
  23. Silversun Pickups – It’s Nice To Know You Work Alone
  24. La Roux – Bulletproof
  25. Discovery – Swing Tree
  26. White Lies – Death
  27. Brakes – Two Shots
  28. Calvin Harris – Ready For the Weekend
  29. DatA – Rapture
  30. Datarock – Dance!
  31. Hot Chip – Take it In
  32. Metric – Help I’m Alive
  33. Sparklehorse – Everytime I’m With You (feat. Jason Lytle)
  34. Matt & Kim – Daylight
  35. Vitalic – Your Disco Song
  36. Brakes – Don’t take me Space(man)
  37. Jamie Cullum – Don’t Stop The Music
  38. Peter Bjorn & John – Nothing to Worry About
  39. Atlas Sound – Walkabout (with Noah Lennox)
  40. The Very Best (feat. Ezra Koenig) – Warm Heart of Africa
  41. Dananananaykroyd – Some Dresses
  42. Zoot Woman – Live in My Head
  43. The Decemberists – A Bower Scene
  44. The Horrors – Who Can Say
  45. The xx – Crystalised
  46. Deadmau5 – Ghost n Stuff
  47. Camera Obscura – French Navy
  48. Little Boots – Meddle
  49. Röyksopp – Happy Up Here
  50. Annie – Songs Remind Me of You

    5 more just for kicks:

  51. Animal Collective – What Would I Want? Sky
  52. Foge Foge Bandido – Fora de combate
  53. Florence + The Machine – Girl With One Eye
  54. DatA – One In a Million
  55. Tiga – Beep Beep Beep

And that’s it for two double oh nine, see you next year!

Published on December 30, 2009 with the tags: , . Comments Off

Best of 2009 in music

Just like last year, I scanned my last.fm yearly top to enumerate the records that I loved the most. I think 2009 wasn’t a great year in music, but there were some new good things popping out. So here’s my list:

  • Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
  • Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
  • Miike Snow – Miike Snow
  • Gossip – Music for Men
  • The Decemberists – The Hazards of Love
  • Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs -  It’s Blitz!
  • Jay Farrar and Benjamin Gibbard – One Fast Move or I’m Gone: Kerouac’s Big Sur
  • Röyksopp – Junior
  • Silversun Pickups – Swoon
  • Metric – Fantasies
  • The Legendary Tigerman – Femina
  • Passion Pit – Manners
  • Atlas Sound – Logos
  • Brakes – Touchdown
  • Marcelo Camelo – Sou
  • Lhasa – Lhasa
  • The xx – xx
  • Girls – Album
  • White Lies – To Lose My Life
  • La Roux – La Roux
  • Sparklehorse – Dark Night of the Soul
  • Yuksek – Away From The Sea
  • The Horrors – Primary Colours
  • dR.estranhoamor – os crimes de dR.estranhoamor e outras estórias

Published on December 28, 2009 with the tags: , , , , . Comments Off

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