May 2013
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When someone tells me that the office kettle has...
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August 2012
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ACL Aftershows 2012 Announced
Alabama Shakes w/ Lee Fields and the Expressions
OCT 11 Stubb’s (Outdoor) Austin, TX
On sale Wed, Aug 22 10:00AM CDT
Band of Skulls w/ Black Pistol Fire
OCT 11 La Zona Rosa Austin, TX
On sale Wed, Aug 22 10:00AM CDT
Black Lips w/ Not in the Face
OCT 11 Antone’s Austin, TX
On sale Wed, Aug 22 10:00AM CDT
Wild Child w/ The Dunwells
OCT 11 Wanderlust Live Austin,...
June 2012
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Beer Cocktails to Help You Cool Off This Summer
When the temperature spikes in the summer, there is almost nothing better than an ice cold beer (no, not Coors) to cool you off. Sometimes, though, you might want to mix it up a bit and try out something a bit different without giving up that refreshment. No! Not Mike’s Hard Lemonade! Stay with me. I am talking about beer cocktails.
Let’s take a look at a couple of the base beer...
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Shepard Fairey Paints 14 Story Mural in Paris
Shepard Fairey, artist and founder of the OBEY branding, is working on a large scale new project in Paris. Fairey worked with two assistants for three days on manlifts to complete the mural.
The painting spans 14 stories of a building at the corner of Jeanne d’Arc Street and Vincent Auriol Boulevard.
Check out a video trailer for the mural below.
SHEPARD FAIREY OBEY // Paris - 17 juin //...
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Ryan Adams Live After Deaf Box Set
Ryan Adams is releasing a monstrous box set of live acoustic songs in an epic box set being dubbed “Live After Deaf.” Why all the monstrous, epic talk? Well, the set consists of 144 tracks on 15 vinyl discs and an additional 74 tracks of digital only bonus tracks. Um, 218 tracks total.
According to Adams, the set will be available in Super Duper limited numbers at paxamrecords.com...
May 2012
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Google Plus Goes Local with Zagat and Places Goes...
Google Plus has announced some great new features this morning. There is now a Local Tab in the redesigned homepage of Google Plus. This will take you to an interface where you can see Zagat reviews for places, reviews from top Google users and reviews from other people inside and outside of your networks.
The old Google Places is going away. Users will have the opportunity to move their...
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DirecTV Everywhere and Handy Online Guide
DirecTV has just announced DirecTV Anywhere, a service that looks to rival Slingbox and similar products by offering streaming of DirecTV programming to your computer, tablet or phone. The provider has a substantial stable of shows available on the Everywhere service, but not everything qualifies. To check out what you can now watch anywhere, just look here.
Now, if you are simply interested in...
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Intel Ivy Bridges Processors Explained
So, I am sure you have heard lots of talk about Ivy Bridges processors, and because you are hip and cool, you know they are awesome. But do you know why? Let’s take a look.
First off, how do you know it’s an Ivy Bridges processor? Intel is putting a 3 in front of all of their Ivy Bridges line. For example, the Intel® Core™ i7-3770 Processor . If it has a “Q” at the end of...
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Game of Thrones Claimants to the Iron Throne
As we dive into season 2 of Game of Thrones, characters seem to be emerging by the minute. Let’s take a look at who actually are the claimants to the throne and where they stand in the show right now. Looking at HBOs guide is helpful, but I am boiling it down here. Let’s start with the brothers…
Stannis Baratheon, brother of Renly Baratheon believes that Joffrey’s...
March 2012
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Make Your Man Cave Rock as Hard as You With This...
If you go to show (or maybe even if you don’t) you have probably seen the iconic Marshall scripting on a stage somewhere. Well, not you can have this in your own home…and you can put beer in it. No, you’re not dreaming. Snag one now!
http://marshallfridge.com/
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January 2012
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Basis Band
Another CES product release was made by the team over at Basis. The Basis Band is a watch that also serves as a full heart monitor and activity monitor. The stylish band also serves as a watch that can be customized to change its color.
Track your status online with the dashboard system that syncs with your Basis Band. The band tracks how many calories you burn, monitor your heart rate, and learn...
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All 22 Bond Films in a Single Box Set
If you have been following this year’s CES in Las Vegas, surely you have seen some truly awesome new technology in the form of tablets, computers, TV, high tech toys and more. However, what you might have overlooked is the 22 film 50th anniversary Bond box set that also made its debut at the show.
Packed with 130 HOURS of bonus features, this is a great find for the Bond die hard....
December 2011
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Adidas Star Wars Sneakers
If you are a closet Star Wars fan or just an all out George Lucas fanboy, Adidas has got your back with their Star Wars line of sneakers. From faux Wampa fur Campus 80S to Vader’s Hoth Blizzard Force inspired Forum Low RS AT-ATs, they have taken your intergalactic passion to a new level. Check out some images of the shoes below and buy your own pair by clicking on the images.
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The Beach Boys Announce New Album and Tour!
The legendary surf rockers The Beach Boys are working on a new album and a 50th Anniversary Tour. Get the details that have been released so far here. Here is the announcement video and the official press release as well.
Hollywood, California â December 16, 2011â The founding members of The Beach Boys, one of the world’s most legendary bands in popular music history, will reunite...
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Third Man Records Vinyl iPhone Cases
Jack White’s Third Man Records has partnered up with Griffin Technologies to bring a very unique twist to a simple phone case. The Third Man 45 iPhone Case comes in a variety of options and features components made from 7” vinyl records from Third Man’s extensive catalog, all pressed at United Record Pressing in Nashville. There are also inserts available for sale for the case cut from the...
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Rap Map - Plotting the Sites of Rap's Well Known...
Rap Genius has put together with the help of anyone who wants to participate a stunning interactive map detailing most anything you would want to know about the histroy of map via locations. The microsite uses Google Maps technology to label key points where popular rappers live, locations that are mentioned in songs and other map-based rap trivia.
It lends a fascinating look at the geographical...
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Falcon Motorcycles
Ian Barry has been building motorcycles since he was 19 years old. He formed Falcon Motorcycles with Amaryllis Knight in 2007, to design unique machines without compromise, and build them around the engines of 10 iconic British Motorcycle engines.
This is Falcon’s intro to their company, and it gives you an idea about how unique this company really is. These pieces do not carry a price...
September 2011
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How Will The Video Content Wars Shake Out
Netflix, Vudu, Amazon, HBO (and now HBO Go), Starz, Cinemax, Dish Network (with their shiny new acquisition of Blockbuster), Hulu, iTunes and the others who will crop up are all offering some type of video content as you might have guessed. Now when you look at all the studios who own content, tv shows, movies, all of it, that makes for quite the nubmer of outlets.
This is great right? More...
August 2011
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Nike Reveals the New Oregon Ducks Uniforms
Every year Nike comes up with a crazy, awesome and sometimes crazy awesome Oregon Ducks uniforms. Check out this year’s models below.
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July 2011
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LCD Soundsystem All My Friends Lego Video
A shot for shot LEGO remake of the LCD Soundsystem video for “All My Friends.” from Michael J. Green
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Banana Republic Mad Men Collection
Banana Republic has announced their new Mad Men Collection. Check out a few pieces here, and right now, before it hits BR stores you can get your hands on the collection over at Gilt.
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Star Wars Blueprints
Epic Ink is publishing a book of the actual blueprints that were used in the design of the elements used in the Star Wars movies. The meticulously designed blueprints are bound together in a beautiful book that is combined with commentary from author J.W. Rinzler.
The blueprints bring to life even more the world that Lucasfilm created when forging one of the most iconic sci-fi epics in recent...
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A Very Unique and Useful Application of GIFs in...
Dogfish Head, an independent brewery out of Delaware, teamed up with Jamie Beck and Kevin Burg to create a series of cinemegraphs (read fancy gifs) to introduce their new Tweason’ale brew, a gluten-free created with strawberries, sorgum and honey. First, I have to admit that sounds like it could be refreshingly delicious. Anyway, on to the gifs.
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Pioneer Introduces First Washable Earbuds for...
If you have ever worn in ear headphones to work out then you know that you probably have to fiddle with them to keep them in your ears because of sweat or that when you remove them, they are a bit gross.
That’s just how it is though. However, Pioneer must have a few fitness-minded people on its personal audio team, because they have now come up with earbuds that “can be soaked and...
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Canon Camera Lens Mugs
What’s better than a good cup of coffee or tea? Camera enthusiasts might forsake coffee & vow it’s their new Canon 24-105mm USM lens. Hide your feelings no more, there’s a mug for us!
Over at the Photojojo Store, they are offering two Canon Lens mugs that look exactly like our favorite lenses.
The 24-105mm black lens for $24 is equipped with a lens-cap lid equipped with...
June 2011
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Google Releases Version 2 of its Web Fonts
Google has been making certain fonts available for use on the web for some time now via its Web Fonts site, and now it has released version 2 which brings some major changes.
You have 180 (yes 180!) font families to choose from with filters, search, text samples (words, sentences or paragraphs) and the ability to create your own collection of fonts.
If you are not currently using Web Fonts to...
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Otixo Brings All Your Cloud Services Into One...
I have been trying to pick and choose which cloud services to use so that I can keep track of them all effectively. Dropbox, SkyDrive, Box.net, Google Docs, MobileMe for some, etc are all options and there are plenty more where that came from.
At some point, you will typically choose one and move on or use them all, some more effectively than others. This is the problem that a new product, Otixo,...
February 2011
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Sleigh Bells - Tell Em (Diplo Remix)
January 2011
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The PSP 2 is no slouch
Well this is pretty, but don’t think that Sony chose form over function for this bad boy. I honestly am not a fan of Sony products in general and for gaming I stick with Xbox and Wii for the sheer fun of it. However, when it comes to handheld gaming Sony can give Nintendo a run for its money, and it is pulling no punches with the next iteration of its popular PSP.
Quad-core ARM processor...
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Drunk Octopus Wants to Fight
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How to Make a B-Boy Abe Lincoln Out of a 5 Dollar...
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December 2010
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The Evolution of Daft Punk's Helmets
wellll this is just cool.
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TMNT Come to Blu-ray Dudes!
If you have a bit of gift buying left, then this will be welcome news. Whether for a child or (more likely) a child at heart, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles just got released in a 25th Anniversary edition package that includes all 4 full length movies. Only one thing to say about that! Cowabunga dudes.
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LIsten to Super Rare NIN demos of "Sin" and...
Here are two audio clips taken from original demos from NIN. Rare stuff to be sure.
Terrible Lie (demo) Clip by prettytapemachine
Sin (Demo) Clip by prettytapemachine
This is the tape. Word.
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WatchJustice vs. Simian - We Are Your Friends - CLASSIC.
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November 2010
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The Glitch Mob "Rerezzed" Tron Trailer
If you’re like me, you can’t wait for Tron Legacy to come out. Looks great. Sounds great. Hoping it lives up to expectations. Well there is not too much time between now and when we will see what all the fuss is about. Here is a little teaser for you featuring music from another talented musical group, The Glitch Mob.
Scenes from the movie beautifully stitched together backed by...
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RAC
so I am about to be fast and furious with music from RAC. play it. enjoy it.
RAC x HOLY ROLLERS by Remix Artist Collective
RAC Vol. 1.5 by Remix Artist Collective
If You Forget Me (ft. Liset Alea) by Remix Artist Collective
Nintendo VS Sega by Remix Artist Collective
RAC Portfolio by Remix Artist Collective
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Prodigy remixes Jay-Z's 99 Problems
Jay-Z - 99 Problems :: The Prodigy Remix by theprodigy
The Prodigy have dropped a sick remix of Jay-Z. This is the good news. The not so good news (in my opinion) is that they have also announced a US tour….opening for Linkin Park. Really?! grrr….
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Super Limited Edition White Stripes Christmas Box...
Ok so you read the title in which I totally gave you an early Christmas present by digging up this epic package for the ultimate White Stripes fan (yes, that was a bit over the top, but seriously look at that picture and what you get!!!) This can be yours starting December 1st (preorder) for $499. Not cheap, but that’s a lot of custom stuff. O, and did I mention that it’s limited to...
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Imaginary Foundation season 18
The excellent design team over at Imaginary Foundation have revealed their new season of shirts, and there are some more beautiful, rich designs to cast your eyes upon. Check out the full selection here ($30)
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