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AAAAND We’re Moved

paulchavady — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:48:35 +0000

We are now at http://www.signaltheorist.com! Come check it out and tell me what you think. Also, our new RSS feed link is here

We Are Moving!

paulchavady — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:13:21 +0000

Sorry about the lack of posts for the last day or so, but I am moving the site over to my own servers for a number of reasons, mostly because I want to have more control over the site, and would like a better domain name. Stay posted, the move should be complete by the end of the day!

RJD2 teams up with a guy who can’t even walk!

paulchavady — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:03:03 +0000

But what can he do?

This video, put to the tune of ‘Work it out’ by RJD2, features Bill Shannon, a man who was born with a degenerative hip condition and ended up becoming one of the world’s most creative street dancers. His hip condition forces him to use crutches as his legs cannot support the weight of his body, but through all that adversity he has managed to develop a way to dance and skateboard while still using crutches.

I love that this was done as one continuous shot

Watch Hulu in Canada (or anywhere in the world)

paulchavady — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:45:27 +0000

Written specifically for @phonetic and @drewhildebrand
The mind-sucking Aliens at Hulu have started their onslaught on the world, but so far the only victims have been those suckers in the States. But what if others of us, (for one) also welcome our new alien overlords? Read on earthlings, and let me teach you how to watch Hulu anywhere in the world (on Mac AND Windows).

Here are the simple instructions:
1. Download Hotspot Shield here: http://www.hotspotshield.com/
2. Install and run Hotspot Shield
3. Go to hulu
4. Enjoy

Simple right? Hotspot Shield basically runs your internet connection through a proxy server, making Hulu think that you’re actually in the United States! If you find your connection to be overly slow, just disconnect Hotspot Shield and reconnect it about a minute later.

WARNING: I have only run hotspot shield on a Mac, and am not responsible if it has any spyware that hurts a windows machine!

Kanye is a Gay Fish!

paulchavady — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:11:47 +0000

This week South Park did a brilliant episode, poking fun at Kanye’s ego. It seems it worked.

Taken from Kanye’s blog:

I JUST WANNA BE A DOPER PERSON WHICH STARTS WITH ME NOT ALWAYS TELLING PEOPLE HOW DOPE I THINK I AM. I NEED TO JUST GET PAST MYSELF. DROP THE BRAVADO AND JUST MAKE DOPE PRODUCT. EVERYTHING IS NOT THAT SERIOUS. AS LONG AS PEOPLE THINK I ACT LIKE A BITCH THIS TYPE OF SHIT WILL HAPPEN TO ME. I GOT A LONG ROAD AHEAD OF ME TO MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE I’M NOT ACTUALLY A HUGE DOUCHE BUT I’M UP FOR THE CHALLENGE.

[Caps not my addition]

Too bad South Park couldn’t do anything about his intelligence.

Kanye’s Gay Fish Rap:

A nice illegal link to watch the whole episode at home: (Beware popups, but still SFW)

http://www.megavideo.com/?v=SXA207WS

A link to Kanye’s blog:

http://is.gd/rEc9

and finally, proof that Kanye truly is a douche.

Justesse – No Stress

paulchavady — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:00:58 +0000

Hilarious parody of Stress by Justice, see the original and parody below

Original:

Parody:

Billy Bob cancels remainder of Canadian tour

paulchavady — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:59:11 +0000

Those of you who know me know I am not a huge fan of the CBC. But you shine through here boys, you really do.

Forget Frost/Nixon, check out Billy Bob/Ghomeshi! Billy Bob Thornton and his band The Boxmasters have been (until recently) on tour through Canada, which took them through Toronto. While there, the band agreed to do a radio interview with CBC’s Jian Ghomeshi. The radio show started out quite routinely, with Ghomeshi giving a bio on Thornton, including mentions of his previous, illustrious acting/screenwriting career. This, it seemed, rubbed Thornton the wrong way (why this was such a gross atrocity is still unknown), causing him to become indignant and start answering questions in quite ridiculous ways, coming to a head when he went on to rant about Famous Monster of Filmland when asked about childhood musical influences. He then went on to badmouth Canadian crowds (and Canada in general), causing concert-goers to boo his performance the following day at Massey Hall in Toronto, which led to him cancelling the remainder of his Canadian tour. Good riddance, we didn’t want you anyway. I hope Jian gets an award for being a true Canadian hero.
Videos after the jump:Quick Excerpt from the video (last minute or so), where he harshes on Canada:

The full interview: Watch this one to see the real back-and-forth between Billy Bob and Jian:

what a bitch

Downloading MP3s through Seeqpod

paulchavady — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:11:14 +0000

If you’re anything like me, you like to download your music an album at a time, if not entire discographies at a time (in FLAC format of course!). But, as artists increasingly embrace the internet, there are starting to be more and more individual tracks that are released only online, including remixes, etc. One way I can listen to this music is through youtube. Anything and everything seems to be on youtube these days. But what if I want to take it with me on my [iPod/Zune/other PMP]? Enter Seeqpod!

Seeqpod is a service that allows you to look up any music and listen to it online. This is achieved because seeqpod looks for any and every stray .mp3 file on the internet. So great, I can listen to it online. No different than youtube, just no cheesy placeholder image. What’s the big deal?

Well, there’s a way to get direct access to these MP3 files and download them to your computer, let me show you how:

Go to http://www.seeqpod.com/mobile/iphone.php#_home
Click search and type in what you’re looking for
Click the search result that most matches what you’re looking for
Click File>Save Page as
Choose a destination for the ‘file’
Click save

And there you have it, you’ve got the song you were looking for!

NOTE: This only works in Firefox and Opera!

Good luck, please comment and let me know how it works out!

Just Plain (obscure) Dirty Electro

paulchavady — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 07:58:06 +0000

I don’t know just how obscure you can call this, since it’s a Justice remix, but it’s definitely dirty, and definitely electro

My continuing love for Ratatat

paulchavady — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:48:20 +0000

One dreary evening about 3-4 years ago I was putting together a promo video for a then-little-known band called Mutemath. I really loved a song off their EP called ‘Reset‘, and would play it over and over again, until my friend @colemcfarlane happened to hear it and said I would really like Ratatat. Ever since that day, although I don’t think he has any idea, I’ve really grown to love the band. Here’s a song from their latest album, LP3, which was released July 2008.