Have you ever wondered what a reggae version of Radiohead’s “Let Down” would sound like? Surprisingly, not bad!
Toots & The Maytals – Let Down mp3 (temporary link, posted 8/31)
Stream the entire Radiodread album here.
Entries from August 2006
August 31, 2006
Radiodread – Let Down
August 30, 2006
Starbucks retracts their free iced coffee offer
Today Starbucks withdrew their offer for free iced coffee. The offer was ridiculously generous:
“Stop by your neighborhood Starbucks Coffee between noon and 9 pm for a complimentary iced grande beverage. One Grande beverage per person per visit with this email. Please print and present this email to your Starbucks Barista…Expires September 30, [...]
August 30, 2006
Flickr’s new Geotagging Service
I’m loving Flickr’s new geotagging service. And apparently a lot of other people love it too. According to Flickr co-founder Stewart Butterfield, 1.2 million photos were geotagged in the first 24 hours. Click here to see my geotagged photos. Click on the pink dots to see the photos.
August 29, 2006
2006 Emmy’s – Opening Sequence
Conan O’Brian visits the sets of popular TV shows. My personal favorite: Conan – screenname conebone69 – caught entering a house on another edition of DateLine NBC’s “To Catch a Predator”.
Part 2 here.
August 25, 2006
More fun with Zooomr portals – tour of SF
First, click here or click on the photo shown below. This will take you to Zooomr. Then place your mouse over the photo to find the portals. They appear as rectangular outlines overlaid on the photo. It will take a few seconds for the portal to appear as an image within [...]
August 23, 2006
Trying out Zooomr Portals
Zooomr has a cool new feature called portals. Click on the photo below and then hover your mouse over the photo and click on the portal to zoom in on the statue or look to the left.
Legion of Honor Hosted on Zooomr
August 22, 2006
Shooting at Fort Funston
It’s always fun to read about a crazed gunman shooting random people at a place that you go to every weekend to walk your dog.8/23 Update:
Here’s an update with details on the shooter and status of the victims.
August 21, 2006
Obadiah Parker – Digg effect
The video of Obadiah Parker’s acoustic cover of Outkast’s Hey Ya was posted on YouTube over two months ago. Yesterday the video was featured on Digg’s front page and the popularity of the video has sky rocketed overnight. The video has been viewed 139,707 times as of today and the band (currently unsigned) [...]
August 21, 2006
Ricky Gervais faux training video for Microsoft UK
If you’re a fan of the British version of The Office, make sure to check out this faux training video that was done for Microsoft UK. By the way, Season 3 of the Ricky Gervais podcast is available starting tomorrow (8/22). Unlike most other podcasts, this one is not free, but it is definitely [...]
