Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Arthur C. Clarke

For a better video and more info about this kind of magic, visit MultiTouch.

That’s why you enter the barcode directly. I’ll probably add some search by title or author, but for now, it works for its original purpose: save money.

Check it out at http://amedias.org/ibuy/

It’s an early release so it can be buggy. If you have found a bug or have some suggestions, leave a comment

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=173714&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00ADEF

Lip Dub – Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger from amandalynferri on Vimeo.

It was an amazing viral campaign which served perfectly its two purposes:

• Promote their video platform (vimeo)
• Promote their open positions at Connected Ventures to people willing to work in that happy environment

Today this other video is gaining popularity:

Update: the video has been removed from youtube, but here it is again, with a second part

http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1771556&fullscreen=1

http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1776175&fullscreen=1

It’s really fun and any of you who have experienced the weirdness of youtube commenters will enjoy it even more. It’s not only fun but maybe the best way to laugh at their direct competition. Brilliant!

Update: it seems there is another implementation.

[via: Hackszine]

I just had to share this screenshot. This is what happens when you create a new page in Backpack. The arrow disappears once you do your first edit.

Sensible pricing is sometimes not enough. Some albums are so good you’d feel confortable paying $20 for them, and some of those $9.99 albums have only one half-good song. I found this 37signals’ article today: Jane Siberry’s “you decide what feels right” pricing detailing how some small record labels are letting consumers (I don’t think that word applies anymore, but still) decide which is the fair price for a CD. At this time, 14% paid above suggested. See it on Sheeba Catalogue

The Canadian folk-pop singer Jane Siberry has a clever system: she has a “pay what you canâ€? policy with her downloadable songs, so fans can download them free — but her site also shows the average price her customers have paid for each track. This subtly creates a community standard, a generalized awareness of how much people think each track is really worth. The result? The average price is as much as $1.30 a track, more than her fans would pay at iTunes

This is not new, magnatune has been doing that for about 4 years. They let you listen the full disc, then download it paying what you consider a fair price

And to help this cool ideas, if you like piano music, let me recommend you Rob Costlow (blog). It’s a great album to stop and relax enjoying the beautiful sound of a piano. And he could be called a piano hacker according to his biography:

By the time he was twelve Rob Costlow was annoying his piano instructor by adding unwritten endings to songs during rehearsals and recitals.

Google has attempted to discourage use of the word as a verb, fearing the dilution and potential loss of its trademark, like Yo-Yo, Xerox and escalator (see genericized trademark).

I know you should protect your trademark but when all the people start using your name as a common word is a sign of success.

Anyway, the point here was discovering the new word of today:

wii-kend:

1. A weekend devoted exclusively towards playing a Nintendo Wii.

2. the weekend of November 19, 2006, the Nintendo Wii console’s launch date

Found via word of the day

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