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Well, I did it. Not only did I finish my mix for the Summer Mix Series but I officially completed Sex on the Beach: Volume III. I made the first installment back in 2007 and the second not too long afterwards. This latest iteration is a healthy dose of both the expected and unexpected appearances of sax in modern songs. Since I'm personally a big fan of sax in this context I, obviously, wholeheartedly endorse the compilation. The title is, purposefully, ridiculous. Many of my friends are having kids so it seems relevant. Also, what's more taboo - a Saxy Baby or Saxophone in rock songs? Okay, it's the Saxy Baby but you get the drift. No harm done.

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Kevin Spacey recently gave a keynote address to the Edinburgh Television Festival about where he foresees the future of entertainment media going. It's pretty prophetic and hard to argue with. I particularly enjoyed this snippet:

And through this new form of distribution, we have demonstrated that we have learned the lesson that the music industry didn’t learn. Give people what they want, when they want it, in the form they want it in, at a reasonable price and they’ll more likely pay for it rather than steal it. Well, some will still steal it but I think we can take a bite out of piracy.

This can be applied to so many different parts of the current media landscape it's undeniable. I think it's safe to say we're headed this way, it's only a matter of time.

This phenomenal article on artist Doug Aitken is both an impressive web experience and an enjoyable take on the future of art fused with technology. I love the notion that as everyone becomes immersed in the Internet future art experiences will be best partaken in person. Granted, that's true already but it will only become more clutch as we have archives like the Google Art Project or Adobe Digital Museum. Aitken's latest project is a cross-country train ride with live music, original creations and more - it's a thing to experience, not just see. Love it.

As retina displays become more prevalent a tool like the Blind Browser is going to be essential. The short of it?

Run Blind concurrently with your normal browser to see what your site looks like in 1x resolution.

It is, apparently, superior to Safari's 'low-resolution mode.' Oh, and it has an awesome app icon.

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31 track digital re-issue. Definitely some of his finest work and I'm happy to have been involved with the cover art!

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I'll be out of town next week but will, hopefully, be able to get you some treats regardless of that absence. That being said, enjoy this playlist - it might be the only one you get for a minute.

• Dreams Are Real - my enjoyment of this masterpiece needs no explanation.
• Russian Hovercraft Lands on Busy Beach - part of me wants to know the context behind this but, mostly, I just want to believe these guys have been lost at sea for awhile and this was the best place to land.
• Slow Ass Jolene - I had my doubts that this would be an entertaining listen but it's surprisingly great.
• Sped Up Springsteen - startlingly enough, if you speed up Springsteen, he sounds alot like Dolly.
• Glass Harmonica - File Under: a musical instrument I never knew existed. I believe it was invented by Benjamin Franklin and, at the time, was believed to insight insanity.
• What's Inside Play-Doh - not exactly a "crazy" video but it's informative and the animation is phenomenal.

Have a great weekend!

I recently backed Man vs Snake: The Long and Twisted Tale of Nibbler but, truth be told, I have next to zero familiarity with the actual arcade game Nibbler. My interest in seeing the project succeed is that I'm a total sucker for just about any documentary regarding videogames, the earlier the better. Additionally, the tale of Timothy McVey (no, not that guy) sounds legitimately interesting! And any movie with Walter Day and Twin Galaxies is going to be entertaining. Fingers crossed they mention Snake, they sort of have to, right?

This Hippies animation is a good primer on the work of Noam Sussman. It's incredibly well drawn, deceptively cartoonish, wildly surreal and entrancingly repetitive. More of that type of goodness here, here or here. There's also a longer form short and additional videos I recommend as well a Tumblog and Blogspot. The material crosses over into slightly racy, NSFW territory but I think it's that crazed edge that makes it so entertaining.

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I'll admit that I've been aware of some of the cursory activities of Trent Walton for some time. The Many Faces Of... or Lost World's Fair are very familiar to me but, shamefully, I've never really dug much deeper into his personal offerings. His respository of articles on responsive design, fluid type or content choreography are must reads. I assume everyone knows this and I'm one of the last numbskulls to get the message. My awareness of his insight might be a total facepalm moment but better late than never, right?

Many of Adobe's latest tools haven't really interested me all that much. Reflow and Animate have potential but not much allure for me, personally. However, Inspect definitely intrigues me. You run the software, pull up a site in your browser and it's mirrored on your mobile device. Make changes on your local browser and it's live updated in the mobile device. As far as I can tell, without having given it a robust bit of testing, it seems 100x better than the native iOS Simulator. At the very least, it seems worth giving it a spin.

Update: Looks like I stand corrected already. Giles points out it's actually way limited. Good idea.. just not there on the execution yet. (sad trombone)

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From the Sydney Living Museum and Phoblagrapher.com is this phenomenal collection of mugshots from the 1920s. You can read more about the project here but you'll mostly just want to browse these images and take note that people have been posing like they're Super Cool despite having just been busted for the crime they are so proud of.

Occasionally I run into websites that are showcasing mind boggling technology in a way that looks like it's been effortlessly underway for years. Such is the case with TRIDIV, a 3D editor for CSS. Look at this or this. I can't even begin to wrap my head around how this is being pulled off so perfectly. It's a nice reminder that the web has lots more surprises for us moving forward.

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I don't usually like my corporate team ups as blatant as this but if you're into Bike Photography, the Levi's + VSCO Commuter project is right up your alley. Despite the branding, there's a lot of images to enjoy. Can't deny that.

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