I've seen this article pop up a few times over the past week and it's worth a quick read through. Basically, it suggests that the mentality of keeping all your important content "above the fold" is not particularly relevant anymore when considering web design as users have become accustomed to the idea of scrolling. I'm not sure I entirely agree as the design convention is as much about historical paper conventions as it is about showcasing your main focus. Regardless, it's a read worth considering.

Pretty sure I originally snagged this from Ronnie.

Thank you URLesque for posting The Best of Yahoo! Answers, Vol. 1. It's far from a complete list but it's a start.

It's probably not work appropriate but this one never fails to entertain no matter how many times I re-read it.

• Why network neutrality is a big deal - not a long diatribe article but a real world scenario we're likely to see if Network Neutrality doesn't solidify itself. Via Jeremy.
• Schwarzenegger Flips Off Lawmakers in Hidden Message - It's incredibly juvenile but it's also respectably clever. More on the events leading up to it here.

Recently, Music Think Tank posted this article about the total failure of Myspace to leverage the position they are in (at least in terms of musician tools on the site). It caused a bit of a stir - garnering some great responses - but no one really has a solution to the issue. Not that I think anyone coming up with a solution to a problem for a gigantic corporation would be heard anyway but it'd be interesting if someone put it out there in an obvious way. I also know that a giant entity like MySpace isn't going to move swiftly or progressively on anything.. once you reach a certain size, your ability to change crawls to a much more conservative pace.

Personally, I think the following would do everyone some good:

• Get the obtrusive ads out of the player. It's aggravating and just drives users away. Simpler solutions exist and should be taken advantage of.
• Make the player embeddable anywhere. Either the entire widget filled with songs or individual tracks.
• Make songs available to download. It's an option in the upload area but doesn't seem to actually do anything if you enable it.

In the end, I don't think MySpace is going anywhere. The majority of people using it for the social networking aspect of it are probably dropping like flies but they have positioned themselves to offer such a huge amount of media I can't really foresee them dropping off the face of the planet the way Friendster did.

In your opinion, what's the best way for Myspace to leverage the fact that are synonymous with searching for music? What obvious opportunities are being missed?

According to this article it appears that Google has rolled out its Music Search and it is just as Hartley pointed out - a series of links to other music service sites to hear music from a particular artist. I guess they either roll the change out slowly or I have to turn something on because I've yet to encounter any of these new style results.

New to York is the personal site of Tyler Thompson, the Creative Director at Squarespace. As one would imagine, it's a well designed site with plenty of interesting content. However, what really pleased me was the text in the footer. So, head over and check it out.. a bit aggressive but quite amusing.

I've been enjoying the blog of yvynyl for awhile now but always read his posts via the Tumblr Dashboard.. so sometimes I don't see everything. Turns out he posted a free mix awhile back and it's well snatching up real quick like. Go get it.

• 25 of the Scariest Science Experiments Ever Conducted - maybe not the scariest but some real doozies in there.
• Norwegian Wood film being made - based on the Murakami novel.
• The Courage of Others details - new album from Midlake will be out in Feb.

While the name Eban Schletter probably doesn't conjure up many familiar associates you would know his work if you're a Mr. Show fan. He is the man responsible for the music in Jeepers Creepers, worked on 'Run Ronnie Run' and even played the organ intermission on Tool's Aenmia album. So, he's got a worthy resume.

All that being said, he apparently released a Halloween album last year entitled Witching Hour that is filled with a variety of hilarious, ghoulish, spoken word, surf-rock inspired escapades. It's not as silly as one would think but it is as enjoyable as you'd hope. It's a worthy addition to your ever growing collection of Halloween tunes.

You can find out more about Eban here and thank CMikesell for the heads up on its existence.

I've no idea if this is a new thing or something that I managed to overlook entirely previously but We Are The Friction has an entire store dedicated to selling prints from the book. The Frank Chimero, Pietari Posti, Ray Fenwick and Lizzy Stewart pieces are among my favorites but it's not an easy pick to make.

While I tie up some loose ends this week I'll be embracing brevity a little bit more:

• Work starts on Mighty Boosh film - a bit of a misnomer based on the quote but it seems like the seed has been planted. Via SU.
• Behind the Scenes of Mad Men - a quick little CNN piece on the detail that goes into one of the sets.
• Epic Humpback Whale Battle - not an emerging meme but actual footage of humpback whales battling it out for the love of a lady. Via.

I launched the latest We Own This Town podcast today and I suggest you listen and/or download it at your earliest convenience. Part of me worries that those of you reading this outside of Nashville write these podcasts off as of no interest to you - but I would like to impress upon you that this is just another mix offering from me, to you, that just so happens to be comprised of Nashville bands. I think you'll like it, a lot. Go get it.

This weekend Nashville's Smallest Art Gallery launched a new show consisting of collaborated works from Ferris Plock and Kelly Tunstall. The show, entitled Specimens, is a veritable insect case of surreal creations. Please check the show page for details or just come by and see it yourself!

Despite being excited about the From the Basement series for a long time I managed to not realize it had launched in its entirety until just this past weekend. Instead of kicking myself for it I'm enjoying some beautiful looking performances from the likes of Autolux, Eels, Jarvis Cocker, White Denim and a slew of others.

While I hope you're still enjoying my Halloween mix it never hurts to have more material to support the season. With that in mind, go snag An Experiment in Terror - 27 tracks to supplement your spooky journeys. New mix from Mr. Grosbeck entitled Living the Distance.. a varied mix of recent indie rock bands.

Stumbled upon this word over the weekend, loving it:

hypnagogic: adj. 1. Inducing sleep; soporific. 2. Of, relating to, or occurring in the state of intermediate consciousness preceding sleep: hypnagogic hallucinations.

See also: Hypnagogia, hypnopompic.

I wouldn't call myself a word nerd by any means but I was pleased to know there was a name for the state between wake and sleep.