I've managed to get my facebook connect up and running on my page. Now you can use your facebook account to comment and subscribe to posts. Also i suggest getting Firefox 3 or the Flock browser if you want to subscribe to the threads easily. The best would really be flock as it has a dedicated RSS function that flashes whenever theres new posts.
Instructions for Facebook connect are as follows:
1. Click the facebook connect on the comments box. 2. Click connect with facebook when the button appears, and allow facebook connect to access your profile like you do with any other facebook application. 3. Type in your comment and post it. Note: This works on any site that has this feature. Of course if you have a Disqus account, you can use that, or you can just post an Unclaimed comment.
Now subscribing. If you click the options button highlighted in the picture above, you get a small list of options like the one below:
Click "This Thread" where subscribe is, and you get a dialog (in Firefox) like this:
Just select where you want the link to be shown and then click add. When you open your favourites menu, it should be there as a menu with the RSS feeds icon. Put your mouse cursor over it and you'll see all the most recent posts.
No i want to see more page views and a few comments before i bother upgrading again with FeedBurner. OK?
*edit* How is the new wide format looking? Sorry if you're on a small screen, i had to make everything wider because i hate it when Blogger cuts half my pictures out. I'm loving the fact i can see the full frame now even.
Over the next couple of days, due to a surplus in boredom and lack of fun things to do (half the people are gone away, it looks like i'm alone again this weekend) i'll be updating my blog. Its one of the geekiest things one could possibly do, but i've got nothing else to do.....well, other than watching or playing Star Trek, which is probably worse (don't you dare comment).
Its going to be a painful process, pulling apart my HTML and editing the source code, adding new stings of code, etc etc.....just know its a fucking job and a half. If you don't know what source code is, there's your answer just how difficult it is.
What will be new on my blog. Well for a start i've already edited the layout so my colum is a little wider. I need to get my pictures to fit in perfectly. I had to edit last night because i embeded a photo from my deviant-art account and it was overlapping my navigation menu on the right.....yes blah blah blah i know.
SO, coming soon, maybe new logos, more pictures, more gadgets and the big one i'm trying to work on....Facebook Connect. so you facebookers can log into my blog and comment....and stuff. and share. and whatever.
Watch this space ----->
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ok so this is proving rather difficult. i managed to get disqus working on my comments which was no biggie, but disqus won't let me use my facebook connect app i made so you can post with your fb account. I'll find a way to work it eventually. Other than that, look for feedburner and socialtwist capabilities coming later. i'll get there eventually....i will.
Global warming blah blah blah, fossil fuels, methane gasses, mmhmm. If you have a TV, or Internet, you know what all this is about. Actually, i'd only forgive people cut off from "civilization" for not knowing about this. And i'm glad you know about thinking green, and more power to you if you do, but here's something i was thinking about.
This new "Green" revolution, right? Is it really one big modern day hippie sorta movement, or is it one HUUUUUGE fucking marketing conspiracy designed perfectly to boost sales. Now, don't take offence if you are one of the drones that feeds off this crap. I'm sorry, but i just can't swallow it, let alone tofu.....and if you are one of those drones i know you eat tofu....i know!
See, on one hand i think it is all a good idea. Make energy efficient products to save energy, use biodegradeable packaging for whatever you're selling, use renewable sources of energy where possible, you know the drill. And more power to them. Look at Tesla Motors. Who ever thought an electric car would almost match up to a Lotus Elise (sorry ladies. Just know this thing is fast and its never been possible until now).
And lets not stop there. I mean, everything these days is going green. I've seen designer furniture made from recycled materials. Apparel, jewelery, even a couple of car manufacturers are using recycled plastic for their cars. But are all of them really telling the truth about their products being green.
I'm all for conspiracy theories, so i've thought this one out a little. What if that "green" label on your new plasma is just a "green" sticker that cost them what, 2 cents (i don't know production costs of green stickers) to make, but will cost you an extra $500 (evidently i don't know prices of plasmas either) when you buy it. Now you might like this, being a hippie and all.
You go home feeling all happy, with that "oh boy i'm so cool. i'm doing something for mother earth" look on your face. You plug that sucker in, fire it up and enjoy your new 54" (yes?) picture. Meanwhile, that thing is chewing electricity just as much as the next plasma which was $500 less and didn't have the green sticker..... Ok so maybe this doesn't happen, but who even checks? Right? RIGHT?
So we've covered the good, and the conspiracy (the bad). Now how about the ugly. The hippies. Yes you twits that buy something just because its "green", and no i DON'T mean the colour. Pay attention. It could be a dash of tall poppy syndrom (more about that condition later) but i just don't like you for buying something "green" for the image you get walking down the road with your "green" packaging, containing your "green" device. Its like South Park and that episode when everyone bought a Hybrid Car.
You smug bastards haha. Honestly, if there's more people like me out there (and i'm sure there are), we couldn't give two shits if your new phone is green or not (because if we did, you green people would accuse us of polluting the earth cos one shit is enough). I just wanna know how much, what it can do, and how good it looks.
Ahhhh i just love my rants. I think i'm gonna start posting more rants.
I decided it was about time that i made myself a fan page on Facebook regarding my music workings, and for those interested, the Gigitsu fan page is now up and running.
I will try to keep it updated with new mixes, as well as work on uploading older ones so you can all have a listen and view the track listings. So far the only functioning mix on the page is the Why-Not 2009 re-edit that i dropped yesterday.
Pirate Radio, a more urban set, is already listed in the Discography section, but is under construction. I spent about half an hour last night putting in the track listing, because 35 tracks is alot for a CD. And guess what? I put my hand on the wrong place on the stupid touchpad and managed to refresh the page, ultimately erasing 30 minutes of work, leaving me with RSI and a slight case of tourettes.
I'll go back tonight and do it again when i have time. Its an old mix but i think its one of my best yet.
So i went back and redid the mix because i was unsatisfied. And now....i am satisfied.
Go and download this new version, and tell me if you are not entertained. Because if you aren't..... i shall make a new one. For this is SPARTAAA!!
Track List.
01. The Killers - Mr Brightside (Thin White Duke remix) 02. Lady Gaga feat. Colby O'Donis - Just Dance (Digital Mode Freaky Remix) 03. R.I.O. - When The Sun Comes Down (Spencer & Hill Remix) 04. Britney Spears - Circus (Junior Vasquez Club Circus) 05. Klaas - How Does It Feel (Club Edit) 06. Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (MSTKRKRFT Remix) 07. Reflekt - Need To Feel Loved (Adam K & Sosha Vocal Mix) 08. Peter Gelderblom - Waiting 4 09. Pussycat Dolls feat. Missy Elliot - Whatcha Think About That (Wideboys Club Mix) 10. Live Element - Something About You (Live Element Remix) 11. Kylie Minogue - Love At First Sight (Dancefloor Killa Mix) 12. Muzikjunki & Myu Myu feat. Todd Jordan - True Or False (Kid Massive Mix) 13. Pryda vs. Pnau - Baby Bug Stockholm 14. Nelly Furtado - Say It Right (V1R00Z 2009 Remix) 15. Lake & Leger vs. Britney Spears - I'm A Slave 4 U (Mishary's 08 Mash-Up Remix) 16. Mark Ronson feat. Lily Allen - Oh My God (Chris Lake Remix)
Really, i don't know what i was on when i thought of this. Only now that i've spent hours cursing and swearing my laptop, coming to a point where i was just short of hurling it accross the room, all because of this DAMNED Table, I realize its bullshit haha.
The E-Table concept. Probably already one somewhere out there, and if i did my homework (did a google search) i would probably know this. HOWEVER, this one is mine.
A simple steel frame with a pine workspace....and whats this? A screen? Ok, so this is how i got the idea. I was walking through a cafeteria sometime last week and i noticed alot of magazines scattered about on all the tables. Me being a fan of minimalism, i decided that clutter does not go with the beautifully designed room i was in.
My solution, for the business men on their lunch breaks? Simple. Far fetched but it could work right? A table with internet access and a small console just in front of every place. Expensive, yes. Risky, yes (what if theres a clumsy clot that spills his coke all the time....the liquid kind).
But practical, no? Grab your lunch tray, fill it up, sit down at a place and read news articles while you eat. Heck, check your e-mail while you're at it. Maybe even pop on your bluetooth headset and listen to some music, or watch the news! Or watch something....preferably not porn.
Now i'm not the type to sign up for accounts and profiles on social networking sites in the hopes of finding "Mrs Right", or at least someone to date. I think i might still be too old fashioned for that. But what i did do about 5 minutes ago was just out of curiosity.
I found out about a website called YumBunny, the slogan "Who looks good with you?". This intrigued me. So, as one would do, i investigated further and visited the website. My gadget is at the bottom of my home page. Vote for me?
The purpose of this site is Matchmaking, basically. You upload a photo of yourself, answer a few questions about yourself, and then you get paired up with people that other users vote on whether or not you look good together.
I'm not sure if the idea is going to work that great because its not so easy to tell if a couple looks good when one has a picture you can barely see them in. Plus there's no feature for adding your location, yada yada yada, long distance, blah blah blah, sexual predators?
We'll see. I should really stop being so pessimistic about these things :)
Vote for me? I'm curious to see who i would look good with and if i really agree with the outcome too.
*edit* I just realized i too can vote for who i look good with. This could be a problem cos, ha, i don't care if i look like a vagabond (which i don't), I'm gonna vote yes when i think the girl is cute and/or pretty. (I just voted no on a total minger.....shallow much? LOL!) But really, think about the other scum out there that might be taking this seriously....bad. Let's see what happens.
*edit 2* I noticed theres a few asian girls and just my luck, they seem to be geeks. YES YES and YES. Someone actually had Star Trek listed in the likes. How perfect can you get? Beautiful and a geek. (I'm not being sarcastic. i really like where this is going)
*edit 3* It's bullcrap. I removed the gadget from my blog. I knew it was crap haha.
Music never stops. There's always going to be something new and something better. For this reason, i'll be making some time on sunday to re-do my Why-Not 2009 mix and perfect it....but wait, theres more. Oh yeah and i mean literally. I think i'm in the mood to start gearing up for a second mix.
And what shall i call it? Concussion anybody? Yep, "Concussion" shall be the name, cos thats what i got last time i wanted to go out to a club and dance to some thumpin good house. Hopefully this won't happen to you, but i am trying to aim at creating the same side effects once you're done listening to it.
Keep checking if you even give a shit, cos this one just might be massive, BWAY!
I've re-uploaded the mix onto another server where you can listen to the file without having to download it. I would use my esnips account but they've been a little funny in the past because my files are always large and there's copyright issues there.
So hit the link, sit back, relax and turn up the bass cos here it is again, Why-Not 2009 mixed by Gigitsu.
Track List.
01. The Killers - Mr Brightside (Thin White Duke remix) 02. Lady Gaga feat. Colby O'Donis - Just Dance (Digital Mode Freaky Remix) 03. R.I.O. -$ When The Sun Comes Down (Spencer & Hill Remix) 04. Britney Spears - Circus (Junior Vasquez Club Circus) 05. Klaas - How Does It Feel (Club Edit) 06. Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (MSTKRKRFT Remix) 07. Reflekt - Need To Feel Loved (Adam K & Sosha Vocal Mix) 08. Peter Gelderblom - Waiting 4 09. Pussycat Dolls feat. Missy Elliot - Whatcha Think About That (Wideboys Club Mix) 10. Live Element - Something About You (Live Element Remix) 11. Kylie Minogue - Love At First Sight (Dancefloor Killa Mix) 12. Muzikjunki & Myu Myu feat. Todd Jordan - True Or False (Kid Massive Mix) 13. Pryda vs. Pnau - Baby Bug Stockholm 14. Nelly Furtado - Say It Right (V1R00Z 2009 Remix) 15. Lake & Leger vs. Britney Spears - I'm A Slave 4 U (Mishary's 08 Mash-Up Remix) 16. Dean Coleman feat. DCLA - I Want You (Andrew Bayer Remix) 17. Daft Punk and Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You
I've put a lot of thought into this idea, and i really feel i might be onto something. Many of you may know about MP3.com. For those that don't, MP3.com is a website dedicated to promoting music, much like MySpace Music. Independant and signed artists are given profiles and are assigned a certain capacity of space on the server where they can upload their music and share it. There are also forums and other means of promoting music on the site, and while i agree with the whole concept, i feel it might be too mainstream for the "little guy". Not only are these communities very large, but independant artists are competing with big names in the industry for page views, listens and downloads.
My proposal to you, the independant artists, whether you only make the music as a hobby, or whether you are really trying to break into the market, is that we can come together and form a smaller, more focussed community, designed by us, for us. The significance of this would be that we won't have to contend with the big names. Rather, we would create a social network allowing us to help build each other. Artists can upload their music to a server for others to hear, and maybe even collaborate on a global scale. John Doe somewhere in the USA can upload a basic song or the samples of one, and someone else in europe can then download those files and mix them. The final product will be a collaboration between two people on two different continents.
For the DJ's, another idea i had was to sort of set up a system almost like the big names in the Trance industry. DJ Tiesto and the boys from Above and Beyond have their own record labels, and when they do their mixes, they use tracks from their own labels. Not only is this convenient, but they avoid any problems regarding copyrights or acquiring the rights to mix the music, as well as boosting the popularity of their smaller, lesser known artists.
I'm more than ready to start this off as a small project. My first step would be to find a domain where i can set up a free social network. Anyone that feels this is a good idea and feels they can contribute can become a member. From then on i will try to find the best places to host files and share them. The idea is to try and keep everything free. If the network does eventually grow to the point where i cannot manage the administrative tasks alone, i will let the community know and trusted, capable users will be granted administrative privelages to help me keep everything running.
I'm open to ideas and comments. I believe there could be a future in this. Anyone who is willing to help or contribute in the form of ideas or information, or even talent, please email me on my gmail address or send me a message on facebook.
I'm going to make sure this network only includes independant artists. If we gain enough popularity, maybe we could even start producing compilations and selling them. The beauty in this is that every penny will go into our pockets. No agents, no network execs taking a certain percentage of our sales.
This might be the OS that brings alot of pissed off Vista users back to M$. And why not? Its a lot more compatible and a lot more stable than Vista. I know this because i managed to get it booting on an almost 4 year old laptop. Yes, i eventually found a guide to install 7 over a network, and suprisingly, given the amount of things i had to do, i had it all set up from nothing within an hour.
So far i can say that even in the Beta stage, this is truly a great OS. On barely 512MB RAM i'm managing to boot up, load a couple apps like msn and firefox and the like, and multitask pretty well. My only gripe? Device drivers. With my laptop being so old, most of the drivers for my Graphics card and Sound card were designed for XP. Although there is a posibility of Vista drivers for the sound card, which might end up working. But i really doubt it.
The graphics card is an Intel 910/915GL or something, which as far as i know has ZERO! Vista support. Nada, nix, nuh uh. I managed to get the latest XP drivers which installed ok.....i lie. After a couple of tries they installed but when i applied my new display settings, the graphics all went garbled and i ended up rebooting to previous config and uninstalling the device. PAIN IN THE ASS! So i tried the older drivers for XP. Installed beautifully, applied my new settings successfully, and rebooted. Everything seemed to be going well. My desktop appeared in full resolution, full colour, all my icons perfectly shaped again. I cannot describe the excitement contained within me at that moment....although it only lasted briefly.
OH YEAH.....i bricked Windows 7....briefly. For some reason, after booting up, the OS decided it didnt agree with my drivers and decided to freeze. Rebooted again, got excited when things started loading, clicked the start menu to open an app.......FROZEN! I lathered, rinsed and repeated a number of times......in vain. Safe Mode FTW.
So now im stuck with a second laptop that has no sound, everything on my screen looks like its been squashed by an anvil, but my MSN and Firefox still work good :)
Of course, i could always just boot into linux when i need to use it for something, but theres just something about booting into 7 and using it that captures me.....is this love?
Early this morning, up before the sun, headed straight for my laptop and headphones. Yes, you can breathe now. The mix should be up by the end of this post and i got one thing to say......The Gigitsu has arrived. Probably not my best mix ever, one or two hiccups in there and i WILL get around to redoing it at some point, but given the fact i havent done this in what, 9 months?
I took mostly new tracks, mostly stuff u wanna go crazy and dance too or just scream your fucking head off. If you want track names or the list, u can email me or leave a comment and i will be more than happy to oblige. If the link is down, do the same thing so i can fix it. But really, i'm happy with what i have accomplished today....to the point i refuse to take of my headphones. I'm making breakfast with them on looking like a neckbrace around my neck. I even got so caught up during the mix i might have shed a few tears cos the tunes were just......aaagh ma gaaad.
It's time people.....is this the year of Gigitsu?
I should fucking hope so. (BTW Why-Not is a club in Vienna that i used to go to alot. Still one of my favourites :)
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