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this is the first in a series on fun extensions I have on my chrome browser. this time out, the 8tracks boombox. 
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8tracks.com is in the blip.fm slash pandora camp of streaming music. however it's more like a mix tape than a programmable radio station (with 8 songs - get it?). another difference? you can upload your own music if you can't find it in the vaults (admittedly smaller than blip's). new love? make her/him/it an 8tracks of sappy stuff. in a contemplative mood? odds are you can find an hour's worth of unobtrusive soundtrack. I was psyched to find a chrome extension for 8tracks and even more psyched to find out how cool it is to use.
you can choose to open a tab for the 8tracks player or play in the background. (the "play mix here" option shown above is not very useful, since playback stops as soon as you click anywhere off the dropdown). if you choose background play and hear an awesome song by an artist you don't recognize, reopen the menu and click "see mix details" to open a tab with all the tracks shown.
a nice implementation of a great app. kudos to developer seewah cheng (no other info given or I'd share)
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more junior miss magnificence, this time on two boards. third time ever, first time in two years. she wanted to do it all - rope tows, chairlift - and we did!
THE WEEPIES
HOMETOWN:Topanga, CA (via Cambridge, MA)
THE BASICS:
This folksy couple -- now married, with a son! -- met in Cambridge, MA, in 2001, and began a collaboration that's yielded three full-length albums, most recently 2008's Hideaway. A favorite of music supervisors on TV shows like Grey's Anatomy and How I Met Your Mother, the duo also found their music being licensed for use by the Obama campaign for an ad called "His Choice."WHERE HOPP HEARD THEM FIRST:
"On my Apple TV, at the recommendation of my friend Justin, who also made me listen to the Temper Trap -- who were featured in an earlier installment of this column. I was on the phone with Justin and demanded new music to listen to. He suggested the Weepies, so I bought it sound-unheard and really loved it from the first listen."WHY THEY ROCK:
"'Rock' might not be the right word, but they definitely rule. I'm really late on the uptake with this band, as their last CD came out a couple of years ago, but I'd like to think that I'm ahead of the curve because their next album is slated for release in the next few months. In any case, the Weepies are folksy, indie-rocky, singery/songwritery little three-minute pieces of awesome. Quiet, acoustic, luscious and beautiful. Great late-night music."HOPP'S TOP TRACK:
"'Antarctica.' Last winter, I took a trip to Antarctica, and the mood of this song reminds me of the stark beauty of the icy continent. How artistic was THAT last sentence?"LISTEN: The Weepies, "Antarctica"
WATCH: The Weepies, "World Spins Madly On"
FIND OUT MORE:
theweepies.com
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on her first day out snowboarding, mary ripped, keeping her balance on two successive runs. a possible design flaw in the kodak zi8 resulted in the shot being paused rather than zoomed. film crew mittens also bearing some responsibility.
very impressive!
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Creative Puns for Educated Minds
1. The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was --
--Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi. 2. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, --
--but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian . 3. She was only a whisky maker, --
--but he loved her still. 4. A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class --
--because it was a weapon of math disruption. 5. The butcher backed into the meat grinder --
--and got a little behind in his work.. 6. No matter how much you push the envelope, --
--it'll still be stationery. 7. A dog gave birth to puppies near the road --
--and was cited for littering. 8. A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France --
--would result in Linoleum Blownapart. 9. Two silk worms had a race. --
--They ended up in a tie. 10. Time flies like an arrow. --
--Fruit flies like a banana. 11. A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. --
--The police are looking into it.. 12. Atheism --
--is a non-prophet organization. 13. Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway. --
--One hat said to the other, 'You stay here, I'll go on a head.' 14. I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger.--
-- Then, it hit me. 15. A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said, --
--'Keep off the Grass.' 16. A small boy swallowed some coins and was taken to a hospital.--
-- His grandmother telephoned to ask how he was, a nurse said, 'No change yet.' 17. A chicken crossing the road --
--is poultry in motion. 18. The short fortune-teller who escaped from prison --
--was a small medium at large. 19. The man who survived mustard gas and pepper spray --
--is now a seasoned veteran. 20. A backward poet --
--writes inverse. 21. In democracy, it's your vote that counts. --
--In feudalism, it's your count that votes. 22. When cannibals ate a missionary, --
--they got a taste of religion. 23. Don't join dangerous cults: --
--Practice safe sects !
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