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Sun, 30 Apr 2006

google double standards?

Laddish and cheeky Thailand oriented blog Mango Sauce gets revenue killed by Google despite google obviously makes way more dosh than mango sauce of sexually oriented advertising.. hypocrisy++

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Sat, 29 Apr 2006

PIXEL REUNIFICATION DVD LAUNCH / FREE SCREENING

Got this in email, looks cool:
Pixel Reunification vs Winduptoys.

Pixel Reunification will launch / screen their DVD @ Glitch Bar & Cinema (St Georges Rd, Nth Fitzroy ) on Sunday 7th May @ 7.30pm (sharp!) The entry is free !!! They will be followed by a cameo performance by Winduptoys (who are due to release their own album ' Double Exposure ' in May on Clan Analogue / Creative Vibes.)

Pixel Reunification have compiled a collection of visual work onto DVD, which includes music by Clan Analogue artists including Winduptoys, Clowns Smiling Backwards as well as other musical acts. People will have also seen some of their work over the years @ various Clan Analogue events, etc.. They will also provide the visual component as Winduptoys play on the evening.

Bo & Jeremy (winduptoys) www.winduptoysmusic.com

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Sun, 23 Apr 2006

hero of the moment

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Wed, 19 Apr 2006

I've always been dismayed by the lack of decent politically themed (electronic) music.

That was One thing I liked about the good old 'Oils was they stuck to their guns. At least now Clan Analoguester Victor X-Ray has released an excellent dub mix with lyrics courtesy Alexander Downer to remedy that.

Get the full lyrics and download the mp3 here

This has made my day.

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Mon, 17 Apr 2006

Col's Minirig Site

Col, aprts from playing the odd DJ gig both here and in East Timor has had a succession of sound systems that have seen action both here and in East Timor (one was the first sound system into East Timor after liberation).. here is his Minirig Site that documents the ongoing evolution of these systems.. I got to play through the latest iteration when it was installed at Glitch Bar and Cinema for the Glitch 2nd birthday bash.

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Sun, 16 Apr 2006

vcf to ezmlm

Just a real simple script for subscribing "Electronic Business Card attachment" vcard (.vcf) files into an ezmlm mailing list. Might save someone a bit of scripting. Doesn't like email addresses that have bash shell special characters.. fixing that is a excercise for the reader. No error checking.

#!/usr/bin/python
#
#  really really simple script for dumping stuff from a vcf file into an ezmlm mailing list
#

import fileinput, sys, os

# split lines have format ['EMAIL', 'type=INTERNET', 'type=WORK', 'type=pref:xxx@hotmail.com\n']
# where they have the info we want

# takes VCF file and dir where the mailing list lives as the args

vcffile = sys.argv[1]
listdir = sys.argv[2]

command = "/usr/bin/ezmlm-sub %s %s"

for line in fileinput.input(vcffile):
    words = line.split(";")
    if len(words) == 4 and words[0] == 'EMAIL':
       email =  words[3].replace('type=pref:','',1).strip('\n')
       print "adding %s to list at %s " % (email,listdir)
       os.system(command % (listdir, email))

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Sat, 08 Apr 2006

Been playing with last.fm, which ships with a Linux player

The player seems to Just Work, bar the occasional buffering glitch at the start of some tracks but that seems to have gone away.

Here is the supplied html snippet that should insert a chart of what I have been listening to:

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