diversify
13-Aug-08
Collect dreams
Diversify passions
Explore possibilities
Seek out fears
Be unafraid
But know when to
cautiously change course
Do not give up
Do let go
New Hearted Tracks - August 12, 2008
12-Aug-08
Here’s a brand new collection of *sick* tracks I’ve been loving over the past week. Do take the time to check them out. Enjoyment awaits you.
Theatre of Disco - YOA (The Twelves Remix)
Digitalism - Yes, I Don’t Want This
The Faint - The Geeks Were Right
Ben Folds - you dont know me feat regina spektor
Britney Spears - Breathe On Me (James Holden Dub)
Peaches - Fuck the pain away (Tits & Clits remix)
Lady GaGa vs David Bowie vs Justice - Just D.A.N.C.E.
Data - Rapture (the Skywriters Remix)
Keedz - Stand On the Word (Distort Remix)
Plastilina Mosh - Toll Free
Ladyhawke - Dusk Til Dawn (Linus Loves Remix)
Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (Coin Operated Boy Remix)
Not Just A Calendar
30-Jul-08
The iPhone Calendar app has gone from one of the apps I never touched when I first bought the phone 6 months ago to becoming my absolutely most-used application. When I thought back about an article I had read about how the human brain’s memory requires constant reminders to keep data accessible, I realized the iPhone’s calendar could support this function perfectly, so I began to experiment with it.
Each calendar item can be assigned an programmable alert, reminding you of whatever it is you want to remember at intervals of 5 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, or even days in advance. I use the calendar as a to do list, assigning a time of day to each task. If I am unable to complete a task at the given time, moving the item to the next day or a later time takes just a few taps of the screen. Tasks don’t fall through the cracks and things get done!
In addition to reminding myself of to do items, birthdays, and events, I even alert myself to interesting facts that I wish to commit to memory. What better way to memorize that tough vocab word, that interesting philosophical idea, or the historical fact you just learned than to have these things pop up on your screen at different times during the day. Studies have been conducted that prove this kind of interval recognition and repetition is the best way to maintain things in memory.
So delicate is this situation.
So intricately balanced every move must be.
Inexperienced, untrained am I.
Following nothing but that spark
that pushes me forward,
I ignore the encroaching fear, and
from out of my heart,
from inside my mind,
an idea springs forth.
I take a step and let everything go.
The outcome is not up to me,
but I know, i believe, I feel what will be.
Now in this moment
I am free.
All is in motion,
the universe in control.
All has been released.
At peace I wait,
Musing on the unity of life.
The perfection of all that is
and all that will be
and how the pebble I have thrown
will make ripples
that spread out in perpetuation
eventually touching you.
vocab: ghazal
28-Jul-08
ghazal or ghasel (also spelt gazal, ghazel), a short lyric poem written in couplets using a single rhyme (aa, ba, ca, da etc.), sometimes mentioning the poet’s name in the last couplet. The ghazal is an important lyric form in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Urdu poetry, often providing the basis for popular love songs. Its usual subject‐matter is amatory, although it has been adapted for religious, political, and other uses. Goethe and other German poets of the early 19th century wrote some imitations of the Persian ghazal.
Usage:
To be born again
first you have to die.
To land upon the bosomy earth
first one needs to fly.
How to ever smile again
if first you won’t cry?
…
Gibreel, the tuneless soloist, had been cavorting in the moonlight as he sang his impromptu ghazal, swimming in air, butterfly-stroke, breast-stroke, bunching himself into a ball, spreadeagling himself against the almost-infinity of the almost-dawn, adopting heraldic postures, rampant, couchant, pitting levity against gravity.
- The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
30 Minutes with The Twelves
22-Jul-08
The Twelves are an electronic duo from Rio de Janeiro. They’ve done some nice remixes for M.I.A., Black Kids, Kylie, and others. Check out this sweet 30 minute mix they’ve recently released.
New Hearted Tracks - July 21, 2008
21-Jul-08
Trentemøller - Moan (Trentemøller Vocal Remix Radio Edit)
Muse - Knights Of Cydonia (Ocelot Remix)
Pnau - Embrace ft. Ladyhawke (Fred Falke & Miami Horror Remix)
Ladytron - Seventeen - Soulwax Remix
MGMT - Electric Feel (Aeroplane Remix)
Lil Wayne - Lollipop (MR GASPAR Remix)
Sexy Beijing
14-Jul-08
Interested in the world’s cultures? Dig documentaries? How about a series of short (9 minutes each) documentaries shot and hosted by a clever, cool, and comedic Californian chick? Sexy Beijing is your ticket. Get a unique and very entertaining perspective on modern life, relationships, traditions and other cultural amusements in China.
Sexy Beijing - Lost In Translation - Hilarity ensues when random Chinese people are asked to share their “English Names.”
Sexy Beijing - East Of The River - This video reminds me that I’m not the only one who is finding it hard to meet the right person.
Sexy Beijing - Weddings Gone Wild - Whoa, the wedding photography industry in China is blowing up! The fantastical fun begins even before the wedding date is set!
Sexy Beijing - Forever Tango
Sexy Beijing - Bad Boys of Beijing
Sexy Beijing - Lullaby of Beijing
Find all of the videos here: SexyBeijingTV on YouTube
New Hearted Tracks
14-Jul-08
A new week begins. Start it off with some new music. Caribou is a band I just discovered and I quite like. Beck’s new album has some great tracks on it. Oasis has a new track out and Chemical Brothers have done another nice job of remixing their work. Lastly are a few electronic tracks to keep your energy flowing.
Brothers and Sisters - Without You
Oasis - Falling Down (Chemical Brothers Remix)
Paul Johnson - Feel My M.F Bass
Vicki Sue Robinson - Shawn Ryan’s vinyl rip, Hot Version
Pnau ft. Ladyhawke - Embrace (Fred Falke & Miami Horror Remix)
