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                <title>FAIR + Shepard Fairey</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:50:41 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <sub>copypasta'd from $<a class="u" href="http://chix0r.deviantart.com/">chix0r</a>'s journal</sub><br /><br />DeviantART has partnered with FAIR (Freedom, Action, Inclusion, Rights) to help promote equality through The Love Unites Shepard Fairey Equality Project. We're asking our members to align themselves with this cause through their passion and creativity, and have their work judged by renowned artist, Shepard Fairey, in the process.<br /><br />Check it out <a href="http://news.deviantart.com/article/99837/">here</a>! <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/e/eager.gif" width="18" height="15" alt=":eager:" title=":eager: by darkmoon3636" /><br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Imaginary</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:01:17 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ In case some of you were wondering, Murph is down for revision. He will be back soon.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>FREE SHIPPING + SINE WAVES</title>
                <link>http://endosage.deviantart.com/journal/27915838/</link>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:33:40 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://endosage.deviantart.com/art/SuperEager-Emote-132440196"><img src="http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs47/f/2009/219/1/9/SuperEager_Emote_by_endosage.gif" width="100" height="100" /></a></span></span><br /><br />HOLY CRAP! FREE SHIPPING IN OUR PRINTS SHOP!<br />GO <a href="http://news.deviantart.com/article/97515/">CHECK IT OUT</a>!<br /><br />ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ<br /><br />In other news, $<a class="u" href="http://randomduck.deviantart.com/">randomduck</a> showed me <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvtssL8WlJA">a video of the Drum Buddy</a> the other day, and there's a part (the 4:00 mark to be exact) where the guy pairs up the device with a record (for a beat), and some serious awesomeness goes down. The downside is that the awesomeness only lasts a few moments before the beat breaks down and momentum is lost.<br /><br />I wanted more of this awesomeness, so I set out to recreate the beat and quench my thirst for some nice beats and sine scratchin'.<br /><br />Check out the video of me recreating the awesomeness <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz9YYTi9A2M">here</a>.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Thud.</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:59:11 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Fwoomp.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>20% off ALL devWEAR!</title>
                <link>http://endosage.deviantart.com/journal/27783130/</link>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:39:15 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <img src="http://st.deviantart.com/devwear/phs_journal_header_3.png"><br /><br />deviantWEAR is having a 20% off sale RIGHT NOW until 12:00 PM Pacific on October 20th.<br /><br />Check out <a href="http://news.deviantart.com/article/96701/">the article</a>, and then <a href="http://shop.deviantart.com/?view=devwear">hit up the shop</a> and get some awesome gear!<br /><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://endosage.deviantart.com/art/SuperEager-Emote-132440196"><img src="http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs47/f/2009/219/1/9/SuperEager_Emote_by_endosage.gif" width="100" height="100" /></a></span></span><br /><br /></img> ]]></description>
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                <title>Cable television no more</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:23:53 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I've been gradually moving towards this outcome for a while, and I think it's finally time to just do it. I'm canceling my TV service. I'll be keeping the internet, but my TV service has been nothing but a moneysuck on me for too long now.<br /><br />I can get internet for 40.00/mo (Time Warner. AT&T is too damn expensive for <b>just</b> DSL) instead of getting internet + TV for about 120.00 (yes, HD service too). I'm sure this isn't really news to all of you, considering this is being broadcast via the internet, but TV is just one of those things that's really kind of hard to get rid of. Actually doing it isn't hard, but even starting the thought process of "I can watch everything online" probably isn't something that the average person A: considers, and B: actually follows through with.<br /><br />Also, I'm saying this because I'm currently a blogger over at #<a class="u" href="http://hangintherebaby.deviantart.com/">hangintherebaby</a>, posting weekly about Mythbusters. I know you can watch the episodes online, however there may be an extended delay in my ability to be timely with the posts due to my soon-to-be lack of cable TV service.<br /><br />Regardless, I think that all should be well, and saving 80.00/mo isn't so bad either (it's the best part really).<br /><br />All I've got to do is get a way to hook up my computer to my TV and I'll be set.<br /><br />So, question Â how many of you get all of your entertainment online? Are there any awesome places I should be aware of (other than Netflix / Hulu / YouTube)? Yes, I'm aware the answer to the second question is most likely "yes".<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>First Free Premium Membership Awarded!</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:04:40 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <sub><i>Copypasta'd from $<a class="u" href="http://liquisoft.deviantart.com/">liquisoft</a>'s journal</i></sub><br /><br /><sub><sub>ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ</sub></sub><br /><br />If you're not watching <a href="http://creative.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/creative.png?7" alt=":iconcreative:" title="creative"/></a>, you really should be.<br /><br />Today we <a href="http://creative.deviantart.com/blog/27538657/">just awarded a 1-year Premium Membership</a> and next week we're doing it all over again.<br />If you know a designer on deviantART who is in dire need of an upgrade, and definitely deserves it, be sure to nominate them this coming Monday when we start accepting nominations once again.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Ghostly Discovery</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:07:05 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ When I'm at the office, I listen to music. Whether it be the music that $<a class="u" href="http://liquisoft.deviantart.com/">liquisoft</a> has on, or what I'm playing, there's always something on. Usually, when I'm playing something it's what I have locally on my computer. That can get kind of crazy after a while and there's a few times that things come on that don't really fit how I'm feeling at the moment.<br /><br />For the last 2 days, I've been listening to something else.<br /><br />That's where this neat iPhone app comes in...<br /><br /><div align="center"><img src="http://st.deviantart.com/zack/journal/ghostly_splash.png"></img><br /><div align="left"><br />What it does is allow you access to the entire Ghostly International artist collection, for free. If you aren't familiar with Ghostly International, check them out <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.ghostly.com">here</a>. They've got a bunch of awesome artists on their label, and they span many different styles, something that this app makes very obvious once you start to really get into using it.<br /><br />First I'll start off by showing the UI and how it works. You're first presented with this screen<br /><br /><div align="center"><img src="http://st.deviantart.com/zack/journal/ghostly_mainui.png"></img><br /><div align="left"><br />I'd first like to draw attention to the rainbow ring (the "mood wheel"). What that does is act as a gauge for how you're feeling. If you're feeling really aggressive, set it to red. Neutral? Set it to green. The in between colors also work as well. Yellow-Orange would produce a frenetic / energetic feel. <br /><br />Here's the full list of the moods<br /><br /><div align="center"><img src="http://st.deviantart.com/zack/journal/ghostly_theory.png"></img><br /><div align="left"><br />Once you've got the mood selected, set the sliders on the right. They range from Digital to Organic and from Faster to Slower. The app will then communicate with the Ghostly servers and produce a playlist of around 20-30 songs based upon your input.<br /><br />Once you start listening to music, you'll see this screen<br /><br /><div align="center"><img src="http://st.deviantart.com/zack/journal/ghostly_playui.png"></img><br /><div align="left"><br />What this screen allows you to do is navigate between songs, pause / play, and also favorite songs that you like. When you favorite songs, it saves the fav to your phone (not the song, just the fav info), and later, you can send that information to Ghostly. It'll then produce a page of your favorites where you can listen to them anywhere that you can access the internet with a computer.<br /><br />My favorites page from today is <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://ghostly.com/discovery/favorites/work-faves">here</a>.<br /><br />You can also view information about the currently playing artist by clicking the "menu" button below the album art and then clicking "artist bio". In that same area, you can purchase the song as well as change lock settings.<br /><br />I'd have to say that this app has really enabled me to hear some awesome music that I'll most definitely end up buying later on.<br /><br />If you'd like more information about Ghostly Discovery, click <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.ghostly.com/discovery">here</a>.<br /><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> ]]></description>
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                <title>NEW THINGS FOR EVERYONE! WOOHOO!</title>
                <link>http://endosage.deviantart.com/journal/26946203/</link>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:23:49 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ There is a <a href="http://shop.deviantart.com">new shop</a> and a <a href="http://browse.deviantart.com">new browse</a> for EVERYONE! <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/w/woohoo.gif" width="31" height="17" alt=":woohoo:" title="Woohooooo!" /><br /><br />CHECK OUT THE AWESOMENESS HERE: <a href="http://hq.deviantart.com/blog/27099883/"> <b>AWESOMENESS</b></a>!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>It's deviantART's 9th Birthday!</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:29:39 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="content"><br /><div class="contentmodule"><i class="top"></i><div class="modulewrap"><br /><div class="h3">It's deviantART's 9th Birthday!</div><br /><br /><img src="http://st.deviantart.com/zack/umm/hugeeager_.gif"><br /><br /><sub>Original emote by `<a class="u" href="http://darkmoon3636.deviantart.com/">darkmoon3636</a></sub><br /><br />WOOOOOOOOOOAH! 9 years! it's so crazy! There's all kinds of shenanigans going on today!<br /><br /><a href="http://news.deviantart.com/article/88743/">This article</a> talks about everything going on. Check it out!<br /><br />We've also got a shirt...<br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://deviantWEAR.deviantart.com/art/Birthday-Gold-132141544"><img src="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs48/150/i/2009/216/1/d/Birthday_Gold_by_deviantWEAR.jpg" width="150" height="100" /></a></span></span><br /><br />It's $9.99! There's really no reason not to get one... unless you don't wear shirts... <br /><br />I WEAR SHIRTS!<br /><img src="http://st.deviantart.com/zack/journal/endob-dayshirt_.png"><br /><br />This awesome journal CSS was made in commemoration and if you want to celebrate in super-awesome CSS style <a href="http://endosage.deviantart.com/art/9th-BirthdAy-Journal-Skin-132230739">check it out</a>.<br /><br />Finally, we're running a <a href="http://news.deviantart.com/article/88618/">coloring contest</a>. It's basically the same premise as the Valentine's one, but it's birthday themed, and even more challenging than the last one!<br /><br />For the full run down of what's going on today, check out the main article linked above.<br /><br />HAPPY 9th BIRTHDAY deviantART! <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /><br /><br />-----------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><sub>P.S. If you'd like to place the Super Eager emote into your journal, use this code:<br /><br /><<b></b>img src="http://st.deviantart.com/zack/umm/hugeeager_.gif"<b></b>><br /><br /><<b></b>sub>Original emote by :<b></b>devdarkmoon3636<b></b>:</sub<b></b>></sub><br /><br /><i>Please remember to include the credit</i>.<br /><br /></img></img></div></div></div> ]]></description>
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                <title>10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:40:18 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ So, I've seen some people posting these, and I feel that I should too. Not necessarily to give some sort of insight into my extremely ridiculous personality, but more so to generate discussion on the things that we're all thinking and never tell anyone. I think it's really important to just let some things out because, if you don't do that, you'll go crazy.<br /><br />I'm doing this for the betterment of everyone. Not just for myself. I really hope that anything said doesn't offend anyone, and I also hope that if you <i>think</i> that any of this is about you, please don't be offended. It's all meant for good.<br /><br />Also, I'll go ahead and say that some of this may be a bit harsh <i>sounding</i>, but some of this has been just sitting in my head for a while and it needs to get out.<br /><br />*Disclaimer*: I'm convinced I'm a little insane (100% serious). Don't take any of this <i>too</i> seriously. Regardless, it <i>is</i> what I'm thinking.<br /><br />These are not in order of importance. Just in the order that I think of them.<br /><br />Ten Things I Wish I Could Say to People:<br />1. I love you<br />2. I do not care about what you "know".<br />3. Help... please<br />4. Stop complaining. Think about what you're saying and how it's reflecting on you.<br />5. No<br />6. Stop using PowerPoint for <i>everything</i>.<br />7. The fact that I do not have a diploma, in no way, means that I'm somehow less of a person or not as able as you.<br />8. If I'm doing <i>anything</i> wrong, please tell me. I can't fix it if I don't know that I've done something wrong.<br />9. I <i>need</i> someone.<br />10. I'm sorry.<br /><br /><br />Nine things about myself:<br />1. I've been in situations in my life that most people only see in action / drama movies.<br />2. Yes, I am self-conscious about the way I look.<br />3. I really don't care if my feet are dirty. As long as they don't smell and they are clean when they need to be, then it's ok for me.<br />4. I believe firmly that driving barefoot is FAR safer than driving with flip flops on.<br />5. I'd like to think that I'm a better musician than I think I am.<br />6. 90% of the things I'm building my life off of are based upon self-taught information. I feel that effectively educating yourself is one of the most important things you can do as a human.<br />7. I cannot wear watches with batteries in them. They go dead in almost a week. I currently wear a kinetic (seiko) watch.<br />8. I absolutely cannot stand the police.<br />9. I drive like crazy. A good friend of mine once, after riding in my car with me for the first time, kissed and hugged the parking lot when he got out because he was so happy to be alive.<br /><br /><br />Eight ways to win my heart:<br />1. Be <i>absolutely</i> honest.<br />2. Think about the things you say to me. My feelings get hurt easily.<br />3. Don't wear makeup.<br />4. Care about how you look and your own health.<br />5. Be on time.<br />6. Keep promises.<br />7. Don't criticize my lifestyle.<br />8. Don't be down all the time, and be able to handle things on your own if needed.<br /><br /><br />Seven things that cross my mind a lot:<br />1. Everything else that this journal won't tell you.<br />2. The past.<br />3. The future.<br />4. Damn fonts.<br />5. Money<br />6. I need to eat better things<br />7. I want to hug you for a long time and just enjoy each other's presence.<br /><br /><br />Six things I do before I fall asleep:<br />1. Make sure my TV is on CNN before I turn it off<br />2. Make sure that my door is locked<br />3. Make sure I know what I have to do the next day<br />4. Brush meh teefs<br />5. Get nekkid<br />6. Make sure that all 5 alarms (all on my iPhone) are set and on (7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 8:30, 9:00) so I can wake up on time.<br /><br /><br />Five places I want to visit:<br />1. Japan<br />2. Mars<br />3. Steve Jobs' and Jonathan Ive's offices.<br />4. Moog Factory<br />5. Monome factory / barn<br /><br /><br />Four things I'm wearing right now:<br />1. Shorts<br />2. Box0rz<br />3. devWEAR Shirt<br />4. D&G glasses<br /><br /><br />Three bands / music artists that I listen to often:<br />1. NIN<br />2. The Postal Service<br />3. The Sea and Cake<br /><br /><br />Two things I want to do before I die:<br />1. Reconnect with those that I've hurt in my life, and make things better.<br />2. Make an impact on the world at the level of Nikola Tesla, Alexander Graham Bell, and Thomas Edison.<br /><br /><br />One confession:<br />1. I feel that I have so many great ideas, and they'll never see the light of day due to my inability to finance their creation.<br /><br />I hope you all enjoyed that. I certainly did. <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)" /><br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>LA DevMeet: EPIC WIN!</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 11:13:38 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Oh man, was this meet SUPER awesome! First off, thanks to all of the people who came out for this. I really appreciate that, as I'm certain the other staff do as well. <br /><br />As for events, wellllllll...<br /><br />We took the group picture which I'd think should be uploaded shortly (or at least sometime in the next few days). <br /><br />*update* `<a class="u" href="http://divineerror.deviantart.com/">DivineError</a> took the group picture: <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://DivineError.deviantart.com/art/LA-Deviant-Meet-130028824"><img src="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs49/150/i/2009/199/8/d/LA_Deviant_Meet_by_DivineError.jpg" width="150" height="100" /></a></span></span><br /><br />More pics from him <a href="http://divineerror.deviantart.com/gallery/#DevMeet-Echo-Park">here</a>!<br /><br />We all drew on the sidewalks with chalk which was provided by <i>someone</i>. If you're that someone, let me know! I want to thank you! <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /><br /><br />Breaking up into groups was, for me, really funny. I say this because I had been planning on doing the digital art thing w/ Ryan ($<a class="u" href="http://liquisoft.deviantart.com/">liquisoft</a>), but $<a class="u" href="http://spyed.deviantart.com/">spyed</a> "volunteered" me for the anime group. This totally threw me off. I wasn't expecting that at all, however the anime peoples were awesome and I was thoroughly thankful to have lead that group!<br /><br />After the groups stuff was done with, we all went to another area of the park and chilled / mingled / ate too many sno-cones (I personally had 3 sno-cones and 1 popsicle). <br /><br />Oh, and IT WAS REALLY HOT. My watch has left a crazy mark on my arm because I gut sunburned (but I kind of expected that).<br /><br />Then, some deviants got to see a technology demo (IE. ALL OF THE AWESOME FUTURE STUFF WE'RE WORKING ON) w/ $<a class="u" href="http://spyed.deviantart.com/">spyed</a> and some of the dT team ($<a class="u" href="http://chris.deviantart.com/">chris</a> and $<a class="u" href="http://randomduck.deviantart.com/">randomduck</a>). Not too sure if they helped out w/ the demo though.<br /><br />After an epic game of frisbee (and some awesome Nutter Butters from `<a class="u" href="http://dammitmel.deviantart.com/">dammitMEL</a>) we headed out to get some food. Oddly enough, just around the corner from the park was a place called "Happy Tom's" which was completely empty. So, we flashmobbed the place and probably totally skewed their balance sheet for the month.<br /><br />Once we were all filled to the brim with burritos and quesadillas and what not, the remainder of us headed out to our homes. I wasn't going to be able to ride my bike home because I was super epic tired, so =<a class="u" href="http://thederangedone.deviantart.com/">thederangedone</a> offered to give me and my bike a ride back to my place. Super thankful for that. (THANK YOU ALEX) Much good conversation was had and that was that.<br /><br />Soooooooooooo... <b>THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT! IT WAS INCREDIBLY AWESOME TO MEET YOU ALL!</b><br /><br />If you'd like to see some pics from the meet (taken by $<a class="u" href="http://makepictures.deviantart.com/">makepictures</a>), check them out <a href="http://makepictures.deviantart.com/gallery/#dev-meet-la-09">here</a>.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>LA HQ devMEET in Echo Park Tomorrow!</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:04:25 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ There's gonna be a devMEET in Echo Park tomorrow! Are you going?<br /><br />I know that these people are: $<a class="u" href="http://chris.deviantart.com/">chris</a>, $<a class="u" href="http://crgriffith.deviantart.com/">crgriffith</a>, $<a class="u" href="http://dan14lev.deviantart.com/">Dan14Lev</a>, $<a class="u" href="http://dloesch.deviantart.com/">dloesch</a>, $<a class="u" href="http://endosage.deviantart.com/">endosage</a>, $<a class="u" href="http://estunt.deviantart.com/">eStunt</a>, $<a class="u" href="http://gorillalure.deviantart.com/">gorillalure</a>, $<a class="u" href="http://gzobel.deviantart.com/">gzobel</a>, $<a class="u" href="http://heidi.deviantart.com/">Heidi</a>, $<a class="u" href="http://hwetzler.deviantart.com/">hwetzler</a>, $<a class="u" href="http://jeanpat.deviantart.com/">jeanpat</a>, $<a class="u" href="http://liquisoft.deviantart.com/">liquisoft</a>, $<a class="u" href="http://makepictures.deviantart.com/">makepictures</a>, $<a class="u" href="http://margotdent.deviantart.com/">margotdent</a>, $<a class="u" href="http://marioluevanos.deviantart.com/">marioluevanos</a>, $<a class="u" href="http://mhalpert.deviantart.com/">mhalpert</a>, $<a class="u" href="http://oracleerin.deviantart.com/">OracleErin</a>, $<a class="u" href="http://sgonzalez.deviantart.com/">SGonzalez</a>, $<a class="u" href="http://spyed.deviantart.com/">spyed</a>, $<a class="u" href="http://stykera.deviantart.com/">Stykera</a>, $<a class="u" href="http://trowlandson.deviantart.com/">trowlandson</a>, and $<a class="u" href="http://waveswinger.deviantart.com/">Waveswinger</a>!<br /><br />Here's some information if needed:<br /><br /><a href="http://hq.deviantart.com/blog/25942975/">Information about the meet</a> by $<a class="u" href="http://heidi.deviantart.com/">Heidi</a><br /><br /><a href="http://hq.deviantart.com/blog/26003764/">Echo Park Guide</a> by $<a class="u" href="http://margotdent.deviantart.com/">margotdent</a><br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>I donated my hair to Locks of Love!</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:50:21 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ First off, if you're not familiar with <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.locksoflove.org/index.html">locks of love</a>, they're an organization that provides hairpieces to people (mostly children) who have cancer and are undergoing therapy which causes them to lose their hair. Hair donation to this organization allows their hairpieces to be much cheaper than they normally would be because the organization doesn't have to buy the hair to make the hairpiece. Any hair that isn't used for hairpieces is used to offset the cost of making hairpieces. In other words, sold for other purposes.<br /><br />Soooooooooooooo, I've been growing out my hair for the last 2 years. This was for the sole purpose of donating it. I've been doing this for 6 years, and this is the 3rd time I've donated my hair. Before I cut it, it was 18" long, and I ended up getting 11 ponytails! I'll be sending off my hair to Locks of Love soon, but until then, pictures! <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /><br /><br /><img src="http://st.deviantart.com/zack/journal/hair1.jpg"><br />Pre brushing!<br /><br /><img src="http://st.deviantart.com/zack/journal/hair2.jpg"><br />This is what happens when I brush my hair. It gets CRAZY!<br /><br /><img src="http://st.deviantart.com/zack/journal/hair3.jpg"><br />Ponytails! Most people just put their hair in one ponytail in the back and cut it off. Considering that most of the people who donate hair are female, that makes sense. Since I didn't mind having no hair in the end, I'd developed a way to donate ALL of my hair a few years back, which is to put all of my hair into ponytails and get them all!<br /><br /><img src="http://st.deviantart.com/zack/journal/hair4.jpg"><br />After the cuts! 11 ponytails, and there's some leftover hair on my head, but it's all super uneven, and so on to the next step...<br /><br /><img src="http://st.deviantart.com/zack/journal/hair5.jpg"><br />Shaved head! <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /><br /><br />You may notice that my shirt changes 3 times through the whole deal. The NIN shirt was worn on a day when we couldn't complete the cut because my shaver wasn't working. The next day, I got that worked out, and the deviantART shirt was worn when the hair was cut and shaved. I then took that shirt off (it was covered with hair) and took a shower. The final picture was taken after the shower, which is why I'm wearing a third shirt.<br /><br />My Mom helped out with this so THANKS MOM!<br /><br /></img></img></img></img></img> ]]></description>
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                <title>PORT  FO  LI  O</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:45:24 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Yo peoples! We just launched a new feature for beta testers! It'll be coming soon for all members, but until then, head on over to <a href="http://news.deviantart.com/article/84969/">this news article</a> and check it out! We put a TON of hard work and research into this to make sure it was the best portfolio product out there. Needless to say, we over at dA are <b>very</b> happy with the result and we hope that you are too! <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)"/><br/><br/> ]]></description>
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                <title>Music + Bike + Prints</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 23:50:06 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Alright, UPDATE TIEM! It's a long entry... It's got a ton of cool stuff in it, so I really hope that you read it anyway.<br /><br /><b>Music</b>:<br />I've been listening to alot of new music lately (over the last 3 weeks or so), and I'd like to share it with you. Mind you, when I say "new music" I mean, new to me. A good bit of it has been around for a while. I feel that all of this music is REALLY good to listen to while working. Each artist name / title is a link to that band's iTunes page. Tycho's music links to his own page as his music isn't sold on iTunes.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=76778703"><b>Xploding Plastix</b></a><br /><br /><img src="http://st.deviantart.com/zack/journal/amateurgirlfriendsgoproskirtagents.png">     <img src="http://st.deviantart.com/zack/journal/behindtheeightball.png">     <img src="http://st.deviantart.com/zack/journal/treatedtimberresistsrot.png"><br /><br />This band is very interesting. A mix of electronic elements with live instruments and a very cinematic feel. Its like, electronic-orchestra-lounge. Each song is really different, and could stand on it's own if needed.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=4210796"><b>Telefon Tel Aviv</b></a><br /><br /><img src="http://st.deviantart.com/zack/journal/fahrenheitfairenough.png">     <img src="http://st.deviantart.com/zack/journal/immolateyourself.png"><br /><br />This band is one of my recent favorites. Super synth-heavy, it's what I imagine the "future from the 80's" would have looked like if it were inhabited with techies and really laid back people. Very atmospheric music, super good for just calming down, turning off and letting your ears think for you. There are some heavier songs in their albums, but I feel that they're just as relaxed as the calmer ones, just with a stronger beat.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=4504094"><b>MÃºm</b></a><br /><br /><img src="http://st.deviantart.com/zack/journal/finallywearenoone.png"><br /><br />I would imagine that if you could record dreams... this is what they would sound like.  Think Sigur RÃ³s, but more electronic, minimal, calm and with a female on vocals, and you get MÃºm.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.tychomusic.com"><b>Tycho</b></a><br /><br /><img src="http://st.deviantart.com/zack/journal/pastisprologue.png"><br /><br />I know I've told you all about Tycho before (better known as Scott Hansen / ISO50), but I felt that I should include him again as he fits in well with this selection and also because, <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://blog.iso50.com">his blog</a> is the reason that I've been reintroduced to all of this music. Tycho's music is <i>incredibly</i> atmospheric. For an electronic production, I'd say it's the most analog sounding stuff I've heard come from a computer... ever. Definitely a must listen.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=27060192"><b>Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto</b></a><br /><br /><img src="http://st.deviantart.com/zack/journal/insen.png">     <img src="http://st.deviantart.com/zack/journal/revep.png"><br /><br />This duo, I think, works really well together. They aren't formally a band per se, as they have their own personalities and release albums under their own names. They decided to team up for 2 albums and this is the result. The music is based in recordings of live instruments, however it's chopped up so much that, someone who wasn't aware of what what they were listening to would think that what they were hearing was a CD skipping. The only difference being that this skips on a beat. Alva Noto is known for producing music based from text files which he then has a program decipher and turn into sounds. His music is incredibly digital sounding (as it's 100% digital), and incorporates the "skipping" as a textural / beat element. Ryuichi Sakamoto is a classical artist who works mainly on soundtracks. Combine the two with a bit of atmosphere and these albums are what you get. Really good stuff to just nod off to or have a nice costal night drive with the windows down.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=18757409"><b>Yasume</b></a><br /><br /><img src="http://st.deviantart.com/zack/journal/wherewerefromthebirdssingahappysong.png"><br /><br />Yasume is what I'd imagine you'd get if you were to make IDM more atmospheric and remove the "D" part, but keep the crazy beats. Really good stuff to listen to if you want to feel like you're in a techno-Japanese ninja-epic laden with fog.<br /><br /><br /><b>Bike<... ]]></description>
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                <title>1:64 +</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 02:28:21 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ So, it's been a while since I wrote a journal on things that I find interesting or just generally wanted to talk about.<br /><br />...<br /><br />It's kind of odd living and working in the all-aware knowing power of the internet. It's not a bad thing, but you find quickly that you've got to be very careful when you just want to shoot off some information without having to think about the repercussions of doing so. I've become very aware of what I say and where I say it, which wasn't something that I thought much about in college... or really, ever for that matter. It's good to be aware of what you say, definitely, it keeps you out of trouble, but at the same time... it's not something that people should have to be constantly worried about.<br /><br />On another note, I keep finding my ideas for products turning up... already made. Not to say that I had the idea first or anything... who knows, maybe it was something that the person sat on for a few years, but it's just annoying seeing something that I'd thought of, free from previous knowledge, appear a few years later, complete and being sold to people. There is one thing keeping me at these ideas though and that is that I know how to make them better. Whenever this seems to happen, it always seems like the people left the design phase a few steps too early, and didn't completely flush out the product to it's final state.<br /><br />Oh, also, there's this... which I can't tell you all about 100%, but I will let you know that I'm designing something for someone... famous. It is UI related and I'm extremely happy to have been chosen to tackle this. Big thanks to $<a class="u" href="http://liquisoft.deviantart.com/">liquisoft</a> and $<a class="u" href="http://waveswinger.deviantart.com/">Waveswinger</a> for the epic hookup. If you're reading this and know what I'm talking about (not Ryan or Marit, everyone else), please don't tell anyone. Everyone else... you <i>should</i> find about this in about a month to a month and a half.<br /><br />I've been driving my car ('09 Mazda CX-7) in manual mode for a few days, just to see what it was like to operate a manual without a clutch, and really... it's good for quick jumps in speed and maneuvers, but it's not really as useful as you'd think. The computer still has control over the transmission, but it just lets you control when it changes gears. When in manual mode, you can downshift and feel the car slow down immediately but what's annoying is that there isn't an actual clutch. There's only 2 pedals, and a good bit of driving a manual, whether you realize it or not, is coasting with the clutch down. It's not something that you'd necessarily notice if you'd been driving a manual for a while but having an actual clutch pedal is a huge advantage, and I kinda miss it. My previous car ('94 Honda Accord) was a 5 speed manual and I could really tear up... everything in that car -- even the clutch itself. I had to have the thing replaced twice because both times, it had shattered. Something the shop techs that I took it to (who regularly serviced BMW rally cars) had never seen.<br /><br />In my downtime, I've been working on some new music. I've actually been making music for about 6 years now, but as an inherently indecisive person, I find it hard to stay going in one direction as far as genre goes. One week I might be working on this club beat and the next, I'll be doing some sort of downbeat trip-hop thing; constantly changing my style. Yes, it's good to be versatile and I really strive to be, but at the same time, when I just want to collect some songs, and spit out an album, it makes things... complicated.<br /><br />For those of you who don't follow <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://twitter.com/Endosage">my twitter account</a>, I stated on there a few days ago that I'd started looking into the design of bookmarks and how to make them better and more useful to people who read or have lots of books. Well, the idea spawned the need to try to figure out how make that all work, so now I've got that in my brain. Thanks alot brain... thinking of things... sheesh.<br /><br />In addition to design-related things, I've been thinking of ideas for my next print. I probably won't have time to work on anything anytime soon though, as that other thing that I can't talk about will most likely be taking up all of my free time outside of work for the next few weeks.<br /><br />Alright, that was pretty long, and I've got to get some sleep. <br /><br />Adios.<br /><br />TL;DR - Read the damn journal. I'm not gonna summarize it.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>A New Mark + Something Else</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 00:14:24 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Alright, so I haven't put up a new entry for quite a while, and in that timeframe, a few things have happened.<br /><br />1: I went insane<br /><br />2: I convinced myself that didn't actually happen<br /><br />3: I bought some books<br />3.1: <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Typographic-Style-Robert-Bringhurst/dp/0881792063/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241938593&sr=1-1">The Elements of Typographic Style</a><br />3.2: <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.amazon.com/Never-Sleep-Graduating-Graphic-Design/dp/0979180015/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241938667&sr=1-1">Never Sleep: Graduating to Graphic Design</a><br /><br />4: $<a class="u" href="http://heidi.deviantart.com/">Heidi</a> and $<a class="u" href="http://spyed.deviantart.com/">spyed</a> went on a World Tour. You can find out more about that at #<a class="u" href="http://hq.deviantart.com/">hq</a><br /><br />5: That magenta-gradiented mark up there is new<br />5.1: I'm not completely sure what I'm going to use it for, but it looks good there<br /><br />6: I've been listening to alot of Bob Marley lately<br /><br />7: I re-rediscovered the music of <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://tychomusic.com/">Tycho</a> (Scott Hansen / <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://blog.iso50.com">ISO50</a>)<br />7.1: I suggest that you listen to it.<br /><br />8: I went insane again<br />8.1: That might have actually happened<br /><br />9: I've realized that thinking too hard about space and magnitudes will make you go insane<br />9.1: Especially when you factor in fractal relationships<br /><br />10: I got some new journal CSS up (which you're looking at)<br /><br />11: That's it -- I think<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>You know we love you... right?</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:32:15 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <a href="http://news.deviantart.com/article/77388/"><b><i>deviantART Poster Series 1</i></b></a><br /><br />Each poster is 24x36 (3 portrait, 2 landscape), and they all cost <b>$14.95</b>! Also, there's a Collector's Pack which contains all 5 posters AND a free surprise goodie box! Oh, and it's also $59.95! That's a 20% savings! The posters are <i>super high quality</i>, printed on 10pt cover stock, and come individually hand-rolled in super sturdy packaging tubes.<br /><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://deviantWEAR.deviantart.com/art/Series-1-Collectors-Pack-119404020"><img src="http://th06.deviantart.com/fs42/150/f/2009/105/8/7/deviantART_Poster_Series_1_by_deviantWEAR.jpg" width="116" height="150" /></a></span></span> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://deviantWEAR.deviantart.com/art/Sweet-Balance-of-Vinyl-Poster-119403555"><img src="http://th08.deviantart.com/fs43/150/f/2009/105/5/3/Sweet_Balance_of_Vinyl_Poster_by_deviantWEAR.jpg" width="150" height="100" /></a></span></span><br /><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://deviantWEAR.deviantart.com/art/DiscoBlues-Poster-119401536"><img src="http://th09.deviantart.com/fs43/150/f/2009/105/9/a/DiscoBlues_Poster_by_deviantWEAR.jpg" width="100" height="150" /></a></span></span> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://deviantWEAR.deviantart.com/art/Samurai-Spirit-5-Poster-119402440"><img src="http://th00.deviantart.com/fs43/150/f/2009/105/2/a/Samurai_Spirit_5_Poster_by_deviantWEAR.jpg" width="100" height="150" /></a></span></span><br /><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://deviantWEAR.deviantart.com/art/We-Live-No-More-Poster-119403286"><img src="http://th09.deviantart.com/fs44/150/f/2009/105/1/4/We_Live_No_More_Poster_by_deviantWEAR.jpg" width="150" height="100" /></a></span></span> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://deviantWEAR.deviantart.com/art/Angel-of-Fire-Poster-119403085"><img src="http://th09.deviantart.com/fs45/150/f/2009/105/7/2/Angel_of_Fire_Poster_by_deviantWEAR.jpg" width="100" height="150" /></a></span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://news.deviantart.com/article/77388/">Go check them out</a>!<br /><br />... Because we love you. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/e/eager.gif" width="18" height="15" alt=":eager:" title=":eager: by darkmoon3636" /><br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Jesus = Zombie... + Egg Pics!</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:06:36 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Happy Zombie Jesus Day!<br /><br />My hard boiled eggs are chilled (WAY easier to peel when cold), and now I'm going to make deviled eggs! I shall post pics later on! Oh, and also, I think that a <a href="http://moonbeam13.deviantart.com/journal/24152831/">Chaos Gerbil</a> might pop up here sometime soon too.<br /><br /><sub><b>Disclaimer</b>: No, I'm not trying to offend anyone that believes in Jesus. If this journal made you mad, then you obviously can't take a joke.</sub><br /><br />-----<b>UPDATE</b>-----<br /><br />The deviled eggs were made! They're sooooo good! Here's the pics!<br /><br /><img src="http://i446.photobucket.com/albums/qq188/endosage2/eggs1.png"></img><br /><br /><img src="http://i446.photobucket.com/albums/qq188/endosage2/eggs2.png"></img><br /><br /><img src="http://i446.photobucket.com/albums/qq188/endosage2/eggs3.png"></img><br /><br /><img src="http://i446.photobucket.com/albums/qq188/endosage2/eggs4.png"></img><br /><br /><img src="http://i446.photobucket.com/albums/qq188/endosage2/eggs5.png"></img><br /><br /><img src="http://i446.photobucket.com/albums/qq188/endosage2/eggs6.png"></img><br /><br /><img src="http://i446.photobucket.com/albums/qq188/endosage2/eggs7.png"></img><br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Wacom + Critiques</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:44:05 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Hey! deviantART and Wacom have this awesome contest going on and you should submit your work! <a href="http://news.deviantart.com/article/76573/">CHECK IT OUT</a>!<br /><br />Also, the drunk-tiques went well. I hope those who got them, enjoyed them. It was alot harder then it looked.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Drunk-tiques.</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:22:35 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I've decided that I shall go on a critique writing spree this weekend, so post whatever you want me to critique in the comments, and you shall be crit-ed!<br /><br />I know that $<a class="u" href="http://liquisoft.deviantart.com/">liquisoft</a> posted a journal very similar to this a bit earlier in the week, but there's one little area of distinction between what he and I are doing... <br /><br />I'll be doing it drunk. So, like the <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en-us&q=drunk+history&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8">drunk history videos</a>, you'll be getting historical insight, and advice from me... drunk.<br /><br />The critiquing shall start today (Friday) and continue through Sunday being posted from 6:00PST on through the night each day (because I can't be drunk during the day!).<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Fwoomp!</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:06:18 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ We will now continue with the regularly scheduled programming, already in progress.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>An Important Message</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:11:26 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ .<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>This Day = 23 Years</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:05:02 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ .<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>St. Pat's + Other Things</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:52:35 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ So, It's St. Pat's today... I hope that you're all nice and "warm". Happy St Pat's! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /><br /><br />Also... I've finally gotten a BIG chunk of things I'd been meaning to do out of the way lately, so that's nice. It's also been warm enough in LA to drive around with the windows down! I love doing that, blasting music. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> Makes me happy.<br /><br />I go to the DMV tomorrow to register may car... wish me luck.<br /><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://endosage.deviantart.com/art/Orphul-116239319"><img src="http://fc18.deviantart.com/fs42/f/2009/076/9/2/Orphul_by_endosage.jpg" width="50" height="50" /></a></span></span><br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>$endosage</author>
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                <title>Daft + Tron</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:04:47 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://upcomingfilmscores.blogspot.com/2009/03/daft-punk-tron-20.html"><b>DAFT PUNK TO SCORE TRON 2.0!</b></a><br /><br />... EPIC.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>8 Years</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:35:16 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Alright, so... I've been here for 8 years as of March 1st, 2009. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone that's made this place what it is over the years. It's really awesome for what it started out as and what it's become. Originally just a cool new spot for skinners and themers to hang out, it's become the largest online art community in the world, and... it's just unstoppable. I've always respected the hell out of this place and the people who keep it running, but once I joined staff in July of '08 I now have even <i>more</i> respect for this place because I now know what it takes to keep it running... it's an epic operation.<br /><br />I'm extremely thankful for this place for a wide range of reasons. It's been a large part of who I am and I'm really appreciative of that. <br /><br />So... to all 150 or so of you, thank you. Thank you soooooo much.<br /><br />Now... time to PARTAY! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/w/wink.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=";)" title=";) (Wink)" /><br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Fella's Valentine Contest + Global Giving Charity</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:59:56 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Alright, 2 awesome things going on right now...<br /><br />First off (because there's <b>only 24 hours left in the charity</b>), the <a href="http://news.deviantart.com/article/70806/">Global Giving Charity</a>!<br /><br />To quote the article:<br /><i>"deviantART and Global Giving have joined together to make a Valentine's Day where you can not only give art to those who you love, but you can also give support to PH15, a photography project based in Argentina that encourages social inclusion by educating, inspiring and empowering young people through art.<br /><br />As part of our Philanthropy Project, deviantART will donate $1 for every sale made in our store on February 14th to PH15. Every donation will assist the project in providing photography workshops. Young people attending the workshops will be enabled, acquiring skills to develop self-confidence and improve their job prospects through art.</i>" <br /><br />So, go check it out and help some people be awesome at what they love!<br /><br />Now... SECOND. The <a href="http://news.deviantart.com/article/71092/">Be Fella's Valentine Coloring Contest</a>! Co check it out! Oh, and did I mention that <b>the contest is INTERNATIONAL</b>? Because it is! We'll even send the winning packages to places where people don't exist... as long as <i>you're</i> there. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/w/wink.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=";)" title=";) (Wink)" /><br /><br />HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Tim Fite + Edison + Couch</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:22:50 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I forgot to add in where to download Edison's music! <a href="http://ivdt.net/ivdtmp3069.html">Download here</a>.<br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Just as a quick note before I start. I like doing "subject + "subject" journals. It feels more modern that way. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/r/razz.gif" width="15" height="15" alt="=P" title="=P (Razz)" /><br /><br />Anyway... First off, I've got some music that I'd like to get you listening to... even if it's only once. I really like this music and I've been listening to it lately.<br /><br />Â <b>Tim Fite</b><br /><br /><img src="http://i446.photobucket.com/albums/qq188/endosage2/TimFite.jpg" alt="Tim Fite"></img><br /><br />I first ran into this guy by chance driving through Arkansas (Little Rock) on my way to Atlanta. I was going with a friend that lived there to a Ben Kweller show. I'm not exactly the biggest Kweller fan (if one at all), but I figured I'd just go because I'd had a summer of hard labor and just wanted to see a damn show. My friend and I show up at the bar not realizing that there's an opening act. This opening act happens to be Tim Fite. The show was absolutely awesome and if you can, check out some videos on YouTube. He's a really funny guy. I actually talked to him after the show and he's super nice. I bought one of his CDs (Gone Ain't Gone), and so it was; the music is awesome and definitely a keeper. He's from Brooklyn, but that's isn't all that comes out in his music. He could be from anywhere and his music reflects that. It's got hints of electronic, hip hop, rap, country, folk and ambient all in one and it's truly unique. If you've got iTunes, just search for him in the store. If not, you can find links to his music <a href="http://www.timfite.com/home.html">here</a> at his website.<br /><br />Â <b>Edison</b><br /><br /><img src="http://i446.photobucket.com/albums/qq188/endosage2/Edison.jpg" alt="Edison"></img><br /><br />Edison is more beat related as in... no lyrics, just beats. He uses a custom built Monome 40h, various samplers / effect boxes and kicks out things that I could only dream of. He's known as the finger ninja, and if you'd ever seen his videos (click <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/user413206">here</a> to see them) then you'd know why.<br /><br />Â <b>Couch</b><br /><br /><img src="http://i446.photobucket.com/albums/qq188/endosage2/couch.jpg" alt="Couch!"></img><br /><br />Yeah... couch! Yay! I got a couch! It's being delivered on Saturday, so... I've got a week! I can't wait! It's this exact same one. Same color and everything. I sat in one today and it's reeeeally comfortable!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>NEW PROFILE PAGES + Monome 128!</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:13:19 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ AHHHHHHH! IT'S NEW PROFILE PAGES! See... this is what I was talking about... that awesome thing that was to happen later.<br /><br />Check out the article detailing all of the sweeeeeeet new things you can do to your profile pages <a href="http://news.deviantart.com/article/68346/">here</a>.<br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Gah! It's IN! I got it this morning, and I'm SO EXCITED! Also... this thing is alot smaller than I thought it would be. I'll have pictures later, but for now... a preview.<br /><br /><img src="http://i446.photobucket.com/albums/qq188/endosage2/Photo11.jpg" alt="Monome128!"></img><br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Tag-opolis!</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:54:20 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <a href="http://dammitmel.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/d/a/dammitmel.gif?2" width="50" height="50" alt=":icondammitmel:" title="dammitmel"/></a> This crazy woman tagged me! So, I shall divulge some information.<br /><br />But first To the people that I have tagged:<br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/bulletred.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletred:" title="Bullet; Red" /> Post these rules.<br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/bulletorange.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletorange:" title="Bullet; Orange" /> Each tagged person must post 8 things about themselves on their journal.<br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/bulletyellow.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletyellow:" title="Bullet; Yellow" /> At the end, you have to choose and tag 8 people and post their icons on the same journal.<br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/bulletgreen.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletgreen:" title="Bullet; Green" /> No tag-backs.<br /><br />1: I donate my hair to <a href="http://www.locksoflove.com">Locks of Love</a>.<br /><br />2: I hate flying.<br /><br />3: I did not graduate from college.<br /><br />4: The amount of gas I waste driving is directly proportional to the volume of the music in my car... which is usually loud.<br /><br />5: When I was hired at deviantART back in July '08, I drove out here in 2 days from Georgia. It was a fun drive.<br /><br />6: 90% of everything I know about graphic design is self-taught. I was really good at finding free time in high school and in college.<br /><br />7: I have an extremely unhealthy addiction to audio control devices. I own a <a href="http://jazzmutant.com/dexter_overview.php">Jazzmutant Dexter</a>, but usually use it in <a href="http://jazzmutant.com/lemur_overview.php">Lemur Mode</a>. If you saw <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/1643405">Daft Punk at the Grammys</a> (with Kanye West) a while back... they were using 4 lemurs. I've also got a <a href="http://monome.org/series/">Monome 128</a> in the mail, being shipped to me right this very moment.<br /><br />8: I love theming OS X but haven't been able to do it since the release of Leopard. I'm extremely excited for the upcoming release of the FaÃ§ade / Architect combo being worked on by <a href="http://slightlypretentious.com">Slightly Pretentious Software.</a><br /><br />Now... to tag 8 others...<br /><br /><a href="http://liquisoft.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/l/i/liquisoft.png?4" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconliquisoft:" title="liquisoft"/></a> <a href="http://bionikdesign.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/b/i/bionikdesign.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconbionikdesign:" title="bionikdesign"/></a> <a href="http://spyed.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/s/p/spyed.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconspyed:" title="spyed"/></a> <a href="http://heidi.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/h/e/heidi.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconheidi:" title="heidi"/></a> <a href="http://waveswinger.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/w/a/waveswinger.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconwaveswinger:" title="waveswinger"/></a> <a href="http://moonbeam13.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/m/o/moonbeam13.gif?3" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconmoonbeam13:" title="moonbeam13"/></a> <a href="http://blueslaad.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/b/l/blueslaad.png?4" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconblueslaad:" title="blueslaad"/></a> <a href="http://nyssi.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/n/y/nyssi.gif?2" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconnyssi:" title="nyssi"/></a><br /><br />Aaaaaaand.... GO!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>50,000!</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:09:08 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Alright, the number has been hit! The lucky viewer #50,000 was =<a class="u" href="http://uzum4k1.deviantart.com/">UzuM4k1</a>. He has now received a one year extension to his subscription (which would have ran out 20 days from now btw), so... great timing! Congrats!<br /><br />Just as a side note (and I think this is hilarious), the number of pageviews that I had yesterday was 86. Today it was 309. People must have been busy!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>50,000 + Hierarchy mishap</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:53:50 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <b>UPDATE</b><br />Â <i>Whoever takes a screenshot of my 50,000th pageview (and can prove it. I.E. show it to me) gets a 1 year subscription</i>. <br /><br />If you've already got a subscription then I'll just add it on to the one that you've already got.<br /><br />-- Now, back to your regularly scheduled program. --<br /><br />To inform you... I did notice this to a certain extent when I'd originally had the previous layout. In case you're wondering what I'm talking about. My header was larger than the actual journal title. Yes, it was faded, but still, it had more presence. I believe that this layout should fix things... for the most part.<br /><br />Thus... new CSS... again.<br /><br />Also, I'm still working on the identity redesign.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>2009!</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:06:00 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I would like to wish everyone a happy new year! May your resolutions be upheld and may all your days be awesome! Also... see that dust back there? Yeah... that will come back in some time in 2009.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Self Identity Redesign</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:44:32 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ So, in addition to some logo-ing that I'm working on for dA (not the "official" logo... something else entirely), I've also been wanting to redo my own identity-mark for some time now. The only thing is that I've been having a real hard time deciding just where to go with it. What I've got now was really, kind of a fluke. I just made a shape, repeated it a little and it happened to fit to what I was looking for... at the time. But for some reason, I've been feeling that it means less and less, what it was initially meant to, which is a graphical representation of "inner wisdom".<br /><br />Just in case you don't know what I'm talking about... this is the mark which I'd like to change.<br /><br /><img src="http://i446.photobucket.com/albums/qq188/endosage2/ID_3_by_endosage.png" alt="identity-mark"><br /><br />Ignore the "light". It was meant to provide a means of making it stand out on the dA green when I originally posted it, but I don't have the vector file anymore, so... this is all I've got. I could reproduce it, but I really don't feel like it... especially when I want a new version anyway.<br /><br />I'd like to know what everyone thinks of this idea and what your ideas are on the subject. Does it need changing? If so, why? I'm going to change it regardless, but I'd just like to get an outside opinion to see what others think about it.<br /><br /></img> ]]></description>
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                <title>CSS CONTEST</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:21:02 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ So, once again the Journal CSS has changed. I get indecisive about these things. I see it like changing shirts, so... Gotta keep it fresh!<br /><br />Anyway. There are some other people who are also looking for new journal CSS. There's even some prizes being offered for your work.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dropbydrop.info"><img src="http://i446.photobucket.com/albums/qq188/endosage2/DBDJournalImage.png" alt="Drop By Drop"></img></a><br /><br />These people are running a CSS Contest which is in relation to promoting their cause. Their cause is to get clean water (and clean water systems) into schools in Kenya. According to their site: <br /><br />"<i><b>Annually 1.8 million people die from diarrhoeal diseases caused by unclean water and poor sanitation; 90% are children under 5, mostly in developing countries.</b></i>"<br /><br />Soooooo, if you're interested, head on over to <a href="http://dropbydropcharity.deviantart.com/">their dA site</a> and check out the contest. If you'd like to get more information on just exactly what they're trying to do, check out <a href="http://www.dropbydrop.info/">DropByDrop</a>. There's also a <a href="http://news.deviantart.com/article/65851/">news article</a> posted about it as well.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>HAPPY</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:10:09 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Happy whatever it is you celebrate to everyone! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /><br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>$endosage</author>
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                <title>CSS Designer Wanted!</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:09:38 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Yeah... we need a CSS Designer... Think that you can do it? HUH?! Well... we sure hope so.<br /><br />Read more and apply here: <a href="http://news.deviantart.com/article/65086/">[link]</a><br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>OMFG! New Comm Ops Logo!</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 01:32:15 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ So, you think that Community Relations and Team Reactor are the only departments to get swank new logos? <br /><br />Noooooooope!<br /><br />Community Operations, run by Fiona (better known as $<a class="u" href="http://chix0r.deviantart.com/">chix0r</a>) is the 3rd in this series to get a new logo. Actually, this one came after the Team Reactor one, and before the Community Relations logo, but I can be indecisive sometimes and wanted a good presentation for this logo. Now, on to what I'm actually writing this about; why the logo looks the way it does.<br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black" /> First off, the Comm Ops team is composed of 3 groups; MN@, CEA, and Help Desk. This explains the 3 sections of the triangle as well as the 3 colors.<br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black" /> The Comm Ops team is a very strong team and a triangle is a very strong shape.<br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black" /> The "light effect" is intended to imply intelligence, technology, and a sense of moving towards the future; optimism.<br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black" /> The inner triangle is intended to reinforce the outer triangular shape as well as strengthen the illusion of light spreading from the center of the logo.<br /><br />The logo was made with the core values of Community Ops in mind.<br /><br />The core values of Comm Ops are:<br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black" /> <b>Community</b><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black" /> <b>Respect</b><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black" /> <b>Excellence</b><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black" /> <b>Artists</b><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black" /> <b>Trust</b><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black" /> <b>Empower</b><br /><br />Now that you know why the logo looks the way it does, why not head on over to the Comm Ops compromising members' userpages and give them a huge thanks for the jobs that they do every day!<br /><br /><b>Help Desk Team</b><br />- $<a class="u" href="http://hexentanz.deviantart.com/">hexentanz</a> - Help Desk Manager<br />- $<a class="u" href="http://ewm.deviantart.com/">ewm</a> - Help Desk Representative<br />- $<a class="u" href="http://stykera.deviantart.com/">Stykera</a> - Help Desk Representative<br />- $<a class="u" href="http://fangedfem.deviantart.com/">fangedfem</a> - Help Desk Representative<br /><br /><b>Copyright & Etiquette Administration Team</b><br />- $<a class="u" href="http://realitysquared.deviantart.com/">realitysquared</a> - Copyright & Etiquette Manager<br />- $<a class="u" href="http://damphyr.deviantart.com/">damphyr</a> - CEA Staff<br />- $<a class="u" href="http://y2jenn.deviantart.com/">y2jenn</a> - CEA Staff<br /><br /><b>MN@ Team</b><br />- $<a class="u" href="http://tachy-on.deviantart.com/">Tachy-on</a> - MN@ Project Manager<br /><br />- <b>MN@ Volunteers</b><br />-- @<a class="u" href="http://sting1.deviantart.com/">Sting1</a><br />-- @<a class="u" href="http://narfmaster.deviantart.com/">Narfmaster</a><br />-- @<a class="u" href="http://mykel.deviantart.com/">mykel</a><br />-- @<a class="u" href="http://anjules.deviantart.com/">anjules</a><br />-- @<a class="u" href="http://opalmist.deviantart.com/">OpalMist</a><br />-- @<a class="u" href="http://sapphiretiger.deviantart.com/">sapphiretiger</a><br />-- @<a class="u" href="http://comrade-kelly.deviantart.com/">Comrade-Kelly</a><br />-- @<a class="u" href="http://realillusions.deviantart.com/">realillusions</a><br />-- @<a class="u" href="http://kyza.deviantart.com/">kyza</a><br />-- @<a class="u" href="http://fixmeknow.deviantart.com/">FixMeKnow</a><br />-- @<a class="u" href="http://kamizu.deviantart.com/">kamizu</a><br />-- @<a class="u" href="http://karyaazure.deviantart.com/">karyaazure</a><br />-- @<a class="u" href="http://quickdraw.deviantart.com/">quickdraw</a><br />-- @<a class="u" href="http://rendarin.deviantart.com/">Rendarin</a><br />-- @<a class="u" href="http://ananasjihad.deviantart.com/">ananasjihad</a><br />-- @<a class="u" href="http://limetastic.deviantart.com/">limetastic</a><br />-- @<a cl... ]]></description>
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                <title>Insanity... just pure insanity.</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:19:03 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ So, Wednesday morning, I'm getting ready to leave my apartment and something happens... lo and behold, I've dislocated <b>both</b> of my shoulders. I have no idea how I did this... I don't remember it happening. All I remember is at some point laying on my bed and not being able to get up because my arms wouldn't work. I had already unlocked my front door, so since I was in extreme pain, helpless and had to do something about my situation, I called the paramedics (911). After explaining to everyone that I saw in the hospital (who asked, of course) that I didn't know how it happened... they were all looking at me in disbelief. So... I go get a CAT scan done and 2 separate x-rays, they all showed dislocated shoulders, so... regardless of how it happened, it had been indeed proven that it <b>did</b> happen. So, now that I'm out of the hospital (got out yesterday at 11:00AM), I've gone to the local pharmacy and gotten my meds (Propoxyphen, which is a substitute for Darvocet), I'm feeling a little better now, but I still can't really move my left arm. My right arm is basically fine, just a little sore. My left arm, apparently had a Hill-Sachs fracture on the ball of the joint which appears to be temporarily (I hope) disabling 1 -2 muscles in my shoulder, so that arm is basically useless right now. I can still type just fine, and I can even drive, but if I don't have to, then I don't... it's kind of a scary situation; driving with one arm. I can't lift my forearm or lift my left arm at all. I can completely control my left hand, so I guess that's a plus, but... I wish that my left arm and right arm both worked. That'd make me feel alot better.<br /><br />Also, pain meds... not feelin' too sober. I really wish that there was a pain med that DIDN'T do that. No pain and a  clear head. That would be nice.<br /><br />P.S. This is the new CSS... for now. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/w/wink.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=";)" title=";) (Wink)" /><br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Adobe Flash Catalyst</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:44:01 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ WIN.<br /><br /><a href="http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashcatalyst/">Flash Catalyst</a> <br /><br />(Click on the "design demo" button under the woman.) I love things like this that just make things easy and seamless.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>MachineProject @ LACMA!</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:28:46 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I'm leaving NOW for this, but here's info if you want to go today too. Sorry for the late notice, I've just found out about it!<br /><br />Basically, crazy music and creation-oriented things going on all over the place at LACMA! Oh, and... in case you don't know... LACMA = Los Angeles County Museum of Art. It's just slightly east of the intersection of Fairfax and Wilshire. I'll try to have photos to share when I get back <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /><br /><br />If you want to go, and possibly run into me (to say hi or give me a high five), I'll be the guy with the <a href="http://deviantwear.deviantart.com/art/DEV-Black-91419827">dA Block shirt</a> on with long hair and glasses.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.monome.org">Monome</a>: It's the first thing at the top of the page<br /><br /><a href="http://machineproject.com/engine/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/machinefieldguidetolacma.pdf">MachineProject PDF of events</a><br /><br />See you there! (hopefully!)<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Out in the desert with a street sweeper</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:35:04 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ So, Creative has been REALLY busy lately. Lots of awesome stuff going on and things coming for the future... for you. Lots of pixel pushin'.<br /><br />In other news, I'd worked on a film recently that was produced by a bunch of my friends (<a href="http://www.escape-entertainment.com">Escape Entertainment</a>) from SCAD, directed by <a href="http://rlwii.wordpress.com/">Rubin Whitmore II</a>. It was a Korean Drama, and to the best of my knowledge, turned out pretty well. For this film I was brought onto the crew to be a boom op (the guy that holds the fuzzy microphone on the stick), which is something that I'd done before and was more than comfortable with. The only problem with that was that the other sound guy didn't know that I was going to be there, so he was completely prepared to just do everything himself, which didn't bother me one bit. Doing location sound is hard, not necessarily technically, but physically. After a while, those boom poles get really heavy (regardless of being made of carbon fiber). I ended up being a production assistant with a walkie/headset and telling people what to do, making sure that the production went smoothly.<br /><br />Hopefully, I'll be able to post some production stills here at some point, so you all can see just exactly what went on on set.<br /><br />On a more serious and slightly strange note, I've become almost unable to effectively drive with shoes on. I can drive barefoot no problem. It's just with shoes on, I can't really feel the pedals, and therefore, I don't get as much location feedback as I would if I weren't wearing any shoes at all. I find this strange because most of the people on the road drive with shoes on and don't think twice about it. I, on the other hand have been driving barefoot for about the last 4 years, and have really gotten used to it. This makes me worry because, when it gets cold, I won't be wearing flip flops like I usually do. But, I guess it doesn't really matter. I can always just deal with the shoes thing. I guess it's that I feel safer driving barefoot, and therefore, prefer that.<br /><br />Aside... I don't drive with the flip flops on because they can get stuck under your feet or the pedals and cause inaccuracies in where you place your feet, which is dangerous. So, if I'm wearing flip flops, I take them off when I get in the car and go barefoot.<br /><br />Finally, I've also found this anti-drug PSA from the 50s via<a href="http://www.cracked.com/article_16767_p1.html"> Cracked</a> which ends with, possibly the best phrase ever devised (last 6 seconds of the video (on page 2... second one down.)).<br /><br />"<i>Forget it man and get with the countdown. Shake this square world, and blast off for kicks-ville</i>"<br /><br />Alright, 1:27 in the AM... I'm going to sleep... Oh, and new Wacoms to mess with tomorrow. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /><br /><br />Ooh and hey, <a href="http://www.tinyurl.com/patrickeager">Patrick</a>.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>OBAMA FTW!</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:20:12 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!<br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/boogie.gif" width="25" height="25" alt=":boogie:" title="Boogie!" /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/boogie.gif" width="25" height="25" alt=":boogie:" title="Boogie!" /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/boogie.gif" width="25" height="25" alt=":boogie:" title="Boogie!" /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/boogie.gif" width="25" height="25" alt=":boogie:" title="Boogie!" /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/boogie.gif" width="25" height="25" alt=":boogie:" title="Boogie!" /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/boogie.gif" width="25" height="25" alt=":boogie:" title="Boogie!" /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/boogie.gif" width="25" height="25" alt=":boogie:" title="Boogie!" /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/boogie.gif" width="25" height="25" 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                <title>Poke to change the US</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:09:26 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ So, today is November 4th, 2008. Election day. I got up at 5:00am this morning and got to the polling place at 6:00. It was literally right around the corner, so I wasn't rushed at all and I love that. I hate being rushed. The polls opened at 7:00. Yes, I know... I got there an hour early. I thought that there would be a line because this IS election day, and even though there are people who voted early, I still felt that the majority of people didn't do that. Anyway, I was the first one there, and that made me feel a little strange, just standing there in front of a church in the dark. But I was definitely happy that I got there when I did because parking was limited and within 30 minutes of me having shown up, the line to vote was already going around the church and out into the next block.<br /><br />The voting itself only took about 30 minutes and really was kinda fun, really made you feel like a part of this country. Unique experience, as I'd never voted before.<br /><br />My polling place only had paper ballots as well, which really was a relief to me because honestly, even though I use computers every day, as it's a requirement for my job, I don't trust computers to "safely" get my vote correct. I don't like the idea of computerized voting machines, I mean... the idea is sound, but the cost is too much compared to paper ballots and also, they're not even accurate sometimes. It doesn't even compare to a "put an ink dot on this circle" ballot. Of course, the scantron machine that counts these paper ballots isn't exactly accurate the entire time either, but at least there's a paper version of the ballot to go back to to cross reference the vote. With a computer machine (with paper printout) it takes what you press whether it was wrong or not and then prints THAT out, so if your vote wasn't registered on the screen correctly, then it'll print out wrong meaning that the papertrail that machine produces is basically useless.<br /><br />Anyway I've voted and if you haven't (and you're registered) then <b>get out there and vote!</b> GO!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>A few new things</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:59:53 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Alright, I really don't have anything to say here. I just wanted a reason to post a new journal with this sweet CSS.<br /><br />Now that you're enjoying it, why not <a href="http://forum.deviantart.com/devart/betafeedback/1190338/"> SitBack</a>? You are, already relaxing.<br /><br />(If you aren't a beta tester, then that link won't work... don't worry, it's not you, it's me.)<br /><br />So... why not make yourself a beta tester and see what it's all about?<br /><br /><img src="http://st.deviantart.com/staff/zilla/halloween/chrome.jpg" alt="..."><br /><br /></img> ]]></description>
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                <title>My thoughts on Apple's reflections and design</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:46:40 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I went to the local Apple Store today with the purpose of testing out the new mirrors... sorry... laptops / displays that they had recently acquired.<br /><br />Now, to preface this... yes, I'm a fanboy. Get over it. I get excited when Apple releases new products because usually, they're things that people have seen coming for weeks, and that may dull the experience for some people, but that's like... asking for one thing for Christmas and then getting it. <i>You still get it, regardless of whether it was expected or not.</i> Apple is in the business of revolutionizing things - getting out the "new" and I really like that. I like the new.<br /><br />Sooooooo... on to my little visit to the Apple Store. I went in thinking that there would be hordes of people crowding the new laptops like there was with the iPhone, but no... I was able to walk right in and start checking one out immediately. There were alot of people in there, but not enough to keep me from getting a good eye on these new machines.<br /><br />I went in to check a few things out. As the Associate Creative Director here, I do quite a bit of graphic design as well as direction and all that good stuff, but... the graphic design side of things is the reason that I was in the store today. Steve Jobs said himself that Apple was moving to glass screens for everything. I hear that and cringe. Yes, the glass is sexy and all that, it makes for a much sleeker form and to the people who don't need to see what they're doing with 100% accuracy, then these new laptops are just the bees knees.<br /><br /><b>But</b>.<br /><br />I am not one of those people. As Ryan or Patrick could tell ya, there are plenty of times when I literally get right up on my monitor and have to look at it from as close as possible because I'm looking at individual pixels. There are also times when I'm designing low contrast, transparent PNG files that I'll need to make sure that there aren't any cut off edges when I save the file. I do this by tilting the monitor to give myself false contrast and see the color limits of what I'm working with.<br /><br />On Apple's current monitors, this works just fine and I'm quite happy with what they've got out now. Let me also say that Apple hasn't stopped selling these monitors and I'm thanking God for that. This new monitor is basically an iMac without the computer in it. It's got the same plastic black apple logo on the back that the current iMacs do, but it's in an aluminum case like the new laptops. It also only comes in a 24" model which I believe is what Apple is pushing as the new baseline consumer monitor size. I have a 24" iMac and when that thing showed up to my house I thought that it was a freakin" monolith. However upon taking a look at my TV, it doesn't look all that big, but I digress.<br /><br />Apple's new monitor is made for dual screen setups (It's got a magsafe charger plug built into the display cable). It's made for people who need a laptop, but who also need the convenience of a larger screen when they want it. This would be a production setup and not something that your usual consumer would be looking for. This is primarily why the glass bothers me. Apple knows that this is a more of a pro-oriented setup, and still, they stick with the glass. I've heard people say that the brightness offsets the reflections in the glass...<br /><br />Quick question... anyone with an iPhone... ever tried to use it outside in the sun? Yeah... not the easiest thing in the world. It works, but... let's face it... reflections suck.<br /><br />Now to the real reason that I'm writing this. I want to tell you first hand, just what these new features feel like in person. <br /><br /><b>Glass Displays</b>:<br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/bulletwhite.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletwhite:" title="Bullet; White" /> I believe that you already know where I stand on this, it's a hinderance to designers and usability in general. I can only hope that Apple decides to keep matte screens in their newer models, even as an option. If they don't, I can see many designers either keeping the ones that they have, or looking to other manufacturers for their displays.<br /><br /><b>Glass Trackpad</b>:<br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/bulletwhite.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletwhite:" title="Bullet; White" /> Ok, Apple had a bit of a marketing oops here. They said that the trackpad was one big button.. let me clarify... IT IS NOT. The trackpad itself is mounted to the body of the laptop by a hinge. This hinge is placed at the top of the trackpad and means that you can't actually press down on the top 1/4 area of the trackpad. So instead of "The trackpad is one big button", it's more like "The button is one big trackpad". Also, this design decision... the removal of the separate button. It's not that big of a deal really. It's really awkward when you try to click with the same finger that you're moving the curs... ]]></description>
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                <title>DEVWEAR 20% OFF! OMGWTFBBQPLZ.</title>
                <link>http://endosage.deviantart.com/journal/20908265/</link>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:47:07 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <a href="http://prints.deviantart.com/darelated/deviantwear/?itemids=0&offset=0&catpath=darelated%2Fdeviantwear&mainstore=1"><img src="http://st.deviantart.com/zack/devwearsalebadge4.png" alt="devWEAR 20% OFF! Until October 14th!"></img><br /><br /></a> ]]></description>
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                <title>WINNER, and... how to be happy.</title>
                <link>http://endosage.deviantart.com/journal/20899789/</link>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:11:30 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Ok, so... obviously there wasn't nearly the turnout that I'd expected for <b>free stuff</b>. But... nonetheless, there was one badass deviant who participated in what is now the <b>last</b> of the remix/repost contests.<br /><br /><b>~<a class="u" href="http://blackwidowesp.deviantart.com/">BlackWidowESP</a></b> has won a year subscription and 2 deviantWEAR shirts of his choice! Congrats! Even though it was the only one entered, I felt that it was really, pretty badass. Keep on creatin' music.<br /><br />BlackWidowESP, your subscription will be activated soon. As for the shirts that you have won. What you need to do is go take a look through the <a href="http://prints.deviantart.com/darelated/deviantwear/?itemids=0&offset=0&catpath=darelated%2Fdeviantwear&mainstore=1">shop</a>, find 2 shirts that you'd like to have, and then put them in your wishlist, and send me a note as to which shirts they are. (<- long sentence much?) If they're already in your wishlist, then just let me know, and I'll make sure that they're sent out to ya'.<br /><br />Also, make sure that the shirts are in stock. This keeps happening where people choose shirts that aren't in stock, and then we have to go back and forth about it, and in some cases, the winners never get their shirts.<br /><br />I want to make sure that you get your shirt, and that means... choose one that we have. Perhaps the new ones? We just released 5 new shirts, and they're all absolute awesomesauce.<br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><img src="http://i446.photobucket.com/albums/qq188/endosage2/JusticeCross_.png" alt="Justice:Cross"></img><br /><br />Now, in other news... I know that <i>Justice</i> has been around for a while now and you may all be familiar with their music from car commercials, and things of that sort, BUT I've just recently acquired their "Cross" album, and honestly, I can't stop listening to it. I've also discovered that it's really good at making you happy. I can't not dance when I hear the music.<br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><b>Note</b>: <i>Ryan, that's not a challenge. Don't start pumpin' Justice in the Creative office and think that you're gonna get a good laugh out of me dancing.</i> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/w/wink.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=";)" title=";) (Wink)" /><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><br />Happy Happy Joy Joy.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>remix/repost Round 2!</title>
                <link>http://endosage.deviantart.com/journal/20751505/</link>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:12:18 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <b>CONTEST IS OVER</b> Update coming soon.<br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><b><i>UPDATE</i></b>: Alright, here's the deal. This round will keep on going for the next week. Also, I will not be gifting Fine Art Prints anymore. The prizes from here on out will be a <b>year subscription and 2 pieces of deviantWEAR</b>. The contests will, after this one, still run weekly. I'm extending this one another week because I am now aware that there <b>were</b> people who wanted to participate, but either missed the post, or didn't have the time. I will also state now, that if you want to participate, that this will go on indefinitely, so it'll always be running. There's no need to catch the journal. If you want to win something, come to my page, download the components, and make the best beat you can. It could be <b>you</b> who wins.<br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Â <i>If you win a contest, regardless of whether you give your prize to someone else or not, you can't win for the next 2 weeks. You can enter and I encourage that, but you can't win.</i><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Alright! First off! The winner for round 1!<br /><br /><b>=<a class="u" href="http://sentrixx.deviantart.com/">sentrixx</a></b>! The entry had a nice beat and made very good use of the supplied elements. So, =<a class="u" href="http://sentrixx.deviantart.com/">sentrixx</a>, <b>you get a one year subscription</b>! WOO!<br /><br /><b>You can download his entry here: <a href="http://sentrixx.net/audio/dAmnLoOpy.mp3">[link]</a></b><br /><br /><b>UPDATE</b>: =<a class="u" href="http://sentrixx.deviantart.com/">sentrixx</a> decided to give his subscription to another deviant! This special deviant is *<a class="u" href="http://eternal-afterglow.deviantart.com/">Eternal-Afterglow</a>, so, in that case... Congratulations *<a class="u" href="http://eternal-afterglow.deviantart.com/">Eternal-Afterglow</a>! YOU get a year subscription!<br /><br />I have basically taken 5 of my personal beats, chopped them up into their respective components, and <b>2 hours of uploading later</b>, you have what you see here. <b>200MB</b> of downloadable content for you to go through and DO WHATEVER YOU WANT WITH!.<br /><br />Again, the same rules apply as last round, <b>no adding something that wasn't in the downloadable content</b>. Also, =<a class="u" href="http://sentrixx.deviantart.com/">sentrixx</a>, since you won the last round, the rules state that you can't win for the next 2 rounds. <b>YOU CAN ENTER</b> and fine tune your already kickass skills, but you can't win anything... not until the round that starts on October 6th (that would be round 4).<br /><br />I've included the beat, assembled, that all of these sounds originated from (per beat), a zip file of all of the components for the respective beat (includes the full beat), and individual downloads. This is so you can hear what I've done with the components, and so you can download everything (per beat) all at once, or do it a la carte and create a crazy mix-mash-up of all of the beats.<br /><br /><b>ALL OF THE BEATS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE COMPONENTS ARE IN 4/4 TIMING AND 90BPM (Beats Per Minute).</b><br /><br />Now that I'm done talking (for now <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/w/wink.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=";)" title=";) (Wink)" />), <b>HERE'S THE DOWNLOADS:</b><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><b>BEAT 1 | Absurdity of Nature</b>:<br />- Full, assembled beat: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?ygyqjyndg2q">[link]</a><br /><br />- ZIP file of full beat and components: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?xljznywznth">[link]</a><br /><br />- Abstract Drum 1: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?yrldd5ozooj">[link]</a><br />- Abstract FX 1: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?21dyngeyzly">[link]</a><br />- Abstract FX 2: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?tvmgqznzmhz">[link]</a><br />- Abstract FX 3: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?ygmtmmy5noe">[link]</a><br />- Abstract Strings: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?l2ngy1yyteo">[link]</a><br />- Drums 1: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?ngnn1j1rgyg">[link]</a><br />- Drums 2: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?lnnxjdj5rhq">[link]</a><br />- Drums 3: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?xhnk23euzhn">[link]</a><br />- Drums 4: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?ajyhmuzyqk2">[link]</a><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><b>BEAT 2 | Don't Stop</b>:<br />- Full, assembled beat: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?2zx03gwhyyj">[link]</a><br /><br />- Zip file of full beat and components: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?zzywdwmwggl">[link]</a><br /><br />- Abstract Drum 1: <a href="http://www.mediafire.c... ]]></description>
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                <title>SERIOUSLY?</title>
                <link>http://endosage.deviantart.com/journal/20734464/</link>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:14:40 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <b>THERE WERE NO ENTRIES FOR THE LAST CONTEST?!</b><br /><br /><b>DO YOU PEOPLE NOT LIKE WINNING THINGS?</b><br /><br /><b>I got 389 pageviews while this round was running. Was there nobody in that 389 with even the slightest musical ability who wanted to win something? I remember 2 weeks back, there being quite a few who said that they'd want to participate in something like this. It takes a good bit of my time to do this contest for you, set up the downloads, think up ideas and all that, and nothing? Seriously?</b><br /><br />Update coming later Monday.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Remix/Repost Round 2! SUBMIT ENTRIES</title>
                <link>http://endosage.deviantart.com/journal/20615915/</link>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:51:23 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <b>UPDATE</b>: <b>ROUND 2 ENDS TOMORROW AT 11:59PM! GET YOUR ENTRIES IN!<br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Alright! First off! The winner for round 1!<br /><br /><b>=<a class="u" href="http://sentrixx.deviantart.com/">sentrixx</a></b>! The entry had a nice beat and made very good use of the supplied elements. So, =<a class="u" href="http://sentrixx.deviantart.com/">sentrixx</a>, <b>you get a one year subscription</b>! WOO!<br /><br /><b>You can download his entry here: <a href="http://sentrixx.net/audio/dAmnLoOpy.mp3">[link]</a></b><br /><br /><b>UPDATE</b>: =<a class="u" href="http://sentrixx.deviantart.com/">sentrixx</a> decided to give his subscription to another deviant! This special deviant is *<a class="u" href="http://eternal-afterglow.deviantart.com/">Eternal-Afterglow</a>, so, in that case... Congratulations *<a class="u" href="http://eternal-afterglow.deviantart.com/">Eternal-Afterglow</a>! YOU get a year subscription!<br /><br />Now that the cat is out of the bag, and that I'm serious about actually winning things, maybe there will be more people that participate. <b>You win free things! Who wouldn't want that?!</b> Of course, this is definitely going to be a harder round because it's for a <b>FINE ART PRINT OF ANY SIZE</b> (the ones in the wooden frames). And boy have I made this round ridiculous.<br /><br />I have basically taken 5 of my personal beats, chopped them up into their respective components, and <b>2 hours of uploading later</b>, you have what you see here. <b>200MB</b> of downloadable content for you to go through and DO WHATEVER YOU WANT WITH!.<br /><br />Again, the same rules apply as last round, <b>no adding something that wasn't in the downloadable content</b>. Also, =<a class="u" href="http://sentrixx.deviantart.com/">sentrixx</a>, since you won the last round, the rules state that you can't win for the next 2 rounds. <b>YOU CAN ENTER</b> and fine tune your already kickass skills, but you can't win anything... not until the round that starts on October 6th (that would be round 4).<br /><br />I've included the beat, assembled, that all of these sounds originated from (per beat), a zip file of all of the components for the respective beat (includes the full beat), and individual downloads. This is so you can hear what I've done with the components, and so you can download everything (per beat) all at once, or do it a la carte and create a crazy mix-mash-up of all of the beats.<br /><br /><b>ALL OF THE BEATS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE COMPONENTS ARE IN 4/4 TIMING AND 90BPM (Beats Per Minute).</b><br /><br />Now that I'm done talking (for now <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/w/wink.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=";)" title=";) (Wink)" />), <b>HERE'S THE DOWNLOADS:</b><br /><br /><br /><b>BEAT 1 | Absurdity of Nature</b>:<br />- Full, assembled beat: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?ygyqjyndg2q">[link]</a><br /><br />- ZIP file of full beat and components: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?xljznywznth">[link]</a><br /><br />- Abstract Drum 1: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?yrldd5ozooj">[link]</a><br />- Abstract FX 1: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?21dyngeyzly">[link]</a><br />- Abstract FX 2: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?tvmgqznzmhz">[link]</a><br />- Abstract FX 3: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?ygmtmmy5noe">[link]</a><br />- Abstract Strings: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?l2ngy1yyteo">[link]</a><br />- Drums 1: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?ngnn1j1rgyg">[link]</a><br />- Drums 2: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?lnnxjdj5rhq">[link]</a><br />- Drums 3: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?xhnk23euzhn">[link]</a><br />- Drums 4: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?ajyhmuzyqk2">[link]</a><br /><br /><b>BEAT 2 | Don't Stop</b>:<br />- Full, assembled beat: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?2zx03gwhyyj">[link]</a><br /><br />- Zip file of full beat and components: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?zzywdwmwggl">[link]</a><br /><br />- Abstract Drum 1: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?dxnyyeothmz">[link]</a><br />- Bass 1: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?1wmmtkyvk5n">[link]</a><br />- Bass 2: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?ttitdzdgfad">[link]</a><br />- Bass 3: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?zkrwtayviyy">[link]</a><br />- Bass 4: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?qw5kemwfmgm">[link]</a><br />- Drums 1: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?z2ymyynndmd">[link]</a><br />- Drums 2: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?bjzg00yzmmy">[link]</a><br />- Drums 3: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?30zemqnmxjz">[link]</a><br />- Drums 4: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?0mymhkm2my5">[link]</a><br />- 16th Hi Hat: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?gmymmjjhn4n">[link]</a><br />- 16th Hi Hat FXD 1: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?amjej2jwudy">[link]</a><br />- 16th Hi Hat FXD 2: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?zf2ovwmqdmy">[link]</a><br />- 16th Hi Hat FXD 3: <a href="http:... ]]></description>
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                <title>Remix/Repost Round 1! Round 2 problem.</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:05:10 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <b>I AM CURRENTLY HAVING PROBLEMS POSTING ROUND 2 (LET ALONE A JOURNAL AT ALL, BUT FOR SOME REASON I CAN EDIT THIS ONE). I HAVE ALL OF THE CONTENT TYPED UP AND ALL THAT. ALL I HAVE TO DO IS PASTE IT AND HIT SEND.<br /><br />PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE.</b>. <br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Alright! Here's the sounds! I made it kinda simple this time because it's the first time, but really all I'm looking for this round is a sweet composition with these components. The components are fairly traditional. (Click the links to get the sounds)<br /><br />1. <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?0v0vqsslpw8">[link]</a> : Abstract Drums<br />2. <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?vqaa8adza8h">[link]</a> :  Drums 1<br />3. <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?vzdat1rsjxl">[link]</a> : Drums 2<br />4. <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?qiuth7bjdzg">[link]</a> : Bass 1<br />5. <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?fhzhr0b7f5p">[link]</a> : Bass 2<br />6. <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?7e337fr5zij">[link]</a> : Funk Bass<br />7. <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?a3uvrpo0lsr">[link]</a> : Lead<br /><br /><i>The files are hosted via MediaFire. If you're having problems downloading them from there, leave a comment with your email address, and I'll send you a .zip file of the sounds.</i><br /><br />Ok, there they are! Get mixin'! This round ends at 11:59PM September 21st!<br /><br />The prize for this round is a <b>YEAR SUBSCRIPTION.</b><br /><br />The prizes will be laid out like this:<br /><br /><b>Week 1</b>: deviantWEAR. Anything that we're currently selling and it's got to be in stock. Please check before stating what you want. It makes it easier on everyone.<br /><br /><b>Week 2</b>: Year Subscription<br /><br /><b>Week 3</b>: deviantWEAR<br /><br /><b>Week 4</b>: Fine Art Print (the ones in the wooden frames) OF ANY SIZE. Please have a print in mind when you post. It makes it easier for everyone, blah blah blah.<br /><br />This goes by month. In this case, you may have noticed that this week is technically "week 3", so the prize should be deviantWEAR, but since it's the first one, it's gonna be a subscription.<br /><br />Also, a bit of a disclaimer. If you win this round, or any other round for that matter, you can't win the next 2 rounds. This way, you get a break so you don't get burnt out, and also it gives opportunities to others if there's someone really badass competing. This keeps the really badass people from just running the contests and winning everything.<br /><br />And... you can ONLY USE THESE SOUNDS. You can do whatever you want to them, but you can only use these sounds. No adding on, that defeats the purpose. Anyone that uses extra sounds (I.E. lyrics/words) will be disqualified. You can chop up the sounds, stutter them... DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO THEM. The more creative the better.<br /><br />I will be judging on technical ability, composition and length. I recommend that it be at least 3 minutes long.<br /><br /><i><b>Tip</b></i>: Try not to make it too repetitive. Change it up a bit. It makes things more interesting and by having to change things up a bit, it also makes you a better musician because you actually have to think.<br /><br />Remember... <b>YEAR SUBSCRIPTION</b>. <i>GO!</i><br /><br />Prize next week (9.22 - 9.28): FINE ART PRINT<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Deviant's Appreciation Contest: TOO MUCH CLOTHING!</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:27:56 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Too Many Clothes!<br /><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/98261556/"><img src="http://tn1-5.pv.deviantart.com/fs37/150/f/2008/261/f/9/Stuffed_by_MattCatt.jpg" width="69" height="150" /></a></span></span> *<a class="u" href="http://mattcatt.deviantart.com/">MattCatt</a><br /><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/98261642/"><img src="http://tn1-1.pv.deviantart.com/fs37/150/i/2008/261/b/3/devID_9_18_08_by_duststorm10.jpg" width="150" height="113" /></a></span></span> =<a class="u" href="http://duststorm10.deviantart.com/">duststorm10</a><br /><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/98261934/"><img src="http://tn1-5.pv.deviantart.com/fs37/150/f/2008/261/1/1/You__re_pitiful_by_kaileighblue.jpg" width="113" height="150" /></a></span></span> ~<a class="u" href="http://kaileighblue.deviantart.com/">kaileighblue</a><br /><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/98261370/"><img src="http://tn1-4.pv.deviantart.com/fs36/150/i/2008/261/8/1/How_Many_Shirts_____by_YukiMizuno.jpg" width="150" height="113" /></a></span></span> =<a class="u" href="http://yukimizuno.deviantart.com/">YukiMizuno</a><br /><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/98261388/"><img src="http://tn1-1.pv.deviantart.com/fs36/150/f/2008/261/0/6/lol_by_Vayde.jpg" width="150" height="113" /></a></span></span> *<a class="u" href="http://vayde.deviantart.com/">Vayde</a><br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>remix/repost round 1!</title>
                <link>http://endosage.deviantart.com/journal/20499483/</link>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:36:34 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Alright! Here's the sounds! I made it kinda simple this time because it's the first time, but really all I'm looking for this round is a sweet composition with these components. The components are fairly traditional. (Click the links to get the sounds)<br /><br />1. <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?0v0vqsslpw8">[link]</a> : Abstract Drums<br />2. <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?vqaa8adza8h">[link]</a> :  Drums 1<br />3. <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?vzdat1rsjxl">[link]</a> : Drums 2<br />4. <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?qiuth7bjdzg">[link]</a> : Bass 1<br />5. <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?fhzhr0b7f5p">[link]</a> : Bass 2<br />6. <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?7e337fr5zij">[link]</a> : Funk Bass<br />7. <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?a3uvrpo0lsr">[link]</a> : Lead<br /><br /><i>The files are hosted via MediaFire. If you're having problems downloading them from there, leave a comment with your email address, and I'll send you a .zip file of the sounds.</i><br /><br />Ok, there they are! Get mixin'! This round ends at 11:59PM September 21st!<br /><br />The prize for this round is a <b>YEAR SUBSCRIPTION.</b><br /><br />The prizes will be laid out like this:<br /><br /><b>Week 1</b>: deviantWEAR. Anything that we're currently selling and it's got to be in stock. Please check before stating what you want. It makes it easier on everyone.<br /><br /><b>Week 2</b>: Year Subscription<br /><br /><b>Week 3</b>: deviantWEAR<br /><br /><b>Week 4</b>: Fine Art Print (the ones in the wooden frames) OF ANY SIZE. Please have a print in mind when you post. It makes it easier for everyone, blah blah blah.<br /><br />This goes by month. In this case, you may have noticed that this week is technically "week 3", so the prize should be deviantWEAR, but since it's the first one, it's gonna be a subscription.<br /><br />Also, a bit of a disclaimer. If you win this round, or any other round for that matter, you can't win the next 2 rounds. This way, you get a break so you don't get burnt out, and also it gives opportunities to others if there's someone really badass competing. This keeps the really badass people from just running the contests and winning everything.<br /><br />And... you can ONLY USE THESE SOUNDS. You can do whatever you want to them, but you can only use these sounds. No adding on, that defeats the purpose. Anyone that uses extra sounds (I.E. lyrics/words) will be disqualified. You can chop up the sounds, stutter them... DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO THEM. The more creative the better.<br /><br />I will be judging on technical ability, composition and length. I recommend that it be at least 3 minutes long.<br /><br /><i><b>Tip</b></i>: Try not to make it too repetitive. Change it up a bit. It makes things more interesting and by having to change things up a bit, it also makes you a better musician because you actually have to think.<br /><br />Remember... <b>YEAR SUBSCRIPTION</b>. <i>GO!</i><br /><br />Prize next week (9.22 - 9.28): FINE ART PRINT<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>remix/repost starts 09.15</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:47:50 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ My internet works now! YEAH! It was the router. I know that I was really pissed at Time Warner, but really, it was my stupid ass Belkin router. I should have known... they're really shitty anyway. The fix came courtesy of my addiction to Apple things... an AirPort Extreme (802.11n) base station.<br /><br />Belkin... stop tricking people into buying your stuffs with "good" design. It may look good on the outside, but it's shit on the inside.<br /><br />In further news, I hope that you are all getting ready for the first remix/repost session on the 15th. Oh, what's that? I forgot to tell you that it was on the 15th? Well... anyway, <b>it's tomorrow</b>, GET READY. Ill beats be comin' your way.<br /><br />Fire up your samplers / programs / tape decks / programming skills... or whatever you make music with.<br /><br />Also, to view this journal properly, you need these fonts:<br /><br />Candara: <a href="http://www.ascenderfonts.com/font/candara-family.aspx">[link]</a><br /><br />Blair Md ITC TT: <a href="http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/blair-itc/medium/">[link]</a> <br /><br />Yes, I realize that it's ridiculous to use fonts that people don't have, but actually, Candara comes free with Windows Vista, and many Microsoft Programs. Blair Md ITC TT is a nice looking font (when properly used), and if you don't have it, you should.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>A Contest Idea!</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:32:46 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I've been thinking about this for a while now and wasn't really sure that there'd be any people willing to do this, but I can't know unless I ask, can I? In my time off I make music; beats, abstract soundscapes, clicks and whirrs... <i>sounds</i>. I'd really like to share this with all of you and do have plans to do that at some point in the future. For now, I'd like to know if there's any interest in perhaps, a contest of sorts, where I'd upload components of a beat, bass, drums, extra sounds, leads, or even things that aren't even close to being musical...<br /><br /><b>for you to remix for a <i>prize</i></b>. <br /><br />The prizes could range from deviantWEAR to subscriptions (of all lengths... but not unlimited, I don't have those powers), or even Fine Art Prints!<br /><br />The way that this would work is that I'll post links to .WAV files (they're the highest quality sounds that you can get... don't bitch about the file sizes, I'm not listening to all MP3 shit... they sound horrible. They'll be components, so they won't be huge), and you can use any program of your choice (Reason, MAX/MSP, Pro Tools, Sonar, Logic, GarageBand, Microsoft Sound Recorder... I don't care) to make a beat out of the components. I'm thinking that in most instances, this will be a general assembly/remix contest, but there could be themed contests too, like... best rap/hip hop beat made out of sounds of people vomiting, or perhaps an orchestra of clicks and glitches.<br /><br />The participants will have to post comments with links to the music in the journal containing the original sounds for the entries to be eligible. The one with the best beat/soundscape wins. The amount of time that you have to work on these beats is a week from the original journal post. Once the next journal is posted, it'll contain the winner from last week, a link to their beat, a link to what they won, and also sounds/components for the next round.<br /><br />So, what do you think? Would you be willing to participate? I know that there are definitely some talented musicians on this site, but there isn't a category for uploading music! Remember, if this contest goes well, it could (emphasis on the COULD) end up in the creation of a music category allowing a whole new slew of deviants the ability to show off what they're all about!<br /><br />Let me know what you think! If you're a musician, your participation could net you some sweet deviantWEAR, a sweet-ass wood framed Fine Art Print (of ANY SIZE AND COST), or a Subscription!<br /><br />-Zack<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>$endosage</author>
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                <title>INTERWHAT?</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:39:55 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I just had internet and TV service installed at my apartment yesterday. I would usually choose Comcast as they are the common provider in the South, and I figured that they'd be available out here, but alas, I was wrong. I had to choose between Time Warner, which if you're a reader of Engadget, you may have seen that in May the city of Los Angeles actually sued them for having service so shitty that it actually wasn't any better than no service at all, and AT&T.<br /><br />I decided to go with Time Warner despite the fact that basically everything that I could find about them said that they were really shitty. I chose them over AT&T because the last time I checked (before I checked today), AT&T stated that their U-Verse service (which is Fiber Optic) wasn't available in my area. I then saw an AT&T service truck outside of my apartment yesterday, and lo-and-behold, it is now available in my area... a week after I already ordered my Time Warner service, and the day that it was installed.<br /><br />So, for the last 2 days I've been dealing with internet that is really... non-functioning for the reasons that you'd get high speed internet in the first place. Looking at content heavy websites, viewing videos, and listening to music. I even got the service that was recommended for just that purpose. Now, I like to cover all my bases before I decide to axe something completely, as in... call up TIme Warner and ask them for a refund / take their shit out of my apartment. So I've been doing some testing. It's not complete yet, but well... I'm really not liking this service. It does work when I'm using my iMac through a wireless router (Belkin N Wireless Router). However, my service through the router on the 15" MacBook Pro that I have for deviantART is intermittent at best. I can't download anything that's over 15MB on the laptop, and connecting it to the router directly nets no connection at all. This is a really big problem because I do my work for deviantART on that laptop, not my home computer (which is what I'm on now). I've noticed that this problems crops up when a new Apple laptop tries to use this specific router model. My girlfriend's MacBook did it when she was trying to access her internet connection over the same model router. People's internet from down the street was better than what she could pick up with the router located in the same room! I do find it strange though that she was able to use her laptop on this router at my house when I lived in Savannah, but couldn't use it at her house. I'm now having the same problem but with a newer computer! It's also weird that my 17" PowerBook works fine, AND my 24" iMac works fine, but my 15" MacBook Pro just isn't cuttin' it.<br /><br />What do you think it is?<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>$endosage</author>
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                <title>SIGGRAPH PICS</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:57:57 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Alright, so Siggraph was pretty neat. I say neat because it certainly could have been far better, but then again, I'd never been to one before, so I don't know what these are usually like. I was expecting things like emerging creative 3D technologies, and what I saw was basically the same stuff being reused to do cooler "new" things. I want some new shit - that's just the kind of person I am. Anyway, don't get me wrong, It was an awesome event and it was really cool to have gotten to go, especially for free... hell, I was paid to go. But I digress. I'm happy to have had the opportunity.<br /><br />So, here's the run down. Ryan ($<a class="u" href="http://liquisoft.deviantart.com/">liquisoft</a>), Patrick (¢<a class="u" href="http://bionikdesign.deviantart.com/">bionikdesign</a>), and I left the offices at about 1:00, so we got there a bit later in the day than we'd expected. There was a "forgotten about meeting" that was remembered the night before.<br /><br />Once we got there, we quickly started making fun of the parking situation. There were quite a few empty spots in the "in building" lot, and we still had to park across the street. Once we got in, I snapped a picture of the sign that greeted us at the door (Like the greeters at Wal Mart, but... plastic and metal... and not frustrated with their jobs). <br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/endosage/Siggraph-Entrance.jpg" alt="Photobucket"><br /><br />Pat and I had to register ourselves (which by the way, their registration process is so damn fast it's nuts.), and then we could get in. Once in, We settled in the booth and then started our journey into the technological "wonderland" that is Siggraph.<br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/endosage/Siggraph-dABooth1.jpg" alt="Photobucket"><br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/endosage/Siggraph-dABooth2.jpg" alt="Photobucket"><br /><br />This was our booth. It was quite cozy, and if you were at AX, it was at the back of Artist Alley, so... basically, crammed in a corner. We were near Google and LucasFilms, so that was cool... Also, the Activision booth was kinda close by, so if we wanted, we could go play some Guitar Hero for a while.<br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/endosage/Siggraph-BoothsNearBy.jpg" alt="Photobucket"><br /><br />In this picture, behind me, there would have been this HUGE spherical camera (actually multiple cameras) that could map your face in 3D. They hadn't set it up to work in this "highly lit" environment, so they could only run facial diagnostics or else the images would come out all messed up, which kinda defeats the purpose of having it there in the first place. Regardless, behind that sphere of FAIL was our booth. That's where we were.<br /><br />So, the 3 of us decided to start wondering around, and that's when we ran into Dan ($<a class="u" href="http://dloesch.deviantart.com/">dloesch</a>), and he started talking about this "talk" that he was going to that was about 3D Printing technologies. I'd studied 2 years of Industrial Design at SCAD, so I thought that this would be really neat. I was expecting there to be printing demos, and all sorts of machines, and models and all that, so I was really amped for this. We get in there, and first off, it was hard as hell to find in the first place. If you've never been there, the Los Angeles Convention Center is HUGE. It's absurd.<br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/endosage/Siggraph-ConventionCenter.jpg" alt="Photobucket"><br /><br />This is a small portion of the convention center. Dan and I are lost (even though we had a map). That's Dan on the left.<br /><br />So, we get in, and it's literally a bunch of people just showing their own models and talking about how to make their products better. No demos, no new technology, nothing "interesting". So, Dan and I decided to leave. It was at this point that Dan later found a 3D Modeling demo, and I wandered off to explore more. I remembered that SCAD had a booth at this event and while I didn't really want to talk to anyone there, I wanted to see what their booth even looked like. Well, this is what I was presented with when I finally found it:<br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/endosage/Siggraph-SCADBlindnessBooth2.jpg" alt="Photobucket"><br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/endosage/Siggraph-SCADBlindnessBooth.jpg" alt="Photobucket"><br /><br />Just one big LED screen with a few seats in front of it. Typical SCAD fashion. Show how much money you have. Hey! We have a giant LED screen! Come to our school! Anyway, I say finally found it because it was basically impossible to find. Yes, it's hard to miss a giant screen, but it's also hard to see the black logos on silver metal when you have to look through the immense light produced by that huge screen. In the pictures, it may not look like all that much, but that's because my... ]]></description>
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