Tag: Music
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Song lyrics in C++
The other day while hacking away on some C++ code and listening to music, something occurred to me: if I’m programming in C++, shouldn’t the music I’m listening to be in the same language? So I took a few verses from various random songs and coded up C++ translations of the lyrics. Here’s what I…
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Setting up Ubuntu as an iTunes music server
If you’re like me, you’ve got a home network with a couple computers and a buttload of music in MP3, OGG, and FLAC format sitting on your Ubuntu server. You want to be able to keep all your music on that server, but play it from any computer. What to do? There’s a few solutions…
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Song parodies from Sesame Street
What makes Sesame Street successful is that it’s fun enough that parents will actually sit down and watch with their kids. One of their tricks was to re-purpose modern music with clever parodies. Here’s a few I scrounged up on YouTube. Cereal Girl (parody of Material Girl) Hip to Be a Square (parody of Hip…
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Ancient Greek Michael Jackson?
Did Michael Jackson live in ancient Greece? Spotted at the Temple of Apollo museum (motto: no flash photos, no photos with people in them, and no we don’t understand that second rule either.)
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Uncle Outrage
Recently I went to order a couple albums from Uncle Outrage on their website. But the link didn’t work. it wasn’t my lucky day… or was it? But first, WTF is Uncle Outrage? I’d describe UO as musically similar to Mindless Self Indulgence or gONNA gET gOT, but more mellow than either of those, and…
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