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		<title>2 New Music Videos by Aiden Witrial</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kourosh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music Posts]]></category>
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		<description>Aiden Witrial has done it again with two new music videos put together from this last weekend&amp;#8217;s performance at Nitida Ridge.
Enjoy!!

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		<title>Alice and Kev – an Evolving Heart-Filled Story Told through a Video Game</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MindMusicAndTechnology/~3/arT7iF2PNR8/</link>
		<comments>http://kouroshdini.com/2009/06/18/alice-and-kev-an-evolving-heart-filled-story-told-through-a-video-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kourosh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[On Technology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sims3]]></category>
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&amp;#8220;What does it mean when a character you’ve created makes you re-examine your own life through their astonishing selflessness?&amp;#8221;
- from Alice and Kev
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Robin Burkinshaw, game design student, created two characters using the Sims game and decided to watch and document their lives. 
Given characteristics that make for a hard life, the odds are clearly stacked [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MindMusicAndTechnology/~4/arT7iF2PNR8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>“Little Star” Second Life Video by Aiden Witrial</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MindMusicAndTechnology/~3/WYqKSaOxv9g/</link>
		<comments>http://kouroshdini.com/2009/06/15/little-star-second-life-video-by-aiden-witrial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kourosh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Artists & Artwork]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music Posts]]></category>
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Aiden Witrial of Second Life has created another lovely video of a performance at Nitida Ridge.  Here I am doing an ambient cover of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

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		<title>A lovely musical story</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MindMusicAndTechnology/~3/wgvNI2l-xMc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kourosh</dc:creator>
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Now, I&amp;#8217;m not a particlar fan of Pantene or anything, but they&amp;#8217;ve got the whole viral marketing thing down since, well, I&amp;#8217;m posting this here &amp;#8230;  

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		<title>Awesome piano performance by Valentina Lisitsa</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MindMusicAndTechnology/~3/c4sdgpRdgwE/</link>
		<comments>http://kouroshdini.com/2009/06/08/awesome-piano-performance-by-valentina-lisitsa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kourosh</dc:creator>
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		<description>All I can say is &amp;#8220;wow&amp;#8221;:

Valentina Lisitsa&amp;#8217;s site on Youtube has a large number of other performances to check out.
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		<title>And now for something completely different … Autechre</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MindMusicAndTechnology/~3/PooBz4xq9fI/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kourosh</dc:creator>
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&amp;#160;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MindMusicAndTechnology/~4/PooBz4xq9fI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Jaynine Scarbarough – Machinima</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MindMusicAndTechnology/~3/HsGKNnOOnKs/</link>
		<comments>http://kouroshdini.com/2009/05/27/jaynine-scarbarough-machinima/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 13:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kourosh</dc:creator>
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Follow the Lad from Carla Broek on Vimeo.

Found this very neat machinima using Second Life and a lovely track from Jaynine Scarbarough, one of SL&amp;#8217;s excellent voice musicians.  From New World Notes.
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		<title>Part III: How to Use OmniFocus – Head in the Clouds, Feet on the Ground</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MindMusicAndTechnology/~3/MzTlH5ju_WI/</link>
		<comments>http://kouroshdini.com/2009/05/25/part-iii-how-to-use-omnifocus-head-in-the-clouds-feet-on-the-ground/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 14:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kourosh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[On Productivity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[omnifocus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[review]]></category>

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		<description>&amp;#160;
For the first two articles in this series see:

Part I: How to Use OmniFocus (a guide for the advanced user)
Part II: How to Use OmniFocus &amp;#8211; Integrating Email

And, for a primer on review, check out the recent OmniMouth post.
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The Importance of Review
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The Review process is likely the most difficult aspect of the Getting Things Done [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MindMusicAndTechnology/~4/MzTlH5ju_WI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Video of Kourosh Eusebio Performance at Nitida Ridge by Adrian Witrial</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MindMusicAndTechnology/~3/rumQFFzDpMI/</link>
		<comments>http://kouroshdini.com/2009/05/23/video-of-kourosh-eusebio-performance-at-nitida-ridge-by-adrian-witrial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 00:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kourosh</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[kourosh eusebio]]></category>
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Aiden Witrial of Second Life, where I am Kourosh Eusebio, recorded this morning&amp;#8217;s performance and did a really neat job of it too.  Music starts about 20 seconds in and builds &amp;#8230;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MindMusicAndTechnology/~4/rumQFFzDpMI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Toby Lancaster – guest musician on Life in Music</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MindMusicAndTechnology/~3/dhIax7k8KcM/</link>
		<comments>http://kouroshdini.com/2009/05/22/toby-lancaster-guest-musician-on-life-in-music/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 00:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kourosh</dc:creator>
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Please enjoy the following piece from the Life in Music podcast series. It&amp;#8217;s an ambient synthesizer and piano work over which  Toby Lancaster has done some very neat work.
[See post to listen to audio]
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