It’s a response to what is obviously going to happen, right?

Because that’s what Google does.

Ads.

Google does ads.

Told ya.

In case you were wondering, this was the original video:

I watched this video over on Church Mag and immediately thought, “Mumford and Sons.” So I started trying to hunt down the official “Collection” website…and then things got interesting.  In the sidebar on YouTube, there’s this video from the very same fella, playing a solo banjo.

All the rest of the interwebs search engine’s prowess could muster was David Wimbish’ Myspace page. Yes, that Myspace. Looking over his profile it had a couple of links to some other band pages, but nothing that useful. Then I tried my internet-searching prowess to just try and find “the Collection”. That worked.

On Myspace–yes, that Myspace–the “official” Collection website. Turns out, he is the Collection. Well, sort of. He’s got a slew of friends who perform with him live, but he recorded the songs pretty much by himself.

While I love this kind of music, it’s just amusing to me we’re using iPhone 4S’s to video somebody playing a banjo without any type of editing to post-production. He’s keeping the dream of the 1890s in North Carolina.

You could always get extra space on Dropbox by referring a friend or signing up through a referral link, but now you get twice as much! So, in addition to the 2 gigabytes (GB) of space you get for free, you can get a lot more of the always-on, always-syncing folders. I’m a huge fan and I’ve used it ever since I found out it existed and installed it.

In simple terms, here’s what you get:

• Everybody gets 2 GB of space for free with the basic plan
• You can upgrade to 50 GB for $9.99/month or $99.00/year, or 100 GB for $19.99/month or $199.00/year
• You get 500 megabytes (MB) more of space for free for every referral (and so do they!) for the basic plan and 1 GB more for you and each of your referrals
• You can get up to 16 GB in referrals for basic plans (that’s 32 referrals) and 32 GB for paid accounts.

So far I’ve managed to get up to 7.25 GB (although it really sounds weird that I’m sorta gloating about this). But I like the service so much I’d be telling other people about it even if I didn’t get anything in return.

The Easter story in 140 characters or less. Gets me every single time. Definitely worth the $15.

If the video isn’t working, you can view the video on the Igniter Media website.

It’s awesome.

It does things we could only dream about in the 1960s.

Everybody will want one (or, at least one that Apple makes).

They will use it to make money. It will use information about you that allows them to make money. They will have to use your data to make money.

When Google continues making money, Google can make new things.

That are awesome.

That everybody wants.

And that Apple will make (better).

But please, people–please–don’t whine about a company that makes money by selling your whereabouts or interests or habits in exchange for giving you something for free when they sell your whereabouts or interests or habits to make money to give you something for free.

With the announcement that you can now get Instagram for Android, here’s to open wondering if we’re on to a new age of self-expression. To a new era of discovery and acknowledgement. And to brand new level of creepy stalkeration.

I’m betting on the stalking, myself.

But at least the pictures will have a beautiful, vintage look to them.

The last time Page CXVI put out an EP like this, they got a big-time fan (who is just plain big, but I’m drinking Slim-Fast, ok?). If you’re like me, and old enough to remember church hymns back when people actually liked singing church hymns, you’ll understand why this new generation of song-makers are polishing off these traditional songs. It’s a new way of doing something that’s been around for a long, long time.

And it is awesome.

You are going to want to get this. Now.

If you can’t see this try the Page CXVI blog.

Via

I’m going through the Artist Bible’s Easter Bible Study and today I got this treat to share with you. Much like Adele laid the smack down on the Grammys in 2011, Marcy Priest sings this powerful song titled, simply, “Matthew 26:38″. 

This is how art works. Make a great product, show it to the masses, and then see if they are willing to pay for it.

This description comes from the microsite:

Subtle Sans comes in UltraLight, Light and Regular. If you need a huge, super thin headline this is a perfect fit. Spice it up with some visual contrast using the Light and Regular. Did I mention it’s free?

Just donate if you feel it’s worth it.

Pick up the free font Subtle Sans for free from Subtle Patterns.

Where was this back in 1998? That sure would’ve been helpful. Other things that would’ve been helpful in 1998: lottery numbers for lotteries after 1998. But this is awesome, too.

I’m honestly amazed at this in a way that is hard to describe. It’s like this was a tool that professional designers have always needed, but never thought to ask for. But I can see one very, very bad outcome that may come of this.

Now it is very easy for anyone with a copy of Photoshop and this plugin to look through thousands of fonts. You see where I’m going with this? Sure you do. Of course you do.

Now all those people who have told designers for years that the logo needs to be bigger, that the site needs more blue, and that there should be more WordArt can now tell the professional web and print designers of the world about this extremely cursivy-looking font that they need to use.

In the bigger logo.

That needs more blue.

Possibly with some WordArt.

After you’re done beating your head against your SCAD diploma, get the FontShop Plugin from FontShop.

See that mostly-indecipherable pile of grays and greens? That’s what it looks like when you put together an extensive list of iOS text editors and writing tools to compare their features. It’s an impressive list, and a great way for people who want to write or code on something other than their ancient, 1900s-type technology.

Check out the iOS text/code editors and writing tools comparison chart in all its regal HTML-y glory to get the full effect. It’s amazing just how much you can do with an iOS device now.

As an avowed Apple fan (who also is a bit of a code junkie), I can’t tell you enough how great this View source on the iPad and iPhone bookmarklet is. It lets you view the source of a web page in the browser in your iPad or iPhone. For those of you who don’t have either of those devices, Safari is darn-near useless on the platform for debugging code.

To see something like this gives me hope if I’m ever trapped on an island with only my iPhone and Verizon 3G.

I am really liking this Easter Bible Study from The Artist Bible.

Call me one of those AV nerds in grade school who grew up to be one of those music department nerds in college, but I love this kind of stuff. Sometimes we get the idea we can beat people right over the head with Jesus on the cross over and over again, without setting up any of the story.

I’m wondering what they’re going to come up with next.

One of my favorite bands of all time is giving away a few songs before their new Spring tour. They are hosting it on NoiseTrade so you can get it for free!

(Or for cheap. You can tip the artists on NoiseTrade to give them a little encouragement. You know, encouragement, like, say, rent money. )

Get it here for free* (or for the price of a coffee):

*Don’t get me started on the “but you gotta put in your info-that’s not really free”. Try downloading this without a monolithic, international set of tubes, wires, modems, free-market economies, hipsters with guitars and microphones, and the guy who comes to your house to install the cable modem.

Last night I installed the Blaskan WordPress theme. I think it looks pretty awesome, and has rock-solid buzzword-compliance. Responsive, accessible, and completely jargontastic!

Seriously, if you’re reading this on RSS you should stop on by the site and take a gander. Just part of some of the wholesale changes I’m making ’round here.

Found this on YouVersion as part of their Lent and Easter reading plans. They describe it this way:

The Artist Bible is a living response to the Living Word. Join us this Easter as poets, musicians, artists, and creatives use their gifts to illuminate the verses surrounding Holy Week in 8 inspiring and challenging videos. This devotional is a multimedia experience.

You can read along and see more videos by starting the reading plan.

According to this thing, I can look to living 40 more years. All I have to do is change all my family medical history, start not eating like a teenager, and stop using that treadmill as a clothes-rack.

In essence, I’m halfway through life. Two years ago, while trying to figure out the branding on such a strangely-named website, I realized there was no good way to brand this website. But there is a good way to brand me.

I’m old. Old enough to know better. Old enough to have done it (whatever it is) a time or two. Old enough to start acting my age. And old enough to remember using pieces of paper in order to get your computer to work.

I’m also sure there’s other people out there who are old like me and call in sick whenever Apple has a special news event. So that’s where I’m going with this. A blog for us old fogies who like playing with stuff on the internet.

☐ Rocket Backpacks
☐ Flying Cars
☐ Meals In Pills
☐ Brainwave Transmissions
☐ Interplanetary Transport
☐ Doing Anything on the Moon
☑ Gearless Bicycles That Hurt Your Back
☑ Handlebar Mustaches
☑ Ice Factories

--DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS UNDER 25 AND SOMEWHAT INCULCATED IN THE CULTURE?

--CHANCES ARE THAT YOU SEE WILL SEE CULTURALLY RELEVANT YOUNG PEOPLE IN PUBLIC SITUATIONS.

--SOME OF YOU MAY EVEN BE CULTURALLY RELEVANT.

--FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH GIVING DAPS, YOUR CHANCES OF BEING THE PERSON AT THE PARTY THAT RUINS IT BY TURNING UP THAT MUSIC SO THAT IT IS FAR, FAR TOO LOUD JUST WENT UP 300%.

--THAT'S RIGHT, YOU ARE THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO GET THE PARTY STARTED JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE AN INNATE RELATIONSHIP WITH EVERYBODY WHO IS AS YOUNG AND AS HIP AS YOU.

--LOUD MUSIC AND PARTYING HARD ARE KNOWN TO CAUSE PANIC, NAUSEA, HEARING LOSS, AND SLEEPLESS NIGHTS.

--DON'T BE PART OF THAT STATISTIC.

--BE AWARE, NORMAL PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE TATTOOS OR WHATEVER IT IS THE KIDS ARE GETTING IN TO THESE DAYS WITH THEIR UN-TUCKED SHIRTS AND THEIR LOUD MUSIC ARE OUT THESE AND KEEP NORMAL HOURS NOT ALL THIS STAYING UP UNTIL 2 AM AND NOT GETTING A JOB.

--THIS MESSAGE BROUGHT TO YOU BY CITIZENS UNITED FOR KEEPING OFF MY LAWN WITH THAT LOUD MUSIC WHAT IS WITH KIDS THESE DAYS, www.d3ft.com

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