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dnanian

@dnanian@mas.to

Owner of Shirt Pocket. Co-Wrote SuperDuper, BRIEF, Track Record. Wrote netTunes, launchTunes. Unredeemed gadget fan. Dog lover. Not that way.

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christianselig, to random
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“Dang I wish I could get my app on the cover of The Verge, Daring Fireball, MacRumors, 9to5Mac”

-monkey paw curls-

dnanian,
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@christianselig Man, I’m so sorry, Christian. Hopefully they’ll come to their senses…obviously ridiculous.

dnanian, to random
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Duran Duran - Duran Duran

I forgot how much this LP roars out of the gate, embracing a straight ahead disco beat. And goes right into Girls on Film, with its big descending minor hook.

This is a big sounding production, with drums slamming bass notes popping, synths washing and guitars stinging.

Great example of how a 2-sided LP can benefit; the first side is more commercial and the second is more experimental.

Anyway - if it’s been a while, given a listen.

mako, to random

Next week I look forward to the annual “I shouldn’t install this beta OS on my phone but did anyways” chaos.

dnanian,
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@mako Not to mention the “your program doesn't work with my Mac”…"did you install the developer release?”…”yes, and your stuff should work!” dance.

jamesthomson, to random
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I tried the Photoshop beta’s new generative AI stuff, and the first two results it returned for "a hand” do not inspire confidence.

A hand with four fingers.

dnanian,
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@jamesthomson James, you know you need to be more specific in your prompts. “Norman Human Hand With Four Fingers, a Thumb, and Not at All Frightening” should do it.

You might want to add “Please” in there somewhere.

dnanian, to random
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XTC - Go2

XTC slumped on their 2nd album. Whether because they were on the road and needed material, or because it was hard to have two Dick-tators in one band (Partridge and Andrews), it’s not clear.

This has some good songs (Moulding is learning how to write, “Are You Receiving Me?” Is great Partridge), but the two Andrews songs aren’t…and “My Weapon”, well, geez.

A shake-up was due, and happened…

This is the new remaster, including the dub Go+.

dnanian,
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@bazcurtis Pretty easy to find used, actually…they made a lot of them!

film_girl, to random
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Fuck it, my mentions are going to be garbage anyway. For everyone decrying what Gmail did to email, let me remind you that no major free webmail service supported IMAP before Gmail did in 2007. The reason we all get to enjoy push email on our phones and don't have to pay BlackBerry to get it is b/c of IMAP IDLE, which Google forced everyone else to adopt. EEE often leads to better software for everyone and also usually backfires on the company trying to do the EEE.

dnanian,
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@film_girl @Gte Nah, you're doing just fine, Christina.

film_girl, to random
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So the new Instagram text thing is reported to have ActivityPub support and instead of being happy at all the new labor that could potentially be coming to the standard, Mastodon people are now actively encouraging instances to not federate with any of that stuff. K.

dnanian,
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@glennf @film_girl @Meyerweb @matt Monster. ;-)

paul, to random
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Free million $ business idea. Service that re-prints insurance cards but with numbers that are legible without a magnifying glass/phone zoom.

dnanian,
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@paul Also idea: a button that allows you to reach out and slap designers who put tiny serial numbers printed in grey-on-grey text so as to not interfere with the product's appearance (typically on the back).

dnanian, to vinyl
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Dumptruck - for the country

Dumptruck perfected their sound and approach on this, their 3rd, and effectively last, album.

At this point the two main folks in the band - Seth Tiven and Kirk Swan - had split up, and Tiven took the reins completely. He headed to Wales and made this record. And while other releases would come 10 years later, this is peak Dumptruck. It's pretty great.

dnanian, to random
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The Clash - London Calling

Is a cliché to call this one of the best albums ever made? Yes. But it's also kind of undeniable.

This is not a punk album, and the Clash wasn't really a punk band. Putting a finger on what they were is hard, because they straddled many genres, from ska to reggae to R&B to pop to straight-up rock. And it's all here.

This is my original from 1979 - the US version. It cost something like $7 because the band insisted it be cheap.

jamesthomson, to random
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Love to get a long awaited RPG Kickstarter that has a bash in the corner of a book, which is too minor to actually complain to anyone about, but annoying enough to bother me for the rest of my natural life.

dnanian,
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@jamesthomson And thus was born the rounded rect.

dnanian, to vinyl
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Dumptruck - Positively

Boston-based Dumptruck is a favorite, kind of obscure band that specialized in guitar-based jangle-pop. So, of course, on this 2nd album they enlisted Don Dixon to produce them.

A definitely more mainstream album than their first (“d is for dumptruck”). Lots of guitar interplay, harmony, etc.

Followed by “For the Country”, their best album, which I don't seem to have on LP. All are streaming…

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