This is my own rendition of the themes from Legend of Zelda game composed by Koji Kondo. Most of my picks came from Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past originally for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).
I’m a professional composer, arranger and violinist, and cosplaying is one of my hobbies as well as playing video game music just for fun.
Sheet music is NOT available as this is my own arrangement and it’s not available anywhere else. I don’t notate my works unless it is a necessity. Most of the time I record my works directly upon conceptualization.
I met …read more

This is Eniko Mihalik, a 20 year old model who appeared in a shoot for VOGUE Paris in November 2008. This isn’t the only photo in the series – the one above is her depiction after 40 years. Check it out — and do bear in mind that we have the same girl in every photo thanks to the magic of make up and lighting. Nothing mentioned about post prod Photoshop, but hey…
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Is this a case of biting the hands that feed you? Well no. It’s the complete opposite.
Netdisaster, an ultra popular site that allows you to defame snapshots of any website on the Internet garnered a Yahoo! award in 2005 for innovation. Today, Netdisaster blocks the very awarding body that gave it praise three years ago. And this comes from a bout with Yahoo! itself having flagged Netdisaster as a potential Phishing site.

Yahoo! is now blocked from Netdisaster: « I’m not sure you have the authority to use this kind of site using yahoo logo and form so I suggest …read more

I got into the beta for the new Digg Recommendation Engine. Aside from recommending stories from Diggers like you, it also lists the Diggers most like you and scores your compatibility with them.
Imagine my disappointment at discovering that I shared so very little in common with other Diggers.

Most recommendation engines tell you what you want based on aggregate data from faceless users. As starkly revealed by the 09F9 incident, most Digg users are rebellious geeks who don’t care much for faceless entities telling them what they want.

So I check my iGoogle for the twentieth time today, and I see this in my iGoogle Digg widget:

First-Ever ***** with Mechanical Digital Display, says the widget headline. I instantly think of a dirty five-letter word, and click through expecting the first-ever pussy with mechanical digital display. Kinky tech, baby.

Is Kevin Rose in for a well-deserved payday?
We hear from a source very close to the deal that four companies are in heavy due diligence with Digg – two media/news companies, and two big Internet companies – Google and Microsoft. And Google and Microsoft are on the verge of making their bids.
Digg is prepared to take less than the $300 million Allen & Co. were floating late last year. Google, our source says, will likely bid $200-$225 million, which Digg would likely accept.
Microsoft is looking at a somewhat lower price. That makes sense, since most of Digg’s revenue today comes …read more

Thoof – Read what you want
TrueNuff Entertainment, the crazy guys behind the Mac versus PC parodies, have been tapped to make ads comparing social news startup Thoof with social news pioneer Digg. The ads emphasize Thoof’s recommendation engine, folksonomy, and wiki-like editing. That, and they’re pretty damn funny.

While all the fun ways to say the HD-DVD encryption code provide hours of amusement, I’ve come to realize they’re not necessary. The DMCA specifically prohibits the unauthorized distribution of copyrighted work and circumvention devices. The code is a reverse-engineered trade secret, neither a copyrighted work nor a circumvention device.
If the MPAA sues Kevin Rose, Kevin will win.
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I’m all for fair use, but this is just trademark infringement. Check out “Digg Malaysia” (digg.com.my), which has nothing to do with the real Digg.
Cease and desist letter from Kevin Rose in three, two…