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 Diwa “the Videogame Violinist” de Leon from the local blogosphere. Other than being a cosplayer and avid gamer, he’s also a master composer. This is him doing themes from The Legend of Zelda in 5 (??) different acapela voices and him on violin.

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One Man Legend of Zelda Performance

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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Model photographed at 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 years

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 you keep this site blocked from the innovation mechanism. »
Of course, everyone sees the surreal part of it: Yahoo!, the very site that rewards Netdisaster on the one hand, asks to be blocked from Netdisaster on the other hand… [Netdisaster]

Can you blame Yahoo!? Well maybe not. It sure does look like all the components for phishing are present – entering a URL and the possibility of it being masked, and a “social” way to share these disaster. But this is also what happens to big companies that become paranoid of the “possibilities” when all Netdisaster ever wanted was a bit of fun on the side.

Dear Yahoo! … why so serious?

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Yahoo! awards site, blocks it, then forgives, then gets blocked. What a LOL

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. The highest compatibility rating I could get with any Digger, in any category, was a paltry 10%. Meanwhile, Muhammad Saleem is showing off his awesome 59% compatibility.

You can interpret a low Digg compatibility score two ways: either you’re a maverick who doesn’t think like anyone else on Digg, or you’re a laggard who doesn’t Digg enough to show any compatibility with any other Digger. Conversely, a high Digg compatibility score means you’re either prolific or hiveminded.

Alas, I cannot use the maverick excuse: having Dugg only 31 items in the last 30 days, I simply need to Digg more. Guilting casual Diggers into feeling incompatible way may prove an unexpected side effect of Digg compatibility scores. Note to self: Digg moar n00b!

Wonder how high can any two Diggers’ compatibility score can go. If it ever hit 100% — if you met your Digg doppelganger — would the universe explode?

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Digg Compatibility Score Guilts You Into Digging More

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.

That’s why the upcoming Digg recommendation engine clearly goes for transparency and customizability. Check out how you can analyze and prune the users who weigh in on your recommendations.

Most recommendation engines are designed to facilitate Zen-like discovery without thought. You could run the Digg recommendation engine that way too, but it’s nice to have the option to think and tinker. Hope to see recommendation engines on other sites provide such granular options.

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Digg Recommendation Engine: Customizable

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.

Imagine my disappointment when I see this:

First-Ever Wristwatch with Mechanical Digital Display, says the actual headline. Damn, and I was expecting something like LEDs on a pubis.

I can see the word wristwatch just fine if I simply add the Digg technology feed to iGoogle, so the word must have triggered a profanity or spam filter in the Digg widget itself. Could such a filter be erroneously triggered on purpose to generate clickthroughs? Are asterisks the new shocker headline? In the tradition of the Rickroll, could this be the first asteriskroll?

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***** on iGoogle Digg Widget

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 from a three year advertising deal that Digg signed with Microsoft last year. That deal has revenue guarantees – and Microsoft may be hesitant to value Digg based on revenue that they supply.

Any sale is likely to give Microsoft an option to terminate that advertising deal, which means Google isn’t valuing Digg based on revenue, either. But it is a big slap in the face to Microsoft to steal Digg away, and Google can certainly generate revenue on all those page views.

Personally, I hope Google wins. The synergy is clear: Digg would provide a human complement to Google’s bot-driven news. Microsoft, on the other hand, would just be trying to buy a clue.

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Google and Microsoft Bidding on Digg?

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.

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Online Video Creators Tapped for Thoof Versus Digg Ads

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.

[Number removed at Mark Evans' request.]

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Why Digg Will Win Against the MPAA

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…

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Shameless Malaysian Digg Ripoff