mad dog in the fog

• Pixel Acres » Blog Archive » The visual design of Web 2.0
  A good reference if you’re going for the Web 2.0 look
  (tags: web2.0)
• Learn to create your own Web2.0 Logo
  Create a nice, shiny logo
  (tags: web2.0 photoshop howto)
• The National Sleep Research Project - 40 amazing facts about sleep
  This one jumped out at me: “A new baby typically results in 400-750 hours lost sleep for parents in the first year”
  (tags: health)

• Rough Type > SaaS adoption set to explode
  A preview of a recent study by McKinsey & Company
  (tags: work saas enterpriseweb2.0)
• CNN.com > Ask a Ninja interview
  Interview with the creators of the “Ask a Ninja” video podcast
  (tags: interviews)
• Google Master Plan | by UnderGoogle
  (tags: google)
• QuestionForm - powerful online survey creator, simple and free
  Competitor to SurveyMonkey, WebSurveyor, etc.
  (tags: survey webtools)
• SFGate > Online sites cashing in as people spend millions to buy clothing and items that look like the things celebrities use
  Prediction: The Like.com model will fail. People who are interested in this sort of thing will want to know exactly which product the celebrity is wearing, not the 20 products that are an approximate match.
  (tags: ecommerce)

My first submission to JPG Magazine. Vote thumbs up if you think this is a good fit for their Embrace the Blur issue.

• Echoes Podcast > THE ALBUM LEAF INTERVIEW: AMBIENCES OF LOVE
  Interview with Jimmy LaValle from The Album Leaf
  (tags: thealbumleaf interviews)
• NPR : Cat Power in Concert
  (tags: music livemusic catpower)

• MenuPix - San Francisco
  Menus for SF restaurants available online
  (tags: sfrestaurants sanfrancisco webtools)

I saw The Album Leaf again earlier this week at The Independent. Here’s “Broken Arrow”…

Set list:

• PhilTube > Did you say blogging?
  I love this.
  (tags: blogging humor)
• myfabrik lite
  Need to check this out
  (tags: filesharing streaming)

I’ve been testing out YottaMusic’s new streaming music service built on top of Rhapsody. I highly recommend this to anyone who is already on Rhapsody and it’s another good reason to subscribe to Rhapsody if you aren’t currently a Rhapsody subscriber (Sonos is the other big reason). The biggest advantages over the standard Rhapsody client is that it is that the player is browser based and they are building in a lot of cool social networking features, similar to last.fm. Fred Wilson has a good post on this here.

Today they rolled out a YottaMusic badge that shows your recently played tracks and a link to your profile. The service is still in Alpha mode so expect some instability here and there and lots of new features.

• Rolling Stone : Sacha Baron Cohen — the Real Borat — Finally Speaks
  (tags: borat sachabaroncohen)
• Clockr - It’s Flickr Time
  This clock pulls the numbers from Flickr photos
  (tags: flickr)
• Cat Power: How Can I Tell You?
  A 30-second cover of a Cat Stevens song that was recorded for a “Diamonds Are Forever” commercial
  (tags: mp3 music catpower)
• YottaMusic
  (via A VC) A web based front-end to Rhapsody. Looks very promising.
  (tags: rhapsody socialsoftware streaming)

Here’s s 30-second cover of a Cat Stevens song that was recorded for a “Diamonds Are Forever” commercial.

Cat Power - How Can I Tell You?

5/20/07 Update:
Here’s an update on the covers album that is planned for next year. Unfortunately, no mention of the Cat Stevens cover.