February 2012
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Lifehacker: How to stop web tracking →
Simple but essential tools to prevent websites from tracking you. I’m using NoScript which gives me a better inside in the used techniques, but for the average user Ghostery is fine.
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10 Website Design Ripoffs →
Ripoff and clones all over in e-commerce and social media business.
January 2012
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Del the Funky Homosapien Mixtape
New mixtape by Del da funky homosapien of Hieroglyphics. This guy can tell stories for sure and the flow is crazy.
listen to the West Coast Avengers (WCA-D-Funk Limited) Mixtape.
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Interview with Anbuley →
Interview I did with Ghanaese-Viennese artist Anbuley who just released a nice afro-house/electronics EP.
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Pepper Love
Chipotle Pepper + Habanero Pepper + Mustard + Garlic + Mixer = Happyness.
December 2011
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Muppets are brainwashing kids against capitalism. →
I’ve to admit I grew up on the (old) Muppets - did it make an antiauthoritian, chaos loving anarchist out of me? Hell yeah!
soupsoup:
Damn liberal Muppets!!
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Velodrome ride
Had no bike post since a while - here is a nice pic from the Velodrome in Öschelbronn by Daniele Barcheri. Note to myself: buy tickets for the Six Days Berlin 2012 in January.
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November 2011
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DJ Flavio - Yumbala
Didn’t post some Semba for a while: check out this beautiful instrumental track by Dj Flavio.
His Semba-Mix on soundcloud lead me to this bomb tune by Ely Constantino which made my evening:
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No female DJs in DJ Mag's top 100 →
As a female DJ I’ve had guys telling me how to use the decks and even changing the speed of my records for me – so perhaps it’s no surprise we’ve been left out of a list of the best DJs
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How to make Rum Caviar →
Bubble tea stores are spreading everywhere now in Berlin. Looks nice but you probably don’t want to hang out with school kids and also have other preferences in taste. Perfect solution is the Rum Caviar which is made out of Agar-agar powder, Oil and of course brown rum. (via lifehacker)
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Producers be real!
Some producers in the Tropical Bass genre (and outside) love to work with some real instrument sounds. They fire up a factory sound like let’s say “steel pan” and play it in a way the real steel pan would never be played - or even couldn’t be played physically. It is the freedom of the producer to shape sounds the way they want and put it in a harmonic setting and...
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October 2011
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“Le point de vue du lion” - a movie by Senegalese rap artist Didier Awadi.
Synopis: “50 years of independence. They promised us happiness and prosperity. Nowadays young Africans climb into simple wooden boats, they cross the desert and the sea towards Eldorado.” Why? What are the deeper reasons? And how could it come this far? These were the starting questions from director and...
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Mourir Auprès de Toi, a short film directed by Spike Jonze (“Being John Malkovich”, “Where the Wild Things Are”) and Simon Cahn, hand made with love by the fashion designer Olympia Le-Tan.
(via the warmly recommended Netzfilmblog)
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How Do We Benefit From Streaming? →
Controversy among labels and musicians over streaming services like Spotify. Also worth reading: Portrait of the German plattform Simfy (in German).
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Notting Hill Carnival: Future in doubt →
Did you know that this huge event was organised by two unpaid volunteers? Sounds hard to believe if you see the millions of people celebrating. These two directors of the festival now resigned, saying: this festival is impossible to manage without funds.
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September 2011
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More Semba: Aleluia - 69 Anos de Idade
Still in the Semba fever. This track is by Aleluia from his debut album “Maca Grande”.
Aleluia - 69 Anos de Idade.
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9/11 and the Cuban Hip Hop Revolución →
Sujatha Fernandes: 9/11 and the Cuban Hip Hop Revolución.
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I kind of get the feeling that the whole city of Berlin is a start-up,” said...
– Berlin’s Tech Scene Offers Hope to Economy - NYTimes.com
(via david-noel)
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