Posts from Quick Cuts

Mash-up: Usher’s Let It Burn vs. Usher’s Papers

Originally posted on January 19

Did you like Usher’s “Let It Burn”? If so, you probably like Usher’s “Papers”. It’s because they’re virtually the same song.

Don’t worry; I created the mash-up. You can listen for yourself here:

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The Known Universe

Originally posted on January 15

This film shows the known universe as mapped through astronomical observations.

Every satellite, moon, planet, star and galaxy is represented to scale and in its correct, measured location according to the best scientific research to-date.

If you thought you felt…

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Joe Hewitt on middle men (and more importantly) Apple

Originally posted on November 17

Joe Hewitt, developer of Facebook’s iPhone app, the Firefox browser, and Firebug development tool, recently quit developing the app because of Apple’s approval process:

Middle men exist to reduce the cost of getting a product from A to B, and

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Kelly Clarkson (and JillandKate) cover Miley Cyrus’s “The Climb”

Originally posted on September 21

A perfect, all-female, three-part harmony cover of Miley Cyrus’s “The Climb” featuring Kelly Clarkson.

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Inspiration: Sigur Ros’s music video for “Glósóli”

Originally posted on August 30

Sigur Ros came out with one of the most beautiful music videos of all time in “Glosoli”.

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A note on “The Design of Everyday Things”

Originally posted on August 26

I’m currently reading “The Design of Everyday Things” by Donald Norman, originally published 21 years ago in 1988. In chapter three, “Knowledge in the Head and the World,” Norman says this:

Would you like a pocket-size device that reminded

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Power Wheels power slide parallel parking

Originally posted on August 20

This might be the most awesome video ever:

via Jalopnik

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1560 The Game Makes the Houston Chronicle

Originally posted on August 16

The radio station I listen to in the car got a full article on Chron.com. Way to go guys!

Follow them on Twitter here:

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