The Other Drummer

The first half of this got me all choked up and nostalgic for the days of my youth.

Then I switched to Sega Genesis and never looked back (except for Street Fighter II).

Anyway, happy 25th birthday Mario.

I love creativity for creativity’s sake. Doing something not because you’re paid to do it or because you’re expected to do it, but because it makes you happy. It’s an expression of yourself. It’s something you want to share with others just so they can feel as uplifted/entertained/inspired experiencing it as you did creating it. After all, that’s what our talents are for, right?

So three cheers for The Lower Lights for putting together this project:

From their site:

The Lower Lights convened in fall 2009 for five days of diving into the hymns – familiar hymns, overlooked hymns, Hank Williams hymns, and more.

Drawing equal parts reverence and celebration from the rich mine of hymns, we ended the week with 30-plus songs that feel part-revival, part-vigil.

You can find out more about the project at TheLowerLights.com.

Browsers have largely remained the same as far as user interface goes with the notable addition of tabs. (I love my tabs.) The Firefox team is working on a new concept called Tab Candy which would not only help you manage your tabs more efficiently, but create new ways to share information and browse with friends.

Check out the video below. Fair warning: on a geekiness scale of 10 this probably ranks at about an 8.

Actually, that’s not a bad idea. I should probably rate most of my posts on a geekiness scale and create custom RSS feeds based on each level of geekiness. That way my mom (who sometimes still calls Firefox, Foxfire, bless her heart) would read my blog without fear of coming across posts like this.

The fact that I’m discussing putting a Geekiness Scale on my blog with custom RSS feeds has just bumped this post from an 8 to a 9.

Enjoy the video (it’s probably best to watch it full-screen) and let me know what you think in the comments.

An Introduction to Firefox’s Tab Candy from Aza Raskin on Vimeo.

Definitely worth 8 minutes of your life.

By the way, I agree with him about both Bush, too – not just Obama.

Some interesting ideas on how to make ebooks more than just digital copies of books. Worth the five minutes.

I like the idea of making reading more social – or at least giving you the option to do so. Still going to try and be strong and hold off on the iPad until it comes out with a Retina Display though.

What do you think? Good ideas? Do you have any others? Sound off in the comments.