this is like the 12th best of 2007 link i’ve posted, i know, but this one seems pretty definitive. claims to be “cultivated from 648 lists (via our own submission form and largehearted boy’s list)”. fyi, largehearted boy’s list is a list of hundreds of other lists. so the sampling size is huge and filled with people who probably have at least decent taste. that said, not many surprises near the top.

(firefox on the left, safari on the right)
i noticed that my flickr pics looked bland compared to what i was seeing in photoshop, and did some research. turns out that the current firefox only supports the (a common one but not as robust as some of the new developments) safari, on the other hand, is forging ahead with support for a variety of color profiles collectively known as . this techno-jargon doesn’t mean much to me except that my photos look a lot cooler when viewed on safari instead of firefox. i’m sure they’ll catch up

read for more specifics.

check what your browser is capable of with .

saw a great comedy show last week during the . hosted by (from mtv’s , which i’m discovering most of my peers are too young to remember??? he’s now hosting wired magazine’s and pbs’ show) and headlined by chris’ band , it was a great event highlighted by performance. an imposing figure who stands out like that , reggie combines intelligent commentary, off the wall direction changes, a staggering control of his vocal cords and some catchy musical talent.

i dug up a video of him performing my fave song of the night, “fuck shit stack” – check it out.

(thanks, melanie)

posts lots of great, obscure hip-hop, disco, and old-school dance stuff. monsieur willy describes his blog pretty well here…

“even it’s not clear at time, way back in the days, the disco (dance music) and the rap was very close, produced by the same people and listen by the same people. as a dj, i’m very touched by all that kind of stuffs and the following mutations of each music. so, you can find here some rare groove disco, old school rap, electro, afro,… whatever ..?”

here’s yet another 2007 best of list. this is one of my faves, though. has their in a list of downloadable tracks. hot hot stuff: alan braxe, lindstrom, sorcerer, sebastian, etc.

i’m still quite serious about the great brazilian music blog . here’re some more faves i grabbed over there. you could be doing the same.

“eu sou da pesada” by jorge ben
“carioca 1″ by turibio santos
“imagem” by quarteto em cy / tamba trio

“bala com bala” by elis regina
“o mestre sala dos mares” by joao bosco
“vitoria, vitoria” by nonato buzar

“vatapa” by gal gosta
“que tudo va para o inferno” by the pop’s
“fim do mundo” by marilia medalha
“papo furado” by airto moreira
“first stone” by eumir deodato

took a fun photo of the dj’s setup last saturday night. check out his “rig” — it’s innocently sitting there on the left turntable. did anyone in 1998 envision we’d be able do do something like this? makes you wonder where we’ll be in ten years more.

this is interesting. basically, you set back what netflix sees as your clock (in a cookie?) and it allows you more time to keep streamed video rentals.

one of my favorite bands from the last 10 years was . beautiful and wholly original rock. i somehow completely missed the fact that the guys from duster formed new band called . their second album comes out march 1. it sounds great. (via, .)

check out the great sloppy melodic guitar blasts on this jam…

helvetia “old new bicycle” .

duster “the breakup suite” from . get it .
duster “heading for the door” from . get it

i was a little bummed to see that . seems like it might be better if they went out of business instead.