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Apple computers This isn't really something I don't understand because I know it's all due to the way Apple does its marketing. I just don't understand how computer-literate people can agree to buy a Macbook Pro/Air for use in the field of media. I studied media arts in uni; a major that taught me how to get shit done in the most efficient, cost-effective way possible. As the years went by and I started doing some light editing/shooting I was given the impression that Apple products are the superior choice to doing any work related to video production or image composition. Even though I thought using Mac software was the best way to go, I didn't buy into the trap of actually buying one of Apple's computers because I knew I was paying way too much money for the performance I was getting. I built my current Hackintosh under this premise, spending less than half the cost to buy a top of the line model and getting far better performance than anything Apple has to offer. But even after that I discovered that PCs can pretty much do the exact same things, if not slightly better. Now what I don't get is the startling trend of my colleagues buying Macbook Pros for use in the same line of work I'm doing. Using a laptop with that kind of configuration for extensive video editing isn't optimal because it's going to strain the system and overheat it way too often. But they already know this. And yet, they all think it's something perfectly okay to sacrifice. Even worse are the ones who buy a Macbook Air as a machine to just check Facebook and watch Youtube. Just... why? Twitter I use Twitter to see what friends are up to and get links to interesting articles from around the internet. It's pretty similar to what I use Instagram for; just wandering around aimlessly until I stumble upon something worthy of my attention. What I don't get are the people who take the "micro-blogging" thing too far by posting the most mundane details about their lives every five minutes. To be honest, I'm not really complaining about that because I don't follow any friends who are guilty of this. It's just that fact that they exist at all that I don't understand. These people are obviously trying to get back some kind of attention from other people, but I rarely see this method working. Nobody ever responds to them, because nobody ever cares. So what keeps these people going? I didn't think talking to an counteractive, imaginary audience is something that could serve as motivation to continue acting this way. There's nothing there to persistently encourage their behavior. There's also the issue of hashtag jokes. As one writer put it, people use them as "comedy shortcuts:" Coffee culture Taking what @Sexual Chocolate said a step further I don't understand the enthusiasm behind coffee lovers and the whole coffee culture. "Oh, you should try this brew, it's got a really nice aroma!" "Did you try the new South American blend at Starbucks? The texture is sensational!" "My girlfriend and I are going to buy matching mugs!" According to what I've read caffeine dependency is also caused by abuse of the substance. To this day my body has been perfectly able to function at full capacity without the need for stimulants, and I want to keep it that way. I think having to spend time drinking and money buying coffee is a wasteful expense, kind of like smoking. I only drink coffee when I absolutely have to, like not getting enough sleep or just working myself to the point of exhaustion. But even then I don't go out and buy myself a tall, milky, iced concoction with caramel whipped cream and marshmallows. I just make myself an espresso and gulp it down. No milk, no sugar, no bullshit. It's the best way to digest the caffeine, and it's the only healthy way to drink coffee in the first place.

Beans on toast. I mean, seriously?

If you're a fan of Sonic, don't watch this. No wait, scratch that. Watch it.

Check out their Twitter account: https://twitter.com/zombocom

This is Daft Punk in 1995 This is Daft Punk in 2013 Which made me wonder... had they been unmasked their entire careers, would I have enjoyed their music as much? I got into Daft Punk as a kid because much like Gorillaz, their music came with a flashy persona. I think if that wasn't the case I'd be enjoying their music just a little bit less. On an unrelated note:

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Give Life Back to Music, like Giorgio by Morodor did; look Within in order to find your Instant Crush and Lose Yourself to Dance, Touch them to Get Lucky, then go Beyond the Motherboard to find Fragments of Time, and if you're Doin It Right, you'll finally make Contact.

Every time.

While we're on the subject of retarded fans:

I think this review got it best: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/escape-to-the-movies/7365-Furious-6 Also, guess who's coming to C-town?

Of course not.

I put some Zach Braff quotes on some pictures.

OH YES GET GET GET

It's called "From the Depths" by William Balfour Ker, a socialist painter. But you probably knew that one already. :P Here's a slightly higher res, but watermarked version:

Didn't we see this sort of thing before?

http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/5-features-new-xbox-that-are-about-to-ruin-everything/

Speaking of covers, I found this pretty chill cover of Instant Crush (with lyrics I can fully make out): Also this:

Like a lot of people I listened to the entire album expecting something along the lines of Homework and Discovery, and, upon finding out that none of that exists, became incredibly disappointed. It took a few more listens to clear my head and enjoy the album for what it is rather than what my expectations felt it should have been like. Once that was out of the way I found myself enjoying a great deal of it. This may be completely untrue, but I feel like the duo's trying to break away from their genre with this album by making actual songs instead of house/electronic tracks that consist of catchy loops and the like (which was basically what Homework was to me). Granted, they've done this more than once in their previous albums, but with this one I feel like structure and harmony (which they've mentioned more than once in The Collaborators series) are the entire focus of the album; like they're trying to place themselves as far away as possible from their signature loops and samples. I still don't get why some of you are fascinated with Contact, though. It's the only song on the album that I truly believe shouldn't have been there. The build-up is way too long and the drop is extremely disappointing; just a bad loop that keeps extending itself over and over for six minutes with minute degrees of variation. The last minute and a half of it isn't even music. I know it's supposed to be something to send you off after listening to the album, but they could have done way better. I also think a bunch of other tracks suffer from the same problem, like Touch. Whenever the song begins I skip over to where Paul Williams begins singing with the non-robotic voice, and even after that part's done I skip over to the last minute of the song because I feel the loop they use during the fourth minute onwards is too repetitive for me to enjoy it. It's still a fantastic track, but I feel like if it weren't for those boring, over-extended pauses in between it would have been perfect. Like @Shorty mentioned, there are a lot of slow bits that sound too dry to catch my attention (with the exception of Fragments of Time. It's probably my favorite track off the album). My favorite tracks are Fragments Of Time, Doin' It Right, Instant Crush, Get Lucky, Give Life Back to Music, and the first 40 seconds of Beyond. The drop's pretty 'meh' to me. I mean, it's good and all, yes, but it's not Daft Punk good, if you catch my drift.

If the patty's lacking in fat then it's lacking in flavor.

This. But only if you have the face for it, unless the Devito look is something you're into. As far as I know the only things that work are hair plugs, but they're a cosmetic "surgery" so you're going to pay a lot for it.