Beastie Boys: Hot Sauce Committee Part Two

You can stream the Beastie Boys‘ complete new album, Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, from their dedicated mini-site. You can also pre-order it from iTunes.

I’m able to embed the album here because like the Foo Fighters recently did with Wasting Light, the B-Boys opted to use SoundCloud‘s brilliant API and player for their streaming needs. This means the player can be embedded via shortcode on WordPress.com, a plugin on self-hosted WordPress, auto-embeds when posted or liked on Facebook, etc.

Nanaimo’s Hackathon

In an effort to encourage the creation of new applications, Nanaimo is hosting an Open Data Hackathon on April 30. The city will open up its public data and allow computer programmers free access to it. The goal of the event is to see what kind of creative projects developers can create with the data.

Via Nanaimo, B.C. hosts ‘hackathon’ to help improve local apps.

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Will Canada "rise up" or go back to bed?

Will Canada “rise up” or go back to bed?

Harpers constant best hope is that were asleep at the switch. Its more than mere desire even – its design. You can see it in all his major actions, where the tactic is always the same: if possible, he doesnt want you to know; if you must know, he doesnt want you to care. Hell gloss it over with aseptic blandness, assuage with a cold hypnotic drawl. There is no man behind the curtain – and we’ll all go back to bed. … Read More

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