See this guy doing a Jack-O-Lantern illuminated by LEDs.

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Alright, so I finally got around to it. I Ajaxified my NowPlaying iTunes playlist. Heres a look at a demo.

First off, if your new to NowPlaying a Windows iTunes plugin, head on over to the site a check it out. Its $10 for a licensed copy, but well worth it. Its a great little plugin that will create an XML file based on what your listening to in iTunes. Get it installed. Any problems getting it to run, refer to Brandons page and the comments there. He provides alot of help. Once you’ve got that installed and running, you can set it up to spit out an XML file via FTP to your server. Provided on Brandon’s page is also a PHP parsing script that I’ve used and modified to create my own little XML File parser. Now in “stand-alone” mode, it works perfect. You’re listening to iTunes, coding your next huge project, and on your site there’s the music you’re listening too. Only problem is, its “static”. Without refreshing the page, the songs stay the same. If people are looking at your site for 15 minutes or more, they’ve missed the last 3 songs you’ve listened too, because lets just be frank, everyone wants to know what your listening too the second you listen to it. So now you want to spice things up a bit. Enter AJAX. Let’s take a look at that the xml file that the NowPlaying Plugin produces.

Jeff::Blog: NowPlaying AJAX’d

Brian Moore has taken their excellent iGuitar line of digitally-equipped guitars, and added class-compliant USB, via the new iGuitar.USB model. Plug it into a USB jack, and you have instant access to your sound in recording and effects software, no drivers required.

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It’s so close you can almost feel it! Just a couple of days before
“Hipeponymous” hits the street! Tuesday, November 1st is the day the limited edition box set arrives.

For those that have called or E-mailed your local radio station requesting to hear “No Threat” - thank you! Keep it coming!! It’s been getting a great response so far.

The launch of a new web site is imminent: new features, ongoing content and surprises you won’t want to miss. Stay in touch and keep your eyes and ears open for great new happenings at “thehip.com“.

A new Hipeponymous shirt hit the shelves at Maple Music last night. Check it out! And for the last time, here are the release dates and details:

November 1:
“Hipeponymous” is being released and it includes everything listed below

November 8:
“Yer Favourites” - 2 cd’s, 37 songs
“That Night In Toronto” - 24 song live DVD

The limited edition box set is very cool. It includes the two CD’s from “Yer Favourites” which contains 35 remastered classics and 2 brand new songs including the new single, “No Threat”. The box set also includes two DVDs, one entitled “That Night in Toronto, a Film by Pierre & Fran?ois Lamoureux” which captures The Tragically Hip live in concert at Toronto’s Air Canada Centre in November 2004 and was filmed in High Definition and mixed in PCM Stereo and5.1 Surround Sound.

“Hipeponymous” also includes an exclusive bonus DVD only available in the box set that features all 23 of The Tragically Hip’s music videos, a 50-minute film directed by Christopher Mills entitled “Macroscopic”, and 11 visual vignettes set to new original score from The Tragically Hip called “The Right Whale”. There is also a 48 page book featuring original artwork included in the box.

Enjoy the watching, the hearing and the reading!
Das Hips

OK, here is the lastest conversion to Flash Video.

I have to say this is FN’ Phenomenal!!!!

Almost Hip - Locked in the Truck of a Car