Spring has sprung

Spring has sprung and the Daily Texan has a new refurbished blogsite at www.THEdailytexanblogs.com.

Be sure to check out our new and continuing blogs:

New:
Sports: Views From The Press Box
DT Weekend: SXSW!

Continuing:
Life & Arts (music): Burnt Orange Juice
Life & Arts (web/technology): DotComplimentary

DotComp will probably continue mostly after the break, but check out the new blog site for one last post prior to SXSW– It’ll be a treat.

All though I’m a “chick,” it’s still pretty funny.

After I finding the site Hot Chicks with Douchebags, I rushed to my Facebook account looking for the perfect submission (unfortunately, there were just too many to choose from).

All though I cringe when hearing/reading/repeating the phrase quote/unquote HOT CHICK, posting anonymous ‘net photos of what society defines as an attractive woman with guys that are what almost everyone can agree are in fact quote/unquote DOUCHEBAGS and adding humorous captioning is quite genius.

Better hide those douchey FB photos.

SiteHoppin: the one thing college students probably didn’t need

Not sure why I should go on, because the logo says it all—

Site Hoppin’ literally hops sites via simulation slideshow to enable the bored net surfer to cradle a cool beer in his or her hand and wait for something interesting to slither by.

Registering also enables the site you yourself host to be featured on this hop, bringing you, the beer-drinker, more traffic and “Beer Credits,” which you can later trade for advertisements.

Marketing and self-medicating=gold mine.

Not to be a biter

…but the Tree of Life Project is probably the coolest thing to come around in some time.

And I say biter because, not that anyone noticed but it’s the head story on UT’s homepage.

Basically it’s the biggest and most complete biology encyclopedia, with over 9,000 biologists contributing. The links are placed hierarchically in “the form of the evolutionary tree of life,” and also placed at the fingertips that indirectly connect to inquiring minds. Information is even accepted from “amateurs,” and the future of the project aims to have a creative commons area where anyone can upload media.

Who would have thought the tree of life would end up online?

New Justice video – “DVNO”

The new video from Justice is a visual feast created by graphic genius, and previous director of Kanye’s “Good Life” and the French house duo’s 2007 smash “D.A.N.C.E., So-Me.

The logos are recognizable, but does anyone know what this song is about?

New Wale – “Go Mode” feat. Bun B

The Washington D.C. rapper Wale (pronounced “wah-lay”) has been making waves in the hip-hop community with support from Mark Ronson and various “artists to watch” lists. See the Peels section for details on his upcoming “Mixtape about nothing” inspired by that famous show covering similar subject matter. Wale’s newest joint is a banger to be certain and is produced by his frequent collaborator and fellow up-and-comer, Best Kept Secret, with a guest verse from the sole remaining survivor of Houston’s legendary U.G.K., Bun B.

Wale feat. Bun B – “Go Mode”

Take that Wikipedia

If you remember correctly, Wikipedia and I got into a little spat because it took down the picture of my dimple on the “dimple” article page. If you don’t remember that, well, they did.

Thanks to Biographicon, I can seize back my 15 minutes of fame and feel the warmth of sweet spotlight again.

The idea=making the un-famous people the infamous people. Enter your biography and people can look you up, just like a Wikipedia for nobodies.

TechCrunch has the extra lowdown.

What a find

Last summer one of my good study abroad buddies showed me a site about finding things, which completely enamors me because, well, I used to look for buried treasure as a kid (obviously a fantasy acquired from “The Goonies”).

FOUND Magazine is a site dedicated to those still looking for that buried treasure (at heart). Every day there is a new “find,” which usually consists of notes, crazy objects—the drift is established.

Today’s find reminds me a lot of the girls I went to middle school with (think location: heart of Corpus Christi):

Small story: once I lost my journal (it happened this semester, actually) I had ultimate paranoia the finder would scan the entire thing and post it to this site…

I still check every day.

3D Lexicography

And if you don’t know what lexicography is, I have retrieved its meaning, specifically for this entry, from Visuwords. It’s an online graphical dictionary that dissects words for an intense linguistic experience.

It even has a “Random” selection, like wiki, but with pure definition.

Word.

New Roots video – “75 Bars (Black’s Reconstruction)

The grimy new vid from The Legendary Roots Crew is more like whitey’s deconstruction.

Rising Down is out April 28