Slightly Unhinged

Listen to this

Courtnay — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 06:14:22 +0000

Filed under: Music Tagged: Music

Exfm: A Brief Review

Courtnay — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:11:33 +0000

Since the demise of Lala, which had previously been my favorite music site, I’ve been experimenting with different sites in an attempt to find a new favorite. Both Slacker and Pandora are adequate, although neither are very good at helping me find new music and despite numerous attempts to “teach” it my preferences, Pandora continues to slip in the occasional death metal tune even though I absolutely despise the genre. I like Last.fm a little better, since it gives users the option of indexing your library and listening history from third party programs such as iTunes or Windows Media Player and incorporating that information along with your activity on the site to give you more personalized recommendations. I had been using Last.fm almost exclusively until I learned about Exfm, a site that scours music blogs for MP3s. Exfm is fully integrated with Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Last.fm so that users can browse and collect MP3s and then share them with their social network, as well as follow other users to see what they are listening to and what new music they have discovered. Browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox and Safari and an iPhone app are also helpful. I’ve only used the site for about a month but so far I like what I see. Exfm is excellent for discovering new music and the fact that it integrates so well with Last.fm makes it easy to go to Exfm when you’re in the mood for something new and then switch back to Last.fm when you want to listen something from your library – and all of your listening history will be recorded. If you enjoy discovering new music and sharing it with your social network, Exfm is definitely worth checking out.

Filed under: Music, Personal Tagged: exfm, Music, product recommendations, reviews

Barefoot Books Global Giveaway

Courtnay — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 04:46:47 +0000

Barefoot Books is celebrating the release of the new Barefoot Books World Atlas by giving away prizes every day. One Grand Prize winner will receive an Apple iPad2, a library of Barefoot’s Travel the World titles (including the Barefoot Books World Atlas) – over 30 books in all!, and a Barefoot Books gift certificate worth $50. Each day, one winner will receive a copy of the Barefoot Books World Atlas and a $30 Barefoot Books gift certificate. In addition, anyone who enters will receive a coupon for 30% off your next purchase at BarefootBooks.com. But hurry, this sweepstakes ends on 23 November 2011, so enter today for your chance to win!

Filed under: Books, shopping Tagged: Barefoot Book, Books, Children's literature, shopping

Hire me

Courtnay — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:22:13 +0000

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Filed under: Freelancing Tagged: work

New Projects

Courtnay — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 05:59:44 +0000

I’ve been busier than usual recently, taking on a variety of new volunteer projects and preparing to move back home to the Pacific Northwest (at last!). With everything going on, I haven’t had the time to keep up with this site but I have had fun with two new Tumblr blogs I’ve created: a politically-themed one called Liberal Slant and a personal one called Macondo Vida. The simplicity of the Tumblr platform has made it easy for me to keep those blogs updated, even when I only have a few minutes a day to do so. I plan to return to work on this site once I get settled in my new home but until then, check out my new projects and let me know what you think!

Filed under: Personal