Download this song. Listen to it.

Brett Dennen - The Holidays Are Here (And We’re Still At War) (right click - save as)

Just heard this & had to pass it around. Great acoustic folk/blues song that pretty much sums up the current sentiment.

brettdennen.com

As you were.

Dane Cook’s new release, Retaliation, should hit shelves today, in all its double CD + DVD goodness. Along with it, he’s got a new site as well.

Since I’m totally gay for Dane, I’ll be going home early to rip into my pre-ordered copy (along with a “special gift” promised to his fan club members) and to give the postman a big sloppy kiss for delivering it.

Now, I’m not sure what I think of his new site- just like the last one it automatically starts playing tracks from his album when it loads. While that’s great when you want to chuckle the day away at home, nothing pisses me off more than announcing to the office that I’m surfing the net on company time. Thanks alot Mr. Cook.

Plus he looks kind of fruity trying to pull off the whole “I’m so gritty/T2″ look on the main page. Where did half his face go?

On the other hand, it’s got RSS feeds! Plus, a podcast of his bits. Dane loves us- he really really loves us.

Anyway, if you haven’t already gotten totally hooked on Dane Cook like me, you suck. Quit being productive and go over to his new site immediately. After all, if it’s before 5, you’re prolly getting paid for it anyway.

danecook.com

right click and download tracks here (01, 02, 03, 04, 05,)

Previous dane cook mentions here

Update- as of this morning his site is all haywire, but you can still DL those tracks.

My pal Shanti got some exposure for his latest project, Menlo Park 2.

Article.

Right on.

CNET has this great article of some of Microsoft’s cultural blunders as it has stretched its arms across the world. (link)

It’s not all that uncommon- most global companies make similar mistakes. I’ve seen some pretty hilarious ones. This exerpt from the CNET article tho takes the cake.

Microsoft has also managed to upset women and entire countries. A Spanish-language version of Windows XP, destined for Latin American markets, asked users to select their gender between “not specified,” “male” or “bitch,” because of an unfortunate error in translation.