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We won tech crunch 40.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/18/mint-wins-techcrunch40-50000-award/

No sleep for the next week. Gotta get this code to scale.

I’ve been working my ass off the last few months on mint.com

It’s now live. Sign up. It kicks ass.

Korg EMX-1 + Kaoss Pad - lights + cheesy video fx. That intro sound is almost cool enough to be said in the same breath as Tejada (but not).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QebOd73Ojs

The other day I thought it would be fun to use real-world semi-random data to serve as triggers for audio events. I also wanted to learn Python. So what I did was I wrote a little program that matches regex’s against the logs of mint.com (the company I work for). Different log statements (caused by user actions) trigger certain sounds. Since all the sounds are all in the same scale, the random user events on the site are creating music…So if you’re using mint.com, you’re helping me write music! Here’s a video explaining what I did:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYdHYA5gvOE

Down the line, I want to try and integrate this with Quartz Composer to get some killer visualizations going.

If you’re interested in looking at my code or contributing, check it out here http://code.google.com/p/auralla/. I’d really like for other people to run with my idea and do some cooler stuff with it, too….

One thing I hate is too many meetings. At my previous company, every time we had a meeting, I would make a drawing and put it up on the wall. By the end of the project, I had a mural of shitty art. It was my silent protest - “if you don’t want shitty art on your walls, hold fewer meetings”…See the slideshow below or go here

Blaugh

Nobody hurt.

I was driving down Page st looking for parking, saw a spot in the opposite direction, so I turned on my left turn signal and proceeded to make a U-turn. The guy behind me was going too fast, he tried to go around me (which was a stupid idea, since it’s a 1 lane street), slammed the brakes, and rammed into my driver side door. He was a pizza delivery guy - I assume he was in a rush to make a delivery.

I believe he is at fault. A witness on the scene said he almost got run over by that same guy when crossing the street. Judging by how long I heard his brakes screeching, he must have been going pretty fast. Definitely much faster than the posted speed limit of 25 MPH.

I am quite good at getting into situations that ruin my car.

I’ve had a few youtubers ask me about what kind of setup I have. Sometimes it’s hard to see exactly what I’m using in the videos. Since I just cleaned my room for the first time in a long time, I figured I’d take a picture…Here’s what I got going on:

MacBook Pro - Used to record videos (iMovie) and do visualizations (Quartz Composer)
Korg Kaoss Pad 3 - Sick little FX box. Functions as a sampler as well
Korg Electribe EMX-1 - The box I use the most. Sequencer, synth, drum machine all in 1. Quite a best - great entry level toy.
Yamaha SU200 Sampler - As mentioned, I’ve only used it once. I’d use it more if I could import samples via USB
M-Audio O2 Midi Controller - Simple bare bones controller that gets the job done
Dave Smith Evolver - Super crazy sequencer I’m still figuring out how to use. Also bought the software that lets me configure it from PC.
Behringer Eurorack UB802 - Simple mixer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e16AdN4Qb-M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfgapjyyaDc