I am putting out an all-forces alert – you are required to shore up fallback positions and move all line forces to rendezvous point alpha for Bootie Brisbane!

We’ve been on a small hiatus, but we’re back on on December 5th.  Straight from New York City, DJ Lobsterdust will be joining myself and the other Bootie regulars Guy Davy and VJ Brewski for a night of sheer mashup-fueled insanity.  Bootie officially kicks off at 21:00 and runs for six ass-shakingly-good hours. You will shake your tail, oh yes.

So it’s true: the situation in South-East Asia really IS completely unpredictable!

I guess they couldn’t find any real poo.

Which is a joke I stole from M*A*S*H, yes M*A*S*H and if you don’t know what that is, get thee to a frickin’ library or Wikipedia or something, already. Jeebus. What do they teach in these schools, anyway, and #getoffamylawn.

And it is, besides, a joke which reminds me of  joke I heard attributed to George Carlin:

Why do they call them Depends?

“Do they work?”

Shrugs, “Depends.”

And also, why do they call them Always when they should really be called Sometimes? Also, Always comes in Always Infinity, which (for those of us who’ve ever had periods) sounds like some kind of threat.

ALWAYS: Bon Jovi

This romeo is bleeding
But you can’t see his blood
It’s nothing but some feelings
That this old dog kicked up

It’s been raining since you left me
Now I’m drowning in the flood
You see I’ve always been a fighter
But without you I give up

I can’t sing a love song
Like the way it’s meant to be
Well, I guess I’m not that good anymore
But baby, that’s just me

And I will love you, baby – Always
And I’ll be there forever and a day – Always
I’ll be there till the stars don’t shine
Till the heavens burst and
The words don’t rhyme
And I know when I die, you’ll be on my mind
And I’ll love you – Always

Now your pictures that you left behind
Are just memories of a different life
Some that made us laugh, some that made us cry
One that made you have to say goodbye
What I’d give to run my fingers through your hair
To touch your lips, to hold you near
When you say your prayers try to understand
I’ve made mistakes, I’m just a man

When he holds you close, when he pulls you near
When he says the words you’ve been needing to hear
I’ll wish I was him ’cause those words are mine
To say to you till the end of time

Yeah, I will love you baby – Always
And I’ll be there forever and a day – Always

If you told me to cry for you
I could
If you told me to die for you
I would
Take a look at my face
There’s no price I won’t pay
To say these words to you

Well, there ain’t no luck
In these loaded dice
But baby if you give me just one more try
We can pack up our old dreams
And our old lives
We’ll find a place where the sun still shines

And I will love you, baby – Always
And I’ll be there forever and a day – Always
I’ll be there till the stars don’t shine
Till the heavens burst and
The words don’t rhyme
And I know when I die, you’ll be on my mind
And I’ll love you – Always

And, of course, the always-contrarian Alice Cooper:

Man’s got his woman to take his seed
He’s got the power – oh
She’s got the need
She spends her life through pleasing up her man
She feeds him dinner or anything she can
She cries alone at night too often
He smokes and drinks and don’t come home at all
Only women bleed
Only women bleed
Only women bleed
Man makes your hair gray
He’s your life’s mistake
All you’re really lookin’ for is an even break
He lies right at you
You know you hate this game
He slaps you once in a while and you live and love in pain
She cries alone at night too often
He smokes and drinks and don’t come home at all
Only women bleed
Only women bleed
Only women bleed
Only women bleed
Only women bleed
Only women bleed
Only women bleed
Black eyes all of the time
Don’t spend a dime
Clean up this grime
And you there down on your knees begging me please come
Watch me bleed
Only women bleed
Only women bleed
Only women bleed
Only women bleed
Only women bleed
Only women bleed
Only women bleed

“A mashup is a web page or application that combines data or functionality from two or more external sources to create a new service” (Wikipedia, 2009). This form of information integration is beneficial for individuals. It allows the viewer to receive and view all information at once instead of having to browse and search through various sources. This can be less time consuming for today’s fast paced world, especially governments. An example mentioned in the tutorial was one of the war in Afghanistan. Mashups help provide maps which combine data from various perspectives into one collaborative form of the overall affects of the war as well as the locations in which improvements are taking place within the country.

Mashups help serve international governance by providing the government with the ability to combine information through e-governance—modernizing service provision to citizens or businesses. As mentioned in lecture, a government is the organizational manifestation of ‘the state’—the apparatus of power. As a result of the authoritative role of the government, information is essential for international governance. It provides the government with the ability to communicate overseas and it is also cost-effective. As technology expands throughout the world, more and more countries are adapting similar ways through e-governance. This allows information technology (ITs) to grow in the public sector resulting in improved communication; a government to government connection (G2G), government to business (G2B), and government to consumer (G2C), as mentioned in the readings by Holliday. Further, mashups serve international governance through a greater flow of information and variety, which is easier to access on a national as well as a global scale. Such methods of international governance are used by international agencies such as the World Bank and the UN (United Nations). These agencies allow easy access for citizens to view information in a feasible manner.

Mashups serve to make the government more effective because they are efficient and cost effective. On a local scale, e-democracy enables greater participation in decision-making by the state. As mentioned in the lecture, it is a response to the perceived ‘legitimating crisis of governments’; seeks to improve citizen participation in decision making; and improves impact of policies as well as transparency and accountability. For example, a website set up by the government which allows its citizens to import personal inputs helps improve participation on a local level, and also improves legitimacy of the government. Therefore, mashups serve international governance as well as make the government more effective.

Links to some mashups: http://www.sadakmap.com/ http://www.mashupsongs.com

I almost always have a variety of stuff in my inventory that I love but that goes with absolutely nothing. I buy items of exceptional quality and/or beauty and then think – heck it will work with something eventually. So for this post – I put it all together! Disclaimer: I’m totally having fun here – you will have to be the judge of whether or not it works.

The skirt is a Sugarcube piece I picked up a few weeks ago. I bought the hair about 3 months ago – there’s something about the studied messiness that appeals to me. I bought the jacket from SWA at a sale some time ago. The hair/skin/eyes/lashes represent a combination of my favorite look. I particularly think that dark hair and skin combined with deep blue eyes is one of the most attractive combinations in the entire world. I ‘think’ it reminds me of a ex from long ago, and it’s why I always put it together. In RL I’ve let my hair get pretty dark after being California blond for years but alas, my eyes are green. The stockings were a group gift from Miel that I simply adore and the belt is more perfection from Artilleri. The boots I aquired after spying them on Gogo’s blog and braving the lag at the shoe fair.

And can I just say, BRAVO to Phoenix Chapman for pulling the Shoe fair together. It was one of the things missing in the SL suite of events that needed doing. I really wanted to browse at my leisure but decided to come back when the crowds die down. For a long time, I’ve felt shoe deprived, and to have all the options in one place is simply fabulous! The poses for this post are Olive Juice, who can also be found at the shoe fair!

About the jewelry – yes it’s mine, part of my new releases from yesterday, that I call, Wild Leaves. This represents something I’ve been working on for a long time – making my own sculpties. While for others it is probably a small thing (woot mouse made a pointy blob) for me it’s sort of a triumph – I intentionally made a pointy blob thing! Everything I do in SL is completely on my own – I have to struggle through figuring out how to do stuff, and I’m entirely self-taught in photoshop, the build tools, sculpties, etc. Dealing with dyslexia on top of that makes things doubly difficult (I tranpose numbers and words constantly making for some interesting conversations on occasion LOL). Anyway, making the leaves made me really really happy . As does this whole outfit!

Outfit Credits

Hair – Canna[[Coffee]] – ++AY.LinE++

Skin – Medium Misty Deep Smoke – League

Eyes – Summer Storm – Poetic Color Eyes

Lashes – Natural Prim Lashes – La Sylphide

Jewelry – Wild Leaves Set (Copper) – Dark Mouse

Glasses – Skinny Female – HOC Industries

Belt – snakeskin sash belt *black* – /artilleri/

Shirt – T-Shirt Tank – Buff – LaLa Foo Foo

Skirt – frothy tiered skirt( gold ) – SUGARCUBE

Jacket – Cropped Jacket (charcoal) – SWA

Tights – LO REFURBISHED SOCKS (Group gift) – MIEL

Boots – _LaceupBoots_DarkBrown – ANEXX

Poses – A variety from – Olive Juice

Mashups are funny things – web applications that combine various data from third party sources presented in a creative new way. What are some of my favourites?

Twittervision 3D
http://twittervision.com/maps/show_3d

TuneGlue
http://audiomap.tuneglue.net/

Yahoo vs Google
http://www.langreiter.com/exec/yahoo-vs-google.html

But would they ever be effective for government or governance purposes? Well, at the very least, the government can be seen as a massive database of information – similar to the data from third party sources that mashups draw their information from. All this great information, if opened up to the public, would be a great resource for tech-savvy individuals to create these mashups. Not only would these mashups let people get easier access to information that the government possesses, like wait-times at the DriveTest Centres, database of family doctors by location, or even the current state of the highway in specific locations.

How would this make the government more efficient? Well, for starters, their information now becomes more easily accessed and citizens will be better informed and more knowledgeable. In addition, they would not have to spend huge amounts of money updating these mashups – creating an efficient API (Application Programming Interface) will allow mashups to draw information regardless on how often it is updated. Lastly, they will achieve a higher level of transparency and accountability, which will force them to be as efficient as possible.

I am all for making government information open-source, and I am sure that with the appropriate infrastructure created for mashups, government and governance would benefit greatly.

Hi all – yes it’s been a long time coming, but I have finally completed all my new releases. I’m pleased to release 3 new modern pieces and 2 vintage styled after things you might find if you lived in 1920. I have the lovely, Twisted set which comes with a necklace, bangles and earrings, Wild Leaves, also with a necklace, bangles and earrings and finally the Stacie set, named for a particularly cool blogger who likes my stuff a lot . I’ve also designed a couple of vintage sets, the first a choker called, Bank’s Closed and some jewels for when the money rolls in again, called Reversal of Fortune. I hope you like and enjoy these sets, all my love and hard effort comes with them. In the shots I’m wearing hair from Dark Mouse, Tiny Bird and Etd. The skins are Tuli, Curio, Fishy Strawberry and League. My apologies for the huge post. Since I don’t do it all the time, I’m hopeful it’s okay. Here’s a slurl to teleport directly to the store!

Just over a week ago, Rhainnon Frater interviewed me for her blog, wanting to get a glimpse into not just Coscom Entertainment as a publisher, but also me as a writer.

Among the things talked about was the company, monsters, classic book mash-ups, Christianity and more.

I wanted to let the interview get the spotlight on her blog first before linking to it here.

That said, here’s what went down between the two of us not long ago.

Click here for the Interview.

Helloooooo! I’m back! Yes RL was yanking my chain for a whole week! That and a subpar internet connection kept me from doing anything fun. Oh – erm well I dooo happen to have a TON of new jewelry releases. Maybe just a few little things. Anywho, the first thing I did upon returning was to pull a SEXY little sweater dress that I aquired a few weeks ago at a wee shop in Starlust called Urbanista – I believe it’s the satalite of a larger shop but have not had a bit of time to check out the bigger store. You know there are a ton of sweater dresses out on the grid right now, but two things attracted me to this one. It is sexy. Just a wee bit shorter than what I’ve seen. I admired the curves, the well done wrinkles and texture. NICE! Okay so I’ve been fooling with this outfit for a week. Seriously, I couldn’t take nice pictures so I futzed instead. I knew that I wanted leggings but could not find the exactly right ones! GAH! Finally I focused on accessories, and went with my own Leather Hip Hugger belt, the Lady Grunge boots from HOC. Then I pulled out one of my new releases – a wee bit of vintagey goodness for you, a 1920’s choker I’m calling, Bank’s Closed. If you like 1920’s stuff like me you’ll get the reference. It’s sort of the thing you’d find in an old thrift shop. I’m still feeling nothing but love for the Tuli Bella skins, this one is fair. I don’t know if you can catch it in the picture, but the small birthmark just above the upper lip is just well, it for me. I was saddened to leave my spot at Journey but Tuli is rebuilding the sim. It was a lovely spot and I enjoyed my time there. Oh anyways, while putting on the gold accessories it occurred to me, ‘gold!’ A quick search turned up Gold leggings from Cupcakes in my inventory! YAY! The hair is an aquisition from DP YumYum, there’s something about the straight cut bangs that worked for me on the style. I pulled the gloves on cause hell being sexy can be a wee bit chilly, no? Really I bemoaned the return of long sweaters and legging to fashion (a total 80’s look) but I think I might be able to get into it again.

Outfit Credits

Hair – Barbaryumyum 17 (Brown) – DP YumYum

Skin – Bella (Natural/br/PU2) – Tuli

Eyes – Summer Storm – Poetic Color Eyes

Lashes – Innocent Lashes – Glow Studio

Accessories – Bank’s Closed Set (Gold), Leather Hip Huggers (Brown) – Dark Mouse Jewelry & Hair

Gloves – Knitted Gloves (Tinted Dark Brown) – SF Designs

Dress – Fall Sweater Dress (Chocolate) – Urbanista

Leggings – Gold – Cupcakes

Boots – Grunge – HOC

Poses – A variety from – Lap

Here’s a fun little mashup that gives Jason a techno beat.  Not my best work, but I’ve been working on this mashup too long for it to warrant any more wasted time.  Enjoy…and let me know what you think!

Jason Mraz – Life is Wonderful

Adam K. and Soha – Question (Original Mix)

Break Formation – Life is a Wonderful Question

Your Thoughts?

Technology mashups

Business (application) mashups

Music

Film/animation

Education/Information

Web 2.0 means participation, creativity and an active role on Internet and it contributes to expand user’s freedom. There are a lot of possibilities to customize the Web, as modify just on your computer the colour of a public website. That means to implement opinions and pleasures’ users, which will be more demanding. Because more and more, they will be aware of their own power and they will want more personal service.

Companies have seen these requirements and they have made profit. For example Nike Company offer the possibility to design your own trainers or T-shirt on line. Dress as you like without rules and different clothes from society, it is like an announcement about your personality.

This freedom and control is growing because customize is growing too. This aspect is more than just select a colour; you can create your mini apps for desktop with time or weather… Also, this participation has generated a new hybrid service called Mashups.

Thanks to customize, people can control more the biggest communication net. If you can dress the Net as you want, you will report everybody your personality and behaviour as clothes do.

I show you a video from Nike Company to see how you can create your ideal shoes. Also, there is a picture which explain Mashups.

Alejandra Joanes Martínez

☊ SL’s hottest Mash-Up DJ!! ☊

@ DSL Records every Wednesday 1-3pm SLT

 You never know what you’re going to hear when DJ Santanna spins her collection of mash-ups. Making the old into something new and fresh. One thing for certain,.. you’re going to have a good time!

SLurl to DSL Records

Join me in Second Life for some real fun.  You won’t be sorry.

More mash-up business…. Downloaded some new Super Mash Bros. It’s good stuff, suggest checking it out. I expect to me listening to it for awhile. I’ve known about Mash Bros for awhile, but never taken to time to listen extensively. Me-likey so far.

Fuck Bitches, Get Euros

Customer services is big business today, and the mediums through which customers are contacting providers are changing.

Corizon, suppliers of enterprise mashup platforms, polled 2,127 consumers via YouGov, and carried out a simultaneous survey of 90 contact centre managers in England, Wales and Scotland, to find out about the contact channels they handled – and how they handled those channels.

When asked how they would contact a company for customer, billing or support enquiries, consumers chose across a range of eight contact channels. Phone was the most popular channel, selected by 75% of respondents, followed by email (70%), web self-service (43%), letter (31%), social media such as Twitter or Facebook (4%), fax (3%) and SMS (3%).

The contact centres appeared relatively well-prepared.
‘When asked which contact channels they supported, the responses from contact centre managers showed that phone was the most popular medium, with 100 per cent support for phone queries. 96% had email support, 90% handled customer requests by letter, 65% offered web self-service, 27% supported SMS requests, 20% handled social media such as Twitter, online forums or Facebook, and 11% offered IM and online chat support.‘

Some good mash ups…this group doesnt switch songs as often as mashup artists like girl talk, the milkman, or super mash bros.  all of the stuff i’ve heard tends to stick to a small number of songs the entire way through.  This one’s called “Eminem Front”.  It uses samples from the who, eminem, and clipse together.  I can’t find it on youtube but here’s a mediafire link

http://www.mediafire.com/?fhaxzy2yn4v 

and a hypem.com link if you just want to listen http://hypem.com/#/track/956918/The+White+Panda+-+Eminem+Front+Eminem+vs+The+Who+vs+Clipse+

They also have one called “Golden Encore” that i like even more but I cant find it on youtube or any other website besides hypem.com.   its a mash up of Jay-Z’s “Encore”, OneRepublic’s “Apologize”, and The Whitest Boy Alive’s “Golden Cage”. i’m not sure if an mp3 is available anywhere but you can give it a listen here:

http://hypem.com/#/track/925148/The+White+Panda+-+Golden+Encore

Here’s one more with Wiz Khalifa’s “Burn after Rolling” mixed over “Walking on a Dream” by Empire of the Sun…this ones pretty catchy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6-xeOm4qc4

mp3 download http://www.mediafire.com/?rgmifjyyjje