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Discovery channel made a new video, it features FIRST kids, and optimums prime very cool.
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A couple of months ago a friend sent me a link to a youtube clip called “auto tune the news” After watching it I needed to have more. Now at semi-regular increments they are doing new ones. The general premise of the videos is that they take clips for relevant news stories, CSPAN, CBS News with Katie Couric, and other sources and run them through and audio processor called “AutoTune.” Auto Tune is traditionally used for after effects smoothing for pop, R&B, and other genres to cover mistakes and to add a level of computer sounds to music. Artists such as Sher, Janet Jackson, and T-Pain made it famous. Recently it has been used as a method to make amateur songs as it can be setup to convert regular speech into something which has a melody. You can read more about Auto tune on wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-Tune
A group called “The Gregory Brothers” http://thegregorybrothers.com/ is responsible for them and I hope they keep them up because they are a good laugh every time. At this point there are 7 of them (#5 is my fav). You can view them below and make sure to subscribe to them on youtube to find the new ones. On a side note I wonder if Katie Couric knows about them.
Edit: as it seems the mastermind behind these videos is a guy named Michael Gregory, If you check him out on google you will see he has done a bunch of other parody, autotune, and performances, including an aired audition to American Idol. I may be going out on a limb but he could become the next Weird AL.
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I can very convincingly say that this week is going to be one of those times which I will remember forever. There is so much happening that come the beginning of September, I will be living a quite different life then I am right now.
In continuance of my house searching, I put an offer in on a house. This home came out of the blue and the situation seems like it is the correct move. Right across the street from me there is an identical duplex unit for sale (includes both units) each one is 1200 sq-ft with an attached garage. There are atleast 2 offers for the house including mine, but if I get it the plan is to live in one side and rent the other one out, essentially living for free. This concept is really novel to me, because I keep the same quality of living that I have right now except i now save a considerable amount each year. We will see what they say tomorrow, as my offer expires Monday @ 5pm CST.
Tomorrow morning at 7 am I am getting in my car and will not return until Sunday late next week, at which point I will have the love of my life Christina in tow. I have been somewhat quite about my relationship but Christina and I have decided to move in together and she is relocating from Buffalo NY to Jackson. This is a really big step for us and we are optimistic as we begin our life journey together.
I am excited and not one bit nervous about the changes going on in my life, and know that this week’s results will hold a forever impact on my life.
Somehow this seems relevant. Change the word lease to “purchase offer”
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As many of you know I have made the decision to settle in Jackson, TN for a few years. And since the housing market is at the bottom of the barrel and there is an 8k tax credit I have decided to buy a home here. I have been conducting my search for quite some time now, asking the opinions and impressions of friends, family and co-workers. Now it is time for me to Open source my house search. I have created a new page on my site called “houses” www.robogreg.com/houses It contains an embedded google map and google doc of the homes which I am considering. I also have a large gallery of photos of the 20 or so homes which I have viewed which will be sorted better and added as details in the google map. So if you want to help me pick out a home just keep checking back to my page and leave me comments.
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