My girlfriend make cross-stitch. She started to design her own pattern. The problem is that it's not always easy to find the right color for the thread from the hundreds of available colors. She then asked me to make a script that will find the closet DMC color from RGB values. And that's what I did. It took me an evening to make it work! It's a very simple PHP script with some JavaScript for the form.

You can try it on her web site : Elaida.org

Also look at her awesome retro-gaming key rings that she made with the help of this script.  ;-)

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Do you know Hot Chip ? I discovered this band a year ago. My counsin Pascal sent me a video of one of their songs on Facebook. I receive so much crap on Facebook that often I won't even bother to look at them. This time I take a chance and check to see what it is. It was the video of Ready For The Floor from Hot Chip...

At first I'm intrigued by the video which is very original for our time. Although the song is a bit bizarre I continue to listen. But the more the video plays, the more I realize that the song is really good! At this time I started to watch all the Hot Chip videos on their YouTube channel. I felt like the summer of 1985 when I heard Some Great Reward of Depeche Mode for the first time. Anyway, maybe you will find that I'm exaggerating but it's been years since a band surprised me by the originality of their songs and videos. With the abundance of bands that we have today, it's rare to find one that is truly original. Every Hot Chip song is full of surprises. They may look like a bunch of nerds, but they are really hot!

Make your own mind and listen to their songs. Here are my two favorites songs from their album Made In The Dark and The Warning.

 

Ready For The Floor

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Boy From School

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'Years of Refusal' - the new studio album from Morrissey - will be released on February 16th, 2009, preceded by the single 'I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris', released on February 9th.

'I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris' will be supported by two new songs 'Because Of My Poor Education' and 'Shame Is The Name', the latter featuring additional vocals by Chrissie Hynde.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Morrissey just announced a UK tour for May 2009.

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DVD : Morrissey Live At The Hollywood Bowl

 

The new Morrissey live DVD. It was supposed to be released on october 6 of 2008, and to date it is not yet clear when it will be available. Read on for details ...

 

 

 

 

 

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Originally due in September, Morrissey's next album, "Years of Refusal," has been postponed until early 2009 :

New Morrissey Album Pushed To Early 2009 - Billboard.com


Update 10 august : According to True-to-you.net the new album will be available on february 2 2009.
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Morrissey's new studio album "Years of Refusal" is now complete, and is set for a September release by Polydor UK (Universal). It has yet to be decided which Universal label will release the album in the US.
"Years of Refusal" has 12 tracks and is produced by Jerry Finn.

Prior to this, Sony-BMG will issue a remastered version of "Southpaw Grammar" in July. This album, first released in 1995, will include three previously unreleased tracks, and new artwork. Write comment (0 Comments)

La sortie du second single de l'année de Morrissey "All You Need Is Me" est repoussée au 2 juin.

Extrait de itsmorrisseysworld.com :

Morrissey’s second single of the year ‘All You Need Is Me’ will now be released on 2nd June for one week only.

Originally slated for release on 19th May, the single has been one of the most popular new songs at recent shows. The single boasts the production mastery of Jerry Finn, the man behind 2004’s widely acclaimed long player You Are The Quarry. Finn is also putting the finishing touches to Morrissey's new studio album which is due for an Autumn 2008 release.

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CD single
Track 1: ‘All You Need Is Me’
Track 2: ‘Children In Pieces’ (Recorded in LA with Oscar and BAFTA winning composer Gustavo Santaolalla, responsible for Brokeback Mountain, Babel and The Motorcycle Diaries. Produced by Jerry Finn, the man behind 2004’s You Are The Quarry.)

7’ #1
Side A: All You Need Is Me’
Side B: ‘My Dearest Love’ (Recorded in LA with Oscar and BAFTA winning composer Gustavo Santaolalla, responsible for Brokeback Mountain, Babel and The Motorcycle Diaries. Produced by Jerry Finn, the man behind 2004’s You Are The Quarry.)

7’ #2
Side A: ‘All You Need Is Me’
Side B: ‘Drive-in Saturday’ (Written by David Bowie this version was recorded live at the Orpheum Theater, Omaha, Nebraska, 11th May 2007)

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