Nerd Talk: Ordinarily, this isn’t a WordPress development blog, but people have been asking me what to do about WP posts not allowing certain kinds of code in their posts, like video embed code for sites outside of YouTube or widgets or straight up Javascript. So I found this plugin.
But does it work? Let’s find out:
Your browser does not support iframes.
Jackson Pollock by Miltos Manetas, 2003, original flash animation by Michal Migurski
See, ordinarily, WP doesn’t allow iframes, but you can do such a thing with this plugin. Quite the Godsend if you’d like to embed things like widgets or javascript, since WP already detects YouTube videos.
Regular Persons’ Talk: I am currently experiencing the buildup of four straight days of going out and drinking, culminating at a really, really good drum&bass / dubstep show. I am still sore from dancing on Saturday night. I am sore on muscles I didn’t know could get sore.
But, in other news, it seems Karmen (AKA Stef) might soon become an official member of one of my music projects! It’s cool when friendships forged over the internet blossom into band members. Who knew that would work out? Besides, we needed keyboards anyway.
We’ll post demos sometime soon. When we record. When I find all of our microphones.
But to blogreaders: Do you guys have any good ideas for a band name?
I used to have a list of things that I would call a band if ever I had a band… which of course, I wouldn’t… But whatever. I’ve used a couple of them on Guitar Hero.
Fake Idea (it was a play on “fake IDs”)
The Whippersnappers
(A Fistful of) Half-Eaten Roses
Heartstrung (or The Heartstrings)
The Sensationalists
Basically what I’m telling you is, I have no idea how to name a band. And that I’m a huge dork.
“Avatar of Vishnu” came up as a name the last time I got drunk. I’ve always wanted to have a band call “The Burning Sensations,” though.
That Jackson Pollack flash animation kicks ass. I just made a gorgeous painting with it, seriously.
wait? what happened to you and me and band? you are so cheating on our band.
oh man the band names question.
-parcel post
-the drips
-notify
-dry erase
-throw pillow
-how do you
-inbox
-buy buy sell
-nostradamus was wrong
-nostradamus is crazy
-famous for nothing
-born into stardom
-cheeky band name
i could go on forever.
Nico! That Jackson Pollock thing ROCKS. I didn’t get it at first — I was all, “Why is there a blank square on Nico’s blog?” But now? I’m a BIG fan.
Isn’t that one of the best ideas to ever come out of flash?
OH MAH GAD. I may have to take your idea for “The Burning Sensations”. That would be awesome to see in lights.
Musicians tend to overreach when naming a band, so we do like to rely on friends for this (and dorkiness definitely helps).
I have a vague memory that the band name ‘Burning Sensation’ was mentioned in that movie “The First Wives Club”…? At any rate it looks better in plural.
I think that I still have the list of band names we worked on in the car when you were touring Europe in the 90′s… ;)
I join many bands. I am, if you will, a band slut. But not a groupie. Oh, no.
Awesome possum! These are definitely thrown into the pile for consideration – and if we do pick one, you are getting full credit.