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DJ set tomorrow (4/26/12) with BURLESQUE NOIR!

brianbotkiller — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:48:49 +0000

Hey guys, tomorrow I will be DJIng for burlesque noir here in ABQ at the aux dog performance space. This show will feature Dangerous curves ahead burlesque from NY! Sure to be great. Get your tickets and information below. I hope to see you there!

http://burlesquenoir.com/shop/tickets/

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Thoughts on cloud services and the resources they’ll use

brianbotkiller — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:20:28 +0000

Have you thought recently about how much Cloud based storage and devices/applications is affecting you, and how it will continue to do so as time goes on? The implications are quite huge With all this talk about Google Drive and so many new cloud-based services opening up, it’s on my mind a lot lately. I think what I find scary about this is not so much that we rely on services of which we don’t have much control to store our data (that’s just a fact of life now, we have to live with it), but moreover the implications of how all of this will affect resources as we move forward in a world more and more connected, but with dwindling resources to keep these things connected.

We know that electricity is perhaps the greatest discovery/innovation of our time. It has changed everything about how we live, and without it, everything changes again.

We have to consider this as we move forward, because we won’t always have enough resources to make all these things work. We must explore other options for powering all these things, and for keeping them efficient.

What can we do to help in the meantime? Well, you may think it’s silly, but doing things like unplugging AC adapters when not in use can make a big difference. Run your computers in power save mode when you can. Dim your 40 inch TV just a little bit. Ride a bike. Turn the damn AC off in your car or house every once in awhile, Realize that the earth isn’t here for your convenience and self-enjoyment; you’re here on it, and you’re lucky you are.

All I’m saying is; think. Think about the long tail, think about the future. Someone has to.

TONIGHT (4/17/12)! live electro/industrial for DIVERJE’s cd release

brianbotkiller — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 02:36:58 +0000

TONIGHT, come hell or high water, we make it happen:https://www.facebook.com/events/276704169077935/

I open the night around 10pm. Hope to see you there!

Why it doesn’t matter if Twitter wanted to buy Instagram

brianbotkiller — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:59:05 +0000

Word has come out that Twitter wanted to purchase Instagram before Facebook did, and as a result, people have begun stating that Twitter is “On its death bed”, because one company purchasing another that doesn’t make money means failing. That’s not true.

First of all, twitter won’t become irrelevant. High user account or not, no service offers what it does. Google plus and Facebook both have an entirely different interaction method. Twitter’s beauty is that it is limited. If you want it to do more, you’re doing it wrong, and they would be, too. For interaction with customers or fans, nothing does it like twitter. If you think that FB pages and plus pages are the new best way for businesses to interact with people in real time and FAST, you would be incorrect. Twitter affords the cleanest and most direct way to interact with people in a social network, period, and that will continue to be its saving grace.

Secondly, Twitter doesn’t “need” instagram, just like FB didn’t – and don’t suppose that Instagram wouldn’t have been a passing fad as well if it weren’t for the attention it got; it has yet to do anything outside of be twitter with photos. It is limited just the same as twitter. If twitter bought instagram, it barely would have mattered. The userbase is already using Twitter for sharing as it is; all Zuck paid for is that userbase, but he still won’t own them, just as he doesn’t own his userbase on Facebook.

If you want to put an expiration date on a social network, put it on Facebook. IPO or not, FB will piss off its userbase because of one major thing; it IS too broad. Social networking, when spread too broadly, creates disdain in users. Myspace proved that, and Facebook will do the same if it continues on the path it is on (which it will). Facebook is not Google, and it never will be. Twitter will continue, making money or not, because of it’s simplicity.

Finally, if you’re ruling out Twitter making money, you’re making a mistake. With Promoted Tweets only now starting to roll out, Twitter is finding its handhold in monetization, because it can keep its userbase without pissing them off too much – this was smart, because if twitter had been inundated with ads and games and other BS to begin with, it never would have found the userbase it has grown. People jump ship from a social network when it changes too much, because generally, they dislike change. Zuck and Google don’t have to care about this, because they have many products under their umbrella, but this also means that the user experience never has any normalcy. Twitter knows it needs to focus on keeping its core service solid, so as to not lose its users.

Don’t rule a service out because it didn’t buy some Hipster phone app. That bubble will pop.

BOT BOX no longer for sale at bandcamp

brianbotkiller — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 01:08:42 +0000

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY: I will no longer be selling the BOT BOX via Bandcamp. This seemed like a great place to handle sales from until the higher prices of the box ended up making it so that Bandcamp gets essentially every dollar of ever smaller sale I make via the site now. I appreciate their service and I like it a lot, but this isn’t feasible for me anymore.

You can now purchase the BOT BOX at my virtual store here on my site: http://www.brianbotkiller.com/store

I am now endorsed by AHEAD drumsticks!

brianbotkiller — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 02:23:44 +0000

Hi all,

I’m glad to say that I am now endorsed by AHEAD drumsticks! I will be joining an artist roster which includes Lars Ulrich, Tommy Lee, and one of my favorite drummers, David Silveria of KoRn!

I highly recommend AHEAD sticks to drummers of all types, so check out their offerings here: http://www.aheaddrumsticks.com

Live TONIGHT (3.29) in Santa Fe!

brianbotkiller — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:33:53 +0000

Hey there,

Tonight I’m playing my first live set in a very long time in Santa Fe, NM, at The ROUGE CAT nightclub (101 W. Marcy St, Santa Fe, NM, 87501):

This is my first live set in a very long time, and I would love to see you all there! I will be playing some new music, and some old favorites. Click here for the facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/238286576267261/

Thank you guys for your support! I hope to see you soon.

Gearslutz.com wasn’t hacked, but down for now…

brianbotkiller — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:44:16 +0000

If you are like me, you browse music forums a lot, and I recently found that one of my favorites, Gearslutz.com, is redirecting to a porn parking page right now. Luckily, this is temporary. From the Gearslutz Facebook page:

What happened?

Gearslutz moved web hosts back in June 2011 and the migration went well. During this migration an error was made when the name servers where configured. One of the nameservers was miss spelt and in normal circumstances this would have not caused any issues other than slightly less resilience in the dns infrastructure.
On the 1st of march 2012 a hacker noticed this domain exploit and registered the domain name miss spelling. They used this domain miss spelling to redirect some users to a special branded web page that makes money off page clicks. Our web host corrected the miss spelling as soon as it was indentified at 7am gmt.

Why was this not resolved sooner?
The hacker used a domain name with a “time to live” (ttl) of one day. This ttl means that any forum users who were redirects to this special branded web page would have it cached for 24 hours.

Was I hacked?
The aim of this hack was to make money from the hyper link clicks rather than compromise end users pcs and macs. However we have scanned this web page our selves and confirmed that no viruses on the site or branded web site.

Will this happen again?
No. The changes weve made are permanent and will stop this from happening again. We will also be moving our domain registration to our web hosting provider so any future updates will be handled automatically to prevent any further typos.

Summary, its a boring wait until the DNS propagates

Will be AOK tomorrow am..

Jules

This was posted at about 145 PST on 3.1.12, so hopefully, the site we all love will be back up soon.

deadmau5 just gave you Skrillex’s phone number (apparently)

brianbotkiller — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:49:35 +0000

ha! maybe someone should call him and ask where he buys his glasses. I haven’t tried calling it yet, have you?

Maybe these two will cap each other at some awards show Tupac/Biggie style.

New song, OCCUPY, debuts tomorrow (1.28.12)!

brianbotkiller — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:33:39 +0000

I’m happy to announce that my new song, OCCUPY, will be debuting tomorrow night (1/28) on CYBERAGE RADIO broadcasting out of Albuquerque, NM. The show is hosted by TOMMY T of DSBP records, and is one of the longest running Industrial/electronic radio shows in the US. You can listen in the New Mexico are at 89.9 FM, or via the internet at www.cyberage.cx or www.kunm.org

You can listen in to hear the new song starting at 1am – 6am tomorrow night. I’m very excited to release this song! It will be available for purchase via the internet following the debut at my Bandcamp page, found at brianbotkiller.bandcamp.com, where you can also purchase my previous album, “Welcome to Postwar USA”, and other goods.

I hope to hear from you about what you think of this song! Thank you all for your support!

-brian