paulstretch

paulstretch is sweet

this software allows you to mega stretch sounds

it is optimised so that they sound really beautiful

don't just take my word for it, check out some of the results

http://soundcloud.com/shamantis/j-biebz-u-smile-800-slower

http://soundcloud.com/maddefherb-1/miley-cyrus-when-i-look-at-you-post-pussy-pop-remix-8x-slower

how to take a good profile pic

how to take a good profile pic

thanks hivemind

http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/dont-be-ugly-by-accident/

microphones on sale

links to microphones on sale
sounds good to me

http://recordinghacks.com/microphones-on-sale/

pledge music

this site is a platform to raise money for musical projects

http://www.pledgemusic.com/

free samples on soundcloud

Here's a link to a blog post on SoundCloud about free samples there

you can use it to find loads of free samples and also to share your own samples

soundcloud is also my preferred way of sharing audio at the moment, two thumbs up from me

free samples ahoy

open source for mac

this page has loads of free open source software for mac (most have linux and pc versions too)

http://www.opensourcemac.org/

there's all sorts of useful stuff like word processing and torrents and whatnot

for music heads there's Audacity which is a simple audio recording and editing tool

pure data which i already raved about here

and some more good things if you dig through the many links :)

Big list of TED talks

clickable list of TED talks

TED talks are about interesting ideas

they are awesome and you will learn heaps

this is a clickable list, there's so many speakers and topics i can't pick one to give an example. each talk is by someone who is a leader in their field

prepare to have your mind expanded in any way you choose