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musicHow to get a real-time stock quote using Google APIAfter resolving the problem with authentication, I continued playing around with Google Finance API, using HTTP and XML. The API offers some nice functionality to retrieve user portfolio content, but it doesn’t take long to realize that there is no support for retrieving (real-time) stock quotes, probably for some good reason like licensing. But then, there is a way of getting real-time stock quotes on your Google Spreadsheet using the GoogleFinance() formula. Can this fact get us closer to retrieving real-time stock quotes using Google Data API? Windsurf - Coastlines2.5 / 5 Amerikaans duo met ontspannen Balearen-disco. Op de kaart gezet en gesteund door Prins Thomas zijn zij een vriendelijke aanvulling op het Internasjonal label. Jammer dat het zo zielloos klinkt, veel Moroder maar geen ballen. Categories: music
Jaarlijstje 2008
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Troubleshooting 401 with GoogleLogin Authorization headerI was writing a small script to retrieve some data from Google Finance using the relevant Google Data API. I’m writing a stand-alone, desktop application and have therefore used the ClientLogin username and password authentication. The login worked fine, I was receiving HTTP status 200 and the appropriate response with the authentication token. Yet any subsequent attempt to use the Data API (to insance to retrieve the portfolio data) failed with HTTP 401 Token Invalid error. Bohren & der Club of Gore - Dolores3.5 / 5 Nooit gedacht dat achter deze misselijkmakende naam zo’n bekwaam gezelschap stak! Categories: music
Thievery Corporation - Radio Retaliation4 / 5 Omdat de politieke aspiraties van deze mannen (steun Obama) overeenkomen met mijn voorkeur zou een beoordeling eenzijdig kunnen zijn. De boodschap die ze willen overbrengen is betrokkenheid bij het wereldgebeuren en daar past hun veelheid aan stijlen en vocalisten goed bij. Categories: music
Mars on MalaventuraA new release is available on the Malaventura micropayment netlabel. The EP is called Mars and is available for 1 euro. It is being described as follows: “A sonic adventure inspired by the red planet and all the legends that surround the 4th stone from the Sun. Electronic magic landscape drawing with sweeping filters, analogs sounds and retro drum-machines. Quiets drones crashing with polyrhythm programations. Analogs Hipnotics beats that push you to another conscious level. Abrassive noises burning your head and ethereal pads synthesized to calm you down. Thats could be a briefly description of what you can hear one day on Mars.” Categories: music
En:Peg helps you through the winterMicropayment netlabel En:Peg has 5 new releases available for direct consumption through their website.
All releases are available for only $2.00 each. The underscore release is even completely free! Categories: music
Deef - Lebensbegleitende Musik [rec72 - 013]Album: Lebensbegleitende Musik Artist: Deef Label: http://rec72.net Genre: IDM, Glitch, Downtempo, Chill Release Date: October 2008 Download Review: Yip its been a long time since i have updated the blog. Indeed i have just been too busy to keep up with all the music. I am quite sad as i am sure i have missed a lot of good stuff this year. I keep all the submissions that you guys make and try and keep up as much as i can. So please keep sending them in ... I doubt i will be able to get to all of your requests, so hopefully there are no hard feelings. I hope to get back into it in the new year, so if this is my last post for the year, i just want to give all of you my best wishes for the time ahead. I received a request for review this morning and for some reason i decided to give it a listen. I think the music just caught my mood perfectly and i found it quite moving in a sense. I cant help but get a feeling that i have missed out on soo much music. Well, lets give this album a review shall we?? As I mentioned I was thoroughly surprised by this album. (Might be because my life is just so hectic at the moment). The smoothness and blissful ambient electronica fused with glitch, IDM and classic instruments (piano, and other orchestral sounds) has a almost serene feel to it. This is a soulful album with a lot of heart in it. Albeit sometimes a little "out there" in composition but the rich textured sound really makes up for anything that might not be "perfect". It might just be my mood as I mentioned, but I really think this is a superb album and well worth the download to any IDM, Chill, Trip-hop or downtempo fans. Categories: music
Polarkreis 18 - The Colour of Snow2.5 / 5 Duits hitwonder uit Leipzig met onopvallende synthipop van begin jaren 80. Voor de hand liggende referenties zijn dan Alphaville en Aha. Gedateerd en overbodig. Categories: music
Deceptikon updateElectronica artist Deceptikon has re-designed his website. With this new weblog-type website, he hopes to update more often. He is also offering a free download of a DJ mix he did in spring. The DJ Mix used to be available on CD, but since that is sold out, you can now download it for free Also, the new Deceptikon album Greater Cascadia is now available on iTunes. Possible even more interesting is that the “Birds of Cascadia” album, which was only available on Deceptikon’s Japanese tour and contains rarities and B-sides, is also available on iTunes as well as the Deceptikon webshop. Categories: music
Holiday sale at Thinner netlabelEven though Thinner netlabel releases their music for free, they have some supporting merchandise to go with their music. And their merchandise is now offered for a special price for the holidays. So head over and show some love to the Thinner crew by wearing their nice merchandise: go to their shop. Categories: music
Unknown PleasuresOut now on the PlusPlus netlabel is a new release called Unknown Pleasures by Mika Finn. Described as “A sonic trip with downtempo beats and an atmospheric mood”, I couldn’t agree more. The release is available as a free download and can also be previewed online. Categories: music
Amazon MP3 launches in the UKAfter their launch in the USA, many people from outside the USA complained about it not being available anywhere else. Amazon has started expanding their coverage with the launch of the new Amazon UK MP3 store, which also features a huge selection of electronic music. All music is DRM-free in MP3 format. Categories: music
Grapes Of Grain - It Slowly Fades3.5 / 5 Na een uitstekende ep weet Grapes of Grain ook met deze full-length weer een stapje vooruit te maken. De band gaat steeds strakker spelen, de ijle indiefolk van weleer is verruilt voor een stevigere sound. Uitstekend gitaarwerk (probeer Slow Mind) en deadpan-vocalen zorgen nu voor een geslaagde Pavementiaanse sfeer. Prominenter dan voorheen zijn de vioolpartijen, al zijn de arrangementen nog wat aarzelend. Enige wat ik voor de volgende plaat wens zijn wat meer jongen-meisje duetten à la Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockrell. Categories: music
Fennesz - Black Sea2 / 5 Tegen beter weten in nog maar eens een plaat van Fennesz proberen, dan. Helaas, net als “Endless Summer” en “Venice” is ook dit nieuwe product, hoe knap gemaakt ook, niets meer dan volsagen oeverloos voortglibberende behangmuzak. Categories: music
Eleanoora Rosenholm - Älä kysy kuolleilta, he sanoivat3.5 / 5 Bij vlagen zeer geslaagde en bij vlagen tamelijk moeizame electrodisco van het ernstig verknipte soort uit Finland. Op Fonal, dus dan weet je wel zo ongeveer hoe laat het is. Doet een beetje denken aan TV Resistori maar dan wat rechtlijniger. (Luister naar "Eleanoora Rosenholm - Älä kysy kuolleilta, he sanoivat") Categories: music
Recomposed by Carl Craig & Moritz von Oswald4.5 / 5 Sinds Waldo de los Rios is de techniek sterk verbeterd om klassieke muziek te herkauwen. Deze illustere technoproducers verwerken samples uit de orkestbanden van een Karajan-editie van Ravel en Mussorgsky en smeden die aaneen tot een suite die zich kan meten met de beste techno. Categories: music
Gaiser - Blank Fade2.5 / 5 Tamelijk steriele boink-ploink uit de school van m-nus. Een flinke hoeveelheid gefriemel maakt dat je “Blank Fade” slechts met zeer veel goede wil minimalistisch zou kunnen noemen. Zielloos is de plaat echter wel, maar dat hoeft uiteraard geen bezwaar hoeft te zijn als je in de stemming bent voor wat vakkundig gemaakte robotmuziek. Categories: music
Essie Jain - the Inbetween3.5 / 5 Deels opgewekt, deels melancholieke neofolk van britse zangeres die met minimale middelen piano of gitaar en zang een sterk staaltje songwriting neerzet. Blijvertje. Categories: music
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