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Post by ecaron »

When this was posted 2 weeks ago, I tried to step up and do the hosting with Amazon's Cloudfront. 72 hours and 3TB later, I sadly acknowledged that I didn't have the checkbook size to properly meet the download needs.

Since then, @datassette has moved hosting to Dreamhost and they're truly sticking by their unlimited bandwidth policy. So as much as we typically like to point out when DH is down or messes up, I think they deserve some public acknowledgement for doing something right.

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Post by subb »

I usually listen to The Prodigy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTw2YvutJRA, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVefPPr69NU) or some drum and bass, like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au_BUnGWquA. Basically, anything with high energy, exactly the opposite of what this site suggests. I feel like I'm typing faster. It's like a race between the song and my fingers.

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Post by digitalboss »

ecaron wrote: post #61

When this was posted 2 weeks ago, I tried to step up and do the hosting with Amazon's Cloudfront. 72 hours and 3TB later, I sadly acknowledged that I didn't have the checkbook size to properly meet the download needs. Since then, @datassette has moved hosting to Dreamhost and they're truly sticking by their unlimited bandwidth policy. So as much as we typically like to point out when DH is down or messes up, I think…

Thanks for sharing, been wondering where the site went.....Nice job!

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Post by jimminy »

shocks wrote: post #57

I'm a big fan of C418 for programming music: http://c418.org/ I also like the indie game music bundles. I posted this a few days ago but it didn't gain any traction: Game Music Bundle 2! http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3573416 http://www.gamemusicbundle.com/

Thanks for this, I was late on finding out about the first bundle, and didn't know they had a second one out yet.

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Post by jamroom »

f4stjack wrote: post #66

Feth me, it seems I am the only one who listens to classic heavy metal gods like Iron Maiden and AC/DC while chugging out code...

You're not the only one - Maiden's Powerslave is a regular in my "coding" playlist. That album flat out rocks.

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Post by jamroom »

nikcub wrote: post #18

My current coding playlist is: * Moon OST - Clint Mansell * Donnie Darko OST - Mansell * Inception OST - Hans Zimmer * The Social Network OST - Reznor * Simple Things - Zero 7 * Melody AM - Royskopp * Abroreal - The Flashbulb (a lot of his stuff is good)

Both the Inception and Social Network soundtracks are excellent - check out the Batman Begins soundtrack if you get a chance - I like a lot of Hans Zimmers soundtracks and really dig that one too.

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Post by davedx »

nymacro wrote: post #22
rads wrote: post #4

My favorite programming music: Any of Brian Eno's ambient stuff The Field - From Here We Go Sublime The Field - Looping State of Mind Luomo - Vocalcity Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children Boards of Canada - Geogaddi Pantha Du Prince - Black Noise Burial - Untrue

I highly approve of Burial for programming music, and have some recommendations of my own: Clubroot - Clubroot Explosions in the Sky - Earth is Not A Cold Dead Place (and everything else) Four Tet - There Is Love In You Bonobo - Days to Come Pretty Lights - Filling Up The City Skies That said, I find I can listen to just about anything and program; Drum & Bass being one of my favorites to listen to. If you're feeling…

It's funny, I never used to listen to drum & bass except when I went out, but these days it's pretty much all I listen to - while at work, on the bus, wherever. I guess that when you get enough exposure to a certain genre, you can find all different kinds of music to suit every situation just in that genre.

Phace & Misanthrop have been doing some awesome work! The Neosignal music is really great.

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Post by davedx »

subb wrote: post #62

I usually listen to The Prodigy ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTw2YvutJRA , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVefPPr69NU ) or some drum and bass, like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au_BUnGWquA . Basically, anything with high energy, exactly the opposite of what this site suggests. I feel like I'm typing faster. It's like a race between the song and my fingers.

Same here. I think it's very personal at the end of the day. Stigma is an all time favourite! :)
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