Mandaris"Watermelon Sugar" by Harry Styles
What's a song where the remix, demo, or live version is better than the album version?
I saw this performed live and it was amazing! Lots of horns and energy from the crowd.
I guess Death got over its fear of Chuck Norris.
Crucial Track for March 19, 2026
"Rock With You (Single Version)" by Michael Jackson
Share the first song you ever heard from your favorite artist.
I think this is the first song that I heard from Michael Jackson. It was either this of Beat It.
Crucial Track for March 18, 2026
"The Way to Bake (A Birthday Cake)" by Snow White
What's your favorite song to listen to while cooking?
I would play this song when baking with my daughters. It's a fun little number we would use to start the process.
First Public Working Draft: YAML-LD 1.0
This looked interesting.
The JSON-LD Working Group published today a First Public Working Draft of YAML-LD 1.0. [JSON-LD11] is a JSON-based format to serialize Linked Data. In recent years, [YAML] has emerged as a more concise format to represent information that had previously been serialized as [JSON], including API specifications, data schemas, and Linked Data.
I think it’s funny that we’re still looking into ways of writing data.
Crucial Track for March 17, 2026
"Gotta Get Thru This (D'n'D Radio Edit)" by Daniel Bedingfield
Find a song you used to love, but forgot about. Tell us what made that song special during that period of your life.
This song had a really cool beat. I heard that it was a demo. I think it was good for me because I would listen to it when I was studying.
Gotta Get Thru Finals!
Crucial Track for March 16, 2026
"What the World Needs Now Is Love" by Burt Bacharach
What song would you play to counterbalance the world when it feels like a broken and unrelenting monolith designed to bring terror and tragedy?
The thing that add an extra smile is that it was introduced to me in an Austin Powers movie.
The Wizard of Speed and Time
Recently Dave Rahardja posted a link to the clip that I had not seen in years.
I remember watching the VHS a lot when I was younger and still enjoy the thought of it. Check out the wikipedia page related to the movie.
Crucial Track for March 15, 2026
"Back in Love Again (feat. Jeffrey Osborne)" by L.T.D.
What song best captures your current phase of life?
If you're going to make it longterm, it's better to fall in love again.
Crucial Track for March 14, 2026
"Beat It (Demo)" by Michael Jackson
Your favorite demo or unreleased version of a song.
My favorite part of the song is when they argue about the headphones being too loud and someone yells then take them off!
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