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LinkedInMySpaceFaceBookTwitter</description><title>Eric The Robot - I write music &amp; code</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @erictherobot)</generator><link>http://www.erictherobot.com/</link><item><title>soupsoup:

Square seeks to replace cash register with revamped...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llo0y8KSj61qz6z0no1_400.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://soupsoup.tumblr.com/post/5776177738" target="_blank"&gt;soupsoup&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/05/23/square/index.html" target="_blank"&gt;Square seeks to replace cash register with revamped app&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/5776314857</link><guid>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/5776314857</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 16:34:27 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Vancouver (work in progress)</title><description>&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#8217;m working on some new songs for my summer release. Here&amp;#8217;s an in progress / unmixed one.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://soundcloud.com/melodymeetsme/vancouver-in-progress" target="_blank"&gt;Vancouver (in progress)&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://soundcloud.com/melodymeetsme" target="_blank"&gt;Melody Meets Me&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/3690123858</link><guid>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/3690123858</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 19:06:08 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>I’ve been recording / hibernating on my weekends lately. I...</title><description>&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/2370293607/tumblr_ldnvv4MfT51qzug6w&amp;color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;I’ve been recording / hibernating on my weekends lately. I just finished this one.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Art Of Deception :: Lyrics&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;well you did it to me again&lt;br/&gt;like your promise was just pretend&lt;br/&gt;on the way to the family affair&lt;br/&gt;turn your cheek without a care&lt;br/&gt;and you can’t even say a prayer&lt;br/&gt;without feeling guilty anymore…&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;because your whole damn life&lt;br/&gt;has been a big surprise&lt;br/&gt;yeah your whole damn life&lt;br/&gt;has been a big big lie&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;well you’re turning me off again&lt;br/&gt;like a dagger cutting in my skin&lt;br/&gt;your words are coming out of your lips&lt;br/&gt;then you told me you gotta go&lt;br/&gt;well I’ll see you honey,&lt;br/&gt;I don’t know who you are &lt;br/&gt;anymore these days&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;because your whole damn life&lt;br/&gt;has been a big surprise&lt;br/&gt;yeah your whole damn life&lt;br/&gt;has been a big big lie&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;written and recorded on 12/18/2010 by yours truly.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/2370293607</link><guid>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/2370293607</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2010 01:11:27 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Time Moves Faster As You Get Closer</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Last winter I wrote this song and sequenced old video clips to form a video. I think I&amp;#8217;m going to make a few more today&amp;#8230;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;
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&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/2175579107</link><guid>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/2175579107</guid><pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 11:53:26 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>I looked at my traffic when I got home tonight and the search...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ld1hwjngU61qzug6wo1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;I looked at my traffic when I got home tonight and the search query made me laugh… but then It made me paranoid since my apartment was broken into last month. Although, since my name is so common, this is possibly an oversight and the “googler” intended this query for someone else…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I don’t make a lot of money compared to most people in NYC, but thanks for asking google. I bet you are the kind of person who asks google other questions such as “is my girlfriend cheating on me?” or “does beer actually make me fat?” - my only suggestion to you mr/mrs. anonymous googler is that you direct your next query to Mr. ask Jeeves over at ask.com and pretend it’s 1999…&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/2128667961</link><guid>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/2128667961</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:02:43 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>yum - she needs jenny owen youngs more than jenny owen youngs...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcnx4mTOgY1qznrtgo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;yum - she needs jenny owen youngs more than jenny owen youngs needs her…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://jennyowenyoungs.tumblr.com/post/1729376242/new-goal-for-2011" target="_blank"&gt;jennyowenyoungs&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;new goal for 2011.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/2055504228</link><guid>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/2055504228</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:11:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>hmmm is happiness a constant? do we need to experience sadness...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcpob8oaG41qa88wio1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;hmmm is happiness a constant? do we need to experience sadness in order to experience happiness? After the rain, the sun will shine… kind of a thing?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://thebrowncoat.com/post/2050714039/i-know-this-im-trying-i-really-really-am" target="_blank"&gt;thebrowncoat&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I know this. I’m trying. I really, really am.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/2054841833</link><guid>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/2054841833</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:16:08 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Totsy Lands $5 Million In Funding</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.totsy.com"&gt;&lt;img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/totsy.png" width="178" height="112"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exclusive -&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/totsy" target="_blank"&gt;Totsy&lt;/a&gt;, a &lt;a href="http://www.totsy.com/" target="_blank"&gt;private sale site&lt;/a&gt; targeting moms of kids aged 0-7 (and moms-to-be), has raised $5 million in Series A funding from &lt;a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/financial-organization/dfj-gotham-ventures" target="_blank"&gt;DFJ Gotham&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/financial-organization/rho-capital-ventures" target="_blank"&gt;Rho Ventures&lt;/a&gt;. The financing round follows the startup’s recent &lt;a href="http://ingoodcents.com/2010/09/btrendie-out-of-business.html" target="_blank"&gt;“acquisition”&lt;/a&gt; of competitor bTrendie’s member base.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Totsy is the umpteenth niche-specific (in this case, for everything  from prenatal care products, baby gear, travel accessories to children’s  clothing and toys) to emerge, following in the footsteps of successful  flash sales sites like pioneer &lt;a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/vente-privee-com" target="_blank"&gt;Vente-Privée.com&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/giltgroupe" target="_blank"&gt;Gilt Groupe&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.ruelala.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Rue La La&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you’re in any familiar with the tried model of these sites, you  know the drill: Totsy offers its members brand-specific sales on  products for expecting moms, parents, babies and kids at sample sale  prices, for up to 70% off the retail price. Shopping events are  designer-specific and held over a limited-time period, 48 to 72 hours to  be exact, for ‘invited’ members only.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;One thing I admire about Totsy: the company puts a lot of effort into  being completely eco-friendly in its operations, and actually plants  trees in the name of members’ kids to help reduce the effects of  deforestation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I know – shopping isn’t &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; going to &lt;a href="http://www.totsy.com/pages/aboutus" target="_blank"&gt;‘save the world’&lt;/a&gt;, but I like to think every bit counts.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;via techcrunch.com: &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://techcrunch.com/2010/11/30/totsy-lands-5-million-in-funding-for-flash-sales-site-for-children-products/"&gt;&lt;a href="http://techcrunch.com/2010/11/30/totsy-lands-5-million-in-funding-for-flash-sales-site-for-children-products/" target="_blank"&gt;http://techcrunch.com/2010/11/30/totsy-lands-5-million-in-funding-for-flash-sales-site-for-children-products/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/2054480838</link><guid>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/2054480838</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:45:47 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=godaddy+tax</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=godaddy+tax" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=godaddy+tax&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br _mce_bogus="1"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/1980731084</link><guid>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/1980731084</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 20:11:47 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>tjikiohjkohjkohkoh8ko8h8jkohjloh8jlokoj
robot-heart:

. (by...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcb4e74MQh1qzn34eo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;tjikiohjkohjkohkoh8ko8h8jkohjloh8jlokoj&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://robot-heart.tumblr.com/post/1659178587/by-chloe-jennings" target="_blank"&gt;robot-heart&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fantheflame/5199727710/in/contacts/" target="_blank"&gt;.&lt;/a&gt; (by &lt;a href="http://flickr.com/photos/fantheflame" target="_blank"&gt;Chloe Jennings&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/1659575513</link><guid>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/1659575513</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:18:10 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>yes! this guy IS the internet!</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcba6mOY0x1qz4u07o1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;yes! this guy IS the internet!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/1653106396</link><guid>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/1653106396</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:30:35 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>I love this. I have one similar somewhere on a server. I...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcaw6jXY5W1qz4mo8o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;I love this. I have one similar somewhere on a server. I especially enjoy the stickies on the wall… 1000100101!!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/1652898576</link><guid>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/1652898576</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:10:41 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>yay! robot-heart FTW - I’m making this my view in 2011. I...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcanzkq8Ub1qzn34eo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;yay! robot-heart FTW - I’m making this my view in 2011. I better stop blogging and start coding more…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://robot-heart.tumblr.com/post/1650636696/new-york-by-natasha" target="_blank"&gt;robot-heart&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/etoile2802/5197658087/in/contacts/" target="_blank"&gt;new york&lt;/a&gt; (by &lt;a href="http://flickr.com/photos/etoile2802" target="_blank"&gt;.natasha.&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/1652875099</link><guid>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/1652875099</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:08:24 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>thewordunheard:

suitep:

mabelmoments:laughingsquid: Crochet...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lc57uuq3ZH1qz4cuyo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://thewordunheard.tumblr.com/post/1619880606/suitep-mabelmoments-laughingsquid-crochet" target="_blank"&gt;thewordunheard&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://suitep.tumblr.com/post/1619865363/mabelmoments-laughingsquid-crochet-amigurumi" target="_blank"&gt;suitep&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://mabelmoments.tumblr.com/post/1619831568/laughingsquid-crochet-amigurumi-exorcist-playset" target="_blank"&gt;mabelmoments&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;a href="http://links.laughingsquid.com/post/1619823993/crochet-amigurumi-exorcist-playset" target="_blank"&gt;laughingsquid&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2010/11/how-to_crochet_amigurumi_exorc.html" target="_blank"&gt;Crochet Amigurumi Exorcist Playset&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There’s a gal here at work who knitted me some gorgeous cranberry red fingerless gloves. I wonder if she’d make me this.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am currently teaching myself how to crochet. Ostensibly to make hats and scarves and stuff, but probably more often to do things like this.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/1620115276</link><guid>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/1620115276</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:42:54 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>I love myself, but on days that I don’t… I want to...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lc22inglXj1qzn34eo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;I love myself, but on days that I don’t… I want to be this guy. I like his chick!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://robot-heart.tumblr.com/post/1611511490/richie-by-nan-lawson" target="_blank"&gt;robot-heart&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nanlawson/5185437629/in/contacts/" target="_blank"&gt;richie&lt;/a&gt; (by &lt;a href="http://flickr.com/photos/nanlawson" target="_blank"&gt;Nan Lawson&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/1615524290</link><guid>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/1615524290</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:48:46 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>yum</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lc2fep9qNK1qzug6wo1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;yum&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/1607214424</link><guid>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/1607214424</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:32:49 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>"Explosions in the sky - volume turned up to 11"</title><description>“Explosions in the sky - volume turned up to 11”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;12:29am via my apartment&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/1607189288</link><guid>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/1607189288</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:29:23 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>nedhepburn:

… and companies still think it’s OK to pay...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lc00gbzhIA1qz7umso1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://nedhepburn.tumblr.com/post/1598118563/and-companies-still-think-its-ok-to-pay" target="_blank"&gt;nedhepburn&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;… and companies &lt;em&gt;still&lt;/em&gt; think it’s OK to pay freelancers next to nothing for the work they do on the internet! Balls. We want the finest wines available to humanity. We want them here, and we want them now.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/1606997949</link><guid>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/1606997949</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:03:22 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>OooOOOoOOooOOoOOOOoooooOOOo
meaghano:

I put this on my wall but...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lc1lv2GiBi1qz90yuo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;OooOOOoOOooOOoOOOOoooooOOOo&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://meaghano.com/post/1601788660/i-put-this-on-my-wall-but-it-doesnt-really-work" target="_blank"&gt;meaghano&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I put this on my wall but it doesn’t really work. And yes, I put hearts on my motivational notes to myself. Spoonful of sugar, etc etc.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/1606940927</link><guid>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/1606940927</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:55:52 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>this song hits my ipod every now and...</title><description>&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/1606891721/tumblr_lc25xzjtt21qb88zr&amp;color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;this song hits my ipod every now and then…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://unsignedunleashed.com/post/1605418946" target="_blank"&gt;unsignedunleashed&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Stay Awake // Lydia&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/1606891721</link><guid>http://www.erictherobot.com/post/1606891721</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:49:27 -0500</pubDate></item></channel></rss>

