Mochipet gets JACKED in New Orleans

Our good friend and extremely talented DJ, Mochipet was recently on a trip to New Orleans when someone snuck into his bag and swooped his laptop.  Being an EDM DJ, losing your laptop is like being a painter without paint.  All hope is not lost though.  In the adversity, Mochipet has released a twenty six track mix in hopes to raise some cash to grab a new laptop.  The mix starts off with a glitchy melody that instills a sense of hope, which is exactly what a laptopless (thats now a word) DJ needs.

It was a 15″ MacBook Pro with a purple hard shell case and a Ableton Live gel keyboard cover on it.Please help me Repost & spread the word to your friends

He WOULD have a purple Macbook.  You can Donate and download the release below on Bandcamp or send it directly to David (me@mochipet.com) via Paypal. Thank you for the support! This is how we get by!

Top 3 Ways of Getting HYPHY on Caffeine

Caffeine is an essential ingredient to fueling our mental focus throughout the day.  It can also be a key ingredient to raging in the evening.  Humanity has created a massive market for caffeinated beverages.  In 2008, Guayaki reported sales of $4.8 billion.  With the size of this market, there is hoards of competition looking to grab a slice of market share.  With all the selection out there, one might find it difficult to make a choice on how to get their fix.  Fortunately, we have taken it upon ourselves to review a couple of our favorite ways to inject caffeine into our bloodstream.

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What IS a meme and how can I haz it?

In the early part of the 21st century, the meme has evolved into a form of internet humor.  In its most simple form, a meme is simply a  picture superimposed with some text that is relevant to the feeling captured within the picture.  Pictures become the vehicle by which memes are carried on, and a single picture can generate a plethora of memes.  In doing a little more research on the origins of the meme, we found that it is actually a biological terms derived from the word gene.  The term has only been in the Oxford dictionary since 1998.

Meme  (mi:m), n. Biol. (shortened frommimeme … that which is imitated, after GENE n.) “An element of a culture that may be considered to be passed on by non-genetic means, esp. imitation”

This is actually pretty interesting if you think of the meme from a behavioral point of view.  The subject in every meme is essentially immolating a feeling or activity in a way that pays homage to the form of humor dating well before Shakespeare: MOCKERY.  Now that we know the etymology behind the meme, we wanted to take a look at the future of this internet culture and dissect where we think this might be heading.

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Capturing Portable Audio’s Impact on Urban Culture

Our team recently took a trip to CES and we wanted to really capture the dynamics of San Francisco’s urban culture and share it with the world.  In the video shown below, we romped around with our portable speakers just to demonstrate all of the different places that we could have fun with a little mobile audio device. With all the noise in the city, we figure that you either have to hear it all or be HEARD.  We choose the latter.

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