TrulyObscure - web bits

TrulyObscure has been a bit quiet for a while. But we are proud to present our latest venture, a long time in coming- ChinesePropaganda.com .

We hope to display, explain, and preserve some interesting parts of Chinese history. Mao posters, vintage communist memorabilia and posters from the Cultural Revolution are the focus, but if there is anything you’d like to see, please let us know at admin @ chinesepropaganda.com . Shipping is currently free at ChinesePropaganda.com .

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Just as with our recent set on cheap and free music, Truly Obscure supports the idea that the best things in life are (mostly) free. Once you’ve paid for the computer, internet access, and the education that allows you to enjoy it all- well, you might as well get your...
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Making waves this week: A Supreme Court nominee with a blog? She’ll be confirmed in no time, with this kind of brilliant editorializing! Harriet Miers’s Blog A Canadian show about how little Americans know about our neighbors to the east… I mean, south. North? Talking to Americans Tired of boring old rock-paper-scissors? Try RPS-25, a...
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Last week, we talked about AllofMP3, a good source to download music if you want to fall somewhere in the middle of the legal/expensive->illegal/free spectrum. We also have previously mentioned Audioscrobbler, a plugin for music players that keeps track of what you listen to, and is then able to make suggestions. On...
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Truly Obscure’s writers insist on paying for music. Seriously, we purchase every song we listen to, and wouldn’t even consider downloading music from, say, AllofMP3.com. Which we hear, by the way, is an incredibly diverse site/software devoted to charging for music by the megabyte. It’s run out of Russia, and is...
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Every so often, we at TrulyObscure like to take a look at what the real pariahs are doing. We take a little heat for our zaniness sometimes, but if you think we’re off-kilter you definitely need to start using the internet as God intended. That is, to find fringe opinions...
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Surfing means something a little different here in Hawaii. But, I humbly submit, the concepts are closely related. Surfing with a surfboard and surfing with a modem are both largely passive activities, driven by the currents of the ocean or the Fark, respectively. They also share the idea of balance,...
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