Reading time: < 1 min Hg drives through a rainbow and reminds me that I didn’t mention the thunderstorm we had in Glasgow on Thursday. Didn’t last long but was directly overhead and loud enough to shake the windows. It prompted the usual discussions about the most extreme examples of weather we had seen and a couple of people admitted…
Reading time: < 1 min It used to be an art form. Creating a mixtape. Now? Just bung a few hundred tracks in a playlist and you’re done. Where’s the fun in that?
Reading time: 2 mins So AudioScrobbler is in the midst of some Planned Downtime (as is ‘sister’ site Last FM) and HaloScan is currently having a few issues since introducing a new server. Blogrolling seems to be the most stable of the bunch now, but then there is a business behind that service. One thing that everyone who uses…
Reading time: < 1 min Via Light from an Empty Fridge (initially) comes the announcement: Sony unveils online music service. He points out the kinda obvious flaw in their press release, namely that the service will sell files in a proprietory format – ATRAC3 – which is only usable in Sony ‘devices’. Now I, sorry Louise, has an iPod. I…
Reading time: < 1 min 6th May 2004. 06.05.04 Just noticed. UPDATE: Depending which standard you adhere to*, it’s actually 2004-05-06. * Now THERE’S an oxymoron!
Reading time: < 1 min I’m getting slightly hooked on Breedster, so much so that the email I received today has left me feeling decidely queasy: A pathogenic agent was found in your food.The pathogen lives in your digestive tract and affects your metabolism: every hour 10% of the food is digested but it will increase your energy level by…