Reading time: 2 mins Doves – Some Cities @ Amazon.co.uk Album Reviews from Metacritic I missed their previous album for some reason, although I think I’ve got a copy at home but I can’t actually recall anything about it, ohh hang on. I see a trend developing already. F is for Forgettable. Maybe that’s a bit harsh as this…
Reading time: < 1 min 1 year equals 52 weeks OR 365 days OR 8,765.81277 hours OR 525,948.766 minutes OR 31,556,926 seconds AND (at time of writing) ~31,700 tracks One year since I installed audioscrobbler and I have to admit that I’m astonished by that number. Granted I have, on occasion not regularly, left iTunes running overnight, so you can…
Reading time: < 1 min What a nice way to start the day. An email from Flickr which says: You may have heard on the grapevine that we planned to reward our dear Flickr members who bought a Pro Account in the early days. Well, it’s true! And since you’re one of those lovely people, here’s a little something to…
Reading time: 2 mins I’ve often pondered if there were any way I could make money from this silly little hobby. That pondering has been doubly deepened recently given that my wife’s hobby (“occasions” card making) is now bringing in a little cash each month and that kerfuffle about Mr.Kottke quitting his job to blog has got me a-pondering…
Reading time: 4 mins Awful news over at Fuddland although I’m sure that statistically he was one of many that got mugged on Saturday night (on re-reading this sentence, it may sound like I’m belittling what David went through, I’m not). Stick that in your election fever “we’ll have more police on the streets” pipe and smoke it. I’ve…
Reading time: < 1 min In the midst of this movie the core message is delivered by the central character (or central character once removed if you like): God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables; slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don’t…