Click the pic to see some shots from the Blue Note last night!
Archive for May, 2007
Will I still be a Last.fm user two years from now?
Social music site Last.fm has been bought by US media giant CBS Corporation for $280m (£140m), the largest-ever UK Web 2.0 acquisition.
The online network was founded in the UK five years ago and it now has more than 15 million active users.
(Source: BBC News)
I [...]
Had a good walk round town today, in the drizzle. Click the pic to see what I saw!
Click the pic for a gallery of constructiony shots I took today.
“We surmise that the health systems and high degree of social security in Europe provide better conditions for growth than the American health system, despite the fact that the system costs twice as much,” said study co-author John Komlos from the University of Munich in a statement. “There are also indications that American diets are [...]
Here’s some more progs that are essential if you’ve got an Apple TV or if you don’t mind squinting at podcasts on your computer:
The Merlin Show
I’ve got hooked on Mann’s warm, easy interviewing style and the playfulness of his questions. This is a bloke who wouldn’t be out of place as a prime-time chatshow host [...]
Walking down Ozzy Road, I saw something fluttering:
And then I got a proper look:
I guess I’m not the only one angry about the assimilation of Derby by Borgfield.
A senior police officer has said he fears the spread of CCTV cameras is leading to “an Orwellian situation”.
Deputy chief constable of Hampshire Ian Readhead said Britain could become a surveillance society with cameras on every street corner.
There are up to 4.2 million CCTV cameras in Britain - about one for every 14 people.
The UK [...]
Remember all the hoo-haa recently about the AACS DRM being cracked? And how the posting of the secret key a gzillion times on the net caused AACS to revoke that key and issue a new one?
Well, guess what - that one’s been cracked too!
In a way, I support DRM since I have my music on [...]