New York’s famous alternative music store Other Music has just launched a digital download store; like Rough Trade’s one, it sells DRM free MP3s. Even better, Other Music is selling Night Piece, the first album by Japanese musician Shugo Tokumaru. You can hear snippets of it on the site, and it’s great; atmospheric, mysterious, lo-fi,Continue reading “Help me America!”
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The Walrus Was Paul – But Who Was The Ghost?
Are you a technology fan and gamer with a love for the sixties? Join the club here at the Wired Jester, and get yourself this t-shirt from Huzzah, which rather wonderfully brings together PacMan and Abbey Road Roll. It can be yours here. [via Funky Duds]
Barry Miles and International Times: ‘The invisible insurrection of a million minds’
Last week I went to a panel discussion on magazines; although I took notes on all three speakers, I ended up with loads from the talk by Barry Miles, co-founder of 60s underground paper International Times (Wikipedia). He talked at length about I.T.’s genesis, launch party and development, which I found fascinating. Here are myContinue reading “Barry Miles and International Times: ‘The invisible insurrection of a million minds’”
Notes from Dispense and Connect: On the past, present and future of magazines
Earlier this week, I went to Dispense and Connect at the Southbank Centre, an event that was part of its current ‘100 ideas’ season. It was a panel talk about magazines; given this vague, expansive topic the three panellists each set and answered their own questions. First up was Bice Curiger, editor of art magContinue reading “Notes from Dispense and Connect: On the past, present and future of magazines”
The importance of real things being nice things
In a previous post on bloggers vs mainstream media, I wrote that: “When information is free and virtual, it’s important for real things to be nice things, to be good quality things, to be a guaranteed brilliant use of the reader’s very precious time.” More and more I’m coming to think this really is theContinue reading “The importance of real things being nice things”
Joost invites all gone – I wonder why?
The post title says it all – took a little over 24 hours, but my latest Joost invites are now all gone. The lucky recipients were: * McGuyver * Tony Jones of Compelling Content * Alan Hussey * Perry Taylor When Joost next dole out some more invites, I’ll put a post up, same asContinue reading “Joost invites all gone – I wonder why?”
Joost Invites
As I am a well connected mover-n-shaker in the world of technology put my e-mail address into the Joost site early on, I have some Joost Beta invites going spare. E-mail me / leave a comment if you fancy one and giving the service a go. UPDATE / 16th April. Invites all gone.
Finally, a use for PCI-E 1x slots
If you’ve bought a new motherboard in the past year or so, as well as 16x PCI Express slots for hot new graphics cards, it’s probably also got 1x PCI-E slots. Aside from some high-end RAID cards and other assorted exotica, there’s not been anything useful for the masses to stick in these; well, noContinue reading “Finally, a use for PCI-E 1x slots”
Being a tourist at home
Each issue of Custom PC is produced on a four week schedule, however, because of Easter and Christmas, every now and then we end up making a magazine in less time – these “three weeker” issues are always a bit mental, but the upside is that they create a few five week ones – andContinue reading “Being a tourist at home”
Help! How long can a normal, healthy 8 week old kitten survive inside an adult python? URGENT!
🙂 Check out community wisdom site Ask MetaFilter’s excellent April Fool’s day post – click on the pic for an enlargement, or here for the full list of foolish questions.
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