despite all the sad news going around. A little something that gave me a bit of brightness and hope.

WYNC Radiolab: New Normal?

Although I can't claim full credit for it, since I actually read about it on the Overgrown Path blog (another fairly quirky music blog - your milage may vary, be warned the author is not a fan of the Proms).

The name is Archive Classics, and while it does take subscriptions, the free version of hte podcast is lovely. Definitely reccomend it. ( Read more... )

I was asked this question on twitter the other day: what podcasts do you listen to? I am a very avid spoken word person and it was the ability to use mp3 players as little repositories of essentially radio programmes was one of the things that really sold me on the technology. I still love them and, despite a general distaste (yes still) for ( Read more... )

One of the things that tends to happen when R leaves me by myself for several days running is that I mope and fuss and generally don't get a lot done. I've been trying to make a concious effort to have the exact opposite happen this time, and must say that I am very pleased with the results so far (minus the minor hiccup last night that led to me ( Read more... )

Not just once. . .

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But twice

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I don't think I'll ever be able to ride the London eye again

Perhaps the time has come

From the NYT article:On Tuesday night at 8 p.m. Eastern time, technical problems cut off more than five million BlackBerry users in the United States from their cherished wireless e-mail. Service was restored 10 long, data-starved hours later ( Read more... )

Seems this particular way of discovering new talent is infectious - now there is one for budding authors. Might be interesting, especially since there are several on my list who may even have something left over from NaNoReMo that might just suit. *wink wink nudge nudge* If you enter, let us know!

Life is insane and my favorite co-worker is off sick again. 5.5 work days left

In the meantime, it seems that ALL of Mozart's works have been made available on the web - for free.

Unsurprisingly, the website seems to be down.

November is still kicking my butt, but I did findd this article on the guardian today, and thought it sounded neat, especially since so many on my F-list are doing the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo or whatever the silly acronym is).

Francis Bartels has a story to tell. Of his experience as a black man in Hitler's Germany and of his ( Read more... )