From grh

The iRack

Friday night was The Levellers. Wow. It was like being 19 again. Although I've seen them doing a "seated acoustic gig" in the last couple of years I've not seen a full show since 1993 in Portsmouth - actually might have been the second gig I ever went to (first was Fat Bob on the Cure's Wish tour). Looking at the Lev's discography they've been ( Read more... )

The usual story - something I like with a ridiculous price tag. So ridiculous in fact that no-one at all has bid. This says to me that the starting price is perhaps a little too high for the market to bear. I let it expire then contact the seller ( Read more... )

I had an interesting experience when doing a presentation today - I did 45 minutes on Web 2.0 to an audience of librarians and demonstrated (amongst other things) Flickr and Frappr. For Frappr I used the example of the New Model Army FrapprAfter I'd finished one of the audience asked me "Have you been to Whitby recently?" "Erm, yes" I replied. "Ah ( Read more... )

Over the last couple of weeks I've taken to paying attention to TV a little - I use the term very carefully as I listen to TV in the background a lot - just don't always watch it. Anyway - the new season has brought, through the power of the internet, Battlestar Galactica and Lost. BSG is an interesting beast - it continues to heap scorn on ( Read more... )

From jfs

"Another in the long list of "people with too much time on their hands" entries; Tony Blair covering the Clash on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1vwKZiDsY4"

I just had a comment on my Flickr account saying "I invite you to post this pic to ILoveMyWristWatch.com -- rate watches and get yours rated by other watch aficionados ( Read more... )

Grrrr - sometimes I hate ebay. I decided, on a whim and while only half awake last Saturday, to buy a couple more memory cards. In the end I won two cards from the same supplier who said in VERY BIG LETTERS "I do not combine shipments to save postage costs" which is a bit cheeky but fine ( Read more... )

Researchers at Google have been talking up work on linking search engines with audio information. This might, for example, involve your PC listening on a TV programme being watched, identifying it and then presenting tailored search results such as the IMDB entry of a film or the website of the star currently on screen ( Read more... )

I'm not sure if that is what Will Smith actually said as I've not seen the film, but today's "article to read" is on Wikis, pointed out by the ever-photogenic harrytc.

http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/lanier06/lanier06_index.html