Category Archives: Technology
Shiira Scores!
Mac users who, for whatever reason, are still using Panther rather than Tiger (like me) might be interested in the Shiira Project. Shiira is a web browser built using the same rendering engine as Apple’s Safari, but its designers aim … Continue reading
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Briefly Burning Bright
The latest big news for Mac users is the release of Tiger, the fourth incarnation of the OS X operating system. Reviews, on the whole, seem to have been good, with the inevitable caveats (Apple x.x.0 versions are always too … Continue reading
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The real future of downloaded music
Regular readers may remember that I wasn’t particularly impressed with the UK launch of Apple’s music download site, the iTunes Music Store, or indeed any of the legal download sites. Paying just under £8 for an album of low-bitrate mp3s … Continue reading
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Ugandan discussions and big balls
Fans of satirical/anti-sleaze/media-commentary magazine Private Eye may be interested in this site… Ugandan Discussions features cover scans of every issue of the Eye since 1961. Yes, even the really notorious one that WHSmiths refused to sell. [via BoingBoing] Elsewhere, a … Continue reading
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More carefully chosen amusement products for your leisure hour
I’m doing a lot of laughing this week, it seems. I’m still not entirely clear on where this originated (all links seem to lead to a David Miyamasu) or whether it’s really aimed at non-Christians like me, but I really … Continue reading
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The inner anorak
For the past few weeks, a bunch of us from the #ukmg chatroom have been running a group on Audioscrobbler. For the uninitiated, this site collects data from your computer’s media player (be it iTunes, Winamp or whatever) to create … Continue reading
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Find a pub with SMS!
Okay, you probably won’t believe me, but… A few months ago, probably while walking around a town I’d never visited before, I pondered the amount of time I waste in such situations by looking for a good pub. Now, I’ll … Continue reading
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Huuuuuuge photo uploadage
Great news from Vancouver-based photo hosting community Flickr… the long-promised Pro Account is now active! It’s officially only in beta stage at the moment, but when this works out (including the 30% beta discount) at around £46 for two years, … Continue reading
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Activity
So, anyway… as I mentioned in the last entry, my solution to the creative void was to bombard myself with loads of new stuff. As far as my music listening habits are concerned, the main feature has been my attempt … Continue reading
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iTunes Store hits Europe
After all the excitement, speculation and US-envy, the iTunes Music Store arrived in Europe this week. Or at least, the bits of Europe called Germany, France and the UK. For people in these countries, Apple have arrived rather late to … Continue reading
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