I just saw the following advert on Facebook
One problem: never, ever, ever use music on a website. Videos, fine. Films, of course. Websites, no. When someone watches a video, they watch that video only and don’t concentrate on anything else. The same goes for a film. When I visit a website, I’m likely to have six different ones open at once. I don’t want them all singing to me.
MacBooks have RAM installed as a “user-replaceable part” i.e. you can replace it yourself without voiding your warranty. This might be why you’d want to
I might write a more detailed post when I have time, but for the moment:
For crying out loud, go and see There Will Be Blood
If you’ve seen it already, go and see it again. It is up there with the Shawshank Redemption. It really is that good.
Some time ago Apple announced the MacBook Air - a ridiculously lightweight and thin MacBook. Although it lacks a lot of features (internal CD drive etc) it can be upgraded to have a solid state HDD (which is fast and near-silent, not to mention very reliable) and relies on wireless to do almost anything.
What’s more impressive is how it fits this all, plus a full size backlit keyboard and LED screen into the thinnest notebook so far.
Apparently uptake has been high, which surprises me. The MacBook Air is a feat of engineering, but the lack of a CD drive and limit of just one USB port limit its practical use, especially at a cost of at least £1199.
As far as I’m concerned, the MacBook Air is the Bugatti Veyron of notebooks. Incredible engineering and ahead of its time, but perhaps beyond what the current market can handle. The sales will probably prove me wrong, but at least I can say this.
If this is the future of notebook technology, it looks promising.
For those who have been following the Lolcat craze (for the uninitiated, essentially pictures of cats with badly spelt captions), I just logged on to Flickr and was presented with this:
Genius.
RCRD LBL could probably be described as the result of the artist rebellion against record labels. You can download free music from them legitimately from various artists, including well known ones such as Moby and Fink.
Moby posted on his Facebook page, along with a link to RCRD LBL:
I love the fact that as the old/traditional infrastructure of the music business is breaking down it’s being replaced by new and more compelling institutions like RCRD LBL. The vice-grip hegemony of the corporate labels and corporate radio stations is loosening every day, which can only be seen as a good thing for music and listeners.
Too many times this has been said, but I’ll say it anyway: maybe this is the start of something.
My political views have been, well, less than subtle on this website, but I’ll try to keep this one from being too aggressive.
I’ve just received my ballot paper for the internal elections, and was promised that a copy of the manifesto of each candidate would be available online. It might have been there, but I certainly couldn’t find it.
I just spent half-an-hour trawling around the internet just so I could vote, when it should be a fairly simple process.
You know who you are, get your act together.
Some time ago I posted a link to the last.fm page of The Winter Revolution who had released all there music on last.fm for free.
Since then, as pointed out in the comments (thanks!) and on my last.fm shoutbox, they have renamed themselves The Lady Sails and released some more tracks.
I started playing the first track and thought it was quite good, having been slightly disappointed with their offerings in their previous incarnation as The Winter Revolution. And then I realised what it was that I didn’t like.
I don’t know whether it’s the actual vocals or the production, but in my opinion there is something wrong with the vocals. Somehow they don’t seem to fit quite. The music is great, but something seems wrong as soon as the lyrics kick-in. As I said, it could be production, which is what it sounds like. It sounds as if the music calls for James Mercer, Colin Meloy, Ben Gibbard, or some other unusual vocalists.
Incidentally, they released an updated version of the album having redone the vocals on one of their songs, Autumn Grace.
All this is opinion as usual, so see what you think. It’s pleasant indie stuff, and worth a listen either way. Say what you think in the comments!
Editors have done a playlist for Last.fm, which you can listen to here. There aren’t any full tracks (although I suspect for at least some of them if you look them up on last.fm you can find full versions).
Just listening to it now, and personally I’m not sure that there’s much that matches my taste (surprising considering I practically worship Editors). Still, anything like this is worth having a listen to.
Editors – Editors Playlist – Music at Last.fm
[EDIT] Just listened to it a bit more, and there are some full length Editors tracks in there as well, so definitely worth a listen!
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From the randomly generated plot machine half-way down the page:
Dressed as Liberace, a flock of radioactive parrots gets mistaken for Elton John and goes with it.
’nuff said.
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