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Smile, though your heart is breaking
It's been announced that the next issue of music mag Comes With A Smile will probably be the last (you'll have to scroll down to find the announcement - I can't find a permalink).
Baka.
I came late to the CWAS party, but I've always found it to be a compelling read featuring innovative new music and something all too often lacking in the mainstream pop music press: genuine enthusiasm. That area of cultural commentary will be worse off for its absence.
Baka.
I came late to the CWAS party, but I've always found it to be a compelling read featuring innovative new music and something all too often lacking in the mainstream pop music press: genuine enthusiasm. That area of cultural commentary will be worse off for its absence.
Want shiny?
xbox
Apparently , it's the US launch of the Xbox 360 tonight and Kotaku is giving sage advice to those whose determination not to greedily sup at the teat of Gates has, inevitably, evaporated...
"But it gets worse/better: Wal-Mart won’t allow you to form a line at the Lay Away window. So those tickets that you get from the Electronics department don’t really get you anything but a chance to mill aimlessly around the store, where you may just happen to linger near the Law Away window, ready to trap or maim anyone else nearby.
Bonus Wal-Mart Tip: Wal-Mart is one of America’s leading retailers of shotguns."
Apparently , it's the US launch of the Xbox 360 tonight and Kotaku is giving sage advice to those whose determination not to greedily sup at the teat of Gates has, inevitably, evaporated...
"But it gets worse/better: Wal-Mart won’t allow you to form a line at the Lay Away window. So those tickets that you get from the Electronics department don’t really get you anything but a chance to mill aimlessly around the store, where you may just happen to linger near the Law Away window, ready to trap or maim anyone else nearby.
Bonus Wal-Mart Tip: Wal-Mart is one of America’s leading retailers of shotguns."
Good fucking god...
Sony BMG punishes bad taste
sony rootkit DRM
Y'all know about Sony BMG's copy protection rootkit débacle, but it's not all bad. After all, looking at the list of CDs affected, it would seem that they only wanted to infest the computers of people with shit taste.
Natasha Bedingfield? Ricky Martin?
Celine Dion?
(Thru BoingBoing.)
Y'all know about Sony BMG's copy protection rootkit débacle, but it's not all bad. After all, looking at the list of CDs affected, it would seem that they only wanted to infest the computers of people with shit taste.
Natasha Bedingfield? Ricky Martin?
Celine Dion?
(Thru BoingBoing.)
Things I have learned this weekend
Blogger and dial-up don't like each other.
Achy slow 0 word reviews
books
William Gibson - 'Pattern Recognition' : 4*
Neal Stephenson - 'Snow Crash' : 4*
film
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence : 3*
music
Gemma Hayes - 'The Roads Don't Love You' : 4*
games
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Mac) : 4*
William Gibson - 'Pattern Recognition' : 4*
Neal Stephenson - 'Snow Crash' : 4*
film
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence : 3*
music
Gemma Hayes - 'The Roads Don't Love You' : 4*
games
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Mac) : 4*
Soul delay
British Summer Time (BST) ended at the weekend and the whole country gained an extra hour. That was on Saturday night - it's Wednesday now, so how am I still feeling jetlagged?
The jump always gets me, but it's never been this bad. Gah...it would be lunchtime, normally.
The jump always gets me, but it's never been this bad. Gah...it would be lunchtime, normally.
Cash, violence, intimidation, computer games and webcomics
games jack thompson penny arcade
Thanks to the escalation of the Jack Thompson/Penny Arcade charity donation débacle, we now live in a world where making $10,000 donations to charity invites legal action and sentences contain the words "a kid in Katy, Texas, threatened to kill me [...] and that has been more than useful."
Surely, Mr. Thompson, your employment of irony would suggest that you have a sense of humour?
Thanks to the escalation of the Jack Thompson/Penny Arcade charity donation débacle, we now live in a world where making $10,000 donations to charity invites legal action and sentences contain the words "a kid in Katy, Texas, threatened to kill me [...] and that has been more than useful."
Surely, Mr. Thompson, your employment of irony would suggest that you have a sense of humour?
Down days
work
Every once in a while, we get a day where not much happens. There aren't any major projects on the go and the only things that need doing are occasional tweaks to little things here and there - these are the down days. So, while the Boss is off talking about matching colours with a client, I'm in the office checking my mail and building ReadyMechs.
It's quiet, but whoever said that was a bad thing?
Every once in a while, we get a day where not much happens. There aren't any major projects on the go and the only things that need doing are occasional tweaks to little things here and there - these are the down days. So, while the Boss is off talking about matching colours with a client, I'm in the office checking my mail and building ReadyMechs.
It's quiet, but whoever said that was a bad thing?
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