Monthly Archives: March 2005

I think I want one of these… “HP’s DJammer is a prototype handheld gadget DJs can use to mimic the sound of scratching vinyl simply by moving the device around. So, if the operator makes a scratching motion in the … Continue reading →

Shawn Fanning always seemed like a bit of a dickheard quite frankly, but I suppose I have to admit that Napster did have some innovations… Now he’s signed a deal with Sony for some kind of new music tracking system … Continue reading →

Take a bunch of geeks and tech activists and put them in a room with a tonne of computers and HDTV parts – all to build their own Linux-based MythTV HDTV digital recorder boxes and thumb their noses and proposed … Continue reading →

This pretty much comes under “market research” for me… the BBC has a story up about a study that confirms that word of mouth is the best tool to sell a book, and help it become a best seller. It … Continue reading →

In response to the news that Marvel has licenced their characters to be used in corporate motivational posters, this site has put up several featuring far more interesting comic book characters. My personal favourite, naturally: (Edit: Well, I’ve either been … Continue reading →

Comments are Go! And suddenly, out of nowhere, I have comments working on the site. This was something I’d been trying to do for a little while now, and thought I had done through the blogger interface, but it didn’t … Continue reading →

Yakuza party @ Fotopic.Net – Or, Naked Sushi Chick A small part of me thinks this is a little odd and entirely sexist, but most of me thinks it’s highly original and really quite appealing… A picture gallery from an … Continue reading →

libsyn // podcasting made easy If you want to make a podcast or ten… this might be just the place. Libsyn costs, but for the amount of server space you need, and the rss feeds (which may or may not … Continue reading →

Copyrights Keep TV Shows off DVD I’d buy more of these series DVDs if I could afford them… but the details in the article could be real damaging to the “experience” for some of these series. Cutting or changing music … Continue reading →

Wired 13.03: The UnGoogle (Yes, Yahoo!) Interesting look inside Yahoo! today, where ex-studio CEO Terry Semel is turning them into a Hollywood company as much as a tech company. How they’re not really competing with Google at all anymore, and … Continue reading →