- Mark Thompson’s speech to the Edinburgh International Television Festival 2005 “But the idea that, in the age of the i-pod, the public would not welcome the opportunity to actually buy a download of a piece of music they have heard on a BBC site … seems to me ridiculous. “
- Bye bye blackboard museum A blackboard written on by Einstein is supplemented by a whole range of contemporary blackboards by prominent politicians, artists and scientists…
- How Much Does iTunes Like My Five-Star Songs? Exploring the algorithm that choose songs in the Party Shuffle mode…
- Is Your Boss a Psychopath? “Odds are you’ve run across one of these characters in your career. They’re glib, charming, manipulative, deceitful, ruthless — and very, very destructive. And there may be lots of them in America’s corner offices.”
- Malcolm X – gay black hero? An older piece from the Guardian – written by Peter Tatchell of course – talks about Malcolm X’s sexuality. I find it weirdly uninteresting and limited as a piece, despite my increasing sympathy for Tatchell as I get older.
- I find myself equally unimpressed by the response to the Peter Tatchell article. It attempts to cite strong gay black role-models and can only cite the most pathetic of examples, while in the meantime stating that referencing (not with a mind to discredit) aspects of someone’s acknowledged sexual history is tantamount to an insult.
- Bizarre South Park cartoon in which “Scoble goes to Google” Compelling. Scary. Intriguing. Aliens. Rimming.
- 18th Annual Reader Satisfaction Survey by PC Magazine finds Apple at the top again. The scores are so much better that their left to query whether Apple computer users are just completely barking. “For Apple, in both the desktop and notebook sections of the survey, every single score is significantly better than the industry average for Windows machines”
- The Constant Gardener is getting pretty exciting reviews – collected here on Metacritic… “Director Fernando Meirelles and screenwriter Jeffrey Caine put a human face on John le Carre’s novel of sex, lies and dirty politics in modern Africa. Prepare for a thrilling ride. “
- An IPod Cellphone Said to Be Imminent September 7th is the date that everyone is bandying around. Which franky is about time – they’ve been talking about this for months…
- Engadget reports that Apple have made a deal with Cingular around the iTunes phone Again September 7th is the date that everyone’s looking towards. I guess we’ll see then. I can’t imagine it make me switch to Motorola, and I wonder how long it will be before it’s available in the UK…
- File-sharers move from BitTorrent BBC News reports that people are moving towards using peer to peer software like eDonkey instead of BitTorrent, after trackers were shut down a few months ago…
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