Archive for February, 2007
The Triptych
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007The latest in “The Trip” mix cd series… 90 tracks on 3 cds mixed by the geezer out of Lemon Jelly:
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Are you desperate for a wii?
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007How To Shower - Men & Women Video
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007Save the BBC from Windows DRM!
Sunday, February 25th, 2007Save the BBC from Windows DRM! - Update | Linux Journal
Now I strongly doubt 25% of the BBC on-demand audience use Linux/Mac but the article makes some good points. Non-Windows users will become second class citizens for at least 2 years.
I am pleased that audio is generally not to be DRMed. I presume this includes “catch up” of radio shows (currently available through Real/WMP) as well as original podcasts?
If you are a license fee payer, get involved in the BBC consultation, a summary of which is below:
In approving the proposal, our view is that it should proceed subject to modification in the following areas:
- the storage window for seven-day TV catch-up over the internet (i.e. the length of time to be able to view programmes after they have been downloaded to a computer);
- series stacking;
- the Microsoft-based DRM strategy for seven-day TV catch-up over the internet;
- the genres included in non-DRM audio downloads;
- the protection of children from unsuitable content.
And later:
The BBC Executive proposes a digital rights management solution which would require consumers to be using Windows XP (or above) and Windows Media Player 10 (or above) to be able to access seven-day TV catch-up over the internet. The PVA noted that we would expect the BBC to adopt a platform-agnostic approach. The MIA also identified benefits to a platform-agnostic approach.
We propose to require the BBC Executive to adopt a platform-agnostic approach to rights management within a reasonable timeframe. The MIA notes an expectation that the BBC Executive plans to develop a Real Player alternative in the near future. Our understanding is that the BBC Executive aspires to offer an alternative DRM framework, which would enable Apple and Linux users to access the service, but has yet to identify a satisfactory solution. In either case, we will expect this to have been addressed within 24 months.
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minor emacs wizardry
Sunday, February 25th, 2007Just noticed this emacs blog. Now as any fool knows, emacs is the one true editor, vi being better suited for editing passwd files or similar, and should never be allowed near code (my colleague Hampus strongly agrees on this point). This is an interesting post too: Emacs-friendly Firefox.
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Akismet - more blog spam prevention
Sunday, February 25th, 2007Akismet is a service that offers a distributed blog spam stopping service that works with wordpress. You can register for a free key on their site.
Incidentally you can get free Wordpress accounts on Wordpress.com if you don’t have your own webspace - much better than blogger, etc.
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Kelis - Bossy (Alan Braxe & Fred Falke Remix)
Sunday, February 25th, 2007Kelis - Bossy (Alan Braxe & Fred Falke Remix - excellent track available on the superb Modular Leave Them All Behind 2 album.
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Sailing takes me away… doo doo doo doo
Saturday, February 24th, 2007Just listening to the classic Sailing by Christopher Cross, I thought I’d be Web2.0 and tag it on last.fm.
I concur with the previous tagger who gave it the tag “The Shit”.
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PlayStation 3 in Europe will play fewer old games
Saturday, February 24th, 2007“Sony is managing expectations by saying now that the new console will play fewer of the old games, and that’s a good thing,” said analyst Alex Kwiatowski at British market research group Vertical Market Technologies.
Err… no it’s not… what a great deal for Europe, an inferior console for more money than they pay in Japan or the US, steer clear.
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