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Bill Israel has been busy of late (and now I know why) whom announces:
In an effort to bring good music to the tumbling masses, Richard and I have started a music tumblelog called Tuneage.
Richard and Bill both have a great sense of what makes music worth getting out of (or rather, into) bed for. Tunage sports a snazzy yet simple design, great tunes and fantastic visuals — well done lads.
Perhaps proving that yet again, tumblr can be more than just a re-blogged nirvana — in this case a music-lover’s co-production.
For Mr Ethan Marcotte. Beep.
"After saying two years ago that Blu-ray would be the clear winner, Forrester Research is now saying that an eventual victory by Blu-ray is no longer guaranteed." — the would-be Beta-max that could.
Michael posts about the Lifehacker Does Xbox Media Center article:
“I’m a huge proponent of Xbox Media Center. That is, an old Xbox, chipped and with XBMC installed on it, to make it the ultimate SD media center ever in the world of the history of everything..”
I’ve had an Xbox for something like 4 years now. And for the last year and a half or so it’s been chipped1 and running the Xbox Media Center software. I still use it for the odd gaming session, but primarily it sits beside the wide-screen TV for all our media viewing needs.
Oh, I’ve tried to kick the habit and build a media centre using a small-form-factor (and quiet) HP Compaq, but it’s just not as easy to use as the XBox. It plays just about anything you throw at it, short of HD. And if I ever actually go HD, it’s going to be when the disc based platform actually starts to settle down. The Blue-Ray and HD DVD format war still rages on in mixed-result-earnest and there is no saviour in the wings for us just yet.
It’s pretty safe to say I’m about done with the format war - call a winner, so we can all move on to something other than standard definition DVD without spending large on a dead format2.
Given the Xbox 360 has more chastity than twenty-two nuns on a prayer bender — and has absolutely no real flexibility out side of Microsoft’s constructed reality — the little slightly-beat-up and aging black-and-green box will continue whirring happily and quietly in the background, serving media on demand.
When someone can pass me a device that does everything the original xbox can do, for less money than the GDP of China, I’ll take note. Till then, we’re the best of buddies and the world can burn in it’s high-definition highlander war for all this consumer cares.
There is something I have been listening to of late that is entirely reminiscent of the early days of podcasting, before it became the “new voice of radio” complete with corny jingles, endlessly long intros, fast talkers with wares to sell and the production values of a top-notch recording studio.
The Talk Show, featuring roughly thirty […]
"Call it a hunch but something tells me that’s not gonna happen any time soon. So buck-up little print designer, I seriously doubt your medium will go Dodo in my lifetime or yours." — so say we all.
Typically I would shun highlighting advertising, yet this collection of advertising decks has as much colour, aesthetics and flair as any design studio, that it rates a mention - the international entries in particular.
"With all due respect to you, friends, fucking stop it. Seriously, stop supporting these shysters that advertise by generating fake links and popovers on your content." — heartily agree, it’s little more than a weak ploy to install spam, masquerading as content.
"DropBoks is a little website that allows you to securely store your files online. No bells and whistles, just simplicity." — 1gb of storage for pretty much anything, simple, no frills, easy to use and utterly brilliant.
"With this 72nd installment I will have made a total of 360 different illustrations since the beginning. Coincidentally, that’s a full circle. This is my time to stop.." — the last ‘installment’ from Joen and is likely the single best effort to close o
A recent addition to my ipod podcast list has been the wordpress podcast, which is a great way to keep tabs on news and events surrounding wordpress development and the community in general.
In the latest episode - Episode 8: Dealing with splogs, posting by e-mail and more a goodly number of plugins are covered, including sig2feed and a little coverage of the joy that is splogging.
