October 29th, 2012
Whilst listening to one of my favourite podcasts (The Nerdist), guest Tom Hanks made reference to The Bee Gees “Sgt Pepper” album selling more copies than The Beatles original. A horrible statistic but one which I can imagine being true. Unfortunately. I’d heard of the film, and knew it’s basic history but never actually heard [...]
October 3rd, 2011
If you’re anything like me – which, for your sake, I hope you’re not – you’re a little bit giddy right now. It’s like being an eight year old the night before Christmas: you’re fairly sure there’s going to be a shiny new bike under the tree but you don’t know the precise details. The [...]
July 18th, 2011
After a gestation period equal to that of a baby elephant, Spotify has finally launched in the US. The excitement that’s greeted the arrival of the streaming music service has reached epic proportions, with the amount of press coverage far exceeding its likely short-term impact. With competitor services like Pandora well-entrenched in the US already [...]
November 16th, 2010
So, this graphic is currently adorning the Apple home page, as well as featuring prominently within the iTunes application. Any guesses? My money’s on a streaming service of some kind. Ever since Apple bought Lala, there’s been an expectation that iTunes would integrate its’ streaming technology. Maybe today’s the day it happens? Music? Movies? TV? [...]
November 15th, 2010
The first computer I owned was a ZX81, with a massive 1 kilobyte of memory. I remember typing in lines of code from a book bought with my pocket money, probably back in 1983, and actually filling the thing up with not a lot of effort. My friend had a 16k expansion pack and, boy, [...]
November 8th, 2010
Ok, I’m a little late: Apple launched the original iPod on October 23 2001. Yes, 2001. The iPod’s older than my daughter. The jury’s out as to which one is more useful and has brought me the most pleasure. (Only joking Holls, not that I think you ever read Dad’s blog!). When it was launched [...]
September 8th, 2010
Just doing a little light reading over brekkie and – yet again – there’s a story in the “geek press” about the record companies and publishers in the US doing all they can to protect their out-dated business model. Last week, at their annual music event, Apple launched its new range of iPods. Nothing unusual [...]
September 9th, 2008
I’m like a kid on Christmas morning after unwrapping a brand-new shiny red bike. For those of you not in the know, this evening (UK time) those nice people behind the iPod, the iPhone, the iMac and lots of other things not prefaced with an “i”, held one of their product launch events, introducing a [...]
April 17th, 2008
You’re a thief. And so am I. Well, more than likely you are anyway because in the UK it is technically illegal to format shift; that is, take your CDs and put them onto your iPod as you’re effectively copying the music and duplicating copyrighted material. Naughty. Naughty. So, we’re all off to chokey then. [...]