iPodrace
A fairly large Quicktime movie... demonstrating the intersection of the worlds of iPods and Star-Wars Pod-Racing based on a union of the word... pod !
Daft, funny & clever.

Creative Commons Music License
one for my talented musical friends :-)
Without a traditional "deal", I would (If I had the least bit of talent!) be following this method to get my recordings out-there. The creative commons "movement" is worth researching and understanding, and may very well be the simplest and best method of bypassing the traditional power brokers and taking control of your music/career.

About the Creative Commons Music Sharing License
The Creative Commons music license helps you:

1. Mark It Legal: Mark your music with the CC logo so fans know that you own your copyright, but give permission to download, file-share, copy, and webcast — but not to sell, alter, or make any other commercial uses. Here's an example of how it would look on a band's web page and here's a short comic describing how fans might legally use your music.
2. Promote It: Register your music at Common Content so people can contact you to purchase commercial rights to the composition or sound recording. Or, have it hosted for free at the Internet Archive.
3. Make It Searchable: Make your music searchable within the Creative Commons audio search engine."

Things Other People Accomplished When They Were Your Age
Just to re-inforce any feelings of a lack of accomplishment you may be feeling.

Google Publishes Print Edition Funny.

Hamlet - The Text Adventure
Very nice...:

"I am in an east-west corridor in the palace. My bedroom door is in the south wall. An opening in the north wall leads on to the balcony.
Horatio is here.
Exits are north, east, south and west."

Plumber, electrician... digitician? - nice piece on the emergence of localised "deep support" and/or the comodification of skills...?
"As homes get more wired, a new trade emerges"

**more funny shit brought to you by updater**
Warning: contains profanity - not for those easily offended (swearing is not, big or clever.. but as this remix/respin on the recent Channel4 promotional talking head-ads suggests, it can be funny ... maybe ?)
Thanks to jamesh for the tip.

Starved of the truth - George Monbiot article on the current Biotech debate, and asks: what is the real question....?

Biotech firms are out to corner the market, so they have to persuade us something else is at stake.
The question is as simple as this: do you want a few corporations to monopolise the global food supply?"

Slashdot | Protecting Our Parents' PCs?
nice article/thread on being "PC Support Man"

The Singhsons
This is a really nice (flash animation - needs sound) indian-remix of everyones favourite cartoon family... funny and reverential ! [thanks to GarryS for the link]

First e-ink e-book reader from PHILIPS
e-paper/e-ink has been talked of for a while now... however, with this becoming a reality(?) this year.. and the wider availability of wireless networkin.... the promise of "all the worlds books available all the time" draws nearer (if the stupid content/copyright would allow us to have access at a reasonable price)... can you say "convergence" ?

Gyoza.org - Gyoza - Japanese Dumplings One For Ray !

How News Travels on the Internet
this is one of those "Blog's will eat themselves" postings which has already become part of the thing it's describing. i think this is all very fascinating, watching the changes in publishing and news-consumption rules changing.... then observing 80% of london tube users reading the awful and free "Metro"... sigh....

Magnatune."We're a record label. But we're not evil."
Interesting approach to re-inventing the recording industry "the way it ought to be"... look at his "reasons why" page (under "information").

Personal Update I haven't managed to post much recently - due to travelling for work... plus Charlie has had Chicken Pox, which has somewhat distracted me from my usual distratcions - thankfully he's getting much better now.
Here's a bunch of things i caught up on over the weekend...

Spam is 10

5th March marks the tenth anniversary of what is generally considered the first spam message

More "New Journalism"
Dan Gillmor: Boost for Personal Journalism in New Gadget Blog

Downing Street Says...

"Every day the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman meets a small coterie of political journalists known as 'the lobby' for a topical chat, or 'briefing'. We've built an unofficial site that lets you read summaries of these briefings and add your own comments"

Far Side cartoons made real in Photoshop

world subways: "subway systems of the world, presented on the same scale"

Yahoo! News - Enthusiasts Call Web Feed Next Big Thing
Story about RSS Newsfeeds on Yahoo, a good introduction and update on the subject.

I've been using bloglines.com for a while now, and find it's a great way to track subjects I'm interested in...

Try It Out here on some of the feeds I follow.

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