Archive for April, 2006

What links Britney Spears and Bob Dylan

Tuesday, April 25th, 2006

… is that I much prefer songs they originated when they are covered by other people.

Almost any other people, in fact.

360

Tuesday, April 25th, 2006

Podcast of the week? Something like that.

360 Records’s Podcast [iTunes Link] has been the soundtrack to my commute for a little while now, it’s a mix of this small record label’s latest and best releases. It’s encoded with Apple’s advanced podcast stuff, so it effectivly has tracks within the file, meaning you can skip a song you’re not feeling the love of.

The Now Show [ RSS | iTunes ]

The BBC’s top weekly news satire (Kind of a british Daily Show, really. Except weekly. and without the hit-and-mostly-miss mockumentery bits)

Secret Lessons Of Tech Geeks, Part Two

Monday, April 24th, 2006

Check to make sure there isn’t any chocolate melting on your laptop before you close it.

This check will not reap results very often, but you will not only be glad that you did, you will have chocolate.

Secret Lessons Of Tech Geeks, Part One

Monday, April 24th, 2006

When attempting to install your freshly burnt ISO, remember that booting is helped considerably by putting the CD in the drive with the pretty shiny side down.

You moron.