Currently doing the rounds on the internet is the chart of Windows 7 upgrade options. The original can be found at Walt Mossberg’s site, but the chart is also linked below. Note that “Custom Install” is a euphemism for “wipe …
Read moreApple: No longer the masters of packaging
Anyone who has purchased an Apple product in the past few years – particularly a computer, iPod or iPhone – might have noticed that they have a certain knack for packaging. The boxes are sleek and sparsely labelled. The sub-boxes …
Read moreChumby
A couple of weeks ago I bought a Chumby – I bought it secondhand, but it had all the original packaging. A Chumby is essentially a small internet-connected touchscreen and speakers. Yes, there’s more to it than that, but that’s …
Read moreWallpapers can have source code too
I’ve commented in the past about Ubuntu’s wallpapers – in particular that I thought the Hardy Heron wallpaper was a high point. Now I do like it as an image in its own right, but I finally realised the other …
Read morePutting The Album on life support
I hadn’t planned to write any more about the decline in album sales, but just when I thought I’d put the subject to bed, I stumbled across this article. The short version of this not-very-long-anyway article is that Apple has …
Read moreMuseum? “Exhibit” or “Gallery” would be more honest
A few years ago I visited the Design Museum, just down from Tower Bridge in London. It was, as you might expect, a museum dedicated to design. It dealt largely with product design, though there was some content about architectural …
Read moreNew Theme
Regular readers of this blog (are there any?) will have noticed that I’ve finally ditched the “green variant on the default WordPress theme” in favour of a “green variant on the default Drupal theme”. I’ve always thought the default Drupal …
Read moreCollections: Playlists on steroids
A couple of posts ago I suggested that the agglomeration of audio tracks known as “The Album” is an anachronism in a world where individual tracks can be downloaded at the click of a button. Not wanting to be all …
Read moreIf not albums, then what?
My previous post posited that ‘If the record industry wants “The Album” to survive … they’re going to have to start thinking a bit more creatively’. Yeah, it’s easy to say that, but how about putting forward some actual ideas? …
Read moreFile Sharing Down in the UK
Well, sharing music files at least, according to this article. Funny, isn’t it, how illegal file sharing is going down just around the time that new services (such as Spotify) and new music stores (such as Amazon’s) are finally starting …
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