Links from Friday 15th July 2005

The Guardian sends out the parody call to all you budding impressionist writers. I especially like “The Death of Albus Dumbledore in the style of Andy McNab.”
Link: The Guardian
I’ve gotta get myself to the USA for July 4th 2007. Michale “The Rock”Bay. Transformers, the long-planned, live-action movie based on the robot-morphing cartoon, comic and toy […]

Links from Thursday 14th July 2005

Suw manages to sum up the UK Terror Alert in one simple graphic (see pic, right).
Link: Choc and Vodka
From their website… “You should not underestimate the severity of this threat and hope that you are the one who is out of danger. Things may turn worse than most experts suppose. Various mobile devices form the […]

The Apple iPhone and MVNO: Some Thoughts

Time for some specualtion over what everyone seems to think is the Holy Grail of 2005 - a mobile phone from Apple with some sort of iTunes support.
It’s an open secret that Motorola are working on something iTuney, what with leaks on Engadget and Gizmodo, rumours of existing phones syncing into iTunes 4.9, and useful […]

Links from Wednesday 13th July 2005

How dare the BBC use their public service charter to expose over a million people to new music they would never consider buying? Of course, it’s the classical music labels who are shouting. Folks, it’s simple. Give someone confidence to explore a new genre and they will stay. No-one is going to gamble on buying […]

One Terabyte of Podcasting and Counting

The Podcast Network Rocks!
No I don’t mean just The Rock Show, but the whole thing. The press release on the June numbers is at the end of the post here, but let’s take some headline numebrs first. The biggie, a terabyte of data served. That’s the equivalent of 1.1 million text files of “Harry Potter […]

Harry Potter and the Death of the Indie Bookstore

I posted along these lines just before “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” and I’m making a smiliar point now. Yes the whole Harry Potter phenomenon is great for children, great for books, and great for the publishers (it’s also great for JK Rowling, but then it does prove anyone can strike gold […]

Links from Tuesday 12th July 2005

Who is the mysterious and moody looking Disc Jockey from The Podcast’s Network Rock Show, TPN Rock?
Link: TPN Rock DJ Card Two
TPN is looking for a new host for The Jazz Show. I hope someone comes forward, because it was The Jazz Show (and Coverville) that gave me enough momentum to get The Rock Show […]

Prescient Fiction and The Tick Tock Man

I am a voracious reader of books and texts - ebooks are great - but I still hang out in the second hnad shops and buy a huge number of books when I get the chance. I can remember when I was ten or so going with my Mum and my little sister out to […]

“The Herald” Podcasting Article In Full

Just went to follow the link to The Glasgow Herald article on podcasting and it’s no longer there. Awwww. Luckily, I saved the text, so I’m republishing it here for the moment.

It’s Only A Flesh Wound

Things that I need like a hole in the head…
…a hole in the head. Thanks to the Velux window deciding to open out more than expected behind me, I’ve managed to clatter my head and create a nice little hole. Lovely. Slap the gauze on, clean the wound, and look like an extra from Scrubs. […]

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