TPN Rock and the Podcasting Year in Review

Double flash player goodness for you here as Hogmanay approaches. Last week and this week have seen me do a recap of the year over at TPN Rock, one song for each month, and a look back at some of the things I was involved in. Music, memories and a few surprise observations should see […]

Lemy and Kirsty

At this time of year, another small group of people discover Kirsty MacColl and her music thanks to the slow elevation of The Fairytale of New York to classical status. And that small group might have a look for more of her music. So you can choose your poision, Titanic Days on iTunes, various Kirsty […]

The Sony Ericsson W950i Has Arrived

Just before everything shut down for Christmas, I recieved - direct from Sweden - the latest smartphone. In this case the Walkman branded UIQ3 smartphone. And I have to say, it’s very very cute. Pop over to All About Symbian for the opening of the box gadget p0rn post.

I’ll be writing more about the device […]

Web 2.0 Decorations

Nothing like capturing the zeitgeist but now the decorations are up (after last night) it’s time to show off the Web 2.0 ™ Christmas decorations as I say Merry Christmas and return to the day.
The Pastafarian Gingerbread Tree
I suspect this isn’t on the 6A Tree…

Five Things - Finally Tagged

I wondered who would finally get me in the blog tag game of five things you don’t know about me. Jim finally did the honours, so here we go.
1. I’ve done stand up comedy both in the West End of Glasgow, and at The Stand in Edinburgh.
2. I can fly a glider, and if there’s […]

One Point Six Five Trillion Dollars

Or in long hand $1,650,000,000,000 dollars. I’m assuming that the RIAA band that are suing the Russian Based, Russian Licenced AllOfMP3 because (on my reading) they don’t like the fact they’re not giving them enough money… or something.
But get this. They’ve used the standard multiplier of $150,000 per infringing track on the site. Which means […]

“Today in Music History” Featured in iTunes

Woo! Today in Music History pops up as a featured podcast in iTunes this week. Admittedly it’s in the ‘New Releases’ section, but that’s partly because we’ve had a fun time getting it into the Apple Online Directory. But it’s there now, and it’s in the first pane when you visit. Short of gettting the […]

[Le Web 3] David Sifry Interview

Just posted over on TPN’s Tech Conference Show is the following interview with David Sifry, CEO of Technorati.

Show Notes - RSS Feed - MP3 File
As a quick aside, I’ve embedded quite a few notable podcasts and MP3 files in the last couple of posts. Let me know if you are (or aren’t) enjoying them…

TPN’s Jazz Show a Staff pick of 2006 at Apple

A massive big congrats to Thom Allen, host of The Podcast Network’s Jazz Show. It’s just been listed as one of the Best Podcasts of 2006 by the Staff at iTunes:

Just glancing at the other nominated podcasts, the list includes This American Life (NPR), The South Bank Show podcast and The National Geographics World Music […]

[Le Web 3] Loic Le Meur’s Reply and My Thoughts

First of all, Loic Le Meur has replied on his blogs to the blogstorm of comments around Le Web 3. You should head over and read that first.
I am glad Loic has said sorry, and he’s looking to move forward. That’s good. Personally the main issue I have is that Le Web 3 turned into […]

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