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- My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: AAAHHHRCHESTRA (49), Lana Del Rey (35) & M83 (21) #weekly_music http://t.co/vyfFhr0w 1 day ago
- Today I'm largely listening to the new record by The Kabeedies. I'm also rejoicing having a proper internet connection again. 1 day ago
- Today's musical discovery can be found at http://t.co/U4sP3OwN and is completely free. It's really rather excellent. 2 days ago
- We now have snow, but still have no reliable internet connection. 2 days ago
- Our home network is painfully slow, apart from twitter for some reason. I think I will investigate further. 3 days ago
- My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Craig Finn (76), Lana Del Rey (37) & The Band (20) #weekly_music http://t.co/vyfFhr0w 1 week ago
- My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: The Big Pink (44), Crystal Stilts (31) & David Bowie (19) #weekly_music http://t.co/vyfFhr0w 1 week ago
- My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Crystal Stilts (40), David Bowie (19) & Luke Haines (17) #weekly_music http://t.co/vyfFhr0w 3 weeks ago
- Today I'm very much enjoying the (fairly) new record by the Crystal Stilts. I can't believe I'd not encountered them before. 2012-01-07
- My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Los Campesinos! (64), Luke Haines (48) & Tennis (41) #weekly_music http://t.co/vyfFhr0w 2012-01-01
- Albums of the year is now done and available at http://t.co/ksQJFYQD 2012-01-01
- Happy New Year everyone. It's now officially 2012 in the UK. 2012-01-01
- I think tonight will largely involve mulled wine and Jools Holland. It's becoming something of a tradition. 2011-12-31
- Today I'm really enjoying the latest Los Campesinos! record and wondering why it took me this long to appreciate it. 2011-12-30
- Albums of the year is taking shape, with a good showing for people I communicate with via twitter. I think there is a message there. 2011-12-26
- Home now, after a day with the (extended) family. I ate far too much, but am otherwise full of festive cheer (finally). 2011-12-26
- Happy Christmas to everyone. Here's hoping your festive season brings heath, wealth and happiness. 2011-12-25
- I'm preparing data for Album of the Year. What are other people's favourites from 2011? 2011-12-24
- My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Half Man Half Biscuit (26), Dum Dum Girls (15) & Los Campesinos! (14) #weekly_music http://t.co/vyfFhr0w 2011-12-20
- On my way to Cambridge. On the slowest train ever. 2011-12-17
- Ugh! I hope this sore throat isn't the start of some horrid illness. I have no time to be ill. 2011-12-13
- My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Luke Haines (40), Los Campesinos! (20) & The Auteurs (12) #weekly_music http://t.co/vyfFhr0w 2011-12-12
- My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Luke Haines (30), Tori Amos (15) & The Indelicates (15) #weekly_music http://t.co/vyfFhr0w 2011-12-05
- My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Luke Haines (49), The Auteurs (33) & David Lynch (18) #weekly_music http://t.co/vyfFhr0w 2011-11-28
- Happy thanksgiving to everyone who celebrates such things. 2011-11-24
- My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Florence + The Machine (25), David Lynch (21) & Jah Wobble (12) #weekly_music http://t.co/vyfFhr0w 2011-11-21
- My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: David Lynch (20), Tom Waits (15) & Jah Wobble (14) #weekly_music http://t.co/vyfFhr0w 2011-11-13
- I'm loving the new Tom Waits album. Hopefully I'll have time to listen to it properly this weekend. 2011-10-29
- It's finally the weekend. I'm really looking forward to doing very little. 2011-10-28
- Chores done. Time for Heroes, coffee and food. 2011-10-23
- My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Ryan Adams (90), Radiohead (37) & HTRK (37) #weekly_music http://t.co/vyfFhr0w 2011-10-17
- This week I'll largely be exploring productivity through solitude. I'm hoping this won't be too much of a sanity hit. 2011-10-17
- If I'd known my mother wanted me to shave for tomorrow then I'd not have shaved today as well. 2011-10-14
- iCloud has pinpointed where my computer is to an accuracy of a few metres. Impressed now. 2011-10-12
- I've found the headphones that came with my phone. Sanity will be restored. In other news, I'm loving the Radiohead remix album. 2011-10-12
- Another pair of dead headphones. No music for me tomorrow it seems. 2011-10-12
- iCloud rocks, and has some really interesting features. I did my first remote wipe today and it was remarkably effective. 2011-10-12
- My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Dum Dum Girls (52), Veronica Falls (31) & PJ Harvey (13) #weekly_music http://t.co/vyfFhr0w 2011-10-10
- I'm glad I'm not out tonight. My energy levels have taken a dip and I need to recharge. 2011-10-07
- KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON Image Generator - brought to you by the Ministry of Information http://t.co/ZNMrx5QT 2011-10-06
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Introducing aaahh-records – home of free and charming music
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WordPress 2.7
I wasn’t sure I needed to upgrade this website to WordPress 2.7 (the latest version of the blogging software which acts as a front-end for everything else here), but as I missed the last couple of releases I decided it … Continue reading
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Wiki Widgets
I was looking at Wiki Widgets today, and in particular how to integrate Google Calendar and Twitter with Mediawiki. This is something I’d like to investigate further when I’m not so busy.
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Microblogging as a promotional tool
I’ve been thinking recently about how we (and by we I mean anyone involved in any activity they wish to promote) can get information to the largest number of appropriate people, with the least amount of effort. This interests me … Continue reading
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Mail Goggles
Is this the answer to late night flame wars?
Using Ubiquity with google maps
Again, a really simple command to pull up a google map. map B457HJ There is a lot more that can be done with maps, but that will have to wait for another day.
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Google Chrome
I installed Google Chrome on my windows PC at work today). So far I think it’s ok, not anywhere near as useful as Firefox, but certainly has some interesting ideas. The buzz surrounding it suggests that we are likely to … Continue reading
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For an interesting way to juxtapose Twitter and Facebook
sudo apt-get install gwibber It basically gives a running feed of status updates on both Twitter and Facebook. Good for when (like me) you have almost totally different people on each one.
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