Official Website for It's All Gone Pete Tong

Official Website for It's All Gone Pete Tong: to say more would ruin it. trust in tong!!!

Box Office Mojo

Box Office Mojo: check out all kinds of bo data!!!

thanks justin!!!

Old Time Radio Shows

RadioLovers.com - Old Time Radio Shows: perfect for you pod!!!

It's All Gone Pete Tong

It's All Gone Pete Tong, to say more would ruin it!!!

Guerrilla News Network

Guerrilla News Network: "Guerrilla News Network is an independent news organization with headquarters in New York City and production facilities in Berkeley, California. Our mission is to expose people to important global issues through cross-platform guerrilla programming."

big ups to chris for pointing me in the right direction!!!

The Happy Mondays and The Farm roll back the years

The Happy Mondays and The Farm roll back the years: "'It's like 1989 all over again."

BitTorrent Inherently Illegal?

BitTorrent Inherently Illegal?: "'Today I received a letter from my university's network administration advising me that my network access would be terminated due to 'illegal P2P activity.' The P2P activity that the e-mail cited was BitTorrent and the file being transferred was an update to the Azureus BitTorrent client. The letter stated, 'Until the courts decide that student P2P activity is permitted we will continue to block this activity on our network,' implying that BitTorrent is inherently illegal. It seems such misunderstandings are common, but it is particularly frustrating when coming from people in the IT field. How can a student respond to such an accusation in order to defend the validity of BitTorrent and continue to benefit from its legitimate uses?'"

BIG UP TO B!!!!

BIG BIG UPS TO THE OUR MAN IN ORLANDO! B's DONE!!! WORD MY MAN!!!

Yahoo! Search CC

Yahoo! Search CC: "This Yahoo! Search service finds content across the Web that has a Creative Commons license. While most stuff you find on the web has a full copyright, this search helps you find content published by authors that want you to share or reuse it, under certain conditions"

How the Spam Industry is Sustained

Slashdot | How the Spam Industry is Sustained: "'The BBC has an interesting article about spam and why it's still around. According to a survey, nearly 1/3 of users have clicked on spam messages and 1/10 have bought products advertised therein. 'If no-one responded to junk e-mail and didn't buy products sold in this way, then spam would be as extinct as the dinosaurs.''"

that 1/3 and 1/10 should be shot, drawn, quartered and burned on tv for all to see. stop fucking up my world assholes!!!

Web Design Hampers Mobile Internet?

Web Design Hampers Mobile Internet?: "'Reuters is running an article on how flashy web design is impacting the usability of internet-enabled mobile devices, with quotes from Tim Berners-Lee. Although the article is sparse on details, it is an interesting topic for discussion. Having recently bought an internet-enabled cellphone, I can honestly say that most websites are painful to view on a 240x320 screen over a GPRS connection(EVDO is expensive/US-only). Have we moved away from 56K-modem-oriented design, only to be pulled back in that direction?'"

i couldn't agree more, fuck flash!!! but why listen to me, tim along with his friends basically invented the fucking thing anyway!!!

Hate Fred and Veronica? Try David and Linda

Hate Fred and Veronica? Try David and Linda: " Cepstral builds high quality, natural sounding voices available for Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, even Solaris. They currently offer 18 voices in 6 different languages. David, the newest voice, is optimized for reading news and browser content and all the voices integrate seamlessly with Apple’s Speech Manager. The voices are free to try, $30 to buy."

A History of Icons

A History of Icons: "'The GUIdebook has a great page illustrating the history of icons. Of course, they have the Lisa/Mac/OS X paths, but there's the Windows progressions, along with entries for NeXT, OS/2, BeOS, and yes, Linux. Would you call it progress?'"

MarkShell.zip

MarkShell.zip: my latest new widget to make my life easier! basically its a prompt that can do any of number of commands i do frequently!!!

Ultaportable Apps: Take Your Thumbware Anywhere

Ultaportable Apps: Take Your Thumbware Anywhere: "'On his blog, Jeremy Wagstaff makes available a list of the apps now packaged for USB thumbdrives. He also wrote these up in WSJ but that will cost you. My personal favorite is the FireFox in a box...every where I went, I had a different crop of bookmarks, now my browsing is the same wherever I go.'"

13 Things That Do Not Make Sense

13 Things That Do Not Make Sense: "'New Scientist is reporting on 13 things which do not make sense. It's an interesting article about 13 areas in which observations do not line up with current theory. From the placebo effect to dark matter, it's a list of areas in need of additional research. Explanations could lead to significant breakthroughs... or at least new and different errors in scientific observations. Now there are 20 interesting problems for Slashdotters to work on, once you combine these with the seven Millennium Problems!'"

Fiona Apple Is Cookin' on the Net

Fiona Apple Is Cookin' on the Net: "Songs from Fiona Apple's latest album are widely available on the internet and are being played on the radio, but much to the chagrin of fans, the album can't be bought for love or money."

seems to me someone in the music industry needs to watch i am trying to break your heart, 'cause we have already seen how this one ends!!!

Buying DRM-Free Songs From the ITMS

Buying DRM-Free Songs From the ITMS: "'Jon Johansen ('DVD Jon') has published a small program which allows the acquisition of DRM-free file from Apple's iTunes Music Store. He explains that his program works by bypassing iTunes which adds the DRM itself at the end of the transfer. His program, pymusique, is Windows-only compliant but it'd be easy to port it to other platforms.'"

Code Wiki

Code Wiki: looks like Mr. Lessig wants some input!!!

THE.SCENE.05

THE.SCENE.05: NYY student Brian Sandro has a secret: he and his friends pirate hundreds of millions of dollars of illicit Hollywood movies in their spare time. They are revered, reviled, hunted, and admired. No one knows who they are - at least, not as far as they know."

a really interesting concept: an online only show, split screen, mostly delivered in text (which alone is a crazy idea), delivered via bit torrent, the whole thing is nutz but it works!!!

Google Meets OSX

Google Meets OSX: check the latest from the labs, seems they like the dock!!!

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New Order uses Bluetooth posters to send music clips direct to cellphones

New Order uses Bluetooth posters to send music clips direct to cellphones: "The marketing campaign for the upcoming New Order (yes, that New Order — Blue Monday, anyone?) album, Waiting for the Sirens Call, marks an innovation in music promotion, with the development and display of digital interactive posters offering song clips, ringtones and photos that can be beamed directly to fans’ cellphones. The posters use both infrared and Bluetooth to send the data directly to phones, bypassing network charges to fans or to the band’s label, and making New Order to first group to hand out free music clips direct to cellphones. The digital posters will be displayed in HMV stores in London and Manchester in the UK, sweeties — who said there’s no such thing as a free ringtone?"

Movies, Technology and the Future of Viewing

Movies, Technology and the Future of Viewing: "Movies, Technology and the Future of Viewing, Talk of the Nation, It's been a long time since movies were only available in theaters. But now there are movies on demand over cable TV; compressed films in digital files; and DVDs in the mail. Technology is changing how we watch movies, and it may even change what we watch. We examine the future of movies:
Chris Anderson, editor in chief, Wired magazine
Reed Hastings, CEO, Netflix
Dean Garfield, legal affairs director, Motion Picture Association of America"

real stream!!!

RIAA Lawsuits from a John Doe's Perspective

RIAA Lawsuits from a John Doe's Perspective: "'Nick Mamatas was sued by and subsequently settled with the RIAA for file sharing. He wrote a piece for the Village Voice describing his experience, and he goes on to briefly discuss the implications of 'John Doe' file-sharing lawsuits. He argues that the labels are using these suits as a source of profit; he also claims that when his lawyer contacted the RIAA to discuss the suit, he was put in touch with a regular staffer, not another lawyer. 'It feels like they're doing a volume business,' Mamatas' lawyer notes.'"

Music Piracy Unit Raids ISP in BitTorrent Assault

Music Piracy Unit Raids ISP in BitTorrent Assault: "'Australia's music industry piracy investigations unit has raided an Internet service provider in Perth, Australia in what it says is the first Australian assault on the use of BitTorrent technology for copyright infringement. Outgoing Music Industry Piracy Investigations (MIPI) general manager, Michael Speck, said the raid was launched this afternoon at the offices of Swiftel Communications.'"

P2P (More) Legal in France

P2P (More) Legal in France: "'A french appeal court ruled yesterday in favour of somebody who downloaded about 500 movies, on the ground that those were private copies, and that he didn't redistributed them, and that a tax was payed on blank media. This sets the huge precedent that P2P is legal over there. For the details, apparently no distinction was made on the method used to download the movies (upload issues) and the famous EUCD directive was even used by the defending lawyer.' You'll want the fish for this one, unless you speak French."

Roger McNamee On Video on the Internet

Roger McNamee On Video on the Internet: "'Roger McNamee, venture capitalist and author of The New Normal has just posted the third part of a fascinating series on his blog entitled 'Video on the Internet'. Here are parts one and two. His basic premise is that media companies are trying to treat the internet as a normal distribution channel like broadcast or DVD, but they need to learn that there are new rules to this game if they are to avoid the errors committed by the music industry. The user comments are also a must read, with luminaries like Marc Andreessen chiming in with their insights.'"

very very interesting, and i am only part way through. but 2 things the article has me thinking about, that i have yet to see addressed... 1) programers as infrastructure and 2) audience desire for low interactivity.

1) it seems to me programers are in no hurry to adopt new models that may end their legacy of control. there are arguments about the ability or lack there of for monitizing unprogrammed content. and both sides have merit, however i believe the real hurdle like that we have witnessed play out in the music industry is a fear of change and loss of control. who wants their job programming prime-time to be usurped 10 year old timmy who wants to watch transformer reruns over er. but my take on the future is timmy is smarter than the programers and like marc's friend (see comment 4) is already watching what he wants with no commercial interruptions or viewing fee.

2) almost always, and i am generalizing so feel free to flame, technology versed people make the argument that all audiences want interactivity. such is not always the case, some viewers like to just sit in front of the "idiot box" and not interact, not think and generally just be bombarded with mindless content for hours on end. interactive possibilities promised by the coming of ip based broadcasting is not the end all. it is merely a new option and far from the holy grail often thought as the driving force behind this innovation.

Publishing Exploit Code Ruled Illegal In France

Publishing Exploit Code Ruled Illegal In France: "'A French Court has condemned the security researcher Guillame Tena for publishing a security vulnerability in the Viguard anti-virus software of Tegam. This ruling makes the publication of security vulnerabilities and their proof of concept through reverse engneering illegal in France.'"

DATA DESTRUCTION TOUR 2005

DATA DESTRUCTION TOUR 2005: "An unprecedented tour featuring a mobile live-chiptune assault unit consisting of underground 8-bit superstars Covox (Rebel Pet Set), Nullsleep (8bitpeoples), and Bit Shifter (555 Recordings). Game Boys and Nintendo Entertainment Systems, forcibly conscripted into the manufacture of unprecedented electronic music -- low-res, high-energy, and completely unique. Innocent melodies and deadly beats collide to form a subversive new arsenal, all delivered on video game consoles. Brace yourselves."

one question, why is this not headed to seattle?!?

AudioCubes

AudioCubes: "The idea for the audiocubes first came to mind when I was discussing tangible user interfaces with some friends who worked as recording and sound engineers. Later on I was researching how this interface could be applied in a scientific context (human-computer interaction) at the DSSP research group."

yeay! new toys for mike to build!!!

NYPL Digital Gallery

NYPL Digital Gallery: "provides access to over 275,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more."

Teen convicted under state piracy law

Teen convicted under state piracy law: "Teen convicted under state piracy law, 18-year old college student Parvin Dhaliwal is believed to be the first person in America convicted of a crime under state law for illicit music and movie downloads. He pled guilty to charges of possession of counterfeit marks (unauthorized copies of intellectual property)."

Danceteria Flyers

Danceteria Flyers: "During the early 1980s, Rudolf's Danceteria was a prime partying place for the NYC scene. The flyers convey the artistic sensibility of this period, and bring back memories of that wild time."

WOW!!!

CBGB facing closure

CBGB facing closure: "NEW YORK’s influential punk rock venue CBGB is facing the threat of closure this summer. Following news in last week’s NME that London’s Bull And Gate is facing a less than certain future, CBGB has revealed that if lease-renewal negotiations with their landlord aren’t satisfactorily concluded by August the venue will have to close. Following recent discussions, the club’s owner Hilly Kristal has been told that his monthly rent is likely to double to $40,000, plus there’s a $91,000 in back rent also owed, MTV News reports. 'We won't be boarded up until after our lease is up' declared Kristal who changed CBGB from a Hell’s Angel hangout to the influential punk club in 1973. 'I am determined to stay, but they want me out.' The venue is also facing additional costs to bring it into line with safety codes issued in the wake of the 2003 Great White show at Station nightclub in Rhode Island, which resulted in a fatal fire. CBGB is felt by many to be the birth place of punk rock with bands including The Ramones, Patti Smith, Blondie and Television serving their musical apprenticeships there during the 1970s, while the likes of The Strokes and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs have played there since. It is now rumoured that a consortium of musicians is being formed to help save the venue, but at present no names have been confirmed."

SAVE CBGBs!!!

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New Order still feel Ian Curtis’ influence

New Order still feel Ian Curtis’ influence: "NEW ORDER say they still feel the influence of JOY DIVISION frontman IAN CURTIS. Speaking to NME.COM bassist Peter Hook said “we don’t see Joy Division as a different group apart from not having Ian there physically. He’s still there mentally. Spiritually.” The full story of New Order is told in NME out now nationwide, while a documentary about the Godlike Geniuses will air on VH2 next week (March 7). Featuring live footage and videos the programme ‘From Joy Division To New Order’ is at 7pm on the music channel and charts the Manchester pioneers’ rise."