WordPress 2.5 is now powering my site. Very nice it is too, and a huge improvement in the UI department.
One thing I like is the new way to upgrade plugins.
It’s a one click deal, and works lovely.
But I also hate it. Cos, with me me being a little thick, I one click upgraded my plugin that powers this feed, and my Flickr feed reader… and obviously lost all of my little hacks that made them work.
Remember kids - alway back up, so you can avoid 45 minuted of redoing bits of your site!
4 years ago
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Oooh this is a lovely surprise. The Raconteurs have announced their new album.
Normally this would mean waiting at least six moths as the PR machine wound itself into a frenzy. However, Mr White and friends have decided to release it next week instead.
They only finished recording it in the first week of March!
You’re probably thinking “Oh… just downloads then?” - Not a bit of it actually, this is being simultaneously released on every format, to everywhere in the world on the same day.
Lovely!
4 years ago
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I’m sure you all already know, but the IE team have released the first beta of IE8 to the world.
It does install over you current IE version so some caution should taken. Which of course I did… ahem…
Looking at a few sites it does semm the baseline engine works better, however, there are loads of glitches around. Elements will pop out, seemingly at random, but pop back in to place if you slightly resize the window.
This is definitely a first beta kids.
4 years ago
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This is very interesting. Last.FM has struck up a deal with a host of different record labels to provide full length to stream for absolutely nothing!
They aren’t paying actual cash, it’s a sort of profit sharing thing… very interesting.
It’s not just open to the majors either. If you’ve got a band and you’d like a slice of the action - well you can sign up to and upload your stuff too.
As I said it’s very interesting and It’ll make music discovery that little bit easier…
4 years ago
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I like Dave Gorman… even if he did seem to go a bit odd for a while. I’ve got a signed first edition of Are You Dave Gorman?
He’s been a bit quiet of late, but randomly the Flickr Blog randomly featured his Three Part Polaroid Portraits. I’m not sure they even know who he is. He’s a massive Flickr fan (2,100+ photos), it turns out, and has taken some bloody good photos. He doesn’t overly trade on his noteriaty either. I especially like his I See Faces set.
Linking through to his personal site I’ve also learned of his new film and book that’s being released early next year - America Unchained - which documents his trip across America without vising a single large corporate chain owned store. It sounds great.
4 years ago
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I wish I could think of a differnet title for this that the man would approve of, but I can’t.
It’s been revelaed that Terry Pratchett has been diagnosed with “rare form of early Alzheimer’s disease”.
Fortuntaley he seems pretty upbeat about the whole thing… “I will, of course, be dead at some future point, as will everybody else. For me, this maybe further off than you think.”
He’s still planning to work on at least a couple more books, but it’s still hugely sad news to know his genius brain is going to slowly waste away…
4 years ago
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My fake band - Gold(III) Oxide - are about to release their debut album Lee Todd (footballer).
Here’s the track list…
1. Minamikanbara District, Niigata
2. Maison Blanche (Paris Métro)
3. Naughty Girl
4. Arena Active Protection System
5. Human Chess
6. WTXF-TV
7. St.Fintans, Multyfarnham
8. Stade Akwa
9. Difference (album)
10. Frostenden
11. Dan Duryea
12. St Dominic’s Holy Well
13. Vale do Rio dos Bois Microregion
14. Antwerp Diamond Giants
15. 1978 Asian Games
It’s an audible and physical journey through sound!
Thanks to Jack (again) for the time waster…
4 years ago
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A new version of the tumblr dashboard widget has been released. This one is in nice because you can actually add a title to it!
You can do the other types of tumbls too - like photo, video, quote etc.
Go and download it.
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