- Mike Ash on Private APIs – Nice discussion on the pros and cons of using private API's in your applications. The only time I've consciously used them was years ago with a large PL/SQL program on an Oracle database. I got all the upside (quicker development) without any of the down (having to maintain it). Yuk yuk.
- Electric dreams for pop in 2009 – Apparently synth-pop is making a come-back for 2009. Yay! Less derivative guitar bands and more cheesy pop please!
- 2008 – The Year in Pictures – Some really beautiful images in here. Wish my photography was up to their standard!
Tag Archives: music
My del.icio.us bookmarks for June 26th through June 27th
- Review: Charming Wall-E Sweeps Up Trash, Hearts – Seems that being bought by Disney has not cramped Pixars style. Definitely one that I'll see at the cinema.
- Labour fifth as Tories win Henley – When Labour get fewer votes than the BNP in a by-election there is a big problem…
- Legal, British P2P 'by end of year' – Is the music industry finally ready to embrace new distribution models?
My del.icio.us bookmarks for April 25th through April 30th
- An elephant never forgets? George W. Bush's lost e-mails – "The administration has chafed at external oversight and shown a tendency to come up with dubious legal justifications for ignoring laws it doesn't agree with." Just what is Mr Bush trying to hide?
- WordPress 2.5.1 – I just upgraded to the newest version of WordPress. Looks good as far as I can see but let me know if you spot anything untoward.
- Madonna, Hard Candy – "It's about grooves rather than memorable songs, and Madonna just doesn't make for a convincing soul diva [as she] sings them with the emotional engagement of a sat-nav suggesting a right turn onto the A23."
My del.icio.us bookmarks for April 20th through April 23rd
- Amnesty unveils shock 'waterboarding' film – This video makes it pretty clear why waterboarding is torture and not just an "enhanced interrogation" technique as George Bush would have us believe. Very nasty. (Don't watch over dinner.)
- DRM: The Gift that Keeps on Taking – "Now, people, aren't you really glad you bought DRM'd music"
- Free your mind – How can a writer make money when distribution is free…
My del.icio.us bookmarks for April 8th through April 11th
- London teen orders 'cab, innit' – Barely believable but very funny!
- Billy Bragg: Why should songwriters starve so others get rich? – "I never bought that Home Taping Is Killing Music shit in the 1980s that the record companies tried to lay on us. In fact I printed on the front of my fourth album that Capitalism is Killing Music. And that's what's happening now. The powerful start-ups a
- What Idiot Wrote These Ten Commandments? – "Where's the stuff we can use? Where's 'No pushing'? Or 'Bag your leaves so they don't blow around in your neighbor's yard?' And don't even get me started on right-of-way. Didn't they have real problems back in Bible days?"
My del.icio.us bookmarks for March 19th through March 26th
- Everything you ever wanted to know about "Rickrolling"… – The man who sang "Never gonna give you up," the classic Stock-Aitken-Waterman pop song, makes an unexpected come back. (What's wrong with Debbie Gibson by the way?!)
- Lies and Statistics – Most people in Britain believe that Jesus rose from the dead. Or do they…?
- Our Bad. Wired Had Some Tips For Apple — We Were Wrong. – Fascinating to see how much things have changed in the last ten years.