Recently, most of my CD buying seems to be replacing records that I own on vinyl as I can’t be bothered to get my turntable set up to listen the originals. Ebay is proving to be a great source for cheap replacements. And I’m finding that the music I want to listen to (and, hence,… Continue reading Choosing Music
Author: Dave Cross
Eating Properly
In this week’s Bad Science, Ben Goldacre puts his finger on why he dislikes people like Gillian McKeith. At first glance, they give quite sensible advice. Dr Gillian McKeith PhD – for all the awful poo business and her bizarre misunderstanding of basic science about things like photosynthesis – promotes a pretty normal, sensible, healthy… Continue reading Eating Properly
Wired For Sound
The problem with getting involved with the medical profession is that once they’re well on the way to fixing one problem they like to look around to see if there’s anything else to work on. So whilst I the doctors were prodding and poking me in various ways to work out what was wrong with… Continue reading Wired For Sound
Photo on Wikipedia
Oh look. Someone has used one of my photos on a Wikipedia article.
Nokia 770
The Gnome people were all very excited yesterday about the announcement of the Nokia 770. Called an “internet tablet”, it’s a compact, portable device for accessing the internet over wireless. It looks very nice. The exciting thing for the Gnome people is that all the software for it is based on Linux and Gnome. And… Continue reading Nokia 770
Evolution Theory Stickers Taken Off Textbooks
A small victory in the battle agaist creationist morons in the US. MARIETTA, Ga. – Workers in Cobb County have begun removing controversial evolution disclaimer stickers from science textbooks to comply with a judge’s order. By the end of the day Monday, several thousand stickers, which said evolution was a theory and not a fact,… Continue reading Evolution Theory Stickers Taken Off Textbooks
ID card bill delayed in face of rebels
Oh dear. What a terrible shame :) A last minute hitch appears to have delayed the introduction of the government’s identity cards legislation this week despite the hopes of the home secretary, Charles Clarke, that it would be published before the Commons rises for the Whitsun break on Friday.
Live Music
We went off to The Bedford last night to see some live music. I was drawn there by the chance to see Andy White for the first time for far too many years, but there were too other acts on too. First up was Foy Vance. He’s obviously heavily influenced by Luka Bloom (which is… Continue reading Live Music
BBC Podcasting
The BBC has increased the range of its podcasting trial. There are now about a dozen programs available. If they added links to the podcasts to the radio player pages then I’d include them in the BBC streams page.
Geeks in Hospital
A geek friend of mine is currently in hospital and looks like he’ll be there for a few weeks. Here’s an article explaining how he got his internet connection working. It all looks a bit Heath Robinson, but the post is evidence that it is working.