Bill Drummond being interviewed about recorded music:
There was one occasion where I went to HMV to buy a CD. Standing outside the doors, I could see aisle upon aisle, rack upon rack – every CD known to mankind is there for me to buy. Over the decades my taste in music has broadened; I like [...]
I’m currently signing up to try out RescueTime, and wasn’t entirely sure about the prospect – but a good bit of opinionatedness has swayed me:
OK, the “watch for mistrakes!” is a tiny bit too unartfully kooky, but that’s forgiveable. What really impresses me is the help text given for the password field:
We hate bizarre password [...]
Something that shouldn’t be beyond the wit of Google: parsing a page in a forum that only has one post, posting a question, to which no-one has ever replied – so it can be dropped further down the search results! Or separated into a different set. If I’m searching for a string of words that [...]
Miranda Sawyer in the Guardian, having a good old-fashioned moan about the new times:
I have an idea about alternative culture: if there’s something interesting going on, leave it alone. Don’t whack it on YouTube, don’t blog about it, don’t hire a PR and get a piece in the Guardian Guide. And never invite a marketing [...]
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