12 Blogs of Christmas: #11 Yesterday, as with all the best laid plans, things didn’t exactly pan out as I had expected. Work ran on for a bit longer than I had wanted, then I was inundated with some domestic duties before heading out to the pub with the gang (poor football results and I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘iTunes’
Equal And Opposite Answers
Posted: December 9, 2010 in TechnologyTags: AAC, apple, Apple Lossless, bit-rate, iMac, iTunes, migration, MP3, PC
Yesterday, I did not blog at all. I sat at my computer in the evening, played a game or two, wrote a couple of emails and surfed the web a bit and deliberately didn’t come here to post anything (not that I had much to say anyway). The reason for this weird behaviour is that [...]
The News in Haiku #20….. “Ireland is bailed out: Seven billion from U.K. Where’s that cash come from?” For fifty weeks I have been happily blogging away here and in just two week’s time I will have arrived as a fortysomething and this project will be complete. Following yesterday’s double post, I have, as desired, [...]
iTunes Announce Announcement
Posted: November 15, 2010 in Countdown, HaikuTags: announcement, Cupertino, iTunes
The News is Haiku #15…. “Is it sad that I Get excited by “Apple’s Announcements, these days?” When I was younger, people used to get excited by the announcement of the number one song on the Radio 1′s “Top 40″ countdown. In fact, they got excited by the announcement of number two because you could [...]
The News in Haiku #4 “Qantas never crashed Said Rainman to his brother.Rainman Still true? Only just.” What a long day: left at 7:30am, home at 9:00pm. Not sure how people cope doing that day in and day out. Although I guess it’s something to do with exactly how much you love your job. Don’t [...]
How Big Is Yours?
Posted: July 13, 2010 in CountdownTags: Eliza Doolittle, iTunes, library, music, ripping, Top 100
“I get tired, and upset And I’m trying to care a little less And on Google I only get depressed I was taught to dodge those issues, I was told: Don’t worry, there’s no doubt There’s always something to cry about” Eliza Doolittle, Pack Up, 2010 I bought some music over recent days (see details [...]
White Wine In The Sun
Posted: July 1, 2010 in World CupTags: Brighton, iTunes, Orchestra, tickets, Tim Minchin, tour
“And yes I have all of the usual objections to consumerism The commercialisation of an ancient religion To the westernisation of a dead Palestinian Press-ganged into selling Playstations and beer But I still really like it I really like Christmas” Tim Minchin, “White Wine In The Sun”, 2009 Just found out that tickets for Tim [...]
The Day The iPhone Died
Posted: June 22, 2010 in CountdownTags: apple, Australia, cricket, England, ios4, iPhone, iTunes, luddite, rose bowl
11:42pm – I have returned home in just the nick of time from the Rose Bowl stadium in Hampshire where I watched the first of a one-day international cricket series between England and Australia. Rather marvellously, England won thanks to a remarkable innings from my new favourite cricketer, Eoin Morgan (103 not out). It was [...]
All My Music Is Rubbish
Posted: May 27, 2010 in CountdownTags: blogging, Football Manager 2010, iTunes, music, WordPress
“I’m making perfect sense. You’re just not keeping up.” The Doctor, “The Hungry Earth”, 2010 About to write up my Doctor Who review over in the Other Place: first up it will be last Saturday’s “The Hungry Earth” and then, if I have the energy, it will be “Vampires In Venice” which is getting sensationally [...]
“Across the street your smile broke Like a wave upon my face You didn`t notice me at all Across the street I saw you With some other pretty face” Roger Taylor, “Interlude In Constantinople”, 1981 Only brief blogging from me for the next few days, I must be all electioned out. In celebration of which, [...]
