This is an interesting article about a photographer, her photos, an unscrupulous company(allegedly) and how Yahoo/Flickr are morons(not allegedly).
Recently I was told what the first image on the web was. As you all know the world wide web was developed at CERN in Geneva. As a large particle physics laboratory the first image is truly a “of course it was” moment but I’ll let you judge for yourself. The (alleged) first image on the web. OK see that? Yeah I was a little surprised too but then think about it. What is the web for…….
So The Pumpkins have reformed, they played their first gig in 7 years on Tuesday in Paris. I couldn’t get tickets and there are no European headline dates announced at the moment. As you may have guessed them playing also means the new line up has being revealed (as D’arcy, Iha and Auf Der Maur had all said they weren’t involved) and it is:
Billy Corgan (vocals/guitar)
Jimmy Chamberlin (drums)
Jeff Shroeder(guitar),
Ginger Reyes(bass)
Lisa Harrington(keyboards)
I’m I disappointed that it isn’t the original line up? Not really never thought much of D’arcy and Iha’s solo album was meh and his attitude near the end of the line last time seemed poor. I would like Melissa Auf Der Maur back though, animal bassist, great songwriter(her album is brilliant) and she is smoking hot.
From the mouth of an asshole:
It’s because we know you have a real core audience that will pay whatever it costs when you put something out – you know, true fans. It’s the pop stuff we have to discount to get people to buy.
This is from an interview with Trent Reznor in which Trent attacks CD prices in Australia for ripping off fans. The quote is of a record exec explaining to Trent why they charge what they charge
As if to underline the PSP’s complete uselessness Sony and BT have announced that you will soon be able to make and receive voice and video calls as well as send texts. In other words the PSP will soon be an expensive phone but without a keypad making dialling numbers and writing messages a complete nightmare, oh and you get some shit games and movies on an already defunct format.
Look Around You for the win.
I have been reunited with my MacBook so let the celebration begin. They actually replaced almost the entire surfaces “inside” the MacBook i.e. the keyboard, track pad, the surfaces around these and also the “frame” around the screen (which I think was actually to change the magnet inside it). Also this was all done free.
Later days,
Halo.