Up now over at RHUM.

This site is just… wow.  Like a clown dying, both creepy and hilarious.

(thanks to Erin)

You may have heard of Google Chrome, Google’s attempt to take on Internet Explorer and Firefox by releasing a stand alone web browser (no doubt part of Google’s secret plan to gradually take over the world).  As with most Google services, it looks interesting and well designed.
However, as this article suggests, as is also the [...]

“Commissar Markov has long been a loyal party member, but I fear his growing influence in state policy. Perhaps it is time to cash in a favor from my friends at the Kremlin.”
More Яolcats here. This is why the internet was invented (ok, maybe not, but it should be why the internet was [...]

A review of the new Gomez album, A New Tide by yours truly is up over at Rabbit Hole Urban Music.
Executive summary: I like it, but I miss the Good Old Days™.
Right this way if you’d like to read it.

I thought this was an interesting little article about the present state of the music industry and where it’s heading.
In summary, the big labels know that people paying $30/album and $2/track for recorded music is not going to last forever, and have plans in place to deal with that eventuality. Those plans seem to [...]

This site is funny, in a slightly sickly-cutesy kind of way – an artist receives briefs from his toddler daughter who then critiques the results (read: gets angry and hurls abuse).

I came across this very informative summary of the current (purported) rights that various on-line communities claim over the content you, the user, uploads.  For example, Facebook’s terms of service are completely horrendous, whereas Flickr is relatively respectful of your rights.  I say “purported” because whether some of the stuff in these agreements would stand [...]

I don’t know what this is, but I like it: one man documents the extraordinarily bad shoes worn by his crazy Russian housemate’s prostitute(s).
Somewhat NSFW, but not completely (depending on where you work).

Random website of the week: spEak You’re bRanes.  An hilarious collection of mockery and analysis of the UK equivalent of the Australian “we grew here, you flew here”/”Australia: love it or leave” brigade.  Oh, and it’s probably NSFW.
Here’s one for you. If you lived next door to a mad tiger who kept raping you and [...]

You may have read about how Apple, in its benevolence, is finally releasing its entire music catalogue in a digital rights management-free format – i.e., you can copy them freely as you see fit. Sounds great (especially from the perspective of Apple’s marketing humanoids): a stylish cutting edge tech company finally breaking the music [...]

Until recently, commenting has been restricted to registered users due to the ridiculous torrent of spam which any website automatically attracts.  Before registration was required, I was using Akismet, which was fairly effective, as in it caught 99.9%.  Despite Akismet’s valiant attempts, the sheer volume of spam meant that a lot was making its way [...]

This is quite a good summary of some of the legal issues in the iinet case.