Thoughts from a Bafta nominated Podcaster, Blogger, Writer and Commentator.
See if you can spot the problem in this report about "The Muppets" movie: …The first big screen outing for the Muppets since 1999’s Muppets from Space, will open in the US on November 23 and February 17, 2012 in the UK. Exactly. What do you think the internet is going to be doing on the evening of November 23rd (apart from celebrating 48 years of Doctor Who)? Do Disney really think we’re going to wait almost three months to see this film?
Spotted this as I bounced around the web this morning. It’s a section of an opinion piece for BBC News by John Taylor (kids, he was in Duran Duran) makes this observation. I’m still buying copies of that first Roxy Music album, I’m almost embarrassed to say – import copies on premium vinyl, anniversary CD copies, Japanese imports with paper sleeves, iTunes downloads when I’m on the road and need a fix. Such was the power of that initial strike. The choice of words, namely fix and initial strike bring visions of very addictive drugs to mind. Think of the
What is in the water at Nintendo UK? There’s a nice interview with David Yarnton in the Times today, talking about the soon to be launched in the UK Nintendo DSi. It’s an evolution of the existing DS Lite, with basic cameras, SD Card support and an on-device store. Are they talking on the iPhone? Of course they are. But sometimes I wonder just what they think pirates are up to. First of all they’re proud that the DSi will not recognise the R4 Card (which is used to run homebrew code and .nds downloaded games). That protection should last
One of the fun things you can do when browsing the internet is start to see an article asking a question, and then finding the answer yourself on another page. Take this example… Over on BBC News is a report from the Midem Music Conference in Cannes, and the struggles that the music industry is going through a crisis of confidence. While they seem to have accepted that downloading over the internet is here to stay, they want to know “how do we make money now?” And this is the crux of the problems with digital music – massive companies
