I came to this album with high hopes - and wasn’t completely disappointed, read my review here.

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I’m just starting to get into, and understand how to get the best of podcasts - this one - is my favourite find so far (apart from the Ricky Gervais one) - its a free feed of electronic, ambient music…all EXCELLENT quality, and really listenable. I highly recommend this. You can download at the blog, [...]

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This is an amazing news aggregator - highlighting news from around the world (flash required)

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Once last thing before I shuffle off the planet
I will be the one to make you crawl
So I came down to wish you an unhappy birthday
Someone call the ambulance, theres gonna be an accident.
I’m coming up on infrared, there is no running that can hide you,
Cos’ I can see in the dark.
I’m coming up on [...]

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The best burgers in America are listed here - and whilst I’m in Seattle I think I’m going to try and add to my completion of the list, although I have a long way to go! I have eaten one of the burgers listed, at number 4, is the Cheeseburger from Rouge in Philadelphia. A [...]

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The most useful web page ever (you can make your own by clicking the drop down box at top-left and then bookmarking the results…)

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…or does this story just sound absurd? MP’s are issued laptops, which have wifi and bluetooth disabled by default - mainly because there is no wifi in the House of Commons. This is the seat of government and someone has not deemed it necessary for it to be fully wifi enabled? No wonder the government [...]

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For a while now, I’ve been reading about using technology for finding new music…exploring new tools, and ensuring that I stay on top of the music that interests me, rather than just blindly streaming music from the Radio (which generally is not what I want to hear). I’ve been using last.fm for ages now, to [...]

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Interesting reading - the ten golden rules of managing at Google - we could all learn from a few of these.
Technorati : business, google, productivity, work

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My first new music review of 2006 - and its an absolute corker, The Tonights self titled album is a killer CD - kicking off with perfect power-pop in the shape of ‘Tiptoes’ it wanders through a selection of great tracks, some piano ballads like ‘By Myself; with its added horn section and some downtempo, [...]

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