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Return to Free Software, with tunes!

Posted by on January 29, 2007 3 comments

Well, I finally upgraded my PC the other day and I’ve got Ubuntu 6.10 back! Know what? It feels good to back on Free Software, I much prefer using Ubuntu to Windows any day of the week!

For me, one of the unexpected bonuses was a music player called “Banshee”. It’s a very good music player, but also contains social aspects in that it talks to the Last.fm social music site about what you’re listening to. The result is on the new box on the right hand side of my blog, it’s the top 10 artists I’ve listened to recently. What the heck, at least you can all have a giggle at my musical tastes now! :-)

Nothing is forever

Posted by on January 11, 2007 No comments

Well, this (courtesy of the BBC) is interesting.

Both Buddhism and Taoism make the point that all things are temporary and nothing lasts forever. It seems nobody thought to tell this music industry, until now. An unsigned band called Koopa is about to enter the top 40 without any music industry deals.

To quote a band member, “If we can get enough exposure and get in the top 40 by the end of the week, do we necessarily need a large label? Probably nowadays, no you don’t.” The music industry has fought long and hard to try to stop this change from happening, but you can’t stop change, delay it maybe, but not stop it.

This more than anything makes the point that all things are temporary, if a huge powerful monolith like the record industry can have something like this happen, despite all their power. This is going to be interesting to watch!

Which of the X-Men are you?

Posted by on January 5, 2007 No comments

You Are Jean Grey


Although your fate is often unknown, you always seem to survive (even after death).Your mind is your greatest weapon, literally!Powers: telepathy and telekinesis, the ability to project thoughts into the mind of others, communication with animals

Which of the X-Men Are You?

Star Wars Character Quiz

Posted by on November 9, 2006 1 comment

What the hell, it’s Friday….

Your results:
You are Qui-Gon Jinn

Qui-Gon Jinn
67%
Chewbacca
64%
Obi-Wan Kenobi
63%
R2-D2
60%
Yoda
60%
Lando Calrissian
55%
Luke Skywalker
54%
An Ewok
54%
C-3PO
52%
Boba Fett
52%
Overall, you’re a pretty well balanced person.
But maybe you focus a little too
much on the here and now.
Think about the future before its too late.

(This list displays the top 10 results out of a possible 21 characters)


Click here to take the Star Wars Personality Test

The World’s Shortest Personality Test

Posted by on September 27, 2006 No comments
Your Personality Profile

You are elegant, withdrawn, and brilliant.
Your mind is a weapon, able to solve any puzzle.
You are also great at poking holes in arguments and common beliefs.For you, comfort and calm are very important.
You tend to thrive on your own and shrug off most affection.
You prefer to protect your emotions and stay strong.

The World’s Shortest Personality Test

Whose Space? MySpace.

Posted by on September 2, 2006 No comments

Well, I finally got curious about this MySpace I’d been hearing about and signed up. It’s quite interesting, there are groups and things and it seems that you can use it to easily keep up with a large network of people. There are certainly plenty of Taoists on there!

You can find my MySpace page here: Quiet Watercourse.

I think this is going to be quite interesting!

Sci-Fi

Posted by on August 4, 2006 1 comment

So, I hear the the new Star Trek movie may have Matt Damon cast as a young Capt Kirk. Now I’ll put my hand up to being an SF fan, but IMO Star Trek should’ve been laid to rest for a good long break. Now I know there are some very good Sci-Fi series out there, I’m a fan of the new Battlestar Galactica and loved Red Dwarf. But I feel that TV and movie SF, while good, will never get near written SF.

I’ve always liked William Gibson, Ian M. Banks and Arthur C. Clarke, though I really didn’t think that the 2001 movie did the book justice and I’m not sure I’d ever like to see any of the Culture novels committed to film. The problem here, I think, lies with the studios and the fact that they want to stick to tried and tested formulas for things rather than experimenting.

Hmm, I think I’ll put Zen and the Art aside for a while and pick up “Look to Windward” again!