Music Tracks I Dislike

Spending today writing my section for an instant messaging paper, whilst listening to MP3s and WMAs in Windows Media Player.

It used to be a long way behind WinAmp or RealPlayer JukeBox, but there’s no competition now. I love its auto playlists (4 and 5 star rated/listen to at night/music i dislike etc.) and the auto rating of songs.

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Second Life

Second Life is an online experiment in social interaction in a world where emergence rules. Wired has more details.

It’s Kim Possible Non Stoppable

Kim Possible is one of the best cartoons for ages, slick, witty and great songs. How can you go wrong when Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable are the stars of your show.

Pattern Recognition

Having just finished just finished reading Deborah Gordon’s excellent, Ants at Work, I’ve now started on Pattern Recognition by William Gibson. Haven’t read any of his other books before, but so far I’ve been very impressed. Definitely one to recommend.

Space Blog

I think this is probably a first, blogging from space.

dB Drag Racing

Competitors in dB drag racing go head-to-head for a few seconds to see who has the loudest sound system. The record, by the way, is 177.6dB, which is easily enough to drown out a 747 on takeoff. Popular Science has the details.

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