Speaking of Roy Ayers (from several days ago), BET Jazz is showing an old concert of his as I type on their Classic Concerts show. It appears that the same episode will be airing a few more times over the next couple of days, so you may still be able to catch it. Don’t hold… Continue reading Speaking of Roy Ayers…
Author: Michael
World’s Biggest Toy Car
I thought I’d post some pics of my nephew getting his first driving lesson and/or trying to steal my car. 🙂
Sony Ericsson Introduces P900
These smart phone announcements just keep coming. Sony Ericsson has just announced its P900 phone. This is one serious device: Still based on Symbian OS 7.0 which powers the UIQ platform of the device, the P900 shares many of the traits of the P800 such as a clamshell flip cover design, an integrated digital camera… Continue reading Sony Ericsson Introduces P900
Free Hosting and Movable Type Install
The BlogSpot Jihad continues. Kevin, over at WizBang, has gathered a group of volunteers to install & set-up Movable Type for people wishing to take advantage of 1&1‘s free 3 years of hosting deal. (That deal seemed too good to be true to me when I first heard about it, but it appears to be… Continue reading Free Hosting and Movable Type Install
Shots from the 2003 Sydney Auto Show
Vanilla Shots has just put up a gallery of pictures taken at the Sydney Auto Show. There are some nice (real nice) cars over there — peep the Nissan 350z Convertible, the wild looking Subaru, the beautiful Porsche and all the rest.
Painting a Coloured Life
While I’m on my world tour I thought I’d give props to minha amiga Ani over at Painting a Coloured Life. I’ve had her blog on my blogroll for a while now. Originally I was looking for some Portuguese blogs to read to practice my rusty Portuguese. But it was her artwork that really grabbed… Continue reading Painting a Coloured Life
Indians Taking Over Modeling?
According to the story accompanying this picture of former Miss India/Miss Universe Lara Dutta, Indians are bum rushing the modeling industry. If they all look like her I can understand why.
More Drum & Bass Online
Here’s some more for you D&B and electronica fans. These are sites with mixes posted (via the Drum & Bass Tribe at Tribe.net): Drum&Bass.at HyperDub BassDrive
Check Out BBC Radio
Prometheus 6 (P6) was nice enough to share his discovery of the BBC’s 1Xtra music site. I’ve spent the whole day bumping their content. This, in my opinion, is what radio is supposed to be. They’ve archived a gang of different shows, across a variety of genres — R&B, Drum & Bass, Garage, Dancehall, Hip… Continue reading Check Out BBC Radio
James Seng’s Bayesian Filter for Fighting Blog Spam
Let me first say that James Seng is the man! A few days ago he provided the world with his excellent CAPTCHA-based spam solution for Movable Type blogs. Now he’s created another spam blocker which uses a Bayesian filter. This new filter works on TrackBacks too. I like the idea of this ‘learning’ plugin much… Continue reading James Seng’s Bayesian Filter for Fighting Blog Spam