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You might think I’m only linking to the YouTube clip of Noel Gallagher being attacked on stage so I can use that headline. You’re right. [more]
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Later today the boffins at CERN will switch on the Large Hadron Collider, which will – depending on who you believe – usher in a brave new era in physics, turn the planet into Swiss cheese, or open a portal for Satan to come and enslave us all. Which may well overshadow the latest iPod.… [more]
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Sony’s recalling a whole bunch of Vaio TZ laptops because of an unfortunate “burny burny” feature that’s slipped into some of them. The recall includes these models: All model numbers beginning “VGN TZ1” (e.g. VGN-TZ11XN/B) All model numbers beginning “VGN TZ2” (e.g. VGN-TZ21WN/B) Certain model numbers beginning “VGN TZ3” (e.g. VGN-TZ31VN/R) Full UK details here.… [more]
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Pointless but amusing survey via the BBC: Indie: Low self-esteem, creative, not hard working, not gentle Chart pop: High self-esteem, not creative, hardworking, outgoing, gentle, not at ease Jazz: appalling taste in music, ugly shoes I may have made one of those up. [more]
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Nope – at least, nope for iPhoto and iTunes libraries. This is a job for Captain Ethernet. [more]
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Google’s much-anticipated operating system turns out to be real – but it’s built into a browser. [more]
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A nice contrast to blog evangelism: PC Pro’s Dick Pountain on why he doesn’t blog, and why he thinks blogs are bad for writing. Publishers, being straightforward capitalists, have a duty to maximise their profits, and one way to do this is to pay writers less or pay fewer writers. To them, the blogosphere is… [more]
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An excellent article about selling records, file sharing and trying to flog MP3s via Word Magazine: web technology lets us see exactly how many people are listening to our music. We can see the MySpace hit counters spin round, with the total number of listeners for each track. Our stats pages on our blogs show… [more]
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XFM Scotland, the radio station formerly known as Beat 106, is to become part of the Galaxy dance music network. The switch, which will be made in the autumn, is likely to see a radical overhaul of the station’s music output. [more]
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Sorry, on deadline just now so this’ll be quick: Mozilla’s Ubiquity could be amazing. More on MetaFilter. [more]
Read me in books
My debut memoir, Carrie Kills A Man, was a Scotsman book of the year and Damian Barr’s Literary Salon book of the week, and it was shortlisted for the 2023 British Book Awards book of the year in the Discover category.
My latest book, Small Town Joy, is a celebration of queer influences on and queer artists in Scots music and is out now.
I’m also a contributor to the excellent anthology Fierce Salvage, which is also out now.
