CD WOW are running a 24 hour sale on selected items across their range of products. I just picked up a Chemical Brothers double CD for just over 10 euro including shipping :) … [Read more...] about CD Wow 24 hour sale
Music
iPod Nano Wins
Prior to the Blog Awards I took delivery of an iPod Nano to give to the winner. At the time I was sorely tempted to get a nano for myself, but I resisted.. at least for a while Anyhow my personal iPod Nano arrived on Friday afternoon. It was shipped from Hong Kong, as I had it etched with the Blacknight Logo. It looks kind of like this: Unfortunately I couldn't get the text … [Read more...] about iPod Nano Wins
mp3 support for rhythmbox on dapper
I originally mentioned setting up mp3 support for Rhythmbox on breezy. I've since upgraded to dapper and have had to go through the process again. This time round the solution was to install the oddly named package gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly Depending on which repositories you have enabled you may find more than one version of it and as dapper is still in active development you … [Read more...] about mp3 support for rhythmbox on dapper
iPod Nanos are cute
I took delivery of an iPod Nano this week. Of course it is black. The box is tiny! My digital camera, which is very thin and pocket-sized, came in a box about four times the size.... Some lucky blogger will be taking this baby home with them very soon :) … [Read more...] about iPod Nanos are cute
Agricantus
While visiting friends in Palermo I was handed a tape by Palermo group Agricantus. I'd never heard of them nor had I ever heard any of their music. I fell in love with the rich sound immediately. When I got back to Milan I scoured the record shops for CDs and was able to pick up a pretty good one of them in concert, which I seem to have misplaced somewhere. That's one of the … [Read more...] about Agricantus