Monthly Archives: January 2007

A patchwork of 1 million paintings

Posted by coulson on January 12, 2007 None comments

That is the official record breaking aim of The One Million Masterpiece (OMM) although its purpose is to raise money for a number of charities, one of which you can choose to give £3.50 ($6.50 minimum donation) in return for …

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Musipedia names that Tune

Posted by coulson on January 10, 2007 None comments

If you can you sing it or whistle it, or piece it together on a virtual piano, or even tap it’s rhythm on your PC keyboard, then there is a chance you might find out where that song comes from …

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One/two free music sites from Europe

Posted by coulson on January 7, 2007 1 comments

Jamendo is a free share site where you can listen to over 2000 albums. The jamplayer works well – quick with a relatively good sound considering the hardware in my PC. Like an album? Download it. Then you can make …

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Signs of life after print

Posted by coulson on January 6, 2007 None comments

The first week of 2007 was the week that saw the world’s oldest newspaper (361 years) cease to exist…in print that is. That’s right, the Swedish daily – Post-och Inrikes Tidningar, lives on…on-line. This was posted by Jeff Jarvis on …

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Get yer Jajah’s out !

Posted by coulson on January 4, 2007 1 comments

Jajah ‘The Peoples Phone Company’ has been receiving a lot of attention and not just from the rumour mills – talk of Apple/Jajah cooperation in an upcoming Apple phone. The European start-up announced in December an agreement with some of …

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The Council of the EU says “We cannot support Linux”

Posted by coulson on January 2, 2007 None comments

The Streaming Service of the Council of the European Union – where you can view live transmissions of ongoing public events or browse the archives – can only be accessed by Mac or MS Windows users due to the WMV …

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