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f e a t u r e s: May 08

Music - LA duo The Pity Party had a recent residency in Silverlake, an excursion to SXSW in Austin and are planning a trip to the UK. Here we catch up with them and ask a few questions. Interview

Hardware - Make your Mac into a picture display, frame ... thingy. An excerpt from the No Starch Press book called My New Mac helps you to get weird or aesthetically pleasing - whatever you want. Book excerpt

Wetware - the Net Radio? Who cares? Who listens? Net radio? Net drama!? Michael Powell has a look at Net radio drama and the odds. Article

Software - We have what might be our last look at the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet. Both OS 2008 and OS 2007 Hacker Editions have been made available for the 770 and while 2008 is a bit much for the underpowered 770, OS 2007 is a bit usable - and you can get Skype for it as well. Report

Music - Podcast! The Pity Party! See interview above. Podcast

Hardware - dead Mac Extortionate prices for replacement parts aren't the most environmentally friendly actions a manufacturer can take. We tell a specific story about our disgust with Apple. Think different? Sure thing. Report

More Music - Monthly Video Picks This month's pick is ... still under "d" ... Depeche Mode. Monthly Picks, vids, etc

Music - Pop/dance Thunderfinger chats about the French poet Rimbaud and the people who came after. Commentary

Music - Classical Monteverdi's Orfeo Commentary

Books - LA - the dark side, Mystics Reviews

Recent:
Paris travel, Scooters!, Fashion: Alexandra Groover, The Crane, Earphones, Flying Lizard and the arts, London Travel, The art of playgrounds, Apollo Heights, An American chanteuse in Berlin, B & B in Woodstock, NY, Boss Micro BR recorder, Das Park Hotel, Austria, Clinic Interview

Site Stuff -

Opening the podcast page in a separate tab can be good for your aural health.

Happy Birthday to us, etc.

10th Great Year!! Well, almost - next month sees our tenth anniversary (1 Feb 08)

Hope you had a good Christmas break! We did a little cleaning up as well as adding a "Post to Digg" etc item at the bottom of most pages.

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