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My lovely new vaude bag arrived in the mail today, nice and roomy, with a removable laptop shell, perfect for taking a macbook and my d50 to various conferences and generally out and about.

Working on an asp.net microformats implementation that I reckon might be useful at work, if not I may just release the code here for folks to tinker with.

Now back to 24 season 5…..

Okay, so I know of the whole tracking issues, but I decided I wanted a new ipod nano to go with my new spiffy Nike+ trainers.

Nano is so cute and dinky, it’s going everywhere with me from now on, sound quality is great and the earphone have a nicer shape than my 2004 ones, which tended to hurt my ears if I wore them for too long.
It has photo viewing capabilities built in, but I don’t see me using that much with the screen so small. The games though, translate better to the small screen than I would have thought.

Nike+ trainers are so comfy, I’ve been wearing converse for so long I forgot how ace nike air feels on the feets. I’ll type up about the integration with the Nike+ module when it gets here, had to order it from the Apple store because apparently Nike have only approved a certain elite of retailers to stock the item, which is a bit wanky really.

Really need to give this site a spruce, something about the layout of the text doesn’t sit right with me…

Added a few new things to the music collection, bought them all from itunes (should probably put a disclaimer somewhere since I have itunes adverts too) which is a personal preference thing, some cds I like having the booklets etc but space is also an issue for me these days so it really depends on the artist. New artists and “best of”s = itunes, old favourites = cd.

With the formalities out of the way…

• Foo Fighters – In your honor : This is a fantastic double cd. The hard rock disc is fast and doesn’t let up till the last guitar string. ‘No Way Back’, and ‘DOA’ are my favourites from the first disc, some great guitar riffs here. Actually I’ve been listening to the rock cd for so long I’ve forgotten to give the acoustic one it’s fair due of attention…
• Stereophonics – Language Sex Violence Other : I bought this when Dakota was hitting the charts and wasn’t impressed with the rest of the album. So my mood has either changed or the times have caught up with the music, because I was listening to this the other night and it was hitting all the right notes for me. Standout tracks here are “Superman”, “Doorman”, “Girl” and of course “Dakota”. I must say I was sceptical when the Stereophonics changed their line up, but this one is fantastic.
• Faithless – Forever Faithless : It takes a certain type of electronic act to get my attention. The ones that have struck a chord with me are Faithless and TV on the Radio. This album is a collection of some of the best dance music of the last decade. “Insomnia” still holds up as a great club anthem and while it’s cut down to the radio edit 3:28 “God is a DJ” is still as welcome to my ears as it was on Sunday 8pm.
• Queens of the Stone Age – Lullabies to Paralyze : Do I need to go there? They’re quite simply the best down and dirty rock act hitting the radio and MTV today, “Everybody Knows Your Insane” is nice and fast with a melancholic aftertaste and “Little Sister” has a lovely pedal riff that does it for me.
• The Cribs – The New Fellas – These dudes have been popping up on MTV2 quite a bit lately, so I figured I should check them out, some good stuff, playing on the same semi nostalgic area of the Libertines but with a new vibe that’s quite welcome. One to look out for I think.

Well that’s the stuff circulating on me ipod at the moment, I’m thinking I need to pay attention to how NME and other bloggers review albums to improve my skills for next time.

music: God Is a DJ – Faithless

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