Qtrax

this is quality... free peer-to-peer music downloading that's legal and the artists have got on board to receive commission. it works because they use drm to track what's being listened downloaded/listened to so they can work out how much to pay out - and their income is from companies keen to do advertising on such a brilliant product. (so far as I understand from the paper).



check it out for sure!

pooped

I'm pooped. liked what mark had to say though...

Ethan

check out my godson. just had a haircut. he's only one and a half, but poses like he's king of the world!

discrete maths (shh...)

9 a.m, this morning:

"Hi. I've not taught this course before. Or even learnt it myself. I meant to learn it over the Christmas holidays, but things got in the way. Like getting drunk. Several times. So I did as best I could on Monday. Let's see how we get on..."

~Sharry Borgan - Departmental Administrator for Mathematics, Durham University

two part special - communism

why do communists drink herbal tea?

"because proper tea is theft"

~ Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (emphasis added)

_{(this is part two of a two-part special on communism)}

two part special - communism

"in communist Russia, you fix it for Jim"

~Karl Marx (paraphrased)

_{(this is part one of a two-part special on communism)}

the great bear

tried to convince someone this constellation was the great bear the other day...

"...that's not the great bear, that's orion - you can see his belt"

"don't you know your greek mythology? the great bear attacked orion and stole his belt..."