Month: December 2007

OK I don’t normally bang on about dance music on my blog but I have to tell you about this album as its the best dance live recording I have heard in years – maybe ever. If you are partial to a bit of the half robot, half human duo doing their stuff, then you are going to love this work of art as it’s a real crowd pleaser. The duo have managed to record a live album which fuses electronic funky baselines, loops and samples with some of their biggest and boldest tracks. This is the same set they ... Read more

In my recent blog about England exiting Euro 2008 I said I didn’t mind who the  next manager was, and that they should appoint the right person for the job. Well, the right person has now made himself available and I think it’s time the FA got off their backsides and acted because he won’t be available for long if Barcelona or Milan have anything to do with it. Jose Mourinho for England is my shout. He is in the top three coaches in the world, speaks English, is respected by all of the players and even better, he is ... Read more

  It was announced yesterday that PDF files are to have advertisements within them, following a new deal between Yahoo and Adobe. Click here to view the article. I find unnecessary advertising in places where it isn’t relevant a bit annoying. Being an early adopter of the Internet, I remember the days of several search engines struggling for superiority, before Google started to dominate the marketplace. I think there were two main reasons for this, one Google was quick and seemed to bring up the best and most accurate information and two it didn’t have blatant advertising on its home ... Read more