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Spotify on the Iphone

Finally, a compelling reason to upgrade to premium: a business model at last ? via waxy

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A Recipe for Change

Andy Baio links to Quarrygirl’s undercover investigation of the dubious ingredients in LA-based vegan restaurants. It’s an interesting riposte the David Simon’s assertion that “The internet does froth and commentary very well, but you don’t meet many internet reporters down… Continue reading

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The night football was reborn

Anyone with a more than a passing interest in sport, especially in football (but not specifically in Arsenal) should read Jason Cowley’s wonderful account of the final game of the 1988-89 season. It’s all happening so fast, yet there’s also… Continue reading

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Slow news month

(pic via boooooooom) Sorry for the quietness round these parts in recent days/weeks. Real life has been real busy and there is another project taking up most of my time at the moment. All will be revealed shortly. In the… Continue reading

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Who’s House?

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Merry Christmas

From the lats. See you in 09. pic via

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Has Gordon Brown saved the world financial system?

Who would have thought you would ever would see a serious op-ed piece with this as it’s first line ? And from the New York Times’s widely respected Paul Krugman no less. Credit where it’s due,  he seems to have… Continue reading

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After the Goldrush

Back in February when all this credit crunch talk seemed like some fairly abstract, far fetched nightmare, we wrote about an article called Nouriel Roubini’s Twelve Steps to Financial Disaster, partly because like, Yves at Naked Capitalism, we quite enjoy… Continue reading

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BlackLight

image via If you’ve ever spent any time on OilDrum finding out the lastest dire predictions on Peak Oil, you’ll know how quickly any lingering hopes for a bright and secure future can wither and die. Whilst I can well… Continue reading

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A plan to save the world

Sometimes (most of the time) I find Monbiot just a little a little bit too harsh but true. But this sounds like something that could work.

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