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I'M ON THE TRAIN! Heading to Bristol. #FT

Have a free listen to the new Eno • Hyde: High Life. #Eno  #FT I bought this earlier today and if you are (wise enough to be) on G+ and in one of my circles you can have a play for free. It's good and funky.. grooves and glitches... quite 79/80/81 Talking Headsy (which is a very good thing). See also:  http://warp.net/records/releases/enohyde/high-life "Anyone with whom you share this music will receive one free full play. If you share to Public, people who aren't in your circles will receive only a sample." Happy to add you to a circle if I know you and you're nice :) https://play.google.com/music/playpreview?preview=AE9vGKqHaUE7JIKgpy4dAB8sFW-O1z0QBeEt56eHtTDA9IKB2CI67YZWwt__IURzrUa0xatAEtDbb6EGnL38A6VHmwsZ1I5LD4QBHMheUK_w54W53UbtFxeBs4cmbViO-yx5kV6f7hJunQP6UiywoZqC4VJHz7MV2XX1FfimhW3npqXazU0ATus%3D

The New Music Biz. The life of today's independent artist? #FT http://doonesbury.washingtonpost.com/strip/archive/2014/6/29 http://assets.amuniversal.com/a3918bd0ccb001316224005056a9545d

"Are you a vet?"  :D A German tourist jumped into the freezing water and saved a woman's precious little dog. Upon getting back on the pier, he checked out her puppy. And told her, "Ze dog is ok. He vill be fine." Due to his selfless heroic act, she asked, "Are you a vet?" He replied, "Vet? I'm fuken soaked!" LOL! [edited from Concepcion De Vera's/Kune's e-mail]

Out for a dinner to celebrate (a week late) alison adams ' birthday. #FT At The Heifer Bar & Restaurant (very nice) http://www.theheiferscorton.co.uk/

Need to rebuild my Samsung Series 3 #Chromebook . Running the recovery image creator in a Linux shell I rather love the prompts confirming theat , YES, this is the correct USB device to use and to DoIT! ======================================= I found 1 USB drive.  We need one with at least 1490MB capacity. 0 - 1 - Use /dev/sdb 4040MB Ut165    USB2FlashStorage Tell me what to do (or just press Enter to scan again): 1 Is this the device you want to put the recovery image on?   /dev/sdb 4040MB Ut165    USB2FlashStorage You must enter 'YES' (all uppercase) to continue: YES I'm really going to erase this device. This will permanently ERASE whatever you may have on that drive. You won't be able to undo it.   /dev/sdb 4040MB Ut165    USB2FlashStorage If you're sure that's correct, enter 'DoIt' now (case is important): DoIt ==============================

Re Yo #FT #YO. Quick Q: who 'here': - is aware of 'Yo'? - is using it?

How to wrest control of our data from spies and their networks #FT http://gu.com/p/3qf44 Excellent article, particularly the 'analogue mindsets' point. I think it's important to distinguish between: Private Corps & Govs. I.e. with Google we make an agreement & they provide excellent tools/dashboards to enable us to control & manage (to an extent) that relationship & the information we disclose. This transparency & operation within the law provides us with the ability to judge the 'cost vs utility provided' & whether to use the service. Of course other companies don't live up to Google's standards (transparency, user control) OR provide such great value (e.g. Google Now, personalised search) & are not as worthy of our trust. Govt agencies covertly recording information without meaningful oversight & control by parliament is an entirely different scale of problem. There's no dashboard, transparency or opt-outs. Without Snowd...

YouTube Complaints 2014!: http://youtu.be/_y0SCQJvA1c #FT http://youtu.be/_y0SCQJvA1c

Love these autoawesome 'stories' G+ creates. #FT CVJFC Presentation Evening. https://plus.google.com/115782788859560629473/stories/81186cb5-f4b9-3966-8065-186d2ae2b2b7146e388da06/1

Rather enjoying Four Tet on BBC iplayer #Glastonbury. Seems like it might be more suited to a sweaty basement club than in the middle of a field but it's the only thing that's drawn me in so far. Inventive beats FTW. #FT http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/errnc8/acts/ab5nc8#p02167rs

I've noticed I've attracted quite a lot (for me, here) of new followers/circlers in the last several days (quite a lot means a dozen or two) - mainly people I have no connection with. Some of them are "marketing types" (YAY! Exciting! etc.)  and others are a biit more random. Not complaining, not concerned. Just feels a bit odd/inexplicable?

Fact: England have never qualified from a World Cup group while wearing a kit made by Nike. #FT #WorldCup http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2014/03/Neville-Brody-typeface-for-England-Football-team-at-2014-World-Cup_dezeen_5.jpg

Blue Note Plays Bossa Nova (Various Artists)   #jazz   #brazil   #FT   I remember buying these two Blue Note compilation LPs (Blue Bossa & Blue Bossa 2) during the mid 80s  http://www.discogs.com/Gilles-Peterson-Blue-Bossa/release/1286671 http://www.discogs.com/Various-Blue-Bossa-2/release/2713374 Great music for a sunny day... especially during a Brazilian World Cup. They're collected on a CD "Blue Note Plays Bossa Nova" Listen here on GPMAA: https://play.google.com/music/m/Byhrz46zdvp5xbgqqdytxtbfhfq

Who knew? Alexei Sayle is a motoring columnist for the Torygraph. #FT #GotANewMotor Could he be primed to stage a coup and takeover Top Gear? #TheAntiClerkson Comedian and actor Alexei Sayle joined Telegraph Motoring as a columnist in 2012 to give his unique view on the world of cars, bicycles and anything else that takes his fancy. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/columnists/alexei-sayle/

Dilbert demos a nice solution to the Glasshole problem #Glass #FT http://www.dilbert.com/2014-06-21/ http://www.dilbert.com/dyn/str_strip/000000000/00000000/0000000/200000/20000/3000/500/223510/223510.strip.gif

Doonesbury: nice perspective on the Climate Change (non)debate. #FT #ClimateChange Some people still like to argue about the human contribution to climate change. I think it's time now to stop arguing and just add people's name to two big lists. Those who accept the science of man-made climate change ; those who reject it. History can judge us all :) http://doonesbury.washingtonpost.com/strip/archive/2014/6/22 http://assets.amuniversal.com/1df1e2d0c7fa01315e28005056a9545d

Best Chromecast video ever ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OZPtYnhzTA

Boy & mum.

"God be praised it's a miracle: a boy without a winkle!'  RIP, Nursey.

Guess what I got to play with this last week? :-) http://www.zdnet.com/canonicals-cloud-in-a-box-under-the-hood-7000030784

Happy Birthday alison adams!

vint cerf, one of the fathers of the Internet and our Chief Internet Evangelist, is working to expand Internet access around the world, so that the 4 billion people (give or take) who aren’t already online can join the 3 billion who are. He’s also the recipient of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, which celebrates the engineers responsible for innovations that benefit humanity. See what he has to say about the promise of engineering and technology, how the Internet allows us to experience creativity and inventiveness, and his basement stash of bad science fiction novels and good wine. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OLyafz3alc

http://onion.com/1lF8OH2

With directions like these, who needs Google Maps?

Horace Silver: the perfect musician for the jazz averse #jazz #FT Perfect mini-obit for the wonderful Horace Silver & a great selection of tunes. RIP. http://gu.com/p/3q9b2 http://gu.com/p/3q9b2

Major #Facebook  outage? Looks like web and mobile both down. #FT

Major Tom's next career...

The UK government has revealed that intelligence service GCHQ can snoop on British citizens' use of Facebook, Twitter, Google and YouTube as they are classified as external communications, meaning it can intercept them without an individual warrant http://bbc.in/1jwA2LR

Happy birthday, Guy Bailey!

Strong explainer on ISIS/Iraq: "The terrifying rise of Isis: $2bn in loot, online killings and an army on the run" #FT http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/16/terrifying-rise-of-isis-iraq-executions

Naturally, Robin van Persie's phenomenal header goal against Spain has been given the meme treatment: http://on.mash.to/1kGXYM2 #WorldCup

Happy birthday Andy Wishart!

This is a (mini) Masterpiece: Ashes to Ashes - David Bowie (8 Bit Chiptune Trib…: http://youtu.be/jC60zJCDwTE ) #FT http://youtu.be/jC60zJCDwTE

#WorldCup

Happy Father's Day Bill Adams #T https://play.google.com/music/m/Tngfd5swvvurx77kr5tqpj7amiu

Climate change: historians will look back and ask 'why didn't they act?' #FT http://gu.com/p/3pgv4 I've been asking (myself) this question for the last several years. I felt like I was 'late to it' (Climate Change, Resource Depletion, Ecological overshoot). And yet actually, sadly I'm not. The oncoming disaster, which is becoming less possible to avoid as the years slip by, just isn't important to most people. It's nowhere on the list of 'issues' our elections are fought over. It should be central to EVERYTHING we plan & do. But it isn't. I think it never will be. Perhaps it will be a great life (sustainable, hi-tec, more equal?) for one or two billion people (left) in a century or two's time. Maybe that's 'good enough'? Arguably a success for our species. Nature having dealt with our overreaching for us? Perhaps people (like me?) who would prefer us to try and look ahead, plan & manage (to an extent) our species f...

Finally got around to listening to Gjertrud Lunde's recently released album. Working well with Sunday morning coffee & 'papers'. #FT #jazz It's a mix of Norwegian folksy, ECM(style) jazz & features a star turn from Arve Henriksen. Rather lovely. http://www.gjertrud-lunde.com/english/media.php

Via @NPGLondon and @PrivateEyeNews

Happy Birthday!

Hi, What's the intended latency/lag for published/new podcasts to show up within PFM. Here's an example: The Chrome Show from GigaOm https://player.fm/series/gigaom-chrome-show/ Was published 9 hours ago but is not yet available on PFM/my Channel here:  https://player.fm/series/gigaom-chrome-show/ Not a complaint - more a query :) Feedback: I appreciate beta status and the PFM cloud based model & caching of podcasts (right?).  However if a topical/news based podcast is not available (via PFM) several hours it's hit the Interwebz then that's too long a delay. i.e. I just used another (my previous) podcast app to grab it for a drive I have coming up. I'd rather stay in PFM.. but I have to leave now!  :)

Keep up with the World Cup using Google Apps #Worldcup2014   #Google   http://gappstips.com/calendar-tips/view/213/keep-up-with-the-world-cup-with-google-apps

So, farewell then Rik. #RIP   #FT   http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/jun/09/rik-mayall-dies-comedian-actor

The original Turing Test was passed yesterday for the first time in history. http://www.reading.ac.uk/news-and-events/releases/PR583836.aspx I'm attaching a simulation (in the from of an animated gif) of one of the possible consequences of today's event. (I assume you know what movie this is from.) (via RobotEnomics) #artificialintelligence

VLC is adding Chromecast support to its Android, iOS and desktop apps. The popular Swiss Army Knife of media players will be adding Chromecast support to its Android, iOS and even desktop apps with the iOS version coming first in the next month or so. #VLC   #Chromecast   #Android     http://www.omgchrome.com/vlc-chromecast-support-coming-android-ios-desktop/

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Chain Reaction, http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lgkzc from @bbcradio4 via BBC iPlayer Radio #FT #ENO Very nice interview with Eno. If nothing else skip to the last few minutes on comedy. But really, the whole programme is really good. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lgkzc

Remembering D-Day. Today on google.co.uk we remember the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings. The Normandy landings, codenamed Operation Neptune, were the landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy, in Operation Overlord, during World War II. On the Google Cultural Institute you'll find archives from the time including letters, photos, and maps of the Normandy landings: http://goo.gl/1RvU5w #DDay70   #Europe

Hi, I recently discovered PFM and I like the cloud-centric approach as well as the general UI/UX. I used to use Google Listen - which whilst only half-developed was good enough and the attraction was the ability to manage in the cloud (not on a single device). I recognise that PFM excels here. *Note: I have android devices + web. A major reason for me to not adopt it is the inability to define specific podcasts to download. This is part of my own practice/use-case so I'll explain it here. It may well be that I'm not the kind of user that's suited to PFM, or it may be that my usage can evolve :)   or maybe PFM could see my comments as an enhancement erquest (can we say "Premium feature" ?). So...: I like to:  - add many podcasts to my lists to track/follow  - Some are A-list/always/must-haves I always download  - others are selective - depends on content, my listening availability e.g. if I have a work trip involving 2x 4hr car journeys I'll need more podcasts ...

Apple executives had a lot of kind words for the products they announced this week. And here they are, cobbled together by a TWiT editor. http://youtu.be/a-aInwhZBo8

We just found out #LEGO hands are the perfect size for cables!! Minds blown. http://bit.ly/1oYdoD9

One for Charlie Adams  http://www.minimalsworld.net/BrazilName/brazilian.php?fname=charlie&sname=adams&result=Charliinho

Get a front row seat to the games with Google Maps. Good one for you Charlie Adams & Bill Adams  http://google-latlong.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/get-front-row-seat-to-games-with-google.html

What online censorship in China looks like: Quartz's interactive feature comparing American search results to those in China. http://theatln.tc/1obTSB5 http://qz.com/216829/see-what-china-sees-when-it-searches-for-tiananmen-and-other-loaded-terms/?utm_content=buffer7810c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=plus.google.com&utm_campaign=buffer

One for Charlie Adams http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27678434?SThisFB

One Does Not Simply Telnet into Mordor ...but they can ssh ;-)  #linux

Do Apple's customers really still believe this stuff?  #WWDC   #FT   "Apple engineers platforms, devices and services together. We do this so we can create a seamless experience for our users that is unparalleled in the industry. This is something only Apple can do." Do the positive reinforcement messages keep working without Jobs' Reality Distortion Field? Is the field still in place and degrading slowly over time? The devices are lovely if you have the budget. But I fund the restrictions of the platform a deal breaker and I don't understand the attraction of the iCloud services vs the competition. http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/02/wwdc-2014-apple-ios-8-mac-os-1010-san-francisco-live