Cook, one of the guys on American Idol, did a version of Chris Cornell doing a version of Michael Jacksons "Billie Jean" And, on YouTube, it would seem that there is a load of commentary on the Cornell video, a bit of healthy rivalry betwixt the Cook fans and the Cornell fans... I know where my bread is buttered... Chris Cornell all the way
Chris Cornell
Cook did an amazing version, a really good version, slightly smoother than the one above, Cornells.. But then - that's why we loved SoundGarden, Temple of the Dog..etc, Right?
BUT! [isn't there ALWAYS a big BUT] David Cook makes me shiver with his vocal performance, pretty bloody good, if you will...
David Cook
Cook V's Cornell
Pear Shaped
...Once again, things continue to take on that pear shaped kinda look here, at torment towers...
DNS.. like street signs for the web "where's my email server... oh, over there" Yeah - well. That's when you actually renew your domains
Here, we prefer to let them expire and then embark on "the chase" the game to get them back... Unlike M$ we don't have 3BILLION people using that domain name, but, we have 120 and all of them suddenly couldn't receive email... In real world terms - it was like coming in on a monday morning to a whole pre-school of screaming kids!...
Moral of the story? ...Not sure really
Anyway - enough about that!!... So, went to Normandy last weekend [easter] not bad, not bad at all.. Lots of driving! But took a few photos that made me smile!..
You can see them here
Platform4Art is another project that i'm about to embark on - i'm trying to organise a "Tube Photography" based exhibition on a London tube platform [Gloucester Road] ...so, watch this space for that!...
Flickr threesixtyfive managed to pump out a preliminary book i'm not sure that there will be another one, but we will see... It took quite a while to organise and get all the photos in and five people have bought one, so, the whole "effort to worth it" ratio is a bit off... which is fine, I don't mind.
Immi more popular than UK prime minister! - 01.02.08
A recent article about ‘QDOS’, a system that measures an individual’s ‘digital status’ in the UK.
According to a recent 'QDOS' report (a system that measures an individual's 'digital status' in the UK) 9 out of 10 of the most digitally prolific personalities in the UK are musicians, and whilst you’d be forgiven for assuming someone such as Bono would be number one, you’d also be wrong! According to QDOS, the number one most digitally prolific person in the UK is non other than Miss Imogen Heap!
"A QDOS score is comprised of four main components – popularity, impact, activity and individuality. Each component is scored separately and these are combined to form a total QDOS score. Popularity measures the number of people one engages with online and the size of their personal network, impact is based on the number of people who listen/read/view/comment when an individual blogs/posts online, activity comprises the total of one’s digital activity including shopping, blogging, banking, chatting etc, and individuality is how unique one is in the digital world based on their name, age and lifestyle."
(Tony Blair and Gordon Brown came in at numbers 12 and 25 respectively).
Big thanks to everyone out there who has help Immi become number one!
threesixtyfive | day 105
threesixtyfive | day 105
Introduced just over 25 years ago, the ugly truth about our plastic bag addiction is that society's consumption rate is now estimated at well over 500,000,000,000 (that's 500 billion) plastic bags annually, or almost 1 million per minute.
# Single-use bags made of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) are the main culprit. Once brought into existence to tote your purchases, they'll accumulate and persist on our planet for up to 1,000 years.
# Australians alone consume about 6.9 billion plastic bags each year, that's 326 per person. According to Australia's Department of Environment, an estimated 49,600,000 annually end up as litter.
# In 2001, Ireland used 1.2 billion disposable plastic bags, or 316 per person. An extremely successful plastic bag tax, or PlasTax, introduced in 2002 reduced consumption by 90%.
# According to The Wall Street Journal, the U.S. goes through 100 billion plastic shopping bags annually. An estimated 12 million barrels of oil is required to make that many plastic bags.
# Four out of five grocery bags in the US are now plastic.
# Plastic bags cause over 100,000 sea turtle and other marine animal deaths every year when animals mistake them for food.
# In a dramatic move to stem a tide of 60,000 metric tons of plastic bag and plastic utensil waste per year, Taiwan banned both last year.
# According to the BBC, only 1 in 200 plastic bags in the UK are recycled.
# According to the WSJ Target, the second-largest retailer in the U.S., purchases 1.8 billion bags a year.
# As part of Clean Up Australia Day, in one day nearly 500,000 plastic bags were collected. Unfortunately, each year in Australia an estimated 50,000,000 plastic bags end up as litter.
Photography 101 - Lenses and Focus [DPS]
Welcome to the second lesson in Photography 101 - A Basic Course on the Camera by regular contributer Neil Creek. In this series, we cover all the basics of camera design and use. We talk about the ‘exposure triangle’: shutter speed, aperture and ISO. We talk about focus, depth of field and sharpness, as well as how lenses work, what focal lengths mean and how they put light on the sensor. We also look at the camera itself, how it works, what all the options mean and how they affect your photos.
This week’s lesson is Lenses and Focus....[cont'd]
I pick stuff up...
Random bits of paper on the street, I like the mystery...
fulham palace road, hammersmith. Wednesday March 12, 2008 @ 9pm
Tour Sure to Be "THE Jazz Event of 2008" (Beyond Jazz) Return to Forever, one of the most influential groups of the 1970s, have long heard calls from their many fans for a reunion tour. Now those calls have been answered, with the classic lineup of keyboardist Chick Corea, bassist Stanley Clarke, guitarist Al Di Meola and drummer Lenny White planning a tour across the U.S. and Europe that will be their first performances together in more than 25 years. The foursome is expected to play 40 to 50 dates across the U.S. and Europe, featuring the classic music from their four chart-topping albums. "It’s been a long time coming," says founder Chick Corea, "and I think it's going to be a blast! We plan to take the songs from the albums we made in the '70s and just play them like they’ve never been played before." "In retrospect, the '70s were a very powerful time in instrumental music," Stanley Clarke adds. "We’re going to go out and play our music as honestly as we did then, and it will be a great thing for all of us." Return to Forever helped create and define fusion, a new genre that brought multitudes of rock 'n' roll fans into the jazz world for the first time. Their influence is evident today in many musical genres, from the hip-hop samplings of Dr. Dre and Lupe Fiasco to a litany of jam bands to techno and prog bands. A special Return to Forever anthology featuring remixed and remastered tracks from the classic albums 'Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy', 'Where Have I Known You Before', 'No Mystery' and 'Romantic Warrior' will be released to coincide with the tour. Al Di Meola says, "This is something we’ve talked about for close to 30 years... how’s that? 30 years! We’ve come close a few times, but finally the timing was right." "We all felt the time was right to come back on a grand scale, raise the bar again and show people what serious music is really about," Lenny White concludes. Ted Kurland Associates is the booking agency for 2008's Return to Forever tour, about which Russ Davis, Program Director for Beyond Jazz on XM Satellite Radio and the Jazz America Program on Voice of America enthuses: "The RTF reunion will be THE jazz event of 2008. Rarely does a magical event like this occur. I’m one of millions of fans who can’t wait!" 
Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Al Di Meola and Lenny White
What's it called when you...
...Only have "one" result for a google search? ....A "GoogleWhack"
Well, i've just made up a term for myself that comprises of "indie" "chav" and "geek"
"indaveek" is my new term... AND currently "ungooglable!"
Also, on another note - for all you GEEKS that love exchange 2007... Check out this new blog..
http://futurefiles-geek-speak.blogspot.com/
Sime
Win a Light & Land tour with Giotto’s
Focus on Imaging 2008
To celebrate the launch of its brand new range of tripods, Giotto’s has teamed up with Charlie Waite and the team at Light & Land to offer the chance to win a place on a fabulous trip to the
To win a place on this fabulous tour, Giotto’s is looking for the best image taken with the aid of a tripod. So, whether it’s a low light, a long exposure, or simply a shot improved by the use of a tripod – send us your best shots!
It’s free to enter, registration is quick and easy and you can upload images directly online.
For more information and to enter, simply log onto www.giottos-tripods.co.uk.
Times like these...
I'm a street light shining
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
I've got another confession, my friend, I'm no fool
Reviews, News, Blues....
Sat here at my desk [yes, dear employer - on your time!] and thought i'd take fifteen minutes out to write you all a quick, witty, anecdotal blog!... Well, see... it's been a while!
So, I emailed someone I don't know today and they emailed back straight away to tell me that I use a lot of dots - this is totally a business contact right - so, I emailed straight back to say "i'm the King of Dots" I wonder if that gets me any discount?
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You need:
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
500g topside beef fat & sinew removed, cut into 2cm cubes
300ml beef stock
1 onion, brunoise
400g sweet potato cut into 2cm cubes
500ml coconut milk
2 tablespoons Massaman curry paste
30g peanuts, roasted
2 tablespoons palm sugar
2 tablespoon fish sauce
2 teaspoons tamarind paste
Method:
1. Heat oil in a wok add the meat and seal over a high heat.
2. Add in the stock and simmer for 20 minutes.
3. Add in the sweet potato, coconut cream, curry paste and continue to simmer until the meat and potato are tender, do not allow them to break up. The potato may need to be removed if it is over cooking.
4. Add in the peanuts, sugar, fish sauce and tamarind paste. Allow to simmer until flavours infuse.
So, London Police are trying to "crack down" on photographers - HEY London police, how about cracking down on actual CRIME... wan***ers!... sorry - makes my blood boil!!..
I have a Blackberry again, 8310 - lovely little device... Might need to get an iPhone though, Might...
Reviews!.. doing lots of reviews... TrekPod [ http://www.sonic-uk.com/ ] will be coming up soon... Crumpler went onto the website a few weeks back - not a favorable review, not a good bag... and LowePro CompuRover AW is going up in the next couple of weeks - all on www.digital-photography-school.com/blog
well - gotta go to the supermarket - back later folks!
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