Blog Detail
Magic and Lies
http://magicandlies.wordpress.com
Magic and Lies is about technology, gadgetry and identity in a Web 2.0 world
- Added on: Aug 9th, 2008
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: Chris Wright
- Listed in: Technology Web 2.0
- Tags: MP3 music Photography gadgets Identity
Recent Posts
The Customer Comes First?
The accident occurred on September 6th when I was young and vigorous, with a full head of hair. I am writing this post on December 8th, grey, ancient and haggard….this sorry tale concerns an insurance company, the Liverpool Victoria, a mysterio...
Talk Talk Direct – Computer Malfunction, Be Afraid…
Continuing the theme of ’What Happens When It All Goes Wrong’ , this morning I was surprised to receive a letter from Talk Talk Direct, a company I last dealt with in 2001. The letter confirmed that they were setting up a new Direct Deb...
Digital Derelicts
I was interested to read Cory Doctorow’s musings on the Digital Economy Bill in yesterday’s Guardian, ‘Why does Mandelson favour the analogue economy over the digital’. The Digital Economy bill is indeed as pernicious a piece...
Digitising Cover Art
Such is the speed of technology that the once proud LP cover, 12 inches square, gatefold and legible has undergone miniturisation via illegibly tiny CD covers replicating cherished original artwork, to its current status as a 200 pixel square icon pr...
Squeezebox Boom!
There comes a time when a piece of hardware is released that is so brilliant that it has to be bought. A case in point is the new offering from Logitech, the Squeezebox Boom – a cross between the classic Squeezebox, a device that has to be plug...
Social Media – it’s all about You!
A lot of talk recently about using Social Software to increase ones visibility. This is a positive step forward from the amusing stories about people being sacked for injudicious observations about their employers, or in a twist on the old story abou...
