Archive for April, 2007

Website V SmallAgain, as soon as one source has a story, others seem to follow. And yet again, I felt I had to chime in with my own twist to it.

Both Glenn and Kiro detail how to save a website as a image or pdf file with Safari. Neither one interest me however, as I’m a Firefox user. So after digging around a bit, I found a add-on called Screengrab!. It will let you save the complete page/frame, the visible content, or a draggable selection - either to disk as a png file, or to the clipboard. It also supports flash content, unlike some other options out there. Smooth!

 

Well I wasn’t the first to break the news, but like many many more, I feel like I have to mention how big this really is. Todays news is that EMI will be releasing their ENTIRE music catalog sans DRM, starting May and with iTunes. Both music and music videos are covered. DRM free tracks will be twice the bitrate (256kbps), and price will be $1.29 / track. 128kbps tracks will still be available for $.99, but WITH DRM. Full albums as well as music videos will keep the old price, even if you opt for the DRM free version (so why wouldn’t you?).

I have to say I hoped for DRM free across the line. 128kbps is good enough for me, but getting rid of the DRM alone might be worth the extra $.30? I might also be buying more full albums…

It’s not perfect, but it’s a pretty darn big step in the right direction. This is a day that will be remembered.

 

Not breaking news by now, but I just checked out the winners of YouTube’s Video Awards, and I have to say: there still is some good content on YouTube! The only one I had already heard of (Ask A Ninja), happened to be the worst one, in my opinion. What do you think?

 

DazeCrispy AlbumCaramell CoverIt all started when I showed Eivind this picture of dance act Daze. Summer is here, and with it comes bubblegum music. After having spent some time (and money) on the iTS, I ended up with a few new albums, that upon further inspection of the covers, seem to be infected with the same sickness as Daze. Click thumbs for full version. These guys are high on SOMETHING!

 

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