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The Return of Justin Currie

Tim — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:33:21 +0000

Justin Currie’s voice and lyrics are just as good as they were in the Del Amitri days, and just as evocative. I haven’t even finished listening to The Uncle Devil Show yet, and now this album, What Is Love For?, is out. Yay!

7digital beta site

Tim — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:31:17 +0000

I’ve just discovered that 7digital has a hidden beta site where you can filter searches by file format. Finally we can search their shop for MP3 format tracks/albums!

Previously I’ve fallen into the trap of thinking that their WMA files will play using the Fluendo codec, but it turns out they still need to be unlocked on a Windows machine (which I don’t have).

I remember back to when the evil format was MP3, and now it’s the lesser of the evils. I wish these shops would sell music in OGG format.

Wanted: Album cover quiz

Tim — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 10:37:13 +0000

Sue and I played one of those album cover quizzes online. Sue’s so much better than I am at getting them right! But it got me thinking: how hard would it be to make one and put it right here? Oh, I’m sure it could be done as a one-off without too much trouble, but what if I wanted to make it easy to create new quizzes?

My idea is that someone (anyone out there?) could write a plug-in module for Gallery 2, similar to the ‘Rating’ module but with type-in boxes for the artist and album name, and a little button next to them to see if you’re right.

Has anyone done this? Or, alternatively, does anyone know an easier way to make an album cover quiz?

Also wanted: links to other existing quizzes that Google didn’t tell me about!