Archive for 'Computing'

Postcards from New York

I never actually thought I would end up buying an iPad or for that matter really liking one if i did. However, sat at 32,000ft typing this review out on an iPad this thing makes absolute sense, and is just about the best gadget I have purchased to date. For the vegetarians amongst you, there [...]

Spotify & Apple Remote

In my continuing saga to be as lazy as possible, I have brought back my Apple Remote into use. It has practically no use except when away from the computer you can change the iTunes track. So been as I use Spotify almost as much as I use iTunes why can’t I do the same. [...]

Controlling Spotify through Applescript & Quicksilver.

Update Available: http://www.jacktams.co.uk/2009/10/09/spotify-applescripts-updated/ I have almost solely being listen to music through spotify for the last couple of weeks, sure it doesn’t replace iTunes but its damn good at what it does, all you can eat music for free. http://www.spotify.com/ The Problem: Spotify can use the built in shortcuts for play/pause, forward and reverse, but [...]

last.fm vs TechCrunch

Being the heavy user of Last.fm I was a little concerned when techcrunch broke the story that supposably, last.fm had given the RIAA, information pertaining to users who had scrobbled any tracks from the Upcoming and undrealeased U2 album. The fact I can’t stand the rose tinted glasses wearing, Irish Hypocrite is beside the point. Firstly, what got me [...]

What is Yahoo!s’ Business?

The dust is still settling from Jerry Yang’s announcement that he is to step down as Yahoos’ CEO. I wonder if Yahoo! has any idea what it wants to be. Search, Advertising or Neither. There is still talk of Microsoft buying Yahoo! Search, which is fair enough take the least toxic bit of Yahoo! But what [...]