Just got a kindle 3G. Possibly one of the worst user interfaces I have ever had to use. Absolutely hideous. Reading on it is OK (but only OK), doing anything else is genuine nightmare. 5 years ago it would have seemed good, but after the iPad it is just inferior. Yes it is vastly lighter tahn the iPad which is good but it feels fragile and fundamentally rather cheap and throw-away. If you are travelling and don't want to carry a ton of books it will be useful and it is cheap enough that if it get lost or stolen it is not a huge issue. But a good user interface, no. Of course the fact that e-books are stupidly expensive and can't be shared does not help.
Very nice Lautrec exhibition at MIMA. Also some stunning 1930s woodcuts of industrial scenes by Vera Talbot
Interesting article in general but read the UX nightmare in the section called "Burnt by the Torch"
But why does this work for a cell phone provider? (It's also teh same tack as the new Win Phone 7 ads)
Another Joscho Stephan MS (he's playing a grand bouche here too - note the same Chicago quote in the solo :-) )
Minor Swing - BL manages to avoid all the Django clichés whilst still sounding manouche. Excellent.
If you are interested in cycling and like arty magazines Rouleur is for you. The writing and images are both fantastic.
Sawing on the Strings - the short dobro solo is great. Tony Rice as always look like on eof the living dead. I notice that they all have long little fingers. Maybe I should work on my dobro playing - you don't need your little finger for that.
Here's some Jethro for good measure. (with Steve Goodman) Jethro has long little fingers too.
Paul Glasse - the man has freakishly long little fingers! His little finger appears to be as long as his ring finger. Mine is an inch shorter. (perhaps mine are freakishly short) Makes a big difference when playing the mandolin though. (Well, that is my excuse)
From a couple of weeks ago, but there are some good new ones here (though I agree that bad album art is a bit overdone these days)
Why are iPhone/iPad developers obsessed with naff wooden backgrounds? They look horrid. Why can't we have sleek and clean?
Just caught up with the first episode of Sherlock on the iPlayer. An absolute treat. Wonderful stuff.
The cone is being placed into position. There may be leakage though - especially with approaching weather.
HULC - one more thing to break. And who on earth coined the word "warfighters"? What is wrong with "soldiers"?
I saw one of these (or similar) over 20 years ago and have always wanted one. But way too pricey
Been loving Quicksilver's version of Minor Swing off their Live 07 album - don't know if there is a full version of it online anywhere though.
The Sunday Mail photo was rather dull : one of several photos on the cover and I am standing behind the person who is the centre of the image. I didn't even bother buying a copy or indeed look in a dustbin for a copy.
I was watching the Country Line Dancing video that has been widely linked but ended up at this great Fred Astaire clip which I can't remember seeing before.
Whya re people in newspapers always "gobsmacked" as opposed to "surprised and delighted" or just "surprised"?
Glastonbury on the box. Dizzee was excellent. Snoop was dull. Willie Nelson appears to be playing with a 4th rate pub band ; they are awful.
Number 970 in the Phaedon 1000 design classics dated as 1999 is a lampshade which is identical to one we made in the '70s for our flat
Sorry about the weekend silence - was in Cambridge to watch daughter row for her college in Bumps (which is a sort of rowing time trial thing). Here's a facebook video of some of the action.
GOd, I hate the background image on Google!!! And when I try to change it to white permanently the popup box comes up blank. Grrrrrr.