10 Daily Things

WikiFM - not the most beautiful site to look at (let’s be honest here, it’s ugly), but I love it. The premise is very simple: divide the page into two frames, load a Last.FM player in one and show the related Wikipedia page in the other, according to whatever is playing at the moment. I’ve [...]

For the majority of the population that has either an iPod or other Mp3 player, the majority of them out there lack bluetooth music capabilities. The Jabra A120 is looking to change that. Plug this into the jack you would plug your headset into and waalah your iPod is now bluetooth A2DP capable. What does [...]

THE comment: “You’re so bad, you’re brilliant”

Eks Otus is a USB DJ controller (i.e., a piece of hardware meant to simulate the actions normally performed by a turntable), built almost entirely of aluminum and complete with ASIO and MIDI drivers, carefully placed LEDs, reprogrammable buttons, and a customizable unit surface and feet. Otus is equipped with a big, configurable 7.5″ jog [...]

Sometimes bigger really is better. And when it comes to rocking the block with the hottest new banger, this iPod Boom Box is the biggest. Just released, is Lasonic’s truly retro iPod Boombox which brings back memories of break dancing and head bands. Retro good looks combine with serious hi-fi technology to provide an unmatched [...]

TagScanner is a multifunction program to organize large music collections. It can edit tags of mostly state-of-the-art audio formats, rename files based on the tag information, generate tag information from filenames, and perform any transformations of the text from tags and filenames. Also you may get album info via online databases like freedb or Amazon. [...]

Working on a new mixed set for a theme party, where I’m gonna play music, I (re)listen an old (80s) but “catchy” song called “Tainted Love” and I remember it performed by “Soft Cell” a British synth-pop duo consists of Marc Almond (vocals) and David Ball (synthesizers).
I didn’t knew this song had a big history [...]

Continuing the oblation at the #1 hits of Billboard’s charts and after the first post about the #1 Hits of the 80s, I’m continuing with the hits of 70s. According Billboard the #1 Hits per year for the 70s are:
1970: Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
Bridge Over Troubled Water is the [...]

Today it’s Saturday and I decided to do a small research about the best hits of the ’80s for a mixed set I have to prepare for a themed party, where I’m gonna play music. Do you think a better source from Billboard Music Charts?
Working on preparing the set and trying to find the missing [...]