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From CD Baby (the site with possibly the ugliest logo on the net) – Flavor, or “CDs to match your mood or occasion”. Officially, a bloody good idea. Now if only Amazon would do the same thing – “books about technical things written in a slightly populist way to appeal to the proto-geek in you”. I’d spend a lot more with them.

In related news, Slashdot are reporting that independent bands are now able to flog their tracks through iTunes. Again, a bloody good idea – hopefully one in the eye for the dinosaurs of the RIAA. Stand by and watch their business model shrivel…

Good news, it seems, as Electronic News reports that the telecomms recession that resulted in 500,000 layoffs is over. Good news for me and the other 499,999? Probably not, if the spend only increases to $53bn in 2004 – compared with $100bn in 2000. But if my experiences were anything to go by, a significant proportion of that $100bn was a complete waste of money – I look back now at the way we behaved in awe and wonder…

(Via Techdirt)

The ukblogs rss feed seems to be alive again. Although I still don’t fully understand how it works – the chances of an individual post being caught and propagated seems to be fairly random…