Archive from November, 2009

Fix for Google Reader “You don’t have permission to view this feed”

26 Nov 2009: Ever had this irritating message when you click “All Items”? Here’s the fix. 1. Add an “s” after “http” in the URL, so it reads: “https:// www.google.com/ reader/ view/ #stream/ user%2 …etc…” 2. Er… 3. That’s it. And that’s all for this public service announcement.

My 20 Favourite Albums of the Decade

22 Nov 2009: The 2000s. Nothing really changed, did it? Well, yes, it did. I guess this was the decade where, like many people, I fell out of love with the album. That strange artificial construct of musicians having to release their new songs in batches of an hour’s worth at a time has lingered on well past its sell-by date, due to artists and labels alike totally failing to understand their market. Thanks to iTunes, iPods, Spotify and shuffle play, none of which existed ten years ago, I rarely listen to albums now. So the artist decided to write a batch of songs, then went into the studio to record them all in one go, and decided to release them all in [...]

These ones got people talking

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