Tag Archives: music

Spotify on Linux

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Andrew

In which I get Spotify to run on Debian Wheezy. I’ve been playing about with Debian’s upcoming 7.0 release, codenamed ‘wheezy’. On the whole, it’s fantastic – booting is fast, GNOME 3 is blisteringly quick and the user experience is … Continue reading →

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Save UEA Music

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Andrew

As an alumnus of the University of East Anglia (in Computing), I was shocked to hear that UEA are closing the School of Music. As an Honorary Research Fellow of the School of Music, who saw first-hand some of the … Continue reading →

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The iTunes disk space tax

Posted on February 17, 2008 by Andrew

If you happen to use iTunes and are, like me, foolish enough to trust it to manage all your music for you, it might be worth doing a health check and a bit of spring cleaning. I’ve been using iTunes … Continue reading →

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Dave

Posted on January 30, 2007 by Andrew

Digital Audio Video Experience. Smashing the hub and spoke model on a micro scale. Interesting, and serendipitous. I’m working from home today since it’s more conducive to writing – sitting in my lounge with gallons of tea on tap and … Continue reading →

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The man rocks

Posted on March 5, 2004 by Andrew

I just discovered that the CD I’m listening to is mixed by John Peel. Nothing remarkable, you might say … but the CD is in the Live series from Fabric, one of London’s superclubs. I’d never have thought the venerable … Continue reading →

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