Ladies and gentlemen in the know

A few marvellous things to share with you, in no particular order:

1 - The new iTunes v8.0, in particular the genius facility which generates playlists from your library based on one song. If (like me) you have a library which is large enough not to know where to start listening, this is a good thing. It is indeed, genius.

2 - google maps street view, this is magic. It is what it says, a map which can take you down to street view. Now I know it's been out there for a little while. I wonder if it's possible to track down the cars responsible for taking the pictures and appear on it on more than one occasion. I'd like that.

3 - cern. If you like science (and I do) but aren't a scientist (and I'm not) then this is fascinating. Particular the bits on string theory/viewing other dimensions/anti-matter/dark matter.

4 - Ultimate ears - our band have each got a set of Ulimate Ears, UE7 customs. They're meant for stage use as in ear monitors, but they're also rather nice as normal headphones. You go to the little hearing aid place in town and have impressions made of your ear canal, send them off and they're made in to ear phones just for you.

5 - this is probably of no consequence to 99.9% of you, but if you're self employed then OFFICETIME is absolutely magic. It tracks your time with clients, creates invoices, reports your money due, sticks it all in your calendar, and all without very much intervention! I love it!! Yes that's two exclamation marks of love right there in your face.

That's all for now.