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Up Close

20 Oct, 2008 2 Comments

It’s been a little quiet here lately, so thought I’d put up some macro shots that I recently took.

Writing is Cheap

Up Close

Text

Lens

They’re not all in original colour though. I touched up some like Up Close and Writing is Cheap in GIMP. Just a little blurring here, and a colour tweak there.. nothing much.

Tags: apple, canon, keyboard, lens, macbook pro, pen, photography

Spotify Launches

7 Oct, 2008 No Comment

Aaand it looks like the day has finally come for Spotify to launch its music service!

From the information seen so far, it looks like they’ve managed to sign deals with seven music record companies, including Universal Music Group, Sony BMG, EMI Music, Warner Music Group, Merlin, The Orchard and Bonnier Amigo.

Spotify launches today, 7 Oct 2008, in Sweden, Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Finland and Norway, with the services to be rolled out to more countries over the course of the remaining months of 2008 and 2009. Unfortunately for us in Singapore, only the paid, ad-free, Premium service is available for now, at €9.99/month.

Spotify’s range of products

Screenshot of the Spotify client (taken from TechCrunch)

Check out the Spotify story on video

Spotify – the story from Spotify on Vimeo.

TechCruch UK covered a rumor a few days back the Spotify might have received a huge round of funding, something to the tune of €15m, citing their recent huge party as an indicator of their success. For all we know though, that celebration might just have had something to do with their imminent launch.

That said, a HUGE round of congratulations to the Spotify team. You guys rock!

Tags: launch, music, spotify, startup

Swedish MTVs. Trippy.

22 Sep, 2008 No Comment

Came across this announcement on The Pirate Bay today. Apparently, Swedish artist Timbuktu (wiki) just released his new single straight to the file sharing community for fans to download.

Here’s the MTV for the new single Tack för Kaffet (Thanks for the Coffee)

Timbuktu - Tack för Kaffet

In this age where many music artistes avoid the internet like the plague and “file sharing” is a taboo word, I agree with the guys at The Pirate Bay when they say Timbuktu may be one of the smartest around. The internet is an excellent medium for sharing and promoting content, and guess what music is? Without the internet (and The Pirate Bay) I would never have heard of this guy and his music. Gladly though, I have. And he’s gained a fan. Just like that.

Checked out a few of his music videos, and, while I don’t really understand what he’s singing, I really like the feel of both the music and the videos themselves. I don’t know how to describe it, but they just seem different, somehow. And there’s this sense of fun and life you feel from just watching the videos. Well, there’s nothing better than sharing the love, so here’s a selection: