megupload without tears

or spyware etc.

Megaupload SX.3.2 :: Firefox Add-ons

Steely Dan

Hidden Track » Grousing The Aisles
go to Steely Dan page for brilliant concert recordings

old pictures for powerpoints etc

Liam’s Pictures from Old Books
Over 2,120 high-resolution images scanned from more
than 100 different old or rare books, with extracts!
Remains of Ruined Castles,
Deserted Abbeys,
Old Manor Houses, mansions and stately homes;
also engravings, woodcuts and pictures of
Old England
and
Wales;
symbols, photographs and clip-art,
Pictures of old books,
and much more,
stock images scanned from old books, leather-bound books and musty dusty books,
by Liam Quin.

ancient flying machines

World Mysteries - Strange Artifacts, Ancient Flying Machines
though atlantis makes an appearance...

sklide sharing community

SlideShare (share powerpoint presentations online, slideshows, slide shows, download presentations, widgets, MySpace codes)

convert webpages and files to PDF without going thru acrobat

LOOP for Firefox

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Long dead

tela.sugarmegs.org - /darkstar/
Unusually good lengthy jams, downloadable out of US office hours:

gd_JammingAtTheEdgeOfMagic.wma
gd_JammingAtTheEdgeOfMagic2.wma
gd_JammingAtTheEdgeOfMagic3.wma
    
and especially the LSTs:
GD_LongStrangeTrips_2.wma
gd-LongStrangeTrips01.wma  
gd-LongStrangeTrips03_pt1.wma

gd-LongStrangeTrips03_pt2.wma
 gd-LongStrangeTrips04pt1.wma
 gd-LongStrangeTrips04pt2.wma
 gd-LongStrangeTrips05_pt1.wma
 gd-LongStrangeTrips05_pt2.wma

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Military / intelligence origins of Si Valley

YouTube - The Secret History of Silicon Valley
video of lecture by Steve Blank

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Guide to Free Music downloads

Interesting sources, sorry, no time to html these addresses:
Click to download: Johnny without the cash | Rock | Guardian Unlimited Music

Best for covers: Cover Freak
coverfreak.com

US
Download: Tricky - The Love Cats (posted 30/12/07)



Best for tomorrow's big names: iTunes Store
apple.com/itunes

Download: Palladium - Happy Hour



Best for old gramophone records: Turtle's 78rpm Jukeboxturtleservices.com/jukebox.htm

Download: Yerkes Novelty Five with Arthur Hall - Yes! We Have No Bananas



Best for discarded vinyl: Vinyl Orphanage
vinylorphanage.com
Download: Bellport High School Jazz-Rock Ensemble - Long Train Runnin'



Best for Swedish music: Swedesplease
swedesplease.net

Download: Friday's Bridge - Literature (Rubbah remix) (Posted 26/12/07)

Best for mash-ups: Get Your Bootleg On
getyourbootlegon.com

Download: mARKYbOY - Deee-liteful Milkshakes (posted 29/12/07)



Best for B-sides: The "B" side
redkelly.blogspot.com

Download: Kim Tolliver - I'll Try To Do Better (posted 28/12/07)



Best for electro/techno: ill-ec-tro-nic
ill-ec-tro-nic.blogspot.com/


Download: Thom Yorke - Harrowdown Hill (Ripperton Dub) (posted 30/12/07)



Best for unsigned acts: Amie Street
amiestreet.com

Download: Gnotes - Throw Your Nickels Up (posted 2/1/08)



Best for 60s garage: Garage Hangover
garagehangover.com


Download: The Dillons - Simple Way of Living (posted 28/12/07)



Best for new sounds: Pitchfork Media
pitchforkmedia.com


Download: Cave - Hunt Like Devil (posted 14/12/07)



Best for remixes: Discobelle discobelle.net


Download: Turbo Weekend - My Name is Legion (Van Rivers & the Subliminal Kid Mix) (posted 2/1/07)



Best for vintage soul: Get On Down With the Stepfather of Soul
stepfatherofsoul.blogspot.com
Download: James Brown, Bobby Byrd and Hank Ballard - Funky Side of Town (posted 26/12/07)



Best for world music: Fat Planet
fatplanet.com.au/blog/category/mp3s


Download: MC Gringo - Berimbal (posted 28/12/07)



Best for hip-hop: Cocaine Blunts
cocaineblunts.com


Download: Battles feat Joell Ortiz - Leyendecker (DJ Emz Remix) (posted 12/12/07)



Best for jazz: All About Jazz
allaboutjazz.com


Download: The Vipers - Night & Day (posted 1/1/08)



Best for Latin music: La Onda Tropical
laondatropical.blogspot.com
Download: Calle 13 - Pa'l Norte (posted 1/1/08)



Best for live gig bootlegs: Smuggled Sounds
live-bootleg.blogspot.com
Download: Björk - Hyperballad (posted 26/11/07)



Best for pre-war blues: Honey, Where You Been So long?
prewarblues.org

Download: Blind Willie McTell - Dying Crapshooter's Blues (posted 28/11/07)



Best for 80s obscurities:
lostinthe80s.blogspot.com
Download: Ringo Starr - Wrack My Brain (posted 20/12/07) archived at popdose.com/category/music/lost-in-the-80s/

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Prog Not Frog - Leaping Around This Musical Globe Since 1724...

Prog Not Frog - Leaping Around This Musical Globe Since 1724...
other obscurities!

Time Has Told Me

Time Has Told Me
is a listing of mainly folk people and albums, and was where I finally located the great long-lost Carolanne Pegg album.

you can catch Mari Boine here!

we was there (for a small fraction of these goodies)

BBC - Radio 3 - Womad 2007 - Listen Again

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Lera's new (giant) kitten

Facebook | Photos of KTD

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Looks like a very throrough system for Spyware removal

Spybot-S&D! This seems to have located and killed off a load of problems that even Ad-Aware could not find.

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Watch OUT! Spyware alert

Spyware Warrior: Rogue/Suspect Anti-Spyware Products & Web Sites

This was just what I needed after Spyguard Pro highjacked Internet Explorer - good job we are Firefox fans here. Ad-aware seems to be eliminating it as I write.

BTW I am putting my StumbleUpon finds on facebook, and yes, this blog is named after Jack Bruce album.

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MediaCoder - more than a universal audio/video transcoder

MediaCoder - more than a universal audio/video transcoder: "MediaCoder is a free universal batch media transcoder, which nicely integrates most popular audio/video codecs and tools into an all-in-one solution."

mo' music

NPR: All Songs Considered: Archives
lots to listen to here, if you should ever be LiveFM-outed. (If that should happen, try entering "caetano veloso"

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disposableWebPage.com

disposableWebPage.com:
This is where you get your disposable web page. The clock will start counting down immediately upon creating the page. Remaining Time: 90 days 00 hours 00 minutes. You can set to clock to a time lesser than 90 days. Look for the Set Disposal Time link.
"Disposable web page offers you the convenience and freedom of getting information out there on the internet with as little hassle as can be.

Why is it call disposableWebPage?
Each disposable webpage has a count down clock. You can set this clock to count down anywhere from 90 days to 0 days from the time the page is created. When the remaining time reaches 00:00:00:00, the page is automatically set for disposal and will exist for 2 more weeks before it gets incinerated.

Click Here to Create a Disposable Web Page

Features of each disposable webpage:

• disposed within 90 days or less after creation
• count down clock to show the time to disposal
• history of revisions from the first edit to the current edition
• bookmarking facility for readers follow the page
• rich text editor for editing purposes

Start a Count Down with Your Friends

A disposable webpage acts like a canvas on which friends get together to count down to an event. Just issue the editor key for editing privileges on the disposable webpage for friends to brainstorm ideas with you on the page. Steps to follow:-

• Create a disposable web page (you'll get the master key)
• Bookmark the page and don't loose your master key
• Write on the page about the count down topic
• Set the disposal time.(Event date and time)
• Create the editor key for your friends
• Send out the page url and the editor key to friends using email"

All My Faves | Why Search?

All My Faves | Why Search?:
if you have time""

15 Ridiculously Useful Websites

15 Ridiculously Useful Websites

OK, we have different understandings of useful"!
But I did find this one of the 15 to be fun and interesting.

1. Quote: "Musicovery

   Seriously, the coolest music-related site I've seen. You choose the mood, intensity, and genres of the music you would like to hear and the site will provide you with a virtual web of music to explore. The web evolves with each choice you make. You can click on any song in the web at anytime."