“In the modern world, everyone knows the price of almost everything,
but few the value of anything.”
Daan Stuyven
(in the lyrics of Housewife / The Conversation)
Song of the day: Rob Dougan – Clubbed to Death
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Another bold statement underlining the fact that music does not need lyrics to impress. A song almost everyone has already heard at some point (largely due to the fact that it was used in The Matrix trilogy), but hardly anyone knows what the title is or who the performer is. And more importantly: a song that makes almost evreryone take notice when it starts to play: Clubbed to Death by the Australian musician Rob Dougan.
Quote of the day #85
“Personal computers are just too hard to use, and it’s not your fault.”
Walt Mossberg
(in 1991 – and again in 2017, as the quote unfortunately is still valid)
Smartphones and cancer
It’s July 2017 and we are celebrating the iPhone’s 10th anniversary. In that decade, the new category that Apple has more or less created, now commonly known as smartphones, has conquered the globe. Today, the smartphone is one of the most ubiquitous devices in all developed, and in an increasing number of developing countries.
One of the reasons why the number of smartphones has been rising so quickly is the fact that the decade or so before was marked by the rapid spread of the smartphone’s predecessor: the cell phone. Most of you will Continue reading
Quote of the day #84
“In the past, we had to work in order to produce useful things. Today, we have to consume useless things in order to keep ourselves working.”
Angus Sibley
Song of the day: The Shirts – Laugh and Walk Away
Challenge of the day: click the play button of the video below and in the 3 minutes afterwards do not move your fingers, especially not to the rhythm of the piano sound. The song is über-catchy, although that might not have been intentional, as The Shirts actually began their career as a punk band in the late 70’s.
Bonus (for those who were at the time watching Dutch TV): it’s a TopPop clip! (no Ad Visser announcement, though)
Quote of the day #83
“Either there is a way, or I make one.”
Hannibal
