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So the US have finally got their way and closed allofmp3.com. For those of you who have been hiding under a rock for the last couple of years, allofmp3 is a Russian site that sells very cheap, none DRM‘d MP3s. This was great for consumers, but not great for the RIAA as Russian law allowed allofmp3 to only have to pay 15% in royalties.

As the xenophobic US Government doesn’t like anyone who isn’t a full paid-up, flag waving American they started to put pressure on the Russians to close the site, even though it was operating within Russian law.

What really annoys me is what gives the US the right to bully, invade and impose their laws on other countries. Just because the US doesn’t like something doesn’t mean it wrong, evil or funding terrorism!

I promise I’m not just going to post videos to this site but I had to do this one for all those struggling musicians out there. Stop playing with your instruments and start learning to edit video

Wait till the piano comes in before you get bored!

Here’s my theory on the Internet. There are 3 (and only 3!) types of internet user. You are either 1) A Terrorist, 2) A Pedo or 3) A 14 year old girl. Just to prove it, here is the funniest FUD videos you’ll ever see.

UPDATE – Adobe have finally released Flash player 9 for Linux. Read more

If you’re still struggling on with Flash player 7 for Linux, you might like to know that Adobe have released Player 9 for Linux. It’s still in beta, but I’ve been using it for a while and haven’t had any problem. The installer’s isn’t as clean as an rpm, but give it a try!

Installation:

cd ~
wget http://www.adobe.com/go/fp9_update_b2_installer_linuxplugin
tar xvfz FP9_plugin_beta*.tar.gz
cd flash-player-plugin*
su - (or sudo -s)
cp libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/

Good luck!

Continuing my love/hate relationship with Tesco, I think they must have something against me! I’ve now found I can do the splits, providing I have a escalator and it’s been raining. I know it doesn’t look much, but it bloody hurt!

It did make me think; at what age do you get the pain threshold of a wet lettuce? I did this and much worse as a kid and I don’t remember it hurting.

Anyway, it would make me feel much better if everyone would suck air through their teeth and say “oooo”. Thank you and enjoy my pain.