I just discovered this site today. It does a great job of keeping track of your favorite bands and when they’re coming to town. Previously I tried to use ticketmaster for this, but that really only works for bands that play in venues like the Showbox or larger. Setup of my account was a breeze: it takes your iTunes export and grabs all your bands from that. You can filter those bands by how many songs you have of theirs and then pick individually.Then you can pick how often you want the site to email you about new shows.
It also has connections to Pandora and lastfm, so you can have your account auto-update as your tastes change.
One note is that I found the site a little slow to navigate, but for my purposes, I’ll be more relying on the email than the site itself.
Tom Life, Music, Tech concert
A while ago my Netflix account was switched over to the new Silverlight player instead of the Windows Media Player version that worked great before. In a word, it sucks. The quality is a lot blockier than before; there is a crapload of screen tearing, and it doesn’t stop your screensaver/monitor power saver from turning on.
Fortunately, the last one is correctable. I was perusing the Netflix forum when I found this app. It acts as an entry into Internet Explorer and turns off the screensaver for you. Now if I could just find one that forces vsync to turn on for the Silverlight player, I’d be set.
http://netflix.timbot.net/Publish.htm
Tom Life, Movies, Tech netflix, silverlight
Digg just did a great interview with Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails and my respect-o-meter for Trent has gone up after this. For how big of a celebrity he is, he seems aware of the world that is changing around him. It’s nice to know that some bands out there are embracing the technological revolution rather than attempt to fight the tide. It’s also interesting to hear an insider’s account of how the music industry operates.
Maybe I’ll check out NIN next time they’re in town.
Tom Music, Tech digg, nin, trent reznor