Endpoint: I now have a household music streaming server with native apps on android and iphone, a web client and desktop client. I could put it on the internet to use when I'm out and about if I wanted to. Very cool! In my browser it looks like this:

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When I was about 5 I got my first ever “album”, which I saved up for by collecting tokens from boxes of Weetabix. I am delighted to see it is listed on discogs.com. I listened to it endlessly and it shaped my musical tastes for the rest of my life. I had to take a lot of time off work ...

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I think I would pay good money for a downloadable version of Huey Morgan’s 6Music Sunday show without the news/audience participation etc.

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summerburn 2006 cover © chthonic / CC Yikes, time for

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It’s been brewing for a good twelve months, but all the Britpoppers can finally celebrate: the mid-1990s are back in force. Whilst walking around the shops the other day I heard Elastica, Oasis, Blur, James and the Boo Radleys. It almost makes me want to cry. I’ll decide on the emotion later.

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Someone sent me a message on Last.fm pointing out that I’m the top fan for A Stroke of Genius by the Freelance Hellraiser (and in fact the top fan for Freelance Hellraiser on the whole of last.fm which surprised me). The other top fan is a user called

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Despite earlier opinion, Audioscrobbler wasn’t up as fully as it could have been. But it is now.

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Way to start the working day: A nice cup of tea followed by “Main Offender” by The Hives. Anyway, despite internal protestations nearly a full year has passed since last December, meaning not only that Christmas is a short while away, but also that my birthday approacheth. All of which means my mind is being drawn inexorably to think about presents. Sad, but true; and whilst a new laptop...

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