Review of CushyCMS

June 8th, 2009 by Tom
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I’m a BIG fan of Wordpress. I love it’s customisability and ease-of-use from both a developer and content author point of view. But I got to thinking that, as a CMS (content management system) it was maybe overkill for a smaller website which lead me to doing a little research for potential solutions should I [...]

Grooveshark: a challenger to Spotify?

May 12th, 2009 by Tom
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Anyone that has used Spotify will know that it is an incredible application - a liberation of music if you will. It has been launched barely six months but already there seems to be a worthy competitior. It’s called Grooveshark.
There are a number of differences between Spotify and Grooveshark, the first and most obvious being [...]

Playlist: Indie 100

May 5th, 2009 by Tom
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It’s all Indie, it’s 100 minutes of music (or thereabouts) and it’s a devilshly clever use of the famous American car race. Enough said. Enjoy.

Playlist: Best of 2009 (so far)

May 4th, 2009 by Tom
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I’ve listened to quite a bit of good new music this year so far so here comes a small playlist of ’09s best.

I’ll update it from time-to-time with new tunes but there’s a real mix of established artists and complete newbies…some of which could hit it big (see MGMT c.2008).

Lovebox Weekender

May 4th, 2009 by Tom
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I’ve been wanting to go for a couple years but I’ve finally got my act together and bought myself (and my lovely girlfriend) a ticket for the Lovebox Weekender this year. Lovebox is a festival hosted by the legends that are Groove Armada and held in Victoria Park, London in the middle of July every [...]