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May 14

Automatically Pausing iTunes From Firefox?

You know how the iPhone automatically pauses the music you’re listening to when a call comes in? I want a feature like that for my browser. Throughout the day, I’ll be listening to music and browsing the web. I click on a video or a link that initiates some sort of audio and I have to flip into iTunes to pause my music in order to hear the conflicting sound. I want my browser to do that for me. Is there some sort of plug-in for Firefox that does this? There should be.

I feel your pain. At the moment I use the SizzlingKeys iTunes plugin so I can pause my music via a simple keyboard shortcut without having to leave my browser, switch windows and all that jazz. Not perfect, but it gets the job done.

May 14

“If you are ten years out of high school and you say, ‘damn, those were the best years of my life,’ I don’t want anything to do with you. You scare me.”

Stephen King on NPR’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me (via fascinated & mrgan)

I’m ever-so-nearly out of school (university), and it has been the most interesting period of my short life. But I do agree with King: I hope the next 10 years will be even more exciting.

May 13

“When Google went public in 2004, it had about 2,000 employees — now it has almost 10 times that many. And with all of those employees, and the billions of dollars that the company brings in every quarter, Google has no doubt developed a bureaucracy of sorts, even if it is a bureaucracy composed of kids in Threadless T-shirts riding scooters on their way to the free massage area.” Mathew Ingram (via vasta)
Great article, especially given that I’m reading The Google Story at the moment.

May 12

from Non Sequitur

May 12

“It’s like a game of chess now: keep your cards close to your chest.” Footballer Jason Price, as heard on BBC Radio Sheffield, blogged and submitted to Colemanballs by errorgorilla

May 12

Are Vampire Capitalists About to Descend on Crisis Wrought Myanmar?

errorgorilla says:

Although I haven’t picked up a copy yet, I’ve read and watched enough about The Shock Doctrine to know that has been both inevitable and insuperable to avoid bringing to mind to it these past days.

johnbrissenden says:

I urge anyone who hasn’t yet done so to read The Shock Doctrine. It didn’t just shock glassy-eyed Chomskyniks like me, but a former Masters student of mine who professed herself a fan of Th*m*s Fr**dm*n read it and admitted to being “appalled”. It’s in paperback in the UK now, and in the US next month.

Need to read this, especially after seeing Alfonso Cuarón’s short film about the book on YouTube.

On a related note, was surprised to see it advertised so heavily on London’s Underground. Normally only chic lit and Da Vinci Code-esque stuff gets that sort of exposure.

May 11

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-5-11)

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr

May 11

BBC News: No jabs, no school says Labour MP

Is it an over-reaction to suggest that this is only a few steps away from forcing truth serum and sedatives on the general population?

Seriously, a world where the government can pretty much make you ingest certain chemicals is somewhat worrying.

(See also: water fluoridation)

May 9

Awww: tiny hedgehogs born a month premature

May 8

(via gondaba)

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