Wednesday, July 17, 2002

Free Books and a Man's Stuff. A Web site makes a museum of one man's stuff; Bookcrossing.com encourages people to "release" their books in public spaces for others to find. By Pamela Licalzi O'connell. [New York Times: Technology] We used to send notes up in balloons, even did a message in a bottle once (now that NYC doesn't recycle glass anymore I can do that again without guilt). But BookCrossing.com is a wonderfully refreshing concept.

Tough talk on Web radio copying. The Recording Industry Association of America is pressing for anti-copying technology in future digital radio standards. Webcasters bristle. [CNET News.com]

BBC plans full digital radio and TV interactivity for 1xtra. New Media Zero Jul 17 2002 3:59PM ET [Moreover - moreover...]

Archival Discs Turn Your Living Room Into Mission Control. A small company in Charlotte, N.C. is selling hours and hours of archival films and television transmissions from Apollo missions, digitally transferred from NASA's originals and assembled on sets of DVD's. By Henry Fountain. [New York Times: Technology]

Apple Unveils iPod Music Players for Windows PCs. Steve Jobs said Apple will expand the audience for its popular iPod music player with new versions of the device designed to work with Windows-based personal computers. By Reuters. [New York Times: Technology]

Today's Song: "Off the Map" Henry Cow [A Blander Blog] Just when I figured no-one else alive remembers them, or Magma, or The Muffins...

Radio Stations Appeal Ruling on Web Fees. Clear Channel Communications and other radio operators have asked an appeals court to review rulings forcing them to pay record companies royalties for songs played on the Internet. By Bloomberg News. [New York Times: Business]

Dennis fired up peercast and is streaming his MixFreaks mp3s. Totally 80's kickass stuff. Beauty is that I'm in Belgium receiving his broadcast from the Netherlands. Neither of us are communicating with a central server. I'm receiving his signal from another listener in the 'chain'. Big stuff here. Expect entertainment to come in 'network form', where you are a part of the physical network. [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog]