I’m currently reading Al Gore’s new book The Assault on Reason, it is very interesting and insightful. It is about the lack of discourse within society. It’s a great read so far, I highly recommend it. Also, many people are trying to get Al Gore into the current US presidential race, but I’m doubtful that he will run, in numerous interviews he’s said he no longer enjoys politics.

Anyways while reading HuffPo I found this highly amusing article related to Gore.

no shit.

“Unauthorized sharing of digital music remains a huge issue for the global music business, but is most of that sharing taking place on peer-to-peer networks? For years, peer-to-peer was the bogeyman, the red Communist music monster than was going to devour the industry’s revenues. But new research suggests that sneakernets may be as big a problem as darknets.”

Oh, Ars Technica, how I love your writings, let me count the ways…..

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Gizmodo tested out the new iTunes Plus service in comparison to the old 128kbps DRM-ed tracks. I haven’t tried this yet because I very rarely purchase music, and never from iTunes, but I do happen to have very good ears and all the mp3’s in my library are at least 160 kbps, headphones also matter a great deal.

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A hilarious video from everyone favourite fake pundit stephen colbert from the recent All Things Digital conference.

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As a way for me to remember to post everyday, from now until the end of June I will post an mp3 from a band I really like everyday. This is a fun upbeat song, the Islands just seem to make me smile.

(MP3)Rough Gem – Islands

Mashable.com finds the best of google maps new street view feature.

“Google’s Street View feature for Google Maps, which enables users to see certain parts of several big US cities through panoramic images, has caused a new trend: StreetSpotting (we just invented that). We’ve gone through the avalanche of reports about funny, weird or even sexy things spotted on Street View, and chosen 15 that we like most.”

Here is my favorite one.

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hey welcome to my new soon to be kick ass blog, more posts coming soon until then enjoy this song.

(MP3)Charlotte – Air Traffic