Archive for the ‘Culture’ Category

I pod therefore I am!

Sunday, December 11th, 2005

I fear that the late-capitalist technocratic society is becoming just like the iPod. The iPod allows you to carry many more tunes than you’ll ever need on one journey or even before the batteries fails.

The latest models allow you to carry 60 GB’s of music (that’s 15,000 songs or about 1000 CDs). This reminds me of our dear consumption driven society. (more…)

UK’s smallest freehold pub opens

Sunday, November 27th, 2005

The smallest freehouse in Britain has now opened in Herne Village in Kent. (more…)

Don’t stop playing that tune!

Sunday, November 27th, 2005

This an Article that appeared in the latest edition of debunk.

Increasingly in the digital age, companies are attempting and succeeding to exert more control over how we use the products we buy. In the modern world, purchase no longer equates to ownership and the consumer is being limited to how, where and when they use these products. Such is the case with music in the Internet age. (more…)