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In the morning I like to check the latest technology news. It sort of eases you into the day. To find these swell articles I tend to check all the normal nerdy hang outs, slashdot, digg, del.icio.us/popular and so on. But of late I’m getting really pissed off at the titles of these posts. I’m starting to see more and more of the obvious lets-make-a-list and buzzword loaded titles that shows us the author must have read “Top Tips on how to make your blog more popular”.

And then there are those “digg this” and “add to del.icio.us” links now placed along side articles. Occasionally useful, but when I see them multiple times on the same article or even at the top and bottom of the page it smacks a little of the authors desperation. Who on earth posts to digg as a bookmark and who uses del.icio.us without the bookmarklet anyway?

Bah.. perhaps I’m just getting old and find the cascade of social networks a little annoying at times, especially when they are all so fair and don’t weight the value of “diggs” or “saves” based upon the users actual ranking or education. Its communism gone mad I tell you.

/rants and puts down the daily mail

Oddly, E from the eels during the festivals has jammed with Pete Townshend from the Who and all filmed for us to see for free! Its nice to see E so chatty and getting some high profile fans. Really one for the die hard fans though, others should just go and grab “Blinking Lights” first.

http://www.eelstheband.com/attic/index.htm

Normally I don’t mind ticket touts. They hang around outside gigs and make a few pounds but what really pisses me off is ebay and the way they turn a blind eye to selling tickets for silly money. Perhaps its just that I’m pissed off that I can’t get to see the UK premier of Clerks 2 in Edinburgh. The tickets sold out, unsurprisingly. They cost £7 if you beat the rush, however they are going for about £70+ on ebay. Meh.. I wish I had the money or a really big stick to go and get my revenge on the people who only buy these things to make a profit. Swines.

Anyhow, if anybody feels the need to give me tickets and a hotel to stay in I wouldn’t say no. In fact I think I would probably dry hump your leg for a good few hours, or until you managed to shake me off.

I wonder when/if clerks 2 will be showing in my local cinema.. sigh.