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I am sure Mac fanboys will be up in arms, suspecting a conspiracy. Or Apple will sue BBC for reporting. All the usual stuff.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17623422

A quick and entertaining feature, with the trademark BBC wittiness, on what apps and hardware to use for a smartphone movie producton.

Complete with app names, hardware description, and even price tags. In about seven minutes, even the most devoted smartphone suers will probably get a few ideas.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17101370

While there are many outstanding works of art depicting the heroism and sacrifices of veterans, I chose this clip for today to help take a few moments to reflect on the contributions veterans have made to America. In any clime and place, at any time, service men and women have unselfishly answered the call. Let us pay our respects to them.

A Seoul National University student has dropped out of the school to protest the university entrance examination system and compulsory military service.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15193922

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Apple-says-company-cofounder-apf-241345802...

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Apple-says-company-cofounder-apf-333730137...

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Apple-cofounder-Steve-Jobs-rb-3036584976.h...

Karen Sandler reflects on her personal experiences with the issue of proprietary software in medical devices.

At OSCON 2011, Karen Sandler (executive director of the Gnome Foundation) talks about how patients should make an effort to understand the software their surgically implanted devices use.

After a number of re-issues over the years, this set just may be the ultimate edition of one of the most famous albums in music history.

The audience never saw it coming. You can hear more people joining the applause as they are gradually realizing it is, in fact, David Gilmour.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUYzQaCCt2o&hd=1

As mobile device usage proliferates, colleges find that it makes more sense to simply publish mobile versions of their sites.

The Chronicle of Higher Education has an article about colleges increasingly focusing on optimizing their web sites for mobile browsers, instead of investing time and money into downloadable apps.

Judging by Robyn Good's article on Technorati about celebrity legal issues, "new media" still has a lot of maturing to do.

If a company you do business with still has not implemented FireFox support on its web site, send a polite yet determined request.

Dear [Company],

Introduction

The inspiration for this article came from watching numerous DrupalCon and other Drupal-related videos that had a hand-held video camera recording the presenter's voice from a distance, rendering the audio unintelligible.

The video aspect of presentations will be addressed in a separate article.

Cushing Academy in Ashburnham, MA, decides that books are just not all the rage these days.

In a disastrous move that many will probably view as Holocaust denial, Culpeper County Public Schools pulled Anne Frank's diary from the curriculum and from the shelves, because the book contained references to sexuality.

According to the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, 36 percent of Americans are overweight, and 26 percent are obese.

I am repeatedly disturbed by people actually believing that they can in any way verify the authenticity of news online, or that they can do reliable research on the Internet.

Professional sports have reached a point when the leagues are primarily about money, not about the games, as this article points at an example.

We should probably look way past the insignificant issue of licensing fees and see the much bigger problem.

eBay's threat to shut Skype down over licensing disputes is a prime example of why everyone from corporations to users must think about open source.

A few musings from my identi.ca posts in response to the media trying to make a story when there is not one.

http://www.netmag.co.uk/

"Body Next to Body" by Falco with Brigitte Nielsen; "Industrial Revolution" by Jean Michel Jarre

There is no denying it: the 80s were a decade of musical excess. Today we have two examples for your consideration.

A forum encounter with a user worried about committing to Pressflow emphasizes the importance of understanding the Drupal cross-compatibility.

Whitehouse.gov implementing Drupal has open source advocates rejoicing, but it is worth remembering that using open source is not the same as being open source.

In the spirit of true open source, Drupal has its own forks or distributions, or whatever we want to call them.

Not surprisingly, when an open source solution is stable, flexible and powerful, it is bound to gain a large userbase and scores of developers who want to customize it. The best aspect of such tweaking is that the results are released back to the community. Let us look at some popular Drupal distributions today.

"The Gathering" by Delain; "The Other Side" by Sirenia

While service plans and extended warranties on consumer electronics are often money-sucking schemes, protecting your licenses for music production software is a good idea.

Electronic Musician gives a few pointers on setting up a laptop music studio for any budget.