Mark Ronson @ the BBC Electric Prom

Nov 7, 2007 by John    No Comments    Posted under: music

Caught this Electic Proms show on the tellybox the other week. Was a really good show. A few of the performances have been rattling around my head ever since. Here’s Kyle Falconer of The View doing a great version of Valerie…

Update (Jan 08): Doh! I seem to have ahd the wrong video embedded for the last few months I had this one there which I can remember sending to someone at the same time. Nice!

This one’s been doing the rounds on the wireless at the moment lately, I think. This version has a bit of a history, it’s like a re-arrangement of cover of a remix of a mashup or something. Daniel Merriweather – Stop Me. Video isn’t great quality though…

Couple of Google Reader tips

Nov 7, 2007 by John    No Comments    Posted under: blogging, google reader, rss

Came across a couple of Google Reader tips last night. Or rather, they magically appeared in my Google Reader inbox:

1. Add a dynamic blogroll directly from google reader

This is very handy, and very easy to do. You can add a blogroll to your blog that mirrors folders in your Google Reader. This means that I can maintain my blogroll without going near Blogger. And that’s always good news. Obviously you can leave out whole folders and still retain privacy where needed. Of course I only discovered this a week after doing a blogroll by hand. See how atOfficial Google Reader Blog.

2. Integrate your Google Reader into Gmail

This is just one feature in Lifehacker’s Better Gmail Firefox extension.

You can set up Google reader to appear under your emails or/and have a link in your sidebar so you can flick between email and feeds.And if you like your shortcuts don’t miss out on Gmail macros.