Wow...what a beautimous day in the neighborhood. Low 80s and low humidity. Unheard of for this time of year in NC. I'll take more, please.
Got a peek of the new last.fm beta...which is weird cause I was thinking last week or before that it was time for last.fm to do some updating...even if it was just in the eye candy dept. I couldn't figure out a way to grab a snappy of the whole page...so a preview of my page cut in 1/4s.....that dead space in the upper right is a music player.
No picture of this...but there's also a personalized "podcast" consisting of personalized recommendations of the freebie mp3s...which you can subscribe to via iTunes...Not sure if that's new...but I don't remember seeing it before. Some pretty good suggestions from bands already in my library....
I think I like it. Hopefully...it'll move out of beta soon (and then I'll realize all the crap I don't like and will commence whining)
You can give beta.last.fm/username a shot...It didn't work for me when I tried it at first (don't remember when)....but got an email today...so maybe they've opened up the beta a bit?
If you can't get int to see it here's a description about what its all about:
What's this all about?
Three main concepts driving the UI and feature development for this
next-generation Last.fm are: play music, share music, and add music.
We've focused on making these three things easier for everyone to
enjoy, even your mum. You've probably noticed the robust new player at
the top of every page—hopefully no more digging around for play buttons
and radio stations, and music pages are re-positioned for sharing that
music with a friend, or saving it to your library.
What's the library all about? It's a way for you to see all the music
in your profile. Dig through every artist, album and track you've ever
played, save things there to check out later and categorise your music
with tags. It's pretty fun looking at your friends' music now too. I
can now see what's in Felix's
(not-scrobbling-yet) vinyl collection, or what music my kid sister
likes—even though she doesn't have her own computer or iPod. Your
library is the home for all your music, whether you scrobble it or add
it manually. It's also the basis for all of your personalised
recommendations on Last.fm.
There's some other fun bits, like real-time charts, activity feeds and
podcasts, but mostly what we've been working on is a fresh start, a new
foundation for a Last.fm that can hold all our ideas and yours. If
things look a little bare or basic in places, that's why ;-) we need
your feedback before we build up the rest of the site and put on
finishing touches.
Not looking good for me to extend the holiday weekend any longer than it is (off Friday) Damn work and all their assumed importantnessness!
Might start Mad Men tonight. Really wanted the Blu Ray set...but from what I gather it doesn't come in the cool Zippo lighter-like box. Eh....my way was cheaper anyway. ;)
Looking forward to sleeping in with the windows open tonight! (low of 58!!) The kitties will be stoked to get some fresh air too (and that much closer to a bunny rabbit or two)
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