jbond's blog at voidstar.com http://www.voidstar.com/module.php?mod=blog&op=view&name=jbond jbond's blog en julian_bond@voidstar.com Kopyleft. All rights reversed. Public domain. Do what you like with it. Buzz data is going to be moved to Google Drive according to an email doing the rounds. This comment caught... http://www.voidstar.com/node.php?id=3578
"Bradley Horowitz said at the time that the lessons that Google learned from the products short existence would be used in other services like Google+"

So what features that used to be in Buzz do you wish were in Google Plus now?

1) A tab on profiles listing all my comments
2) An RSS/Atom feed of my public posts
3) Vanity Profile URLs for everyone
4) Auto-import of posts from feeds. But to a separate tab on profiles, not to our public streams
5) Easy Location tagging of public posts when using the desktop web interface.

I'm sure there's more.
[from: Google+ Posts]]]> http://www.voidstar.com/node.php?id=3578 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:35:00 GMT There's an email from Google doing the rounds about the final act for Buzz. Our old posts are going to... http://www.voidstar.com/node.php?id=3577 http://thenextweb.com/google/2013/05/25/more-than-a-year-after-its-shutdown-google-to-move-all-buzz-posts-to-its-drive-service-on-july-17/

It's prompted me to go back and re-read my burblings from 2 years ago!
https://profiles.google.com/106416716945076707395/buzz

"Bradley Horowitz said at the time that the lessons that Google learned from the products short existence would be used in other services like Google+"

I wonder what those lessons were. Because there's still some function that used to be in Buzz but is not in G plus, that I miss.
 More than a year after its shutdown, Google to move all Buzz posts to its Drive service on July 17 »
Google is taking the "last step" in its shutdown of its Google Buzz product. Starting July 17, the company announced in an email that all posts will be saved to Google Drive.

Back ...

[from: Google+ Posts]]]> http://www.voidstar.com/node.php?id=3577 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:30:00 GMT Good interview with the Ginger Twat, or Tony Carter as he's better known. Familiar to anyone who watches... http://www.voidstar.com/node.php?id=3576 http://www.paddockchatter.com/2013/05/tony-carter-exclusive-2-stroke-passion.html
[from: Google+ Posts]]]> http://www.voidstar.com/node.php?id=3576 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:30:00 GMT How should YouTube - Google Music - G All Access integration work? Given that YouTube is now one of the... http://www.voidstar.com/node.php?id=3575
This question was prompted by Last.FM integrating videos from Muzu into their system. 
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/05/21/last-fm-joins-forces-with-muzu-tv-to-bring-90000-music-videos-to-its-internet-radio-service/
 Last.fm joins forces with MUZU.TV to bring 90,000+ music videos to its Internet radio service »
Last.fm has teamed up with MUZU.TV today to bring over 90,000 music videos to the Web version of its Pandora-style Internet radio service.

The partnership will add relevant videos ...

[from: Google+ Posts]]]> http://www.voidstar.com/node.php?id=3575 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:19:00 GMT It's a Bloody Mary, Jim, but not as we know it. http://www.voidstar.com/node.php?id=3574 http://boingboing.net/2013/05/23/extreme-bloody-mary-wisconsin.html
[from: Google+ Posts]]]> http://www.voidstar.com/node.php?id=3574 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:23:00 GMT Just seen in a comment: http://www.voidstar.com/node.php?id=3573
Fossil fuels are made from once living things and burning them releases their joy back into the world

Think about it. All that carbon locked up in fossil fuels is unavailable to photosynthesis and hence life's food chain. We're setting it free to be turned back into life. What's a few millennia and extinctions between friends?

Which raises the question. If the industrial and anthropogenic total use of fossil fuels and other resources wipes us out, how many millions of years would it take to lay down another fossil fuel supply and for another intelligent animal to appear to make use of it?
[from: Google+ Posts]]]> http://www.voidstar.com/node.php?id=3573 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:40:00 GMT This promises to be a good comments thread. http://www.voidstar.com/node.php?id=3572 http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2013/05/the-language-of-alienation.html

can you come up with some examples of sentences that would be incomprehensible (without explanation) to a denizen of 2003 that don't revolve around ephemeral tech or pop culture churn? And can you provide and deconstruct some sentences from 2023 that, if we had sufficient foresight, we ought to be able to understand and interpolate a context for?

My fav so far. "Skype trojan forces Bitcoin mining, security firm warns"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22064534
 The language of alienation - Charlie's Diary »
Some examples, culled from reddit, to get you started: hang2er: "I can't get a 4G signal here, I'll skype you on my droid as soon as I hit a hotspot, I need a coffee anyway." Retinence: "The headline, 'Galaxy Nexus: Android Ice Cream Sandwich guinea pig.'" (But tech is easy ...) ...

[from: Google+ Posts]]]> http://www.voidstar.com/node.php?id=3572 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:28:00 GMT Chaipuccino is not a thing, no matter what Starbucks may say. If you run a cafe and you have Chai tea... http://www.voidstar.com/node.php?id=3571
And Starbucks, no thanks for the Chai Tea Latte. Maybe some people like it, but I reckon that's just wrong as well.
[from: Google+ Posts]]]> http://www.voidstar.com/node.php?id=3571 Sun, 19 May 2013 16:33:00 GMT Something to get lost in. http://electronicexplorations.org/?show=zhou Fairly short and quirky mix of... http://www.voidstar.com/node.php?id=3570 http://electronicexplorations.org/?show=zhou Fairly short and quirky mix of tunes "that I would want to listen to". Recommended.
 Zhou »
"I chose to focus on the less dance floor orientated sounds for this mix and instead tried to compile a selection of tunes that I would want to listen to. It is a mix highlighting some of the music currently coming out of Bristol that I find most exciting as well as tracks that have informed the music we make ...

[from: Google+ Posts]]]> http://www.voidstar.com/node.php?id=3570 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:28:00 GMT Music Shock horror. Festivals are expensive and only middle aged, middle class people can afford it. http://www.voidstar.com/node.php?id=3569 http://www.factmag.com/2013/05/16/study-60-of-young-people-priced-out-of-festivals-average-festival-costs-420

Which explains how white, middle aged and middle class, Glastonbury can appear to be. (sez, the balding old git).
 Study: 60% of young people priced out of festivals; average festival costs £420 »
FACT is the UK's best online music magazine and home to the weekly FACT mix series.

[from: Google+ Posts]]]> http://www.voidstar.com/node.php?id=3569 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:53:00 GMT Realists have no idea how they ended up living on this once hospitable planet with all these fools http://www.voidstar.com/node.php?id=3568 Realists have no idea how they ended up living on this once hospitable planet with all these fools
 Chinese Demand, Peak Oil And Realism - Decline of the Empire »
This is the third and final day of my spring fundraiser. If you value this website, consider making a donation via the Donate (Paypal) button on this page, or by sending a check or money order to the PO Box I gave you in Tueday's post. Thanks — Dave [Tony Judt's book Ill Fares the Land] has a touch of prophecy in the authentic sense of that term. Prophecy is not about foretelling the future; it is about warning those in the present that unless th...

[from: Google+ Posts]]]> http://www.voidstar.com/node.php?id=3568 Thu, 16 May 2013 15:49:00 GMT 16 May (tonight), MS Stubnitz, Canary Wharf, London for some Real time, Algorithmically Generated Techno... http://www.voidstar.com/node.php?id=3567
http://algorave.com/stubnitz2/
http://algorave.com/
http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2013/05/11/algoraves-get-people-together-to-dance-to-music-generated-in-real-time-by-algorithms
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWeb/~3/zsUdjhOM5tY/
http://boingboing.net/2013/05/11/algoraves-dancing-to-algorith.html

Time to dust off the Music Tech dissertation and rhythm generator using Markoff Chains in the time domain.
 London (MS Stubnitz) Algorave on 16th May 2013 »
When: 7pm-11:30pm, Thursday 16 May 2013 Where: MS Stubnitz, Montgomery Street, Canary Wharf tube, London E14 9SB Tax: £9 advance tickets (or plenty on the door for £10) We're back on-board the MS S...

[from: Google+ Posts]]]> http://www.voidstar.com/node.php?id=3567 Thu, 16 May 2013 06:42:00 GMT Google All Access. "Radio Without Rules", Music streaming $9.99 pm, $7.99 pm early adopters. 30 days ... http://www.voidstar.com/node.php?id=3566
No thanks. I've already got 30k tracks in my personal collection.
[from: Google+ Posts]]]> http://www.voidstar.com/node.php?id=3566 Wed, 15 May 2013 16:56:00 GMT Read this and be inspired. http://www.voidstar.com/node.php?id=3565 http://www.electricbike.com/dogmans-tale/
Dogman's Tale »
When I started chatting on the internet, I wanted a screen name to protect my identity. So I chose Dogman because I am part dog, I speak dog fluently, and I have always had a pack of dogs around ...

]]> http://www.voidstar.com/node.php?id=3565 Fri, 10 May 2013 19:54:00 GMT bicycles Woah! Really? http://www.voidstar.com/node.php?id=3564 http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2013/May/130503sx.htm The story takes another turn. WTF is Dean Adams up to now?


Soup :: Not That There's Anything Wrong With That :: 05-03-2013 » Not That There's Anything Wrong With That by dean adams. Friday, May 03, 2013. More than several years ago it became readily apparent to us that one factory rider was spending an inordinate amount of time with his manager. They were constantly together, both at the track and away.]]> http://www.voidstar.com/node.php?id=3564 Thu, 09 May 2013 17:49:00 GMT motorcycles