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Today I finally finished digitizing all of my techno and house cassette tapes. It took me a little bit over two months. Here are some statistics: 290 “a” sides 278 “b” sides (sometimes the tapes broke after the first side) 12 tapes which unusable 41 tapes which turned out to be copies of CDs which are available to buy 5 tapes were copies of stuff I have also on CDs which are not available to buy 8 tapes had unreadable labels 249 GB in 16 bit 48khz WAVE files the whole list I probably still have some tapes flying around somewhere and my girlfriend also has some, but the vast majority of my music is digitized now. The music is mainly mixed techno and house DJ sets, from my friends like DJ Gomez, Motik and Nitin. A lot of sets are recorded from radio like HR3/HRXXL and Hithouse Stuttgart and in clubs around Stuttgart and Cologne. The most popular DJs are Sven Vaeth, Roland Casper, Richie Hawtin, DJ Hello, Dag, and Laurent Garnier. ...

Richie Hawtin recently started to post the records he is playing on twitter. He is using Traktor while he plays, which now has a new plugin which allows this functionality. Others have posted about this and what it means for techno music enthusiasts, DJs and the music industry. I think it is one of the few good applications of twitter and I decided to hack something together to display this information in a little bit nicer way. ...

New recipe for me, inspired by something I saw Rick Stein doing in some cookery show. Put clams in a hot pan, add a cup of white wine. Cover and cook until they opened. Drain with a colander, but keep the liquid. Discard the clams which did not open. Put some spaghetti or tagliatelle into a pot with boiling water and cook according to package instructions. Meanwhile put one sliced onion and some sliced garlic into a pan with olive oil and fry them until soft. I added some small and medium peeled prawns and some leftover cod pieces. Then add the clams with shells and the white wine liquid you kept. Finally add some aioli. Season with salt pepper and herbs. ...

Ok, lets see how I am doing on my New Year resolutions: loose weight not much to see there. I think it is mainly because I am not going to the gym enough and haven’t started mountain biking yet because of various illnesses. But I am teetotal now, so that should make a difference in the future. use my motorcycle more that is a no. I blame it on the weather. ...

This is the second list of podcasts. These are all the talk, radio and video podcasts I listen too. At the moment I have a bit of a problem of lacking behind. This is a sign of me skipping the gym to often. It is a mix of news, technology, documentary and comedy. Most of the podcasts are from the BBC Apple Keynotes rss www Book Reviews With Simon Mayo rss www Broadcasting House rss www Daily Mayo rss www Digital Planet rss www Discovery rss www Documentaries rss www Excess Baggage rss www From Our Own Correspondent rss www Gastrocast rss www Global News rss www Great Lives rss www H&M Fashion TV rss www In Our Time With Melvyn Bragg rss www iTunes: Meet the Author rss www John Cleese Podcast rss www Jonathan Ross rss www Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo’s Film Reviews rss www Men.Style.com: Fashion, Gear & Style for Men rss www One Planet rss www Open Voices: The Linux Foundation Podcast rss www Open Web Podcast rss www Pods and Blogs rss www Radio 1 Stories rss www Radio 4 Choice rss www Russell Brand rss www Science in Action rss www Snowmail Podcast rss www Start the Week with Andrew Marr rss www Stephen Fry’s PODGRAMS rss www The Economist rss www The Film Programme rss www The Moth Podcast rss www Thinking Allowed rss www World Book Club rss www You and Yours - Environment rss www