Rain and Cloud

Dismal, cold and extremely wet. That was my verdict on yesterday's weather when I took a trip to Margate, and having a meal at Wimpy. I had plans to visit the Turner Art Gallery but decided that the visit can be put on hold till more clement weather arrives.

On my way back, in Canterbury, I popped into the Westgate Inn and had a couple pints of Old Growler (5.9 % ABV)..

I was reading an article about the Cloud in a computer magazine the other day , and in general, it is not as universal as it is cracked up to be globally.

I love the idea of the cloud, but I hate the reality of it. The reality of it is nothing like what’s been promised to us. Trusting the cloud is a mistake: it’s too centralized, too easily blocked, too easily controlled. And it’s privatized, owned, and administrated by someone other than you. It is ephemeral and not as permanent as something on your hard drive.

Don’t trust the cloud. Use it, enjoy it, exploit it, but don’t believe in it. Or even the web for that matter. Many people assume that the web —and its riches—will always be there waiting for you. It won’t. Don’t bookmark. Download. Hard drives are cheap. Fill them up with everything you think you might need to consult, watch, read, listen to, or cite in the future. Your local library should be more vast than anything up for offer on the web. Please understand that the web and its treasures are temporary and ephemeral; that Deleuze PDF that you bookmarked yesterday very well may not be there tomorrow.

My tweets

• Sat, 15:26: on the way back from another rain soaked visit
• Sun, 05:42: Awake and ready for another wet day , Cogito ergo sum as Descartes would have said
• Sun, 05:46: Marx has got in right with the process of capitalism and how it continues to fail
• Sun, 05:48: The neighbors have moved in next door and so far in general seem to quieter than a mouse. Yet to see their three cats
• Sun, 05:50: Some great games on Match Of The Day last night, especially the 4 -4 Wolves Swansea game
• Sun, 05:53: Why the cloud is not a good idea http://t.co/HSshcOJf
• Sun, 06:07: Rain and Cloud http://t.co/UqUVN8bg
• Sun, 06:14: I am amazed that the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction been shelved due to the fact that the judges could not decide which book out of 3 was best!
• Sun, 06:20: Maybe by not awarding a prize it will get people reading the nominated books
• Sun, 06:24: The intro and the outro http://t.co/aobLNo8u

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Kenny Clarke / Francy Boland Big Band

Kenny Clarke on the trumpet with the Francy Boland Big Band

Where is The Book Reviews , Ah they Been Moved

Today I have been catching up with the newspapers from the week and yesterday's Independent. The book reviews have moved from the Friday paper to the Saturday one, so that all the film and music reviews with TV and books are now in one supplement. No wonder I could not find the book reviews in the Friday edition.

Been out in the garden for a little while this afternoon, reading a hardback book, and then uploaded some music related reviews to my other site. That is it. Links below -

http://worldsoundz.livejournal.com/1176.html

http://worldsoundz.livejournal.com/1314.html