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Ghost town

Ghost town 04/10/2004 08:27 PM
Although not a work of art or design, Elana aka "Kid of speed" from Kiev has made a very thought provoking website called Ghost town...

Inside the ghost town

Inside the ghost town 04/14/2004 07:43 AM
The silent streets of Baghdad tell an ominous tale: A year after Saddam's fall, the hope and optimism that followed the American invasion are dead.

Ghost town, sponsored by Google

Ghost town, sponsored by Google 03/06/2004 02:01 AM

Via Boing Boing, this fascin ating and utterly chilling photographic journey through the abandoned ruins of the Chernobyl dead zone.

As an aside, the free hosting provide used by the site appears to be inserting Google ads. Make sure you look out for them as you explore the site; the relevance algorithm gets stretched to the limit.

Disney's California Adventure is a ghost
town

Disney's California Adventure is a ghost
town 06/03/2004 03:31 PM
You've probably heard about the US Department of Energy's efforts to create a landmark to warn people to stay away from nuclear waste dumps in Nevada and New Mexico. The mission is to create some kind of warning system that will last for 10,000 years, and still be effective at delivering a message of danger that people in the distant future can comprehend. It's tough --the DOE has hired artists, architects, anthropologists, etc., but everything those people come up with to scare future generations away ends up looking more like a lure.

Here's what the DOE should do: hire Michael Eisner to design a theme park over the radioactive dumps. They'll never have to worry about anyone setting foot there again. As Boing Boing readers Vorbis comments on this photoessay of Disney's California Adventure Theme Park: "lookit how deserted this place seems to be not too long after the opening of the major ride." Link

"PRIPYAT ghost town (1970-1986)"

"PRIPYAT ghost town (1970-1986)" 03/08/2004 11:17 PM

Buy an Arizona ALL CAPS ghost-town on
eBay

Buy an Arizona ALL CAPS ghost-town on
eBay 12/18/2003 08:39 PM
The entire town of Tortilla Flat, Arizona, is up for auction on eBay. The first order of business for the new owner is to fix the town's lone computer's shift-key.

THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO OWN YOUR OWN HISTORIC TOWN. TORTILLA FLAT IS ONE OF THE LAST REMNANTS OF THE OLD WEST. THE SCHOOL, GENERAL STORE, RESTAURANT, OLD TIME ICE CREAM & CANDY STORE AND THE POST OFFICE HAVE BEEN RESTORED OR REBUILT. TORTILLA FLAT IS LOCATED 18 MILES NORTH-EAST OF APACHE JUNCTION, ARIZONA ON HIGHWAY 88 AND IS THE ONLY SETTLEMENT BETWEEN THE "JUNCTION" AND ROOSEVELT DAM, A DISTANCE OF 47 MILES. THE SETTLEMENT IS SITUATED IN THE VALLEY ALONG TORTILLA CREEK SURROUNDED BY THE MYSTERIOUS SUPERSTITION MOUNTAINS, THE LEGENDARY LOCATION OF THE LOST DUTCHMANS MINE. TO DRIVE TO TORTILLA FLAT IS TO PASS THROUGH SOME OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR SCENERY IN THE WORLD. TORTILLA FLAT'S FINE RESTAURANT, THE SUPERSTITION SALOON, IS FAMOUS FOR ITS KILLER CHILI, HUGE HALF-POUND COWBOY BURGERS AND HOME-COOKED MEXICAN FOOD. IT'S KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND REGULARLY VISITED NOT ONLY BY LOCAL RANCHERS, COWBOYS AND PROSPECTORS, BUT ALSO BY PEOPLE FROM SURROUNDING TOWNS AND TRAVELERS FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES AS WELL AS THE WORLD. IT IS A DESTINATION PLACE FOR ARIZONA. YOU ARE PURCHASING ALL THE BUILDINGS/LAND IS LEASED FROM THE TONTO NATIONAL FOREST SERVICE CALL 1-888-299-6792 ASK FOR SHERRI PACK EXCULSIVE AGENT TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

Link (Thanks, Dan!)

eBay's music foray lacks volume

eBay's music foray lacks volume 08/03/2004 04:05 PM
eBay's tentative entrance into music download business speaks volumes; can retailers make money off this?

eBay's Digital Music Auction Silent

eBay's Digital Music Auction Silent 08/04/2004 11:41 AM
Last month, we noted that eBay was testing out a plan to let people sell digital downloads on the auction site. There were a lot of caveats. The person obviously needs to show they have the right to sell the music in question, which appeared to be the big hurdle they set up. However, a much bigger question is: who actually wants to sell a digital music file that can be copied for free or purchased at an online store for under $1 anyway? It turns out the answer is "nobody." Since it launched, other than a few fake postings that were quickly removed, there hasn't been a single legitimate listing. So much for that plan. It isn't a surprise really. It's pretty clear that there hasn't been a huge groundswell of people asking to resell their digital songs. Besides, most of the digital downloads that you purchase are wrapped so tight with copy protection selling them is nearly impossible anyway.

Apple Store sells iTunes Music Store
Gift Certificates

Apple Store sells iTunes Music Store
Gift Certificates 11/10/2003 11:28 PM
The Apple Store is selling gift certificates good for purchasing music from the iTunes Music Store. The simple order form on the Apple Store Web site asks users to input their name, and the name and e-mail address of the recipient along with a personal message. Purchasers can select US$10 increments ranging from $10 to $200.

Apple Store Offers iTunes Music Store
Gift Certificates

Apple Store Offers iTunes Music Store
Gift Certificates 11/10/2003 11:26 PM
(MacNN via MyAppleMenu)

Alaska Town Gets Store Selling Underwear
(AP)

Alaska Town Gets Store Selling Underwear
(AP) 02/13/2004 04:06 PM
AP - Palmer will have underwear once more.

Is This The Announcement Australian
Music Lovers Have Waited For? iTunes
Music Store Comes To Australia?

Is This The Announcement Australian
Music Lovers Have Waited For? iTunes
Music Store Comes To Australia? 12/26/2004 08:28 PM

By Les Posen, CyberPsych Blog

DEMO Achieves a Historical Milestone by
Presenting the First Digital Music
Certification Award to Apple iTunes
Music Store

DEMO Achieves a Historical Milestone by
Presenting the First Digital Music
Certification Award to Apple iTunes
Music Store 08/04/2004 02:36 AM
DEMO grants the first Titanium + Certification Award to the Apple iTunes Music Store on July 29, 2004. [PRWEB Aug 4, 2004]

MSN Music Store to Rock the Music
Download Boat

MSN Music Store to Rock the Music
Download Boat 09/02/2004 01:31 PM
Source: The Search Engine Journal - MSN has unveiled MSN Music Store, their pay per download WMP driven system which is predicted to give Apple iTunes, Napster, and RealNetworks a run for their money in the realm of legal music...

HP to launch music store, digital music
player

HP to launch music store, digital music
player 12/03/2003 03:43 PM
Following the lead of its competitors in the PC industry, Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) plans to announce a digital music player and music store along with a line of digital televisions early next year, a HP spokeswoman said Wednesday.

Sweet Music As iTunes Comes To Town

Sweet Music As iTunes Comes To Town 01/07/2005 02:12 AM

Apple's director of product development in Ireland, Chris Bell, said last night the introduction of the online music store to Ireland was a significant development. "We watched with great excitement as the iTunes service swept across Europe and, finally, welcomed its arrival in Ireland." By Eddie Cassidy, Irish Examiner

HP Music Player and Music Store

HP Music Player and Music Store 12/03/2003 03:01 AM
CBS MarketWatch notes that HP will also be entering the music-download/player arena in January 2004 with its own version of a digital music player and...

MTV Music Store

MTV Music Store 11/04/2003 01:58 AM
A Reuters article reports that MTV Networks will be launching a music download service "within the first half of next year". Apparently, MTV had pl...

Microsoft's music store

Microsoft's music store 12/15/2003 03:15 PM
Microsoft's partnership with Loudeye will allow third parties to develop Apple Music Store style services: "But the Digital Music Store...

MSN Music Store No Original

MSN Music Store No Original 09/02/2004 04:38 AM
Microsoft insists its music store differs from iTunes, but the two services sure have a lot in common. The company will sell songs for $1 like Apple, and plans to match the volume of songs Apple makes available to users.

MTV wants its online-music store

MTV wants its online-music store 05/07/2004 09:13 AM
ZDNet May 7 2004 1:26PM GMT

iTunes Music Store

iTunes Music Store 07/05/2004 02:15 PM

I used the iTunes Music Store for the first time today. I actually didn't want to install it, but Apple is bundling it with QuickTime these days, so you have to get one to get the other. Then my wife, Annie, heard about it, and she wanted to try it.

It was a great experience. It's pretty much a matter of creating an account, finding a song, then clicking "Buy Song." You can even surpress the "Do you really want this song?" warning so you can just click with wild abandon, racking up $0.99 charges right and left.

The real test came when I taught Annie how to use it (because, you know, you can never have enough Celine Dion). She took to it right away. The search has a spellcheck feature, which is handy when trying to spell "Alanis Morrissette," and the idea of double-clicking a song to hear a clip is very intutive. Annie doesn't know the names of any of the songs she likes, but she knows what they sound like, so she just kept double-clicking until she heard what she wanted, then she hit "Buy Song."

The only glitch we ran into was that we first fired it up under my Windows account, logging into iTunes as Annie. Now, when we open iTunes under Annie's Windows account, again logging in to iTunes under her account, none of the "Purchased Music" we bought under my Windows account is there. For some reason, the purchased music is tied to a specific Windows account, not an iTunes account. I'm not quite sure what to do about this — if you know, drop me a line.

Some music isn't available as single tracks, for some reason. For instance, Annie wanted a song off the De-lovely soundtrack, but it was marked "Album Only." Depressing, but I'm sure there's some high-powered business reason for it.

We haven't tryed burning anything to a CD yet, but when I do, I'll let you all know how it goes. Hats off to Apple — iTunes is a great piece of work.

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One music store to rule them all

One music store to rule them all 09/03/2004 04:10 PM
Microsoft's answer to iTunes isn't pretty, doesn't have that great a selection, and won't sell songs that play on an iPod. But it'll still probably take over the world of online music.

Walmart Music Store

Walmart Music Store 11/05/2003 09:25 PM
The New York Post reports that Walmart is finalizing deals with the five major labels and plans to launch its own music download service as early as N...

RSS Feeds for iTunes Music Store

RSS Feeds for iTunes Music Store 01/22/2004 10:25 AM
The iTunes Music Store is now offering customizable RSS Newsfeeds for use in newsreaders such as Ranchero's NetNewsWire. You can create feeds based on your preferences of type of music and which list you want to watch, such as New Releases, Top Songs, Top Albums, and more.

Microsoft opens its MSN Music Web store

Microsoft opens its MSN Music Web store 09/02/2004 04:06 AM
A day ahead of schedule, Microsoft has opened the MSN Music store. Launching the store as a "preview," the debut will be complete tomorrow when Windows Media Player 10 is introduced.

AOL Integrates iTunes Music Store

AOL Integrates iTunes Music Store 12/18/2003 02:16 PM
Apple and AOL today announced that AOL members can now preview, purchase, and download songs from the iTunes Music Store by clicking an iTunes button placed next to featured song titles. In addition to the normal iTMS offerings, AOL members also get access to exclusive content from their "Sessions@AOL" and "Broadband Rocks" series.

iTunes Music Store gets RSS feeds

iTunes Music Store gets RSS feeds 01/22/2004 10:20 AM
Several MacMinute readers pointed out that the iTunes Music Store now has customizable RSS feeds that can be used with news aggregators such as Ranchero's NetNewsWire...

RSS Feeds Come To iTunes Music Store

RSS Feeds Come To iTunes Music Store 01/22/2004 07:35 PM
By Peter Cohen (MacCentral via MyAppleMenu)

Microsoft Music Store in 2004?

Microsoft Music Store in 2004? 11/17/2003 11:37 AM
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Microsoft plans to introduce a music download service in 2004 and was recently hiring for a senior-level mar...

Publishing To The iTunes Music Store

Publishing To The iTunes Music Store 04/29/2004 10:39 AM
By Brian D Foy, O'Reilly Network (via MyAppleMenu)

Microsoft to launch music store

Microsoft to launch music store 09/01/2004 08:37 PM
Digital Connect News Sep 2 2004 0:16AM GMT

Microsoft unveils music store

Microsoft unveils music store 09/17/2004 08:08 PM
Globe and Mail Sep 18 2004 0:06AM GMT

MSN Music Store to Go Live Next Week

MSN Music Store to Go Live Next Week 08/27/2004 02:11 PM
Looks like the long-awaited MSN Music store/service is set to debut on September 2.

Beatles May Get Their Own Music Download
Store

Beatles May Get Their Own Music Download
Store 06/08/2004 05:12 PM
People have pointed out in the past that one of the major limitations to online download music stores is the fact that certain popular artists have not allowed their music to be (legally) offered online yet. Exhibit number one is always the Beatles. Well, now it appears that the Beatles are finally warming up to the idea, but only if someone is willing to pay them lots and lots and lots of money for the right to set up an exclusive Beatles store. That's right, the music wouldn't be available in just any download store, but a Beatles-only music store that would be run by some other company. While the article mentions Apple iTunes as a possibility, this seems unlikely unless the Beatles and Apple patch up their legal problems first. Either way, this points out just how ridiculous all these different online stores are. Would the Beatles have ever become famous if you could only buy their music in exclusive Beatles-only record stores, which would then only play on special Beatles-only record players, that had all sorts of limitations on what you could do compared to other music you owned? The Beatles may have been great musicians, but they now appear to be greedy and shortsighted in their attempt to move into the online world.

"iTunes Music Store RSS Generator"

"iTunes Music Store RSS Generator" 01/22/2004 04:54 PM

iTunes Music Store RSS Feeds

iTunes Music Store RSS Feeds 01/22/2004 07:29 PM
The iTunes Music Store has an RSS feed generator. Five primary feed types (New Releases, Top Albums, etc.), select your genres. Very nice. This is awesome. A nice way to catch new releases. (Thanks to Webspiffy for the pointer.)...

The Beatles On iTunes Music Store?

The Beatles On iTunes Music Store? 06/09/2004 12:39 PM

Yahoo to pay $270m for Web music store

Yahoo to pay $270m for Web music store 09/17/2004 01:00 AM
Straits Times Sep 17 2004 5:41AM GMT
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