Buying Vinyl - how the times have changed

I've been searching for some music I heard on Last.fm (MFA, the Difference it Makes Superpitcher remix thank you for asking - progressive house, made by two English guys in Switzerland, and released in Germany - how very European). Couldn't find an mp3 of it anywhere. A few snatches here and there but none of the torrent sites seemed to have it all. Which surprised me.
So I did something very quaint and old-fashioned. And bought a record. But what with this being the interweb etc, I didn't actually go to a shop - Warp had a write up, but Juno had it for sale. Listen here if you're at all bothered.
I'm now like an excited teenager waiting for it to be delivered.

Forbes V the Sunday Times magazine

One of these publications understands what is going on online at the moment - and, dare I say it, in immediate future. The other doesn't. You decide which.
Forbes or the Sunday Times. (thanks to Alex at a History of England.. for pointing out the Sunday Times piece)

I-Player. U-player, everyone but a mac-player

So the BBC's I-player is out in Beta. Although naturally supportive of the BBC's techy advances (from the BBC Micro, to the BBC news website, I've long been a fan - and the BBC are one of my clients), I'm one of many disappointed Mac users who just can't get excited.
Judging by some of the comments to date, on blogs (Telegraph and Guardian are also not great fans yet) the general consensus it's been released too soon - even thought it's very publicly still in Beta - and there are still a fair few problems with it.
But I can't even get that far. I can't believe the decision to bring it out when Mac users who by their geeky nature will evangelise or criticise until they fall over can't even play with it.
Fingers crossed the next version will be Mac-friendly and bug-free.

So where are the Jones? And will anyone actually care?

Ford's foray into the wonderful world of wikis and user generated content, nudged along by a very David Brent-style performance, and Steve Coogan's Baby Cow production company has been getting a lot of attention recently. It's a very brave approach from Ford (especially considering how tangential their branding appears to be), but the mileage (sorry, couldn't resist) has been significant - though I suspect not among their target audience. Internet officionados are queuing up to have an opinion on the campaign, but if the sort of people who regularly go and shell out on a purple S-max, I'd be surprised.
So 10 points for trying something different. Null points for the humour, and minus 10 for the long term impact. What, exactly do Ford get out of it, which they couldn't get for cheaper elsewhere? It smacks of a major brand trying hard to break through and be cool online, but, judging by the quality of the writing, or the number of views on youtube, not quite managing it (yet). Still, hats off to their digital agency (Imagine?) Imagination (thanks Zeroinfluencer for the correction) for convincing them to try it. And hats off to Ford for trying it.