Archive for April, 2008


XAudio2 - The replacement to DirectSound.

I have recently wanted to start a programming project which will involve sound manipulation on a Windows based PC. It looks like it is possible using DircetSound but as this is on it’s way out i didn’t want to spend time learning something that is at the end of its life. After a in-depth web [...]

Ticket Touts

Well i have been going to gigs, sports events and music festivals for the best part of 14 years now and it’s unusual not to see a ticket tout on the way in to the venue. Glastonbury Festival has managed to totally stop ticket touts buying tickets (by putting photographs on the tickets) and other [...]

Going to Glastonbury 2008

Glastonbury ticket day is always a strange experience, but this year was the strangest yet. I woke up at 7.15am on Sunday to find 2 inches of snow on the ground, i setup 2 phone lines and 2 Internet connections (one on Blueyonder and the other with BT) i was ready for the Glastonbury ticket [...]