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New Apparatjik album in February

By 6000 | 6000 | November 24, 2011

Incoming from the boys of Apparatjik (previously seen here on 6000 miles…) – their new album Square Peg In A Round Hole is due to be released on the 21st February 2012. Which is as good a reason as any to give you another taste of their first album – this is the melancholic desperation [...]

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What a good idea

By 6000 | 6000 | November 23, 2011

I’d like to say that I didn’t blog yesterday in some sort of protest against the passing of the first stages of the Protection of Information Bill in Parliament, but it was actually something far more immediate than that – I didn’t have any time or any inclination. I’ve said before than when these conditions meet in a perfect [...]

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Best album of the year?

By 6000 | 6000 | November 18, 2011

The 6000 miles… Best Album of the Year 2011 voting is in full swing. I say “voting” because that makes it sound vaguely democratic and democracy is good, mmmkay? In actual fact, I’m using the term “democratic” in the full Zimbabwean tradition – basically, what I say, goes, and if you wish to disagree, I’ll [...]

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Android is *still* blowing everyone away

By 6000 | 6000 | November 17, 2011

Remember when we told you that Android was Blowing Everyone Away back in May of this year? They were on the up, with about 37% of market share, RIM was in freefall (down to 25%) and Apple was doing “ok”, fairly steady at about 25%. Well, now Business Insider have updated that graph for November [...]

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Cute gets hits

By 6000 | 6000 | November 11, 2011

Think of this as some sort of web-based experiment. And yes – if you’re reading this, you are one of my experimental subjects. If you don’t want to take part, you can always close this window, but actually, in just being here, you’ve already taken part. Thanks. Bizarrely, one of the posts which recurrently scores [...]

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