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Not following Twitter followers
Hi: I used to religiously visit the sites of people following me on Twitter, but these days, there are so many notices, many of of them ads and promos (not to mention thinly disguised invites to porn sites), I just don’t have the time to sift through them any more. So I’m genuinely sorry if you’ve added me to your list and I haven’t responded, but that’s why. Cheers! And all the best … Jon Follow p2pnet on Twitter .
Continue reading »Stormy weather
Why is it when p2pnet is down for a couple of hours everyone expects the worst? Anyow, in reply to emails wondering what happened, in one word, Nothing. l live on Vancouver Island in BC, Canada.
Continue reading »Voddler, Sweden’s new net movie service
A new video service offering online movies for free already has more than a quarter of a million sign-ups since its launch two weeks ago. Called Voddler, it was founded in Stockholm in 2005 but now has 70,000 registered users, as well as a queue of more than 200,000 people who’ve requested an invitation to join, says The Local , going on: “Voddler aims to provide a legal alternative to file sharing pirated films that still allows customers the chance to watch whatever they want, whenever they want, for little or no cost.” While it isn’t the only company in Sweden offering streaming movies, it’s the only one offering movies for free, it says. Next week Voddler plans to launch a pay-per-view service which to allow users to pay to view premium content, and in January it’ll start offering monthly subscriptions, the story says adding: “Voddler also recently launched a version of its service for Mac users, and Slavic said that an iPhone application is in the works.” Follow p2pnet on Twitter .
Continue reading »D TOUR – the Pat Spurgeon story
D TOUR, a documentary Adam Farrell helped produce, premiered on Independent Lens last night, featuring on more than 350 PBS affiliates across the US. It “follows my good friend, Pat Spurgeon (the drummer in Rogue Wave)” who, despite a failing kidney and a three-year search for a donor, “keeps his dreams of being a professional musician alive doing dialysis in the Econoline, backstage and in friend’s living rooms,” says Adam, going on: “The film takes many emotional twists and turns. But at the end it’s a deeply inspiring story about friends, family, and how our individual decisions can save lives.
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