TAIMUR'S TOPICS: September 28, 2008

Saturday, October 4, 2008

World famous graffiti artist, DIAM, creates 3-D art.

Umm...

...the ladies be crazy! [But understandably so.]

Thursday, October 2, 2008

I'm not sure if this is something I should proud of or if it is really sad. But at the moment, I will go with feeling accomplished. And with about 680 views of this blog (670 of them are probably mine), I think taimurstopics is doing mighty well.

By now most of you know what kind of stuff I like to put up, so give me some feed back in the comments (be it "anonymous" if you like) as to what you enjoy most and what you would like to see less of.

Cheers

Taimur

Meet Russell Peters!

Russell Dominic Peters (born September 29, 1970) is a Canadian stand-up comic, and actor. Here are parts of his show, Outsourced (2006).

Part 1:

Part 2:

The Financial Crisis... simplified.

Here is a video made by one of the VlogBrothers on YouTube, for those of you who have NO idea what's going on in the economy.

I hope this doesn't happen!

The BBC is reporting that...

iTunes Store Shutdown Feared

A veiled threat by Apple to close its iTunes store has emerged 18 months after it was issued and just a day before royalty rates are to be set.

The Copyright Royalty Board meets on Thursday to rule on a requested 66% increase for sales of digital music from 9 cents to 15 cents a track.

A rise would have to be paid by either Apple, the record company or consumer.

Apple pays an estimated 70% of digital music revenue to record companies which in turn pass on a percentage to artists. It is that percentage that is expected to be changed on Thursday.

The forthcoming decision by the three judge panel will set rates for the next five years. It will be the first affecting digital sales.

With CD sales falling last year by 20% to $7.4bn (£4bn), record companies are unlikely to be willing to soak up any increase in rates.

Greg Sandoval at CNET said the timing of the emergence of the Apple document is interesting.

"When it comes down to mass appeal, Apple holds all the cards.

" If word gets out that music publishers are trying to stick it to consumers, and Apple is fighting to keep prices down on their behalf, well, there's liable to be public backlash against the labels.

"If this thing follows the normal course, there would be calls for boycotts, protests and so on."

Piper Jaffray estimates that Apple will sell 2.4 bn songs this year, giving it an 85% share of the digital music market.

I want more of this.

Kap10Kurt is a Swiss born, New York City based electronic musician and programmer. Danger Seekers is a single released on November 5, 2007 for Plant Music. The music video has been directed by The Holograms and produced at Mathematic Studio via UFO Label.

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

I admire India.

Here is an excerpt from a BBC.com article:

A ban on smoking tobacco in public is coming into force in India.

Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss says he aims to cut the number of smokers and to protect passive smokers from the harmful effects of tobacco.

India has more than 120 million smokers and observers say the ban will need to be strictly enforced. Those flouting it face fines of 200 rupees ($4.50).

Tobacco smoking in India kills 900,000 people a year, a figure expected to rise to a million by 2010.

"From 2 October India is going to go smoke-free in all public places," Mr Ramadoss said.

"The aim is to discourage the smokers, to make them quit or reduce smoking. Also all non-smoking employees have a right to a 100% smoke-free atmosphere.

"The perils of passive smoking are equally bad."