++ ukchill.com ++ » News http://ukchill.com technology, music and opinion Mon, 06 Jun 2011 10:57:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 ASCII me! http://ukchill.com/news/ascii-me/ http://ukchill.com/news/ascii-me/#comments Thu, 13 Jan 2011 23:21:57 +0000 Mike http://ukchill.com/?p=297 ...................................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................,,........................ 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http://ukchill.com/news/html5-audio-and-pre-loading/ http://ukchill.com/news/html5-audio-and-pre-loading/#comments Thu, 30 Dec 2010 13:00:34 +0000 Mike http://ukchill.com/?p=253 I’ve had to remove the in-page audio player temporarily, as it seems that some browsers don’t respect the autobuffer=”false” attribute on the HTML5 audio element. What this means is that everyone who visits my site has been downloading ALL the music I have been giving away, simultaneously, whether they listen to it or not – [...]]]> I’ve had to remove the in-page audio player temporarily, as it seems that some browsers don’t respect the autobuffer=”false” attribute on the HTML5 audio element.

What this means is that everyone who visits my site has been downloading ALL the music I have been giving away, simultaneously, whether they listen to it or not – consequently, my little blog is being hammered and it is getting ridiculously slow.

Until I can spend some time working up a usable HTML5 player that supports many instances on a single page, I have disabled all the audio players – the files are still available using traditional links though.

]]> http://ukchill.com/news/html5-audio-and-pre-loading/feed/ 0 Shouting into the wind http://ukchill.com/news/shouting-into-the-wind/ http://ukchill.com/news/shouting-into-the-wind/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2010 23:45:43 +0000 Mike http://ukchill.com/?p=151 Publishing anything (and it seems, especially music) on the internet is a lot like shouting into the wind. I wish it weren’t so, but the universe wasn’t created to listen to me (or you) rant. Wish for the day: I wish everyone would read, watch or listen to something new and random on the internet that [...]]]> Publishing anything (and it seems, especially music) on the internet is a lot like shouting into the wind. I wish it weren’t so, but the universe wasn’t created to listen to me (or you) rant.

Wish for the day:

I wish everyone would read, watch or listen to something new and random on the internet that didn’t already have a bazillion fans/viewers/friends. You never know, you may like it and you may be able to introduce it to someone else.

]]> http://ukchill.com/news/shouting-into-the-wind/feed/ 0 Cool grooves for Christmas! http://ukchill.com/news/cool-grooves-for-christmas/ http://ukchill.com/news/cool-grooves-for-christmas/#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:42:24 +0000 Mike http://ukchill.com/?p=86 It’s a bit of a shame that I only get limited amounts of time to muck around in the studio, but that is definitely what the Christmas break is for (well, apart from spending time with the family, walking the dog, catching up on paperwork etc…). Here’s a new jazzy groove with some laid back [...]]]> It’s a bit of a shame that I only get limited amounts of time to muck around in the studio, but that is definitely what the Christmas break is for (well, apart from spending time with the family, walking the dog, catching up on paperwork etc…).

Here’s a new jazzy groove with some laid back fretless work.

Some of you have been asking when I’ll be gigging again – well, I’m taking a break from rock for a while and have a new chilled Acid Jazz set with Dave Carson called 4AM. You can catch us on the first Sunday of every month at the Penn Central – 4 ’till 6 pm.

update – Chris (Croft) came ’round and kindly laid down some cool sax and flute for the track, so I’ve updated the mix to include it!

]]> http://ukchill.com/news/cool-grooves-for-christmas/feed/ 1 Full album available for listening online! http://ukchill.com/news/full-album-available-for-listening-online/ http://ukchill.com/news/full-album-available-for-listening-online/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:14:59 +0000 Mike http://ukchill.com/?p=41 In the interests of getting my music out there, I have decided to make stream-able full versions of all the songs from the album available on the Last.FM website, at least for a short while! Listen to 20 Years from the album:]]> In the interests of getting my music out there, I have decided to make stream-able full versions of all the songs from the album available on the Last.FM website, at least for a short while!

Listen to 20 Years from the album:

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