Rolling Stones

Reconsidering ‘Best of’ albums as Queen’s ‘Greatest Hits’ passes 7 million sales in the UK — There is a moment in the seminal BBC comedy I’m Alan Partridge where the titular character tries to impress a younger, cooler acquaintance by saying he loves the Beatles. “What’s your favourite Beatles album then?” the younger man replies. Alan pauses, thinks hard and says, “Tough. …

With gLinux, Google maintains its own rolling release distro for its developers. This probably saves a lot of problems compared to LTS updates — Google maintains its own internal Linux distribution for its development teams, which until a few years ago was still based on the Ubuntu versions with long-term support (Goobuntu). …

I got around to having cataract surgery on August 7, 2019. My weak body part has always been my left eye, with a vision rating of 20/400. If both my eyes were that bad, I’d be legally blind. Being a frequent still and movie camera user, I took for granted…

A humble marker on a door — On a quiet street in London’s well-heeled borough of Richmond upon Thames is a sign that tells of seismic events in the history of rock. Inside the unassuming door is where The Rolling Stones held an afternoon residency at the start of what will soon be a 60-year career; it…

How Madonna Ruined My Hair. — When I turned fourteen in 2009, my parents bought me an acoustic guitar and a subscription to Rolling Stone Magazine. (This is my super-villain origin story.) When I relocated for grad school, I was able to finally get my extensive collection in chronological order, which made me realize just how…