I’ve been a fan of Last.fm for a while, and a really big fan ever since I noticed that Matt Biddulph, while he still worked at the BBC, pulled a very nice hack to update his ‘sekrit’ user every time Radio 6 plays a song.
Anyone following Eightbar in the last few months can’t have failed to notice that we’re getting pretty interested in virtual worlds and the metaverse. Second Life is not the only virtual world out there, but it’s a popular one. Since it makes it fairly easy to build things, and now lets you make HTTP requests from within scripted objects, it’s a pretty handy environment for knocking up 3D artifacts which render web data in slightly more interesting ways than, say, the average RSS reader.
In between enjoying Second Life’s third birthday celebrations, I created this ugly beast. My Last.fm feed watcher (despite its similarity to a squashed fly – those are supposed to remind you of speakers rather then eyes) displays the title and artist of the last song I listened to. Eventually it might provide a more complete interface to show more information about my listening habits, but for now I’m happy to keep it simple.
This is great a gadget. I think music is going to be very influential in the next stage of the metaverse.
The Regina Spektor album a few weeks ago.
The partying on the radio 1 island and now the Universal guys get in on the act
Personal appearances, live concerts it does not even have to be the real artist if the virtual puppets look right. Music videos that you are in. Its all coming.
Obviously inspired by the Thinkpad 750 series docking station. 😉
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/2487/dock4al1.jpg
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Is this a player you share with others? Is it available?
I don’t think it’s available:(