Music Monday #094 – Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails (abbreviated as NIN, sometimes stylized as NIИ) is an American industrial rock project, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its direction. Nine Inch Nails’ music straddles a wide range of genres. After recording a new album, Reznor (until the 2009 Wave Goodbye Tour) usually assembles a live band to perform with him. The touring band features a revolving lineup that often rearranges songs to fit a live setting. On stage, Nine Inch Nails often employs visual elements to accompany performances, which frequently include light shows.
– wikipedia

Yes another late post, and it is Nine Inch Nails, I bet you can guess how *good* my Monday has been. Surprisingly our old cat Josie used to settle in and listen to ‘The Downward Spiral’ when I played it back in Shepparton – unusual cat.

And now for some music …

This weeks links (2012-03-05)

#OTWM training CP2 to CP4 : up there!

In brief:

* Apple Configurator [Mac App Store]
Apple Configurator makes it easy for anyone to mass configure and deploy iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch in a school, business, or institution.
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.7.2 or later

* Advice on child internet safety 1.0: Universal guidelines for providers [PDF] [UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS)]
Together we can help children use the internet safely. This document – compiled by members of the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS) – draws together the most effective messages for keeping children safe online. By providing this advice across all online services used by children, you can ensure that children and their parents benefit from consistent advice that has been proven to work.
via Computers in the Classroom [ISSN 1470-5524]

* Victoria Police lacks ability to deliver IT projects (2012-Mar-06) [Delimiter]
The report titled ‘Inquiry into the command, management and functions of the senior structure of Victoria Police’ released last week and available online here found ‘project fatigue’ amongst both sworn police and public servants. The inquiry found a number of projects, reports and reviews since 2005 that referred to a ‘vision’, a ‘long-term strategy’ and the need to ‘modernise’ to bring “Victoria Police to the 21st Century”. The management documentation jargon however, did not have any connection to the practical reality at Victoria Police, according to the report.

* The Little White Box That Can Hack Your Network (2012-Mar-03) [Wired]
The basic model costs $480, but if you’re willing to pay an extra $250 for the Elite version, you can connect it over the mobile wireless network. “The whole point is plug and pwn,” says Dave Porcello, Pwnie Express’s CEO. “Walk into a facility, plug it in, wait for the text message. Before you even get to the parking lot you should know it’s working.”

Those Fabulous Confabs (2012-Feb-26) [New York mag]
Smart talk has never been such a valuable commodity. It’s spawned conferences like TED, Davos, and now a slew of upstart competitors. It has made the eighteen‑minute TED lecture a viral online phenomenon. But are we running out of things to say?

Some reading/listening:

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