miércoles, 24 de octubre de 2007

Radio Zero's web site

One of my favourites radios its "zero", i like the different kind of music they play, like electronic music, indie, alternative rock, post folk, etc. there is always something new and different. I like too some of the programs and anouncers are really interesting... i like the website, i discovered it hearing a spot on the same radio, I visit it like two or three time a month.
I like it because its a friendly user web site, its really easy to surf on it and its visualy atractive.
In the section "Lo nuevo en Zero" you can know about the programs, the schedules, who is the anouncer and who will be invited, what they are gonna talk about or which music is going to be played. You can comment about that if you want. In "Archivos Zero" you cant find info of old programs. In "Radar Zero" there are some articles about movies, new places, trends, etc. In "Seleccion Zero" there is a list of recommended song and albums.
You can heart online or download podcasts of your favourite programs, so if you miss and special program or an interesting interview you can download it and here any time you want.
This website it really good and what i estimate more is to know which songs were played in which program and day.

miércoles, 17 de octubre de 2007

favourite piece of technology

My favourite piece of technolgy is internet. I have been using it for many years, i cant remember well when was the first time i use it, i think it was like 6 years ago. I use it almost everyday, like one and a half hour. I really love to download music, because i like electronic and "alternative" music, and there aren't many radios that play that kind of stuff and its very difficult and expensive to get some albums at the shops. i like to spend time searching for new bands and singers. I enjoy watching videos clips that i have never seen on mtv and repeting or rewinding them if i want.
I usually use messenger to talk with my friends from school or university. I like to spend lot of time talking with someone without worring about the bill. One of the tools i use a always its google, it helps me to find anything i want about news, architecture, music, etc.
If i would havent internet and a computer i would feel a little bit more restricted to comunicate from my house with my friends, and to get quick and diverse information and comunication.
I think internet has changed the way we comunicate and get information. It has helped a lot of people to get equal access to information and comunication around the world.


miércoles, 10 de octubre de 2007

Victory City

I dont like utopic models of cities i think its better to re-plan what is already made in our reallity with its problems and benefitis instead of creating a model of a "perfect city" or a perfect "society" that will never exist. Models are often imposed on us by just a little part of a society and sometimes they don't respond to the real needs of the people.
This model called Victory City was created by Orville Simpson, it's an entire city operated by private enterprise. This city would be placed in the middle of a countryside, that consist of 5 builindings 102 floors high that would give you everything you need under just one roof.
One of the things it bothers me most its that the model is supposed to concentrate lots of people in a smaller space and that would mean to eliminate 95% of the streets and sidewalks. I think that it´s a really bad decision because the sidewalks and streets are one of the most important places to relate with other people.

I think this model was thought as an object that you can put anywhere you need: "There will not be just one, but many such cities throughout the entire world"...instead of a real city made of diferent people, with different needs, ideas, ways of life and thinking, neither does this model repond to the possibles and diferent contexts of the world. Its almost imposible to respond to that with such restrictive model as this. This model its just a dream...