The Monthly Mix continues with a straight up house mix called Routed this month, featuring some belters from Dennis Ferrer and Quentin Harris.

Today I finally uploaded a PDF copy of my PhD dissertation to lod.ashtonmason.net, my subsite devoted (in a lethargic kind of way) to my uni thesis work. So take a look if you're interested - but be warned that it's 203 pages long...

A good post on the Economist's technology blog about why interest in computing as a school subject is shrinking steadily instead of growing: http://economist.com/blogs/babbage/2010/08/computing_schools

Some photos from our recent holiday on the Grecian island of Crete.

Taken? Taken what exactly? Or where, and by what?

Guess some of you may be wondering where the June edition of my podcast has got to. I've been pretty busy with a complete rewrite of my C++ message passing library called Theron. Once I get that sucker out the door (cross fingers for next few days) I'll be able to hit the decks again with a vengeance.

I've been slaving over a hot pair of CD decks again this month, and if you head over to the pod you can grab yourself a taste of what I've been cooking up.

April's monthly mix features nine classic house tracks, triple distilled, barrel-aged, and non-chill filtered for your listening pleasure. A touch of piano on the nose, more than a hint of gospel on the palate, and a lingering aftertaste of soul.

Some proper images of the i-Flow concept presented by Hyundai at the Geneva motor show (via hyundaibuzz). If the interior styling is anything to go by, I don't think we should take this concept too seriously as a "preview" of the forthcoming "Sonata for europe" model.

Another instalment of the Monthly Mix! This month I'm calling it Scandinavian Jazz, but don't let that frighten you. The mix is a pretty chilled affair with a decidedly modern slant. In fact I'd say it's pretty downright listenable. (Some subjects have reported mild sensations of melancholy immediately after administration, but this wears off rapidly).

AOL has an excellent first drive of the 2011 Hyundai Sonata. The car has been getting rave reviews generally, as expected. But this article is good journalism to boot. Particularly, in the section titled The audacity of limiting choice, Reilly Brennan analyses the wisdom of doing away with a V6 engine option, in the current US market.

By popular request (thanks Steve) I've added a separate RSS feed for the comments on the blog. You can find the new logo at the top right of the page (at time of writing). Alternatively, the link is here. There's a single feed for all comments on the site, rather than a separate feed per article. Go wild :)

I had a bit of a run in with the owner of my hosting service last night regarding the password retrieval function on their forum.

Today sees the release of the second in my series of monthly mixes, my music podcast featuring a different mix every month. For February we're on a Bollywood trip, taking in ten of the best tracks that Mumbai's spectacular film industry has to offer. The pace is fast and the feel is part dodgy nightclub, part glamorous film set.

I've started a podcast. It's music, it's mixed, it's monthly, and frankly it's likely to be a varied and interesting ride.

For a couple of years now I've been making smoothies at home, when the mood takes me. I thought I'd share some of the joy.