I recently had to reformat my pc so set off to make a back up to an external hard drive that I could restore from for my songs and photos. Simple, I thought.

First Photoshop elements. Easy to do - select make a back up - select what media I want to make the back up too - external hard drive. I made a set on DVD for storing away from the house as well while I was at it.

Next iTunes. Backing up to DVD's needed 14 discs. I spent 10 minutes looking for the hard drive option. Not apparent. I googled and it seems that there is no way of doing it. Ended up doing it in MediaMonkey (easy) but I have lost the tag information on plays and stars etc.

So, has anyone out there made a restorable back up onto a hard drive on iTunes? Can it be done? Have the kings of design really made a bit of software with this ridiculous flaw?

Their parents should be proud.

- 0.5 inches thick
- weighs 1.5 pounds (0.7kilos)
- 9.7 inch multitouch display
- 1GHz Apple A4 chip (built in house)
- between 16GB and 64GB of flash memory

Basically a really big iPhone/touch.

So how much would you pay for it and do you want one?

is always good value isn't he?

Listen to this - Robbie gives a journo a proper hard time. You can hear the journo squirm. Refreshing to hear a footballer who cares about his team.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/derby_county/8453055.st...

I'm lucky enough to have been given a swish iPod touch for my birthday yesterday. I eagerly (once I got it back from my son) thought I would download some BBC stuff from the iPlayer and watch it at my leisure. However, there doesn't appear to be a simple way of doing it.

Anyone discovered the secret of how to do this?

Enjoyed it immensely - worth a watch on the iPlayer.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00pq94b/The_Culture_Show_John_Lydo...

Bono seems to be starting the new decade with some ill thought out advice to the world of film. Its fine that governments and business can monitor web traffic and watch what you do as the entertainment industry is more important than civil liberties. I long for the day that news services do not provide publicity to celebs who believe they are experts on something, over simplify the issue beyond belief and then come up with a solution that is half baked and riddled with issues.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8439200.stm

Elf Yourself. The kind of trivial fun the internet is made for.

http://www.elfyourself.com/

Has anyone been to the Hyde Park Winter Wonderland? We're doing a Borough Market shopping trip in the big smoke in the week before Christmas but wondered if the Hyde Park thing would be worth a visit.

There is a download from Jónsi's solo album available for free. Its very good as well. Link here -> http://www.jonsi.com/

I'll go first.

I just been told I have Gammon Flu. I originally had swine flu so I went to the hospital and they cured me.

Sue Ryder stores seem to sell some very good value musical instruments, including a Ukulele for £11.99. With Christmas coming, the combination of good value and a good cause seems worth mentioning.

Link to the Sue Ryder store is here -> http://www.suerydercareshop.com/Shop/ShopProducts.asp?fdShopProductShopP...

More info on Ryder guitars here -> http://ryderguitars.co.uk/

They also sell dolls houses but that's for my other favourite website...

Impressed by someone who dislikes an album this much.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B002BDTM62/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_...

Do people not listen a bit before they buy?