Dr. Nina Simone High Priestess of Soul Feb. 21, 1933 – Apr. 21, 2003 A woman of singular talent, presence and courage. Her music was a gift to the world of jazz and pop, whose voice expressed the most exquisite joy, sadness, longing, languor, and pain. She was an outspoken …
Seems to me that BitTorrent offers an easy opportunity for the BSA, RIAA, MPAA and others to pursue pirates. Since a torrent tracker has a record of IP addresses that are participating in swarming downloads, it would seem like an ideal solution, if you were one of those groups, to …
Sunday my friend Ellen and I went to see the Signature Theater’s production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Two words: simply outstanding. Rick Hammerly was captivating as Hedwig, and the rest of the cast, which consisted mainly of Hedwig’s bandmates, did a great job in their supporting roles. My …
Now I have mplayer and its associated plugin working properly as well, I am enjoying pretty much full-on feature compatibility with you poor suffering Windows users. Evie likes watching QuickTime trailers for kids’ movies on the computer, so this is very much a Good Thing(TM).
My mom got remarried on Saturday, so we had a fun time at the reception. Evie was pretty well-behaved too, which was a real plus. Having overindulged (very slightly) at the reception, I spent much of Sunday just watching Beatles: Anthology that I just got on DVD. Still the world’s …
Red Hat Linux 9 is out! One of my coworkers and I managed to get it via BitTorrent yesterday. Some real improvements, mostly in the “user-transparent” area. The menus incorporate the improvements from the betas, as well as the new Native POSIX Threading Library (NPTL). This may be invisible to …
A friend sent me a link to a rather disturbing article about current social trends in France and some possible impetus behind their recent America-bashing. I don’t know how much of this is true, but it’s interesting to hear another voice out of France in any case.
Finally I’ve fixed my e-mail link on the left. So if you got one of those ridiculous bounce-back messages earlier, and you can’t stand the fact that I didn’t read your insults, feel free to try again. You’ll need to remove the “foo” from the address if you want it …
My sentiments exactly.
So how about today’s “good morning” wakeup call! Eleya was up early because she was teaching this morning, and she woke me from the most peaceful sleep I’d had in weeks. Much to our chagrin and the delight of the carpet cleaning company arriving this afternoon, our dog had a …