I’m practicing guitar yesterday, and Evie wandered in and started dancing and singing as she tends to do nowadays, anytime there’s music in the air. When I got to a particularly loud and raucous part full of power chords, I admit I “dug in” a little. Evie responded by stopping …
You must check out the many musical masteries of an old acquaintance of mine, Mr. Brad Derrick. I am especially fond of plink; their music has a gently hypnotic quality, which doesn’t fully disguise the taut emotional undercurrents. And yes, I’m plugging this just in case you stop by, Brad. …
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 …