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Who Has The Time?

emusic is all that iTunes isn’t. I can’t find good documentation but it looks like the label is getting a good share. Since they are indie I’m assuming the artist is getting taken care of. No DRM for me. Steve could learn something. Having many projects cooking at once is [...]

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The Realization

Today a coworker asked me a question about iPods.

“I just got an iPod,” she said, “and my husband has a bunch of music that he’s save in some format and I’d like to get some of it onto my iPod. How can I do that?” I immediately knew we were going to get into trouble. [...]

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Why Is It So Hard For Democrats To Win? (with Stem Cell Research Bonus)

Because every church is like a damned field campaign office pushing their ‘values’ agenda of intolerance and bigotry.

I can’t find the song at this time but Talib Kweli summed it up best with his lyrics: They used to ask you “Who’s your master?” / Now they askin’ “Who’s your pastor?” I have no problems with [...]

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Now I Can Talk Shit

Over the last few years I’ve really opened my eyes to what is going on in the world. I can speak somewhat intelligently about any current event that NPR covers. I read various blogs (mainstream or not) and watch a few news shows. It’s hard to do because when one looks closely [...]

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A View of Digital Rights Management

DRM, Digital Rights Management, is a method for controlling the use and distribution of content and hardware. Today the Wall Street Journal ran a debate between a fair-use advocate law professor and an MPAA executive (found via Daring Fireball). This excited me because I hoped to hear a good argument from the ‘fair [...]

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Monday Night Victuals

I don’t have anything outside of basic cable. ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, PBS and…. HBO. I’m not really sure why I get HBO but I’m not complaining. I generally abstain from watching network television because it makes me want to pitch my perty LCD display out the window. This leaves me [...]

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Bring It On Back

I’ve totally been jamming to Soulive lately. I’m certainly not a jazz afficianado like some of my friends but I often find myself fused into the music in a way that involves my whole body. Feet stomping, ass shaking, and hands smacking. What I find most interesting about it is how it [...]

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Wow

I’m from the south, and even I think this person has a great point:

Fuck The South

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