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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 something I’m [...]

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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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