It’s been almost a year since I willingly became “unemployed”. It’s been called many things – “retirement”, “career break”, “slackers holiday” – but for certain it has been an adventure of types. There are many people out there who could … Continue reading
A lot of the feedback that I saw last night during the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics went something like this: “This is neat.”“It’s getting worse.”“It’s going downhill.”“WTF?”“Well, it was neat, but I didn’t get most of it.” And … Continue reading
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A/N: I’ve been going a lot with the one-word chapter titles lately, so I thought I’d make up for it with this one. Not too long before we’re at the end. Happy reading … “I know who did this.” Now … Continue reading
Just another minor annoyance that I noticed with Rhythmbox after upgrading to gusty: my music started clipping! Very strange behaviour, I must say. This doesn’t happen on all songs, and can be solved by moving the volume down to anything … Continue reading
More on my purchase of iTunes. I have five letters that equals four words. No DRM. No Digital Rights Management. That’s right. If you missed it, a few weeks ago Apple announced that EMI’s entire catalogue would be available without … Continue reading
Caution clawed her way out of the folds of Creep’s robes, met his eyes and glared. “What the hell, Creep?” Creep said nothing, and Caution wondered if he’d ever had an emotion in his life. “You can’t just go wrapping … Continue reading
I like a lot of bands that are, or have been, fairly popular, but I always find that I appreciate the songs nobody else knows about. So, just for fun, I made a list of stuff that everyone should listen … Continue reading
It’s time for another musical recommendation. You may already know about this – maybe you don’t – but Wierd Al released a new album in the last month or two. I’ve really only heard a couple of the songs and … Continue reading
Read this: http://pileofcrap.org/articles/704/ Go find a song by http://joelplaskett.com/ called “lying on a beach”, listen to it, and then think of me. And to further that, I really seem to enjoy his music. It’s kind of rock/folk-ish and I like … Continue reading