Archive for February, 2006

iTune iSbogus

There has been much hype about iTune’s Billionth download, and many flames regarding Thomas Hawk’s blog entry on the topic, iTunes, One Billion Suckers Served. Kudos to Thomas for writing a brave, if misguided rant. In general I agree with him, but the real culprit here is DRM, not Apple. Check out [...]

Olympic TV

I have been quite frustrated with NBC regarding their coverage of the 2006 Winter Olympics. However, this comes as no suprise since they did a similarly awful job back in 2002… so awful I was inspired to write a rant four years ago. Well, I won’t subject you to another rant so I’ll [...]

The Gathering U.S. tour dates

16/03/2006 SXSW festival / The End Records showcase, Austin, TX
17/03/2006 The Masquerade, Atlanta, GA
19/03/2006 Jaxx, Springfield, VA
20/03/2006 The Middle East, Boston, MA
21/03/2006 The Knitting Factory, New York, NY
22/03/2006 t.b.a, to be announced [U.S.A./Canada dates]
I will probably be going to the show on the 19th at Jaxx. Also playing with The Gathering will be Todesbonden, [...]

Super Bleh…. Xtra Lousy

While Super Bowl XL wasn’t the worst championship game of all time, it certainly ranks in the bottom ten.
I’m neutral when it comes to the Seattle Seahawks and Pittsburg Steelers - I have no great love or hate for either team. I thought it might be nice for Jerome Bettis to finish his career [...]

Wikipedia has banned the IPs of the staffers who have been politically motivated in their editing of Wikipedia articles. They are also considering further punishment of House and Senate IPs… from the discussion on Wikipedia:
This RFC is being opened in order to further a centralized discussion concerning actions to be taken against US [...]

Goobuntu?

The word is out on the streets that Google is developing it’s own version of Linux - and some are holding their breath for a possible release of the operating system to the general public.
This article at the Register [Google at work on desktop Linux] reports:
Google is preparing its own distribution of Linux for the [...]


What I'm Doing...

  • Lunch time! Gonna read some Watchmen. So far, enjoying it. 2 hrs ago
  • Wow, the live audience reaction graphs are totally distracting. I'm switching back to the normal live feed. 3 days ago
  • Going to DL Team Fortress 2 tonight in preperation for a game tomorrow. Friday nights are game nights! 3 days ago
  • More updates...

Powered by Twitter Tools.

Categories

Archives

5 Random DC Bloggers

blogperson
Get Firefox!

What I'm Reading

3K2 theme by Hakan Aydin