Tag: music
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Spies Among Us
Every quasi-governmental organization needs their own spies. Why am I not surprised that the MPAA has spies all over the country? I am surprised that the Boy Scouts of America (BSA, not to be confused with the Business Software Alliance the software equivalent of the MPAA and RIAA) is are the spies. Though, the longer…
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Big Clef
Every quasi-governmental organization needs their own spies. Why am I not surprised that the MPAA has spies all over the country? I am surprised that the Boy Scouts of America (BSA, not to be confused with the Business Software Alliance the software equivalent of the MPAA and RIAA) are the spies. Though, the longer I…
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QotD: My Musical Horoscope
What's your musical horoscope? (Put your music player on shuffle and write down the first 10 songs that come up.) Inspired by Stephanie. Ready Steady Go by Paul Oakenfold on Bunkka Badass by The Crystal Method on CSII Exclusives – EP One More Time by Daft Punk on Discovery Wild, Sweet And Cool by The…
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Blue Chicago
I am at the 2006 WebCT Users Conference. It has been a blast! Wow! I love Chicago. I should have arranged to stay a couple weeks. 🙁 Though, I understand the hotel is about $430 a night? A little too rich for me. I have pictures. Some semi-incriminating and most benign. I just need to…
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Such a Nerd
Its a Thursday night. Am I at the club? Nope. No loud music and alcoholic beverages for me. I am at home watching the Scripps National Spelling Bee!
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Apple 1 – Apple 1
So selling music online does not violate a deal which “forbade Apple [Computer] from distributing music on physical media such as CDs or cassette tapes”. Wow… if only that has been a Supreme Court decision here in the US. That would have made the Napster case much more interesting. Sounds like Apple Corps should have…
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iPod Killed the DJ
Sweet! Maybe my bartender friends could get something like this going? I have noticed many students on the local campus have iPods or other digital music players. Jukeboxes, DJs Being Pushed Out by IPods – Yahoo! News technorati tags: ipod, dj, bars
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Forethought
Technologies are not well thought out. Podcasters host MP3s on a web site. So any time a listener grabs it, they download it from the web site. In the case of someone with a limited bandwidth hosting plan, it is very possible for the bandwidth to be exceeded. Events like a major software provider (iTunes)…
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NADD Free Electron Completionist
Rands in Repose has been on my mind lately and re-read. This gem of a web site contains descriptions of techie and management personalities that I recognize. Okay, several personality description are of me. NADD? My laptop connected to blogs and other web sites, a blaring TV, and desktop playing music, say “Totally!” I am…