Thanks to a recommendation in my Debate on DRM post, I signed up for a free trial at emusic.com. Unlike iTunes, eMusic allows you to download music into a standard format, mp3. With the free trial, I received 50 song downloads. If I continue with the subscription, 9.99 US dollars a month buys me 40 song […]
Year: 2006
The Joke is
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. It is only through the supreme power of weblogging that we discover the absolute best blonde joke. Ever.
Flitter
I visited the Butterfly House at Faust Park yesterday for the first time. I wasn’t expecting much when I arrived; I’ve been to other butterfly houses, and the number of visitors seemed to be disproportionately larger than the number of butterflies. However, when I entered the Butterfly House’s glass dome, within a few seconds a […]
That connecting thing again
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. While we debate the merits of DRM as compared to the evils of DMCA, I am having connection problems. Currently I have Charter Pipeline, through a Netgear M314 wireless router to my machines. I am having problems with DNS lookups that are failing more frequently, though I am still connected […]
Meets the eye
Yesterday was an absolutely beautiful day, almost 70 degrees. There was a breeze, but it was warm and gentle and one could go about with a light jacket and feel just right. I hadn’t been up to Shaw in a long time because of the road construction on I-44. The state is adding an extra […]
