So I was adding some entries to my sigquotes file at work, and
I noticed that I have a couple of entries in there that refer
to people that were laid off. Most of them are funny quotes from
people that were laid off. Some are funny quotes about people
that were laid off.
Is it tasteless to leave [...]
Enough has been finalized or at least near-finalized at work that I’m
comfortable telling the story now. I’m not sure how much detail you
all care about, so I’ll apologize in advance for going into too
much or too little, because I’m not sure exactly what to write here.
I arrived at work a week ago last Wednesday, and [...]
Streamripper is a
handy little program that connects to a Shoutcast server, and writes
the mp3s it receives to disk for you to listen to later.
And names them correctly, and sets their id3 tags.
And rebroadcasts the stream locally so you can listen to it while
you record.
Did I mention it runs in Unix, Windows (standalone, or as a [...]
I was down at the to pick up the special
edition of Sahara Hotnights’ Jenny Bomb (on
Zebulon_y’s well-considered recommendation), and at
the counter picked up “Ottawa.Indie.Vibe”, a free CD put together
by the Rideau business district association. I had picked up a
couple more CDs, so the free one sat around unwrapped for a few
days, but I’ve just [...]
While I’m
no big fan of souped-up and tricked-out
Japanese cars, I do appreciate
that the fans of that style of car put a lot of effort and money into
their rides to try to conform to a consistent standard.
With that in mind, a word to the wise: No matter how much a
fan of New Found Glory or Good [...]
For those who heard about the layoffs and are wondering: I wasn’t laid
off. This weekend has been a chance to not think about it for a couple
days, though, so I’ll save the details for next week sometime.
Elvis Costello is playing the Bluesfest!
Elvis Costello is playing the Bluesfest!
Elvis Costello is playing the Bluesfest!
July 5. Who’s going with me? :-)
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