Category: Miscellany

Once again I am into the thick of a new project, coauthoring a technical book. As is often the case, I can’t discuss the title or topic in public just yet, but of course I will do so as soon as I can. In the meantime, I expect my blogging to either drop off (as…

Scot Hacker has posted a series of photos from Saturday’s antiwar protest in S.F. Great images. A fine contrast to the sourmouthing coming from the pro-war crowd. I didn’t attend. B wanted to bring a sign saying “No Bush War on the Environment” but we didn’t have it together. Let the tea-leaf readers interpret that…

Today’s motto. “One thing at a fuckin’ time.”…

You gotta hate those tag errors. It wasn’t the first time I failed to close a tag correctly (in this case the STRONG tags surrounding the song same in the template for iTunes listings), and it won’t be the last time, but I’ve fixed it now, so here’s another example: Wicked Path Of Sin, Old…

I did something very bad to Internet Explorer 2.2 for the Mac and now it crashes whenever it tries to start up. I downloaded a replacement and installed it but the problem remains. Something in the configuration or preferences must be triggering the problem, I suppose. A side effect of this is that I’m using…

More iTunes format tests. before: Birdcage from the album “Shmo’s Sampler” by Stew and the Negro Problem after: Stealin’ (Instrumental), Grateful Dead (Birth Of The Dead – The Studio Sides) Pungee, The Meters (Look-Ka Py Py) Midtown (Instrumental), Tom Waits (Rain Dogs) Exquisite Dead Guy, They Might Be Giants (Factory Showroom) OK. Now to post…