As one of the fifty kajillion projects I’m constantly working on, I’ve been slowly correcting the titles of my iTunes library. Sure, when I ripped my CDs, iTunes looks them up in the CDDB/Gracenote database, but they’re not often formatted the way I like them (and neither are the ones I’ve downloaded through various other…
Money, Money, Money
I’ve been thinking a lot about money lately. How to get out of debt. How to get us into a house. All that rubbish. Since I found a few really excellent resources, I thought I’d share: Get Rich Slowly (the blog post)— has a great summary of the major points of the best money management…
Top 70s Rock Hit That I Thought I Had in My Collection But Didn’t, and When I Bought It, Was Surprised to Find That It Was Actually From 1983
Carry On Wayward Son, by Kansas.
Thuggee
Bob: When does [Superman Returns] come out— Wednesday? (checking…) Ah, yep. the 28th. AAl: Maybe I’ll go see it like Thursday afternoon. Although with school out, that tactic isn’t as sound as it was a month ago. Bob: Ja. I have to avoid the roving bands of teenage thugs around our apartment now. AAl: Thuggee…
Apple releases Shake 4.1 – Price drop and Universal Binary
“Apple [yester]day delivered Shake 4.1, the first Universal version of its industry leading compositing software and cut its price from $2,999 to $499 to fit almost any production’s budget.” Not included in the Apple announcement was the rumor (possibly now confirmed by ex-members of the Shake programming team) that this will be the last major…
Microsoft’s view of “automatic.”
This must be some definition of “auto” I wasn’t previously aware of.
Repairing the Headliner
The headliner in my ’95 Saturn had started to fall, the fabric peeling away from the foam backing, and hanging down until finally, it was obstructing most of the view out the rear window. I had been just putting up with it, but when Reb wen out this morning, and had the kids holding it…