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Category: Random Thoughts
“A Brief History of Record Industry Suicide”
Blogger demonbaby has an excellent post on the music industry spurred by the recent demise (and resurrection) of OiNK. I myself have been having an ongoing debate with my veep regarding all things P2P taking various angles on the subject including legality,...
The Slow Death of DRM
I’ve been in a somewhat heated debate with my once CEO and now VP regarding the effectiveness (or rather, the ineffectiveness) of DRM and how the media companies are really just screwing themselves (whilst also screwing customers) by not adapting...
Programmathon VII Day 4
Another day, another couple hundred lines of code packed away. It’s been kind of painful these last few days without my ergo keyboard and 24″ LCD 😛 It’s also been kind of slow going and there have been lots of...
I Don’t Like To Get Political, But…
A Republican leader with some balls, some heart, and most importantly, lots of humanity. Well said, sir, well said: Mayor Sanders: “With me this afternoon is my wife, Rana. “I am here this afternoon to announce that I will sign the...
Commentary On Current Market Woes
This is probably the most sensible an informative bit of commentary on the current market conditions (DOW -387): I love how 90% of farkers don’t understand exactly what the crisis is right now. It’s not the fact that the housing...
Commitment Chains, GUIs, Frustration, And Other Ramblings…
Warning: massive brain dump ahead… As I was laying down to sleep and having a discussion with my wife – much to her dismay – the topic of her current graduate class came up and she mentioned how much she...
Sticking It To The Man (Maybe)
There used to be a time, decades ago, when there was only one telephone carrier and everyone was forced to use it, regardless of whether the service or price sucked. Nowadays we have a much greater variety of choices from...
Software, Artistry, and Frustration
In describing my approach to software development, I like to use the term practical artistry. What does this mean exactly? Well, the practical part of it is that the class libraries, interfaces, and components have to work the way that...
5 Lessons For Barbeque’n
Cut veggies into large sizes. This makes it easier to work with them and not have them fall through the grate. Put small items onto skewers. Items like shrimp just won’t work on the grill without a skewer. If you’re...