I did much more of this list than I thought I would in 2004. I lost track of it a little bit after the Summer but I’m going to try to take another crack at it for 2005. There’s no way I’m going to get to 105 items, but I bet I can get to [...]
Amazon.com has made it very easy to donate to the American Red Cross’ relief efforts. Please, help if you can.
Brian Wilson “Smile” Neko Case “The Tigers Have Spoken” Wilco “A Ghost Is Born” The Streets “A Grand Don’t Come For Free” Scissor Sisters s/t The Arcade Fire “Funeral” The Zutons “Who Kiled The…” Rilo Kiley “More Adventurous” Nellie McKay “Get Away From Me” Rogue Wave “Out of the Shadow” Jem “Finally Woken” Drive By [...]
I had immediately noticed a lack of warmth in the song playback (yes, even with my ears). I’ve decided that the problem is the bitrate at which I had ripped my collection. Using iTunes, which is great for the purpose, I had ripped my collection at 224 kbps, with select albums done at 320. When [...]
Well, that was pretty easy! I installed the SlimDevices Squeezebox in about a half-hour, and I wasn’t really rushing. It would have been faster if I had read the instructions first. Yes, I’m an American.
I am far from a hardcore gamer. I really only like to play sports games and racing games, and even then I don’t get way into them like some guys do. I bought RSC2 on a lark (that you can read about it the “continue reading” link below) and, so far, I am pretty happy [...]
From the site: “‘Floating Logos’ is a working title for this project. The images are inspired by signs perched high atop very tall poles in order for people to view them from a very long distance. The poles are digitally removed from the image in order to give the illusion that the signs are disconnected [...]
Another thing we do, as a family, at Christmas is have crackers at Christmas dinner. If you don’t know, crackers are basically cardboard tubes wrapped in Christmas paper that have a small toy, a paper hat, and a joke or fortune on a piece of paper tucked inside. It’s an English tradition that my mother [...]