Author Archives: Mickey

Taking the Micro out of Microsoft

Posted on May 5 2004 by Mickey

    There’s been a lot of talk about Microsoft’s attempts at creating hardware that would be an “iPod killer”. This blurb from Microsoft-Watch.com proves they’re certainly hard at work on a bank account killer.     Microsoft is expected … Continue reading →

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GarageBandAid

Posted on May 5 2004 by Mickey

    One of these days I need to finish up one of my GarageBand compositions and perhaps post them here. Until then, maybe these sites can help me out:    • MacBand.com: has song and loop sharing; divided up … Continue reading →

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Pointing Out the Obvious

Posted on May 4 2004 by Mickey

    It’s Tuesday. The first Tuesday of May. That means six months from today is Election Day 2004. Six more months of negative compaigning, of right-wing lies, of Kerry on the defensive, and the left-wing getting angrier and more … Continue reading →

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A Horn in the Hills Ringing

Posted on May 3 2004 by Mickey

    IMDb links to an Empire Online exclusive story about the CD release of Howard Shore’s full Lord of the Rings score. Apparently, the set will be 9 CDs long, including a bonus CD of unused music. This is … Continue reading →

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“Dumb-Ass Glory”

Posted on May 1 2004 by Mickey

    Can’t help posting this link. It’s an LA Weekly article all about bashing Leno and praising Letterman. How can I not? Especially when it starts with “Letterman is the hands-down leader when it comes to unabashed Bush bashing. … Continue reading →

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Saddam’s Lot

Posted on May 1 2004 by Mickey

    Plenty of sites have already talked about the Guardian‘s news story about US soldiers and mercenaries engaging in sexual abuse and mental torture with Iraqi prisoners. Many sites have also pointed out the irony of President Bush, on … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday iTunes

Posted on April 28 2004 by Mickey

    The iTunes Music Store, my first taste of Apple, turns one today; and its parent company celebrated by releasing an update (v4.5) as well as a firmware revision (v2.2) for the iPod. I’m actually looking forward to getting … Continue reading →

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Headlines

Posted on April 28 2004 by Mickey

    I can’t get away from this category. I guess I’m turning into a news junkie. Anyway, here are some articles of interest I found while wandering the Web.    • Bush and Cheney deny their recent meetings about … Continue reading →

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Hooray for Revisions

Posted on April 27 2004 by Mickey

Maybe it’s a desire to be cutting edge, maybe it’s plain old greediness, maybe it’s an uncharacteristic need to belong, but I love updating and upgrading. If there’s a firmware revision or a feature upgrade, guaranteed I’ll be downloading and … Continue reading →

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Please Pardon Our Dust

Posted on April 26 2004 by Mickey

The New Flag of New Iraq     According to Yahoo! News, the Iraqi Governing Council (NYSE: IGC) unveiled the new flag of Iraq today. The flag features the copyright symbol at its center, commemorating how the country, under new … Continue reading →

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