iPod > Browse

    Have I mentioned I’ve gotten sick of Microsoft? Have I mentioned that despite having built a computer last year I am ready chuck it all and switch to Mac OS X? Have I mentioned I’m spending the intervening time living vicariously through Mac sites like MacBytes, Mac Rumours, 2 Guys and a Mac, and The Cult of Mac?
    It was while reading Bill Palmer.net that I learned about a blog of a brand new switcher, and it was through her blog that I learned about Tunes2HTML, and — long story less long — it was through Tunes2HTML I learned I could actually post the contents of my iPod.
   …Well, I thought it was cool.
Posted in Apple, Links, Music, Personal, Tech | 3 Comments

Litigationville

    This was inevitable. Ypsilanti playwright Barton Bund has been contacted by Buffett’s lawyers for titling his new same-sex comedy “Margaritaville”. I’m surprised it took the lawyers this long.
Posted in Buffett | Leave a comment

Bad Boys Caught on Tape!

    Hidden below the cheery, sunny surface of American suburbia is the seething disease of domestic violence. All too often a warm family gathering can erupt in a sudden flashpoint of aggression — brother against brother — here caught in the act on videotape.
    Incidentally, I couldn’t find how to mosaic out the faces, so just pretend you don’t recognize anybody.
    (QuickTime video. 50 seconds. 3½ MBs.)
Posted in Personal, Video | Leave a comment

Best Wishes to the Paskiewiczes

    Reid and Jennifer were married last month up on Mackinac Island. Since not everyone could join them then, they waited till Saturday for their reception: a casual affair held outdoors at Lower Huron Metropark in Belleville. SFG Action News was there, and here’s our report on the festivities. (QuickTime video. 2 minutes. 8 MBs.)
Posted in Personal, Video | 2 Comments

Jake & Oscar

    My nephew’s dog Corky had to be put to sleep a while ago, due to failing health. Now, Jake has a new dog, and as he said recently “I’m so happy I could cry!”
    Here are Jake & Oscar, in a couple photos I took Friday evening…

Oscar enjoys his chew stick


Jake & Oscar (watching Rugrats)
Posted in Personal, Photos | Leave a comment

Everybody!  Everybody!

    I only ordered them on Wednesday, but my new Homestar Runner figurines are here already! Talk about service! I am impressed.
    Below is a photo of my new treasures. (Consider it a follow up to this link from last July.)
    P.S.: Get yours today!

Free Country USA Second String
Posted in Homestar, Photos | Leave a comment

Something for the Ladies

    Responding to “popular” demand, I’m beginning what might become a continuing series where I post a photo of me. Consider this a teaser, since it’s only a body part; but here I am in all my full-color glory…
More >>
Posted in Personal, Photos | Leave a comment

Something Else to Buy

    This looks like just what I need to spruce up my 20GB iPod. Then, after I get it all nice and shiny, I can preserve its sheen with this.
    Sounds like a pretty good plan, actually. I’ll have to order some and then post a review…
Posted in Gadgets, Tech | 1 Comment

Coming Attractions

    The Digital Bits reports the DVD release of A Matter of Life & Death (US title: Stairway to Heaven), a movie I’ve mentioned frequently, has been delayed. “[S]cheduled to be released on May 25th, [the film] has now been delayed to allow Martin Scorsese to do an audio commentary for it. No new release date is specified as yet.”
    • John Williams’s score for the 1977 film Close Encounters of the Third Kind, one of my favorites, has been released as an HDAD (Hybrid Digital Audio Disc), with improved sound, available at Acoustic Sound.
    • Speaking of Williams, you can listen to his new score to The Terminal, released today, via the MP3 samples at the Dreamworks fansite. The score is a pastiche, and I’ve already recognized snippets from Encounters and Jaws, but Harry Knowles has already said this score is Williams’s best since Prisoner of Azkaban.
Posted in Movies, Music | Leave a comment

New System Unveiled

    I’ve only been a switcher for six months, but I can already agree this diagram is quite accurate.
Posted in Apple, Links | Leave a comment