Music update
by Pete on February 28, 2006
The Editors…. meh. Mostly just sounds like Interpol, who were not that great to begin with. I really like post-punk, but I have decided that it is a genre best handled by its originators, and not something that holds up (…)
The Corporation
by Pete on February 27, 2006
This too from the “Finally Saw It Thanks to Netflix” Dept: I watched The Corporation over the weekend. The short reviews is “Good, but not great.” As an indictment of unfettered market capitalism and the modern corporation, this film is (…)
Watching TV without having TV
by Pete on February 26, 2006
While perusing Lifehacker earlier today, I ran across a link to this blog posting, which explains how to use the newly released Democracy media player to automatically download and play TV shows. As I have mentioned before, I do not (…)
Google strikes again
by Pete on February 24, 2006
Although new account sign-ups have since but shut off due to high volume, Google opened up their new Page Creator yesterday. The interface is fairly nifty, but the whole thing seems mostly like Blogger (which Google already owns) without the (…)
Belle & Sebastian – The Life Pursuit
by Pete on February 23, 2006
A while back, in a quick response to Matt’s post about the new Belle & Sebastian record, I mentioned that it was “a bit too twee for my tastes,” but that I had not really had a chance to listen (…)
Touchy subject
by Pete on February 23, 2006
As a general rule, I avoid discussions about abortion. I believe that people have the right to do with their bodies as they please, and that the state has no business intefering with this right. Obviously, this view plants me (…)
Take my ports. Please.
by Pete on February 22, 2006
I have been paying only a marginal amount of attention to this business about the decision to out-source the management of major domestic sea ports to a company based in Dubai. It strikes me as something of a tempest in (…)
One year older than I was at this time last year
by Pete on February 22, 2006
As was noted in the comments section, yesterday was my birthday. On the down side, February 21st is the anniversary of the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X. Fortunately, after a bit of Googling, I was able to turn up the (…)
NUTS!
by Pete on February 22, 2006
So I had a post all typed up this morning, and then apparently forgot to submit it before logging out. *sigh* Oh well. Hopefully I’ll have some time to get to it before lunch, and can remember whatever it was (…)
Gaim 2.0 beta is surprisingly unannoying
by Pete on February 21, 2006
Apparently the second beta version of Gaim 2.0 is out. I downloaded it earlier today on a whim and installed it; so far, I am sort of liking it. As you may or may not know, I have been using (…)