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Saturday, October 25, 2003
Alternate universe World Series: games 6 and 7
Here. Occasionally brilliant. READ ALL THE WAY TO THE END. Favorite sentence:Meanwhile, with both teams one victory from a world championship, Lucifer kicked Uday and Qusay Hussein out of Hell to relieve the massive overcrowding that has resulted from the glaciers advancing into the farthest reaches of the underworld.
Friday, October 24, 2003
Rip City
The recent iTunes/iPod activity has inspired me to resume my CD-ripping project. I'm now up to 1140 CDs and 11,800 songs ripped. iTunes continues to perform OK. I'm sure there are folks with many tens of thousands of songs in their iTunes databases, but I wonder what the limit is.
Thursday, October 23, 2003
The Other World Series
In an alternate universe (thanks, Gardner Fox), the Cubs and Red Sox are playing the World Series. ESPN.com is there. See part one and part two. I can't wait to see how it ends!
Wednesday, October 22, 2003
Guster Meow Mix
The poppy Boston band Guster has released a version of its latest album with all the vocals wiped and replaced by somebody saying "meow" over and over, in the proper melody. It's pretty amusing. Check it out here (requires free iTunes).
Tuesday, October 21, 2003
Nobody in Boston is watching
As explained here.
Who am I? Why am I here?
Now that the work of handling my mom's estate is winding down, I'm taking the next few weeks to write down a bunch of words about something I've done a lot of: gaining and losing weight. This is something I've wanted to do for a long time. Once I'm done writing, I'll try to figure out what to do with what I've written ;-) .
Monday, October 20, 2003
Judge writes rap in Eminem decision
Here.
Voight-Kampff Test for SF Mayoral Candidates
The Wave magazine used a technique from Blade Runner to find out if the San Francisco candidates for mayor are human or replicants. It's brilliant. Too bad these guys weren't around for the goober recall election. However, there's plenty of time left for the presidential election!
World Series, yawn
I love baseball, and I'm trying to watch the World Series, but sorry, the thrill is gone. It's Yankees vs. Marlins: the boring rich guys who have it all against the boring spoiled kids and their 10,000 fans. There are a few intriguing subplots, like 72-year-old Jack McKeon, but when it comes to actually rooting for one of these teams, I just can't do it.
iTunes Linkmaker
One of the little-mentioned but cool new features in iTunes is the ability to copy and paste (or drag and drop) a link to an item in the iTunes Music Store. Here's something related: use iTunes Linkmaker to create a URL, or even a web badge, that links to a music store item.
