Sep 2003
Mon, 29 Sep 2003
Please Update Your Aggregator Subscriptions
In the process of moving from Movable Type to blosxom over the weekend, I've irreparably broken all of my xml syndication. Please update your aggregator subscriptions accordingly. If you subscribed to my index.xml, index.rdf, rss.xml, or index-full.xml, you'll need to point your aggregator to...
http://www.davidwatson.org/index.cgi/index.rss
Thanks! I promise to make this a permanent change. If you notice any errors or problems please let me know.
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Uptown Rhythm n Brass
We went to see Uptown Rhythm n Brass with several friends friday night. They were playing at the Brick House in Butler, and while I'm not particularly fond of the food, it's comforting to the extent that you don't feel like you're in Butler anymore after you're in there, save for the strange people on the dance floor.
Anyhow, Eric was singing and playing harmonica. I say that sorta nonchalantly, but my reaction on Friday was more like, "Holy Shit! I didn't think anybody could cover David Clayton Thomas like that!" It stands as a testament to the talent in this band that Eric and several others in the band are barely out of their mid 20's.
Eric's harmonica work was only icing on the cake after he killed Lucretia Mac Evil. Eric and the band definitely have "the sound" down. If you're into 70's horn music, you've got to see this band, and oh yeah, I really appreciated that they covered stuff like Peter Gabriel and Santana in addition to the usual BS&T and Chicago standards.
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Two Interesting Pieces From the Post Gazette
Teller on Teller
Real Rain Man Touches Hearts In Butler
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Sat, 27 Sep 2003
I Have Seen The Future
of Linux Desktops, and it's called XFCE. This is XFCE 4.0 running on Fedora 0.94 on my Emachines M5310 latpop at 1280x800.
While a full-fledged menu system such as that found in KDE or Gnome seems lacking, most of the other dektop features are there. And it's fast. No bloat. And has all the coolish Mac OSX Aqua stylings.
Posted at: 16:37 | permalink
Wed, 24 Sep 2003
Shaming The Perpetrator
An innovative sentence in a deadly collision that killed one parent, put the other in a coma, and left the child parentless. I taught at the school where the father worked. Most would say the perpetrator got off easy.
Posted at: 09:08 | permalink
Fri, 19 Sep 2003
Outsourcing
Thinking about outsourcing part of your business to India?
Posted at: 07:26 | permalink
Tue, 16 Sep 2003
Canon Rebel 300D
Wow! I'm dying to know how Nikon or Fuji are going to respond to the new Canon Rebel 300D is for digital. If I didn't have so damn much money tied up in Nikkor lenses, I might just buy the Canon. I've had a quixotic relationship between Nikon and Canon over the years, why should the future be any different?
Posted at: 11:53 | permalink
Redhat Partnership
We are excited to announce that we are working on an alliance with another well-known provider of Red-Hat compatible packages.
Who the well-known provider of Red-Hat compatible packages is remains a mystery, at least to me. Also, the nature of the alliance remains a mystery.
Anybody know what's going on? I've looked in the usual places and come up empty.
Posted at: 11:26 | permalink
Mon, 15 Sep 2003
Ark Linux Ships 9.1 Alpha
I was on IRC this morning with the ark linux developers and discovered that my timing was quite good - they put out their 9.1 alpha today - the first update since july or so. Not all the mirrors are synched yet, but oregon state was first.
Watch this space for my review of Ark Linux 9.1 alpha later this week.
Posted at: 23:22 | permalink
Mon, 08 Sep 2003
DiahRIAA
DWAYNE FATHERREE in Tuscaloosa News:
If I were to start collecting data from online users without their knowledge, compile it and use it to extort money from them, I would be a criminal. The RIAA has managed to do the same thing, except it was aided and abetted by legislators, courts and even the White House.
On the other hand, you might be a spammer. The RIAA and spammers have the same goal - to jam inferior products down the throats of the unwilling. And the RIAA gets about as much respect from consumers as spammers.
If the whole music industry fell off the face of the earth tomorrow, I'd cry no tears, and I'm a musician! The problem began when we started referring to music as an industry and will end when the two words are seen as being at odds. For some musicians, the art is so important that it comes before eating, sleeping, and shelter in Maslow's hierarchy of needs. That's the music that I want to hear.
Posted at: 08:29 | permalink
Fri, 05 Sep 2003
Washington Post Spears Bush
Referring to W's involvement in the pre-NFL rock concert on the mall in Washington, DC:
He also said pro football "celebrates the values that make our country so strong." Like what, violence and greed?
Later, referring to the use of Orff's Carmina Burana in the commercials, the Post says...
When Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini included a bit of "Carmina Burana" in his borderline-obscene film "Salo," he explained he did so because he considered it "fascist music." We just note that in passing.
It's one of the funniest pieces I've seen in a while. Here, judge for yourself.
Posted at: 21:57 | permalink
Tue, 02 Sep 2003
Appreciating Bronson
How you can appreciate Charles Bronson without mentioning The Evil That Men Do is beyond me.
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