Captain Crankypants reporting for duty

Argh! Today didn’t have the best beginning. Two hours of driving excitement on the roads of Michigan was pretty dreadful. Fortunately I loaded up the iPod with the last two Metal Shows from Cleveland’s 92.3. That made it pretty bearable. However, when I dot to work, I was a little crankier than I probably should [...]

Digital Flotsam and the Rest in Peace Edition

You must listen to this podcast to get a sense of how badly the music industry has fucked up in their war on customers. Digital Flotsam #27. (ShowNotes here).

Dear Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Dear Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, or why I won’t be darkening your doorstop anytime soon.

What’s wrong with this picture?

What’s wrong with this picture?, or “Just for now, ignore that this is an Emerson”.

Skype me, baby

Skype headset and starter pack.
No more excuses. No more:

I don’t have the software
I don’t have a headset

There it is. Now you can use Skype. Get it. Now.

HOWTO: How to spot a bad stock in the making

This morning I looked in my mail and noticed a message from “Investors Edge” about a new stock for a company called Molecular Pharmacology Ltd. Generally I dump these into my SPAM filter straightaway, but this one got my attention. I decided to keep an open mind and do some investigation. The results of this [...]

Happy Turkey Day

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Hope you have a great holiday!

Connecting the dots on Sony’s rootkit

Ed Foster has a great article connecting the dots on the recent Sony DRM fiasco situation. This is interesting to me because 1) I don’t have a way to check this rootkit personally, and 2) it makes sense beyond the “we just want to protect our intellectual property” bullshit arguments Sony is using to defend [...]

Another one gets the flush

This morning I was greeted with another fish at the bottom of the tank. That makes two from this batch. You know it’s bad when your wife starts joking that the fish see me coming into the fish store and hide.

Seen on a license plate

Seen on a license plate: AYNRAND.
I wonder what her favorite author is.