One of the few blog postings I’m likely to make this week, as I get stuff together. While scouring the Web for nice styles to kidnap and mutate for my own eclexysian ends, I came across a very well-put little post over at Ex Cathedra, where the point is made that the RIAA cartel of today is comparable to nothing more than to the sheet music publishers of yesteryear. The difference, however, is that Boosey & Hawkes is still in business, while I don’t imagine that BMG will still be around in any form like the present in, say, the …
Month: September 2005
RSS?
Now, I’m just fiddling around trying to figure out why there’s not an automatic RSS feed here. Hmmm.
Hot Damn!
Well, as you can see, things around here are a bit different. My Movable Type installation choked on itself and died in the night, and the support guys at my service provider said they couldn’t fix it. So I had a choice, either to go pay some money for support, or to strike out into new territory… ie., to migrate to WordPress. Now, it’s not that I’m fundamentally opposed to paying for a product I use. I mean, I blog a lot, it’s a big part of my life. But… on the other hand, why pay for something when you …
If you Haven’t Read Bruce Sterling…
Heavy Weather, then you may not need to in the future. I’ve been out of the news loop for a while now, at least since camp, but when I heard people talking about this in the office, it sounded like it was out of that novel. Disaster, flooding and looting, the climate-driven breakdown of civilized society in the southern States… it’s all just a little too SFnal for my taste in news, let me tell you.
An Impromptu Rap
Saw one of my laziest students ever barrelling down the street in his car, blasting hip-hop, and this little rap took form in my mind. It’s not nice. If you’re likely to complain, don’t read the extended section. I don’t want to hear whining, complaints, or protestations.