Too Absent Herald

this is one of the things I have in mind when I mention sweating the small stuff. I feel like I just stepped out of the shower, a little.

That is it. The next time I have a chance, I’m buying stock in the thing I believe in. What I have in mind now is Apple, of course, but Netflix, Javacabana, Converse (yes, even in China), and Lamy are also things that I would easily and readily get behind.

Now that music publisher EMI has opened (it was apparently their idea) their doors to opening their doors, I’m going to “vote” and “invest” in the only way that I can.
Digression – It occurs to me that, bseides actually voting, the only way that I have exprssed a voice beyond my own in the last few years is by paying for shareware software that I believe is worth it. And, like my Apple computer, my ipod, and my debt causing suit, these thing sdo exactly what they are meant to do. And that is worth the trade in monies. —

EMI is going to begin releasing their catalog (at least as much is out now) as music tracks free from restrictive Digital Rights Managment (DRM) locks. This is one bandwagon that I am in a hurry to ride. By buying a few tracks when I can, I hope to show the big british whigs at EMI that they have chosen wisely.

Here is a list of artists who are under the EMI banner. I’m off to itunes (or will be on payday) to browse for these titles.

As one of my favorite writer's puts it: “[T]he best thing you can sell these days is convenience. And, since removing DRM is a long-term assurance of said convenience (you’ll be able to play those tracks anywhere), my guess is that many people who had so far been put off by the perceived inconvenience of DRM will now step off the fence and start buying music online in a more enthusiastic fashion.”

I hope everyone will get behind this. The unreasonable restriction on art is a stone in the way of artistic advancement.

we got 411 positrack out back,
750 double pumper, Edlebrock intakes,
Ford over-30 11-to-1 pop-up pistons,
turbojet 390 horsepower… talkin’ some major muscle.

“Dark porcelain” project offers self-installed plumbing-based Internet access

Google now offers you a more streamlined chance to connect to the “series of Tubes” ( as Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) described the internet). With TISP technology, announced today, 1 April, a home user can get an installation kit which includes

a spindle of fiber-optic cable, a TiSP wireless router, installation CD and setup guide. Home installation is a simple matter of GFlushing™ the fiber-optic cable down to the nearest TiSP Access Node, then plugging the other end into the network port of your Google-provided TiSP wireless router. Within sixty minutes, the Access Node’s crack team of Plumbing Hardware Dispatchers (PHDs) should have your internet connection up and running.

More info on the installation / set-up can be found here: How TISP Works