reports from the land of betwixt and between
I put together some theme music for imaginary podcasts and posted it over on the Sound Design page. All three tracks are free and completely composed of Garageband loops except for some of the melody on the ethereal track.
All I ask in return is credit if you use them. I will also compose themes upon [...]
Oh the sweet, sweet irony!
A small software company has accused major label Sony/BMG of software piracy, in a reversal of the normal orientation of piracy cases between major labels and the rest of the world.[From Sony/BMG Under Investigation for Software Piracy | Listening Post from Wired.com]
Today, hundreds of thousands of people, and hundreds of cities across the world are participating in Earth Hour. From 8 pm – 9 pm local time, people all over the world will be turning off their lights. In homes, businesses, city & state government facilities, the lights go dark as a way to raise awareness [...]
Thanks to Neil Gaiman for turning me on to Mitch Benn:
There’s more over on YouTube, but these were my favorites.
Take the Earth, place it in a kind of time bubble that slows our time down to an infinitesimal crawl compared with the rest of the universe and shut out the stars and you create a world that poses a highly unique set of challenges to the characters involved. Sort of like the whole world [...]
K I S S I N G
Oh what fun to have the President of the United States of America not only support torture but also, and outright, support military coups and dictators:
In a memo to the secretary of state dated Monday, Bush used his authority to exempt Pakistan from [...]
On the McCain news, a few interesting tidbits:
The Maverick thumbed his nose at the FEC when his latest campaign finance report showed that he blew past the public financing spending limit. He had agreed to take public financing when his campaign was in the crapper and he needed the matching funds. Once [...]
In the spirit of “88 Lines about 44 Women” I’d like to offer a small memorial to a number–22 to be exact–of people that I have lost along the years. Honestly, these lines are not brilliant, and some of them are not even good, but I have tried to communicate at least one essential element [...]
Our cat is a stubborn cat. She does not like doors that are closed and in her way. This morning, at about 6:30 am, I kicked her out of the bedroom and closed the door so I could get some extra sleep. Until recently, her tactic for getting through the door would be to start [...]
Dumb People Live Everywhere
Ahh, it’s nice to know that dumb people live in places other than America. And by dumb, I don’t mean regular, run-of-the-mill ignorant dumb, I mean dumb to such an extent that it is almost awe inspiring:
Of course, we freely give airtime and political power to people as myopic as this guy when it comes [...]
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