I saw The Man Who Wasn’t There today (official homepage). It’s one of the most moving films I’ve seen in a while. I’m not sure when I last did a movie roundup, so some of these may be duplicates: The Others (delightfully creepy), Thirteen Ghosts (probably not worth your time), Ocean’s 11 (solid entertainment), Mulholland [...]

Just so I don’t forget it: the designomatic (via inflight correction). Today, BTW, is my birthday (the 32nd one, but who’s counting?).   This past Thursday, in a marathon six hour session, Nancy recorded basic tracks (eleven of ‘em) for our forthcoming new album (as yet untitled). We should have the it done and out [...]

Surfed Zeldman’s exit gallery today to find that assembler.org rides again (note the “xlat” subdomain). Also meant to mention that OpenOffice has reached version 1.x of it’s handy office suite. I’ve been using the speadsheet (Calc) and have been very happy with it. In terms of speed and stability, OpenOffice beats out its commercial counterpart, [...]

I checked out a two-DVD set called American Roots Music from the public library. It’s really great. It starts with spirituals and work songs, then spends a long time on classic country music before moving through folk, blues, and the early days of rock. I haven’t finished all of it yet (the final two episodes [...]

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