I finally got back on the diet & exercise wagon this morning, which means I was up early and watching TV while I put in my twenty minutes on the elliptical. Usually, I watch VH1 (they actually play videos in the morning; who knew?). But this morning the TV was on CSPAN when [...]
I’ve used Norton AntiVirus for years. My wife’s laptop was running AntiVirus 2003. Her subscription recently ran out, so, even though I’ve been thinking about checking out some other antivirus software, I decided to go ahead and upgrade her virus definitions subscription. While performing the update, I was given an opportunity to [...]
I know spammers have to put some realistic text in their emails in order to help them slip past detection schemes. I’ve noted that they sometimes borrow from etexts of literature and that they sometimes achieve near-poetic forms (the devil, after all, has the ability to assume a pleasing shape). This sample from [...]
Here’s the quick news for my non-geek music fans: I’ve redesigned jamesnotjim.com. The new version includes RSS feeds (so you can keep track of it via Bloglines or whatever other feed reader you prefer). The new version also includes a handy flash-based player so you can play James, Not Jim music right [...]
I don’t know how many of you read daringfireball.net, but John has been doing a series called “Jackass of the Week” for a while now. His site is devoted to Apple/Macintosh computers, so the jackasses in question are mostly reporters who bad mouth Apple products without knowing what they’re talking about. But today [...]
I caught a few films of note recently (two in the theatre, no less). Martin Scorsese’s The Departed is absolutely great. I’d love to see it a second time. Everyone puts in an amazing performance. I’m a huge fan of his work, and this is among his best. It stars Leonardo [...]
My hosting provider, mediatemple.net, has finally finished their long-awaited migration to a new hosting setup. Those of us who use their “shared server” (ss) hosting plans will now have to migrate to their new “grid server” (gs) plans.
TechCrunch had the story earlier this week. I’m still waiting for an email from (mt) [...]
I just found out that Robert Greenwald’s new film, Iraq for Sale, will be screening here in Charleston at the school where I teach. I saw his Outfoxed last month, and liked it, so this might be worth checking out. I’m interested in seeing how it compares to Eugene Jarecki’s Why We Fight [...]
Google Spreadsheets and Writely (which they bought back in March) are now Google Docs and Spreadsheets. The name is long and practical to a fault, but the new URL is easy to remember: docs.google.com. And now they’ve opened the door to everyone. The changeover went live last night. I’m still [...]
I just posted a new bassplaying.com interview. This one is with NYC bassist/singer/songwriter Gonzalo Silva.