Archive for October, 2006

Salman Rushdie on CSPAN

Monday, October 30th, 2006

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 [...]

Goodbye, Norton AntiVirus…

Sunday, October 29th, 2006

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 [...]

Spam absurdist literature #1

Friday, October 27th, 2006

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 [...]

jamesnotjim.com rethink + thoughts on hosting

Friday, October 27th, 2006

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 [...]

Over at Daring Fireball…

Wednesday, October 25th, 2006

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 [...]

Movie roundup

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

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 [...]

Big, scary site migration in my future…

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

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) [...]

Robert Greenwald’s new flick + Bill Moyers special

Wednesday, October 18th, 2006

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 Docs and Spreadsheets

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006

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 [...]

New bassplaying.com interview…

Thursday, October 5th, 2006

I just posted a new bassplaying.com interview. This one is with NYC bassist/singer/songwriter Gonzalo Silva.

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