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 DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack [...]

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) announcing the [...]

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 (IMDB listing), [...]

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 getting used to the interface [...]

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