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Life, Minutiae, Toys, Irrational Phobias, Peeves, Fiber

All The Diodes

Amazon is currently showing the world premiere of the trailer to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy on its home page. As a big fan of the books (I still think the first book is probably the funniest book ever written), I’ve approached the movie news with anticipation but guarded wariness. This trailer [...]

Over 20 Years of CDs

Sharp-eyed readers may have noticed that a couple of days ago, I added a link over there on the right to my cd list. That’s something I’ve been meaning to do for a long time. The CD database software I use, Music Collector has an option to export your list to HTML, which [...]

We’re Watching You…

A recent newspaper article claims that the city of Aurora is going to start using cameras on stoplights to catch red-light runners. This is the kind of thing I’ve feared was going to happen, as I mention in this entry from last year. It’s a difficult thing for me. On one hand, [...]

Best 15 Albums of 2004

Here are my votes in the annual LoudFans Best Albums of the Year Poll. In this poll, you vote for your top 15 albums on a point system (top album gets 5 points, bottom five get 1 point each, etc.). As I’ve said repeatedly, this has been the best year for music [...]

David Byrne = Raffi?

So lately I’ve been listening on my iPod to The Name of this Band is Talking Heads, the first TH live album, which recently came out on CD for the first time. I don’t understand why it took so long to come out, seeing as how popular TH is and how good of a [...]

I’m Not Stuck In The Past, But My iPod Shuffle Is

Shuffle meme [my first exposure was through Amy]:
Rules:
1. Open up the music player on your computer. (Many just use their iPod, which is what I did.)
2. Set it to play your entire music collection.
3. Hit the “shuffle” command.
4. List the title of the [...]

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