Larry ‘Bud’ Melman (real name Calvert DeForest) has moved on.. I remember seeing him perform live around ‘85 or ‘86 at the Buddy Holly Theater. I was on the front row, right next to the cue card guy. He did the entire show reading the cue cards, sometimes complaining that he couldn’t [...]
Monthly Archives March 2007
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Slayer
Jefito’s blog presents The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Slayer. Even if you don’t like the band, it’s a good read. People who are passionate about music are always interesting.
The Infernal ⏏ Modification
So, contrary to sound advise, I updated to OS X 10.4.9 within an hour of its release. It was a smooth upgrade and I haven’t noticed any instability or show stoppers.
I’m in the middle of filling in the holes on iTunes. I’ve ripped many of my CDs, but I still have a long [...]
Volume Logic Out of Beta
Volume Logic, the only plugin worth having, is out of beta. Beta users can purchase the plugin for a reduced price of $14.95.
As much as I love the plugin, I’m hesitant to purchase it. I originally bought it for $19.95 and, about 2 months later, an iTunes update made the plugin inoperable. [...]
Finetuning Feeds
Download Squad points to FeedRinse:
If you’re trying to scrub a feed and filter it down in some manner, have a look at FeedRinse. This free web based service will let you import RSS feeds, set up some filtering rules, and it will spit out new feeds that you can subscribe to that give you your [...]
Could a Dell/Apple Partnership Work?
Kris Tuttle at SeekingAlpha asks the question, noting:
The attraction for Dell is clear enough; they need to do something to improve their image and restore some quality to their brand name. For Apple the attraction could only be distribution although Apple stores and their own online capabilities seem to be working just fine. Still, what [...]
TechCrunch on The EFF
TechCrunch, commenting on the EFF/Michael Crook settlement, notes:
Crook is clearly a loser, has destroyed the lives of many people who responded to his bogus Craigslist ad, and deserves this kind of humiliation. But it also seems to me that the EFF may be getting a tad over zealous in its desire to defend our right [...]
Daniel Cartier Reponds
On Goombah Day 3, I reviewed Daniel Cartier’s song What’s It Gonna Be? Today, I received the following email:
From: Daniel Cartier
To: Hargrove, Stephen
Subject: thank you
It took me forever to find this e-mail address.
I do hope this is the same Stephen Hargrove who wrote about me on his blog. If it’s not the same [...]
Posting Issue Solved
Since WordPress 2.1, I’ve been unable to make posts using TextMate. Once I hit ⌃⌘P, TextMate would hang and I’d have no choice but to Force Quit. Unsure what the problem might be, I downloaded and made a test entry with MarsEdit. It produced the following:
Curious. MarsEdit’s RPC console didn’t reveal [...]
Nothing Better
Is there any rock band better than L.A. Guns? Not when Phil Lewis is on the mic. Hands down.