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So remember how last month I posted about iTunes 7? This post was presumably sucked in by a search-engine spider (as all blog posts ultimately are), and was thus found by a reporter for the Wall Street Journal. The reporter … Continue reading →

What today was supposed to be: Get up, drive to Chicago, hang out with Moebius Stripper and some of her friends, see a play, and generalyl have fun. What today was: Get up, feel like crap, cancel on MS, and … Continue reading →

Orange guesting at Bitch Ph.D has posted a day’s worth of her grateful journal. I’m something of a cynic about such things (which, it could be argued, leads to something of a vicious cycle), but let’s try it. My furnace … Continue reading →

At this point, I’m willing to say that version 7.1 might be pretty cool. At present, though, I’ve got some issues. My impressions As I mentioned in my horrified first impression, cosmetically iTunes has been re-arranged to more closely resemble … Continue reading →

Dude. iTunes version 7 is ugly. I don’t know whether they’re standardizing with the (ugly) Mail interface, or if this is a hint of horrors to come in the next version of the OS, but I really preferred how it … Continue reading →

Dr. Matt’s Law: Crossing the border always takes much longer than you anticipate, even if you take Dr. Matt’s Law into account.

So I’m sure I’d planned to do something with my evening. It might have been productive — I’ve got a draft of a paper that wants finishing printed out and ready for my attentions — but probably not; after dinner, … Continue reading →

This round-the-world trip planner provides me with much amusement. Right now my current daydream involves a travel itinerary next summer along the lines of: Toronto Boston Prague Bratislava Prague (I guess Bratislava International doesn’t give very many options?) London Accra … Continue reading →

I like this idea: a public pizza-topping database, which presumably lets you generate random lists of pizza toppings which will satisfy groups of folk. Unfortunately, it’s organized very oddly: tomato sauce is listed as an “essential” with other sauces (all … Continue reading →

So it’s the first day of classes for the fall at my Urban Commuter Campus, which means that I’m wasting time by playing around with new software. I’ve been trying out a couple of apps: ecto, a blogging tool, and … Continue reading →