10-10 Randomness
GoogTube
Hopefully the Google free lunch program can handle all those words that web pundits are eating right now.
DRM
I logged in to Rhapsody today to find that Operation Ivy's Energy is no longer available. It's one of those "come and go" albums. That means that the next time my mp3 player gets plugged in to my computer, the album will cease to work. What a drag.
Commercials
The reason Tom Waits is constantly suing someone or another over use of his songs in commercials is noble enough-- he said "The memory that you have and the association you have with that song can be co-opted." I'm not sure if reading that quote a few years ago made me notice more, or if the songs-in-commercials business is ramping up for real, but I'm not sure I can take it anymore.
It all came to a head when a department store or something (I don't even notice or care anymore) blasted me with an overly sincere and schmaltzy balladization of Big Country's "In a Big Country." Good band, good thing they have other songs because that one's ruined now. And is anyone going to think of Stuart Adamson, hanging from his neck in a hotel room, when they're buying sheets?
Mangoes
We're in a fruit of the month club. It was a wedding present. What the hell do I do with mangoes? I'm afraid of feeling uncreative if I turn every single fruit of the month into ice cream, but it does sound pretty good.
Monitors
Finally got some good ones. My bandmate Dave won some Events in a giveaway and decided to get rid of his powered E-Mus. I'd have to say, between that and the Xboard controller keyboard, E-Mu has been doing ok since being bought by Creative Labs. The Windows 2000 startup sound has more layers than I thought.
Hopefully the Google free lunch program can handle all those words that web pundits are eating right now.
DRM
I logged in to Rhapsody today to find that Operation Ivy's Energy is no longer available. It's one of those "come and go" albums. That means that the next time my mp3 player gets plugged in to my computer, the album will cease to work. What a drag.
Commercials
The reason Tom Waits is constantly suing someone or another over use of his songs in commercials is noble enough-- he said "The memory that you have and the association you have with that song can be co-opted." I'm not sure if reading that quote a few years ago made me notice more, or if the songs-in-commercials business is ramping up for real, but I'm not sure I can take it anymore.
It all came to a head when a department store or something (I don't even notice or care anymore) blasted me with an overly sincere and schmaltzy balladization of Big Country's "In a Big Country." Good band, good thing they have other songs because that one's ruined now. And is anyone going to think of Stuart Adamson, hanging from his neck in a hotel room, when they're buying sheets?
Mangoes
We're in a fruit of the month club. It was a wedding present. What the hell do I do with mangoes? I'm afraid of feeling uncreative if I turn every single fruit of the month into ice cream, but it does sound pretty good.
Monitors
Finally got some good ones. My bandmate Dave won some Events in a giveaway and decided to get rid of his powered E-Mus. I'd have to say, between that and the Xboard controller keyboard, E-Mu has been doing ok since being bought by Creative Labs. The Windows 2000 startup sound has more layers than I thought.
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Well, first, you have to make sure the mangoes are properly ripe.. They're a bitch like that. They should give slightly to the touch, but not be soft. If they're hard, store them in a paper bag for a day or two.
Next, skin them and cut them in half, remove the junk, and put them in a blender.
While you create your tastey puree, boil about 2 cups of water with 1.25 cups of sugar. Boil/stir until the sugar dissolves.
Mix the two together, and add in about 3-4 teaspoons of lime juice.
Freeze for 5 or 6 hours, stirring ocassionally if you can.
Viola -- Mango Sorbet! #