Start the Party

by | Jul 13, 2007 | Asides

I’ve never been one who enjoys music videos all that much, but occasionally one comes along that’s done so artistically that I have to watch it over and over again. Dame Shirley of Bond fame has one out on YouTube that fits the bill for me. She performs...

Captcha Hate

by | Jul 10, 2007 | Asides

Y’know, I really abhor image verification utilities that don’t respect field margins so that, for instance, you can’t determine whether the letter is an ‘E’ or an ‘F’ because it’s dropped off the bottom edge of the...

Calling All Musicians

by | Jul 8, 2007 | Asides

It’s an interesting (and slightly annoying) misconception that all musicians play guitar. I can’t count the number of times that someone has called for the attention of all musicians and then posed a question about guitars, something about which I know...

iPhone Idiocy

by | Jun 29, 2007 | Asides

I can’t wait until iPhone releases later today. And then, I can’t wait for a couple of weeks to go by. Frankly, I’m getting tired of hearing about the thing. I mean, I like Apple products well enough and all, and the iPhone does look really cool, but...