“Read widely, read deeply, read tomes you wouldn?t necessarily pick up. It?s the only way to stay above the fray.”
Garret P. Vreeland 2004
The rest of them are here (need some editting I see).
The 50 Coolest Song Parts
You’ll want to check out retroCRUSH’s choices for the 50 Coolest Song Parts of All Time.
Ray Charles Passes Away
“Music’s been around a long time, and there’s going to be music long after Ray Charles is dead,” he told the Washington Post in 1983. “I just want to make my mark, leave something musically good behind. If it’s a big record, that’s the frosting on the cake, but music’s the main meal.”
He did. More at CNN.
Part Four of the Mario Brothers Saga
Check out the latest. I just love this.
TiVo – Knocking On The Future’s Door
I gotta get one of these! In any case, TiVo’s recent announcement that you will be able to record over the Internet is a big one. Jason Kottke has some suggestions for them that ring true to me. It’s always about community.
Now Lets Move On
Goodbye President Reagan, may your family have peace. Now it’s time for the nation to refocus on where it is at, instead of where it was.
Reagan dreamed of a nuclear weapons free world and actively pursued it. Bush does the opposite (NYTimes).
Clear Channel gets fined $1.75 million for Howard Stern. More from Jeff Javis.
The country is increasingly polarized. News is being sought after to reinforce existing views, not to widen them.
Remember 2000 in Florida? This time it looks to be worst.
Pictures Of Yesterday’s “Transit of Venus”
David Cortner took some beautiful pictures of yesterday’s event.
The Future of SysAdmin Positions? Safe!
According to the news link in this Slashdot thread, experienced SysAdmins can look optimistically towards the future.
What is the best web design and development tool ever?
I’d tell ya, but it would spoil the link.
Read it at Evolt.org.
Don’t Get Distracted With The Past While They Screw With The Present And The Future
Kevin Drum, at Washington Monthly, ruminates on the future direction of the Republican Party, by reposting some text from he Texas GOP’s website. It is no less then a return to the policies of the 1920s and earlier. Is this really the GOP or just the Texas GOP?