Argh, 3DGPU.com down for the moment due to the database not connecting. This is why I fear using a site that relies on databases, although the flexibilty they allow is useful.
The site host IM’d me the other day, but I was away from the computer. Not sure if he was going to warn me about this, or what, but an email could’ve sufficed. In any case, there’s nothing I can do until I can talk to him and find out what’s going on.
TextDrive are doing it a second, and final time; offering a lifetime hosting deal that is very hard to pass up. Unfortunately I don’t have $400 on hand, otherwise I’d jump on this. Check it out at TextDrive. This is the rare time when my roommate is right when she says I should save my money for a rainy day. Well, it’s pouring right now.
I emailed Merge Records, my favorite label, asking for a clarification on how to best support the artist they work with, buying a CD directly from them or, for convenience’s sake, buying it from the iTunes Music Store. This is in regards to The Arcade Fire, which I hope to buy the album and support them in any way I can. Here’s the response I got:
Ultimately, both ways are good for the band. iTunes is very generous with their splits to indie labels and that gets passed along to the band from us, it just takes a little longer. And of course, we split our profits from our own on-line sales directly with the band, too. So you can feel good about spending your money in either place.
I think iTunes has an exclusive song from the band’s self released EP right now, which we won’t have on our web site for a few weeks.
With the changing landscape of digital music and CD sales, this kind of knowledge is good to know. I highly recommend checking out Merge Records’s lineup of fantastic artists, and listen to their Radio to get a sample of great tunes.
3DGPU.com > Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1 Released. With over 650 bugs, 25 security vulnerabilities, and a few crashes fixed, this is an update well worth the short time to download and install it.
I can attest that these knives I got are superbly sharp. While dicing onions tonight, the roommate decided to reach in front of me for the paper towel. Snip, goes the knife against the tip of my middle finger. Doh!
Since the knife is so sharp, the cut was clean and wasn’t too painful. This is in stark contrast to my previous dull ‘el cheapo’ knife I used and cut myself on, which is still painful months later, and has left a tiny scar on my thumb. By all means, the new knives are a fantastic investment, I’m just getting my kitchen scars, that’s all.
There’s a fantastic write-up about Wikipes on the Paramount Digital Security blog, which also talks about wiki’s in general for those who are unfamiliar with the technology.
Similarly, many people are intimidated by unfamiliar technology, especially when there are a lot of new concepts involved. In this article, I’ll show you a technology that might be unfamiliar to you, while also showing you a fantastic way to share recipes with others. We’ll do this by exploring an online recipe (and drink) resource that uses a technology called a “wiki”!
Bill Keller, who is the executive editor of The New York Times, spoke at a fundraiser and mentions journalism, the large polarized rift in America’s viewpoints, and blogging. It’s a fascinating read, but even more fascinating are the comments the article received. Namely this one:
Journalists from the MSM (mainstream media) are slow to wake up to the fact that there are tens of thousands of people world-wide who know far more about any particular subject the journalist writes about than they do and who can identify error and spin. That didn’t mater so much in the past because the MSM controlled the feedback (the letters to the editor, the publishing of contrary views). Now that control is lost and MSM find it very difficult to cope with competition for ideas.
That, ladies and gentlemen, is what I call hitting the nail on the head.
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