Opinion

Self-inflicted Torment

One thing that has always amazed me is how people become unhinged over the smallest of things, and then obsess over them. I’m not talking about something making one angry so that they feel the need to vent, after which they move on. No, I’m talking about those people who on purpose watch, listen to, or read things they know…

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Opinion

Qtrax — Free Legal Music Downloads (w/ DRM)?

I’ve been reading from British and American publications about a new, free, legal, music downloading via peer-to-peer software. The service, known as Qtrax, will reportedly have 25-million tracks (supposedly including rare songs and live recordings) that one can download-to-own for free from big labels such as EMI, Universal, and Warner (though as of this posting, it appears that these companies…

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Opinion

Blogs

For fun, I thought I’d cruise some of BlogSpot’s blogs and see what the smeg was out there. Certainly there are an amazing number of people blogging, all with stuff to say. Some was interesting and some not (as you might expect). Still, when it comes down to the sheer number of blogs, its amazing that many of them get…

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