Push and Shove [No Doubt] (MP3)
No Doubt fans had to wait for a long time. Their last album was in 2001, and if was the slightly underwhelming Rock Steady. Then came the long hiatus that saw Gwen Stefani touring the world in her slightly overcommercialized version of pop. Then she ran out of fresh ideas, I guess, and the band reunited. Then they promised an album (I almost said, a CD) for 2010. Then nothing happened. Continue reading
The Meta Romuli and the Mystery of St. Peter's Crucifixion
As some of you know, I started writing the successor to In the Mission, my first published novel. This time around, part of the action will take place in my home town, Rome (Eternal, not New York). Research has been going strong, with the week I spent in Italy dedicated for the most part to research the setting and the details of the plot. One of the things that stands out about Rome and its institution is the obsession with twins. Continue reading
Clocky - a Tiny Title Bar Clock in Linux
I am a compulsive screen maximizer. Start menu bars are set to auto-vanish on my screen, and the app rules the day. If you think I ever see my desktop, I have to disappoint you. Plasma widgets are useless on my computer, and frankly I don’t understand how anyone ends up having enough screen real estate to see the background picture they chose, unless there is a sudden crash of an application. Continue readingFillable PDF Forms For Free
You know when you get a form to fill out, but you need to print it and fill out by hand (or worse, try to fill it with your printer). Wouldn’t you rather be able to generate a PDF form out of it and then fill it out on your computer? Even better, have the form filled out automatically (as far as possible) with your usual data? Well, I decided that’s something I wanted to do. Continue readingYHIHF: Bach's Double Violin Concerto BWV 1043 is Really Vivaldi's
The YouTube player can not be loaded with disabled JavaScript. The following video is embedded here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=0dwgIadE3IM Every culture loves its heros. To Italians, the Poet is Dante – to Germans it’s Goethe, to English-speakers it’s Shakespeare. This is nearly universal. What is not universal is that some of the greats disappear or fade because the culture they belong to does. It is infernal how many “minor” cultures have brought forth amazing artists and scientists that don’t register for all their worth simply because we are not used to their culture producing genius of universal proportions. Continue reading
Le Grand Docu-Soap [Army of Lovers] (CD)
It was the Year of the Lord 1992, in the month of January, on the 22nd day, and I was in Heaven. I had left the continent of Europe for the first time and landed in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, in Honolulu. As the doors of the aircraft opened, instead of the smell of kerosene and city, tropical flower scents greeted me. I stepped off the plane. When I hit the tarmac (how unromantic), a jolt of energy raced through me. Continue readingReview: Stainless Steel Waterproof Watch Mobile Phone W818 Black with Silver
I’ve always wanted a watch phone. Why? Because it’s an incredibly practical concept. My use case may be slightly different than most people’s, but in my case a watch phone would be perfect: I constantly forget my phone everywhere, but I won’t leave a watch phone behind If the phone is on the wrist, looking at the caller ID is the same as looking at your watch; no need to find the phone or get it out of the holster In almost all cases, I don’t need the bulk of a phone; I rarely dial a phone number, and even then I’d rather do so on the computer and have Google Voice route the call I don’t like using a smartphone for voice calls; actually, like a lot of people, I don’t like voice calls at all I am on the move a lot and it would be good to have some sort of paging mechanism to warn me of impending doom A watch phone is the perfect solution for all those things, plus it can easily work as a bluetooth MP3 player. Continue reading2012-06-09 Alc 11 Closing Ceremonies In La
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