13th March 2005

Rhymes with Gary Cooper

posted in Tools and Technology, Gadgets and Gizmos |

Super-duper!  Putting on the Ritz!

Thanks Harry.  Thanks to (other) Peter.  And thanks to you too, Madame L., for the kind words in Peter’s comments. 

Speaking of Peter (the other) — there was a coffee shop on Cole Street called the other, but how I bridge from there to Jamasutra you probably don’t even want to know — thank you (other) Peter for the Driftin Blues Charles Brown moments at your old blog.

I ran into something called a Samsung YH-925 … 20GB, under 300 bucks, all kinds of media support including voice recording … entry point for the mp3 deprived, which I have been.  The tech looks mature enough now that I can thank the pod people and other consumer-early adopters.  Now I am on the prowl, beach combing, scavenging free music off the web and converting some of the minimalist CD collection I maintain to mp3s.

The Dervala interview must be coming into sight and sound soon.  She introduced me to Audacity a year or more ago.  Thanks Derv.

And Ray and Bruce have been listening to Larry McMurtry’s son live… live and live, that’s the long and the short of it really… doesn’t rhyme with that rasta shit I-and-I but rather something more like I and "ih" (not ih and ih, either of course).

Ray redid his blog design.  I liked it.  Now it’s back to the old design.  Hmmm… maybe I licked the wrong end of the toad.

So anyway, I’ve cadged a couple of nice mp3s from Peter (the other) and from Harry, two anonymous bloggistas.  Bruce too.  What is it with anonymity?  I’m sticking my neck out, offending the PETA people, fearing for my life and you guys do the guero guerilla thing, all camouflaged, all hip.

And hey, for all of you feral cat lovers who have made my life a living hell, here’s a link to the cutest puppy pic you might expect to see for a while, and a link to a story about bunnies too. 
 

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  1. 1 On March 13th, 2024, ray said:

    hey frank,

    thanks for letting me know about my blog design.

    yesterday it kept going back and forth from the new to the old. It seems ok for me today (staying in the new)…any idea what’s going on?

  2. 2 On March 13th, 2024, fp said:

    Duhhh… Something with the way Firefox picks up style sheets maybe? I looked at “you live your life…” in IE and it was the new one. But I never use IE so I was picking up a fresh set of files i reckon. I looked at it in Firefox and got the old design with the current content. I did a refresh in Firefox and up came the new design. So call it user dumbness, I guess.

  3. 3 On March 14th, 2024, Harry said:

    Some people have stalkin’ bosses and work in “right to work” states, Frank. Some use the barest fig leaf of anonymity to keep a little convenient distance between one set of projects and another. Others do it to keep the mystery fresh — like blushing virgins, swain or maiden — embarrassed by the first kiss and filled with both hope and dread for what’s to come.

    I’m a sort of semi-virgin, swainish, and dressed in fig leaves. I provide others with the plausible deniability they’ll need when they’re faced with guilt by association accusations in front of a House committe on UnAmerican blogging.

    I’ve yet to turn down a direct request by email for more information about me. Strip me privately, Frank. You won’t be disappointed. We can discuss ways to keep you safe from PETA’s commandos.

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