Archive for October, 2003

An Open Letter To The File Sharers Of The World

Posted by netnomad

OoOoOOOoOOooh. Scary lookin’ title eh? You think I’m going to talk about the RIAA or the new fee-based services or how I think too many people have gone to Gnutella because they weren’t hugged enough by Napster as children.
WRONG.
A little tip for people who think they’re multimedia geniuses. When you the find [...]

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My Head Is Definately On-Loan Somewhere

Posted by netnomad

So I came out of my EQ benders… and figured I’d put some music on, courtesy of the freshly updated foobar2000 released the other day.
Being the fool that I am (on the first count), I hit the auto-level on the equalizer. Bad move #1. Mega-yuck.
So I thought to myself “Waitta minute… do I [...]

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Smart Alec

Posted by netnomad

Ok smart alec. I’m closing the Marlins poll. But voting on it after the World Series was cute.
Go Marlins!!

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MacGuyver Strikes Again

Posted by netnomad

Seems only a few weeks ago that I put the fans away, because it was cool enough I didn’t need them. Today it was a little cooler than it has been - and not even cold - but I felt the need to pull the space heater out and set it on the lowest [...]

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Farewell To The Concorde

Posted by netnomad

Farewell old friend. It was nice knowing you. Enjoy your retirement in the aviation museums of the world.

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Awkward Events From The “It Could Only Happen To Eric Department”

Posted by netnomad

I went to the drug store after the gym today.
I had my gym bag with me.
I offered to leave it behind the counter so they wouldn’t want to search it when I left.
The conversation ended - as I handed the bag over the counter - completely unintentionally with:
“Yeah well… you know how people look when [...]

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Slight Modification

Posted by netnomad

Since everybody was getting sick of looking at me I decided to re-position the webcam slightly to show somebody else (see earlier blog entry).
I’m sure Gene and Dave will get a chuckle out of this. I await their comments.

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