Did anyone besides me watch the NFL preseason show tonight on ABC?
Britney Spears had to do the worst lip-syncing I’ve ever seen. At one point, she is trying to put the mic on a mic stand while putting a glove on her hand. Her voice / inflection never changed as her head moved back and forth from the mic.
She really looked like she wasn’t even trying. And at the end when she thanked the crowd, there was an almost noticeable pop from turning the mic on.
The new beta of the blog software works better as they’ve de-emphasized the multi-blog feature and made it easier to tweak.
Upgrade I did last night looks pretty good, I’ll keep it for now.
I did d/l IcculusNews and IcculusFinger. Icculus wasn’t kidding when he said it was lacking in documentation. 
It’s all Perl, couple daemons that run. I’m going to look into it as I’m still intrigued by it, but we’ll see in the long run.
I’m kind of frustrated with b2evolution (the software package running this blog).
In the .8 release, they added the functionality to do multiple blogs on one site. This broke my site fairly badly, and the documentation is lacking – but I don’t have a problem with that. This is beta software on top of a base package someone else created.
I did post a help post on their forums and got zero responses, even after searching before I posted.
.83 beta was just released, so I’ll try that. But if it doesn’t work, I’m seriously considering a very basic site running IcculusNews and IcculusFinger from Icculus.org.
Just don’t know if port 263 is open… otherwise I meet all the requirements, and having a web page that looks and feels like the old web appeals to me…
The Packers cut Frank Winters today. With the team since 1992, Frank was the starting center until 2 years ago when Mike Flanagan supplanted him.
Frank was also known as Brett’s best friend.
Ah well, the changing of the guard continues.
Just got back from a business trip in Phoenix.
Holy crap is it hot.
Hit the road at 6:30 a.m. and it’s already 90 degrees.
Heard on the news that the old record of 6 days in the year where it didn’t drop below 90 was shattered this year – 15 days total.
I need to go back in Dec / Jan when it’s cold here and warm there.
But the resort we stayed at was extremely nice – off-peak in season it was quite cheap.
64 Bit WindowsXP seems to be missing some features according to MS’s TechNet page
Like what you ask?
Well, just to name some:
Windows Media Player
Digital video disc (DVD) video playback
The System Restore feature is not supported in Windows XP 64-Bit Edition.
Windows Messenger Service
File and Settings Transfer Wizard
If I were AMD, I’d be pissed.
The Digital Bits is reporting that the Indiana Jones trilogy has been moved up from 11/4 to 10/21 to avoid competition with Finding Nemo.
Sounds good to me, early Christmas gift incoming!
Bummer the Packer game got called on rain Monday night in the 3rd quarter. But to be honest, we were playing Madden by halftime anyway.
They need their offensive tackles back. Having Favre get hurt in the preseason just isn’t worth it. Don’t start him if you don’t have to. And besides, don’t the Pack need to figure out who #2 and #3 QBs will be? :yes:
It’s only the preseason, but the first game is tonight!
8pm, Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio vs. Kansas City Chiefs.
Boo for the cheap artificial turf.
Couldn’t find out if ABC is going to be using their HD truck from ESPN. ESPN has 3 of ’em, and has one out on permanent loan to ABC for MNF. But the listings don’t show tonight’s game in HD… even if it is the preseason, cameraman need practice too!
Go Pack!
Greplaw at Harvard has an interview up with Brad Templeton, Chairman of the EFF.
Good overview of what the EFF is, what they do, and what Brad personally believes in as well as where he came from.
Here’s a great quote:
# If you choose the three – and only three – most important issues for the EFF – what would they be?
Two of the EFF’s core issues — freedom of speech and surveillance — remain even more important today than they ever were. But the growing issue right now is certainly intellectual property and copyright — in particular when such areas of law start affecting freedom of speech, freedom to do research and to build software, freedom to publish and reverse engineer, all of which are happening under the DMCA.
Greplaw also has a rather tongue in cheek interview with Prof. Lawrence Lessig.
Apparently, Prof. Lessig’s personal blog was hosted by Gov. Howard Dean last week. What a great read! Dean mentions his thoughts on the DMCA, copyright and other issues. Dean’s campaign also has a blog up about the campaign.
Good stuff.
So I’m in Madison, WI with my wife last weekend spending some time together, and I tune to the radio to 92.1 WMAD, one of my all-time favorite alternative radio stations. And what do I find? Some light alternative called “The Mix”. So another one bites the dust. In the last couple of years they had gotten a bit harder, but still played awesome alternative with some Limp Bizkit, Staind, etc thrown in. Almost a cross of Drive105 and 93x here in the Twin Cities.
So I google for information about the format switch, turns out it took place Oct. 29th, 2002. Figures, right about when football season ended and I hadn’t been to Madison in a while.
So I found some articles talking about “it was just an evolution” for the format switch, and other lame excuses.
But then I came across the Upper Midwest Broadcasting website. This must be one of the most depressing websites ever.
It’s a site dedicated to radio and TV news in the Upper Midwest (Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota). It details format changes, anchors / DJs coming and going, and ownership changes. What makes it so depressing is seeing all the consolidation. I can’t even count the number of times I’ve seen Clear Channel discussed, and then ABC. Even smaller regionals consolidating to fight back. Whoever said less choice is good? And the number of DJ’s doing the voictracking thing – where they pre-record snippets of conversation from one city and are replayed as if “live” if another city or on multiple stations depresses me.
What’s interesting, and maybe a bit inspiring, is the number of low power stations that have been granted. Maybe there is hope yet.
Check out the Dead Radio Stations Website page. Rev105 guestbook, 93.7 The Edge, 93x, lots of old stations who have their old sites mirrored. Good stuff to keep alive!