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My Favorite Smallware
01/07/06
I use a lot of little programs to make my day-to-day life easier. Here are a few of them. Most of these programs are small, under a megabyte and don't require an install. I use some of them every day, and others I use only occasionally. Almost all of them are free. I'll be adding to this list as time goes on. I'm sure there are little programs I use that I forgot about, and there are some that are no longer available that I may make available if the license permits me to.

Books
07/18/05
Every once in a while, a book comes along that changes the way I see the world. Some are major revelations, others are small shifts. All help me see how far the rabbit hole goes.

Alternate Reality: The City Competition
06/01/05
Alternate Reality is alive and well.

SyncBackSE - The Ultimate Backup Tool
03/15/05
The two main kinds of data loss are A) your computer breaks and you need a simple backup of your data, or B) your data is corrupt, and has corrupted your backup as well. I searched long and hard to find a program that could handle both of these situations, and finally, I found one.

Recovering From a Catastrophic Failure
02/15/05
My computer wouldn't turn on. I didn't know what had caused it. It would be a few days before I could track down the problem. Was I able to continue working?

Mac mini = iMac + no monitor
01/14/05
Duh. I should've realized this... um, hours ago.

Steve Jobs is a Fucking Genius
01/12/05
Seriously.

The Apprentice "A Tale of Two Leaders" & "Bringing Down the House"
11/05/04
But it's one big room. Who wouldn't want one big room? (Oh, and my missing commentary from last week.)

The Apprentice "Barking Up the Wrong Tree"
10/22/04
Isn't this the point last season where things started to get interesting? The teams switch up and we're stuck with the worst and best of each team.

The Apprentice "Crimes of Fashion"
10/15/04
The men finally lose in a task that obviously skews heavily towards women. Go figure. So where did they go wrong?

The Apprentice "Lights! Camera! Transaction!"
10/08/04
The Pamela lost by $10, despite all her efforts to turn the team around. Or maybe she was just a cruel dictator trying to place blame wherever she could. At the end of the day, was it her business or her politics that got her fired? (with notes on the extended boardroom Saturday edition)

Automated, Hands-Free Backups
10/03/04
We're all lazy, but we all want to be sure that our important documents are safe from damage. Here are a few solutions to that problem.

The Apprentice "The Last Supper"
09/30/04
Nothing to see here, please move on... Seriously though, this series is beginning to drag.

The Apprentice "Send in the Crowns"
09/23/04
Just how much buzz can $50,000 buy?

Quentin Tarrantino Presents "Hero" (or Ying Xiong)
09/21/04
This is a really beautiful movie, too bad it's billed as a pure action film.

Standing In The Shadows Of Motown Deluxe Edition
09/21/04
30 years after the last Detroit Motown album, this massive 43 track tribute to the unsung musicians sets the record straight.

The Sims 2: The Sims Reloaded (Review)
09/21/04
The best selling game of all time spawns a second generation. But does it live up to it's parents expectations?

The Apprentice "Scoop Dreams"
09/16/04
On the second episode of The Apprentice with an extended rant on decision theory. (Updated for Saturday)

The (New) Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
09/12/04
YAY! ALL NEW episode of the Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy Radio Show!

The Apprentice Season Premier: "Toying With Disaster"
09/09/04
The episode that proves that The Apprentice is child's play. ;-)

A Complete Waste Of Time WARNING: Do Not Read This If You Have Work To Do!!!!!!!!!
08/25/04
Why do people insist on torturing me so?

Alternate Reality: The Video Game
02/07/04
In 1983 a video game was released that would change gaming forever. In 1999, a movie was released that changed movies forever. Was it a coincidence, or are they somehow related?

The Apprentice
01/08/04
I love shows like this, The Restaurant, The Apprentice, Queer Eye. These are stories of people who are tackling life head on. Here are my thoughts on the first episode of The Apprentice.

The Matrix Reloaded v 2.
05/21/03
A second revision of my Matrix Reloaded review.

Measuring the Digi001
01/31/03
I learned about this software you can use to measure your sound card and decided to run the Digidesign Digi001 through it's paces.

Radio Dramas, an Appreciation
01/15/03
For most of my life I've loved Radio Dramas, and I've recently rediscovered this love.

My Favorite Smallware
09/14/02
I use a lot of little programs to make my day-to-day life easier. Here are a few of them.

Standing In the Shadows of Motown
09/10/02
You must go see this movie! Updated 17 of November 2002

MidiMan / M-Audio Studiophile SP-5B Review
07/27/02
Why I chose the M Audio Studiophile SP-5B monitors for my home studio.

The Sporting Life (review)
07/15/02
by Diamanda Galas and John Paul Jones. One of my favorite albums, reprinted & updated from my May 2001 Amazon.com review. This is an album that deserves recognition.

Lauryn Hill Speaks the Truth
05/15/02
Lauryn Hill's latest album - Unplugged - is one of the most spiritually and musically refreshing albums I've ever heard.

What would the Community Think?
05/13/02
My amazon.com review for The Covers Record by Cat Power.

Coldplay Parachutes
04/08/02
Critique of the production on Coldplay's album Parachutes.

Grado SR80 Headphones
03/14/02
A review of my new headphones. In a word, un-freaking-believeable.

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