28
Apr 09

wow. my cell provider actually…

wow. my cell provider actually did something *good* for a change: http://tinyurl.com/d9p9zh


28
Apr 09

60 days of music

at some point later today, i will have finally finished playing through my entire iTunes library once, with no repeats. this was an exercise partly to give me a continuously varied soundtrack while i work, and partly as a means of discovering the music i already own, but never gets played.

to do so, i’ve set up a “playcount zero” smart playlist thusly:

  • play count is 0.
  • no audio books or podcasts.
  • no Christmas music. (i have a late November-December 26 playlist just for those)
  • live updating (so, once a song is played, it’s removed from the list)

then i reset the playcounts on all my music to zero.

i’ve been listening to this playlist continuously while i work for the last several months now, watching it dwindle from 57 days down to a few hours. i’ve discovered quite a few things along the way.

  • i have a lot of duplicates, unlabeled or mislabeled tracks. i’ve been weeding out most of those as they come up.
  • my wife’s music collection, which i added into mine when we moved in together, isn’t too different from my own. with the exception of all the a capella she has in there.
  • there’s a lot of crap in there that neither i nor my wife will claim. seriously, Ashlee Simpson? where the hell did i get that from?
  • a lot of tracks have several minutes’ silence in the middle, followed by a “hidden” track at the end. very annoying. anybody have a suggestion of how to separate those tracks automatically?

27
Apr 09

@ih8gates sorry. that should h…

@ih8gates sorry. that should have read @StarJonesEsq – my mistake. don’t get her on your bad side. she is, after all FREE, BLACK, AND GROWN.


27
Apr 09

to the people that live in my …

to the people that live in my TV: it’s “fewer calories” not “less calories” #grammar


26
Apr 09

“Lhasa Apso” is just fun to sa…

“Lhasa Apso” is just fun to say. Lhaaaasa Aaaaapso… and it’s time for bed.


19
Apr 09

well done, @MonsterCable and @…

well done, @MonsterCable and @engadget. irony defined: http://tinyurl.com/dm9x4t #irony


18
Apr 09

note to @morissette fans: “lik…

note to @morissette fans: “like rain on your wedding day” is not ironic unless you’re a meteorologist marrying a wedding planner. #irony


18
Apr 09

today’s challenge: define “iro…

today’s challenge: define “irony” in 140 characters. #irony


17
Apr 09

my God… it’s full of frogs. …

my God… it’s full of frogs. http://tinyurl.com/cy7vke


16
Apr 09

why food photographers get pai…

why food photographers get paid so well (and don’t eat at McDonalds): http://www.thewvsr.com/adsvsreality.htm