Month: January 2003

  • Are You My Mother?

    Yesterday I had an interesting conversation with someone over IM who thought I was his mom. It illustrates the dangers of not memorizing the usernames of your loved ones. In retrospect, I wish I had played along with it longer. Edman725: hi GarveyB: hello? Edman725: http://gameloaded.co.uk/index.php/mainpage_url/details2.php/code/5271/Mafia Edman725: look now GarveyB: do I know you? Edman725:…

  • No More Monday Nights at the Living Room?

    I just remembered Maria told me last night the Living Room is doing away with Monday night open mics. Anyone know if this is true or not? I’m not really surprised considering the turnout on Mondays and hopefully this will make Wednesday more popular.

  • Open Mic Recap @ The Grape Street Pub

    Count me among the fans of Jeremy Hollis. He went on early last night at the Grape Street Pub open mic and I remembered seeing him a month or two go. His website is worthless, but his music isn’t. His acoustic guitar / harmonica combination reminds me of what I like most about good folk…

  • New Computer

    This is the first message I’m posting with my new computer (check out the specs). I ordered all the parts from GoogleGear.com and put them together. This is the first PC I built myself, so I’m just happy to have it up and running. I haven’t been out to any open mics lately, but I’ll…

  • MP3.com Imposes 3 Song Limit

    Arghhh! I’ve been a long time user of MP3.com and despite all the changes they’ve made in the past (slow song approvals, paying for premium placement, etc.) I was shocked to get this in the mail: “After January 31, you will not be able to display more than three songs on your Artist page. If…

  • Supreme Court: Congress Can Extend Copyright Indefinitely

    The big story on the Internet today is the controversial Supreme Court case, Eldred vs Ashcroft where the constitutionality of the 1998 Copyright Extension Act, or the “Sonny Bono Act,” was called into question. The US Constitution grants Congress the right to allow authors and inventors a “limited” monopoly on their creations. After this limited…

  • Computer on the Way

    My new computer was shipped today and should be here next week. Here are the specs: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Processor 1.80GHz, 400MHz FSB, Socket 478 Retail Abit SR7-8X SiS648 P4 (533FSB) Skt478 DDR ATX Motherboard w/Audio, LAN Retail Crucial Technology 256MB DDR333 PC2700 Memory Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 6Y060L0 60GB Ultra ATA/133 7200RPM Hard Drive…

  • Open Mic Recap @ The Living Room

    It was intersting Wednesday at the Living Room. I showed up a little late, but squeezed in a few songs between Cathy and James Collins. I’m not positive, but I think Willie Tapps might have been on to something last night. He kept forgeting lines to songs and mixing them up. At one point Roz,…

  • Who Wants $20?

    Record companies have long been screwing music fans and there is a class action lawsuit to prove it. Here is a quick summary: The record companies have been artificially fixing prices for years and to correct that they agreed to give anyone who bought a CD between 1995 and 2000 a payment worth up to…

  • Open Mic Recap @ The Living Room

    The drought has ended. I went to my first open mic in about a month and it went pretty well. I even trotted out a new cover of the Pixies’ “Mr. Grieves.” It wasn’t perfect, but I think I can iron out the kinks. Roz and Keith both played great along with Cathy who is…

  • 2003

    We’re really heading into the future now. I’m not going to write about how we should have flying cars or jetpacks by now, because it’s nearly impossible to guess what the future is going to be like. What inventions would I most like to see? How about a cure for Cancer, cars powered by Fuel…