The FTP problem I mentioned a few days ago still exists, which is pretty annoying. At first they didn’t know what was causing it, but now they said it’s affecting everyone on my server. I must be the only one still using it. ha. I know I’m on one of their older ones and I…

I did some playing around again with the iTunes library data and made some Excel charts. Which years had the most of my top 100 albums? Find out! Also, here’s a huge list of my top 50 albums according to my iTunes algorithm. I don’t agree with all of it, but it’s not bad.

You can export an XML file from iTunes that contains all the data from your music library. Today I’ve been playing around with this perl script that can read the file and export it into an HTML page. What I really wanted to do was use it as a starting point to help me crunch…

I know I am way late on this, but if you haven’t seen the hilarious Lazy Sunday digital short from SNL, check it out here. It’s a rap about two guys catching a Sunday showing of the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. You can also get it on iTunes for free.

Ok, I know you guys are probably tired of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah posts, but guess what song was blasting at the Deptford, NJ Best Buy today? This Home on Ice

There’s an annoying FTP problem right now with the site that is preventing me from getting done the things I want to do tonight like fixing the OMI message board and uploading versions of Cutie Theater that work on the awesome new video iPods. I hope everyone had a great holiday. Congratulations to Jason Zahn…

The past few years I’ve mentioned which album I thought was the best that year. My pick for last year was Rubber Factory by the Black Keys. It’s a great album, but it would have never made the cut had I listened to Arcade Fire’s Funeral, which I bought in February ’05. I can consume…

Wow, I just read this in the Courier Post. It turns out that local singer/songwriter Sara O’Brien was trapped in her house when it caught fire. To escape she jumped out the window and on to a trampoline!O’Brien — a 30-year-old singer-songwriter who is also a certified yoga, Pilates and kick-boxing instructor — narrowly escaped…

The Odd Man In message board was hacked by a worm that attacks unpatched phpbb boards. It looks like all the data is intact, so I’ll be able to repair it. The message board is closed for now.

All Things Considered has a piece on the Internet hype surrounding Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Here is their timeline:* June 9, 2005: Dan Bierne writes about the band on his MP3 blog. * June 14, 2005: Pitchfork Media posts a review of the song “In This Home On Ice.” * June 15, 2005: Blogger…

Did anyone hear Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’s “Skin of my Yellow Country Teeth” tonight on the Office? It was playing in the background at Jim’s party. Like I said before, I think the NBC Office is a great show even though the BBC version is the best TV show ever made. At first they…

I made the famous chili on Sunday and it turned out great, but I definitely ate too much of it. My stomach almost exploded. Usually I have no problem locating the chipotle chili peppers at the Westmont Plaza Superfresh, but they didn’t have them so Jeanne ran out to Genuardi’s for me. Now that I…

Wow, this is a great story. A guy spent 11 years trying to find the holy grail of toys: Colored Bubbles. He thought he succeeded a few times only to run into snags ranging from staining clothes to chemical burns. In the end, a dye scientists helped him perfect a disappearing dye and the rest…

Anyone who knows me, knows I’m a huge fan of the Age of Empires series by Ensemble Studios and Microsoft. Age of Empires 3 covers the colonial period and I’m totally hooked on it. Like the others it’s a Real Time Strategy game where you collect resources, build armies, and fight on randomly generated landscapes.…

You guys know I’m a big fan of Chicago’s Cloud Gate in Millenium Park. Check out this panorama.

Wow. This might be the funniest thing the Family Guy ever did. Granted, it’s old but it’s still funny.

I don’t think my favorite web comic does this too often, but they brought back their Transformeresque characters Refridgeron and Magnimus. See the original See the new one.

I was away for a few days last week and as I was catching up on a few shows via TiVo, I felt like I was watching the same show over and over. Why? Because TV this week was non-stop TO. John Stewart called him a “dick” on the Daily Show Conan talked to him…

Alright, I finally made the GameShow masters list. Did I finally win a month? Hell no, but I am the 8th best optional doubler of all time.BEST OPTIONAL DOUBLERS – ALL TIME ANYONE can take the optional double twice per edition – but these players do it better than you. Players must have used more…