http://www.streamingmeemee.com The Random Thoughts of a StreamingMeeMee. Oh yeah, and digital media too. Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:21:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sorry about that folks -- Live365 did a bit of system maintenance and it brought down my stream. All better now! http://www.dreamlandblues.com/dreamland-blues-back-air Do you remember that scene for Jurassic Park where they are wandering through the jungle and find dinosour eggs? "How did they do that, we've made them all females?" one of the party asks incredulously... "Nature always finds a way." answers the sage Dr. Grant. Such is the case with DRM ... http://www.streamingmeemee.com/index.php/2008/07/25/it-depends-on-yahoos-definition-of-unlimited/ Wow! (Yes, I do say that a lot) This is another of those wonderful surprises I get now-and-then. The latest from NYC based Sweet Suzi Smith, Unbroken, came across my email inbox today. read more http://www.dreamlandblues.com/sweet-suzi-blues-experience-unbroken I've just finished uploading the last of 584 new tracks into the Dreamland Blues Radio playlist. This is a complete rebuild of the playlist from scratch. I've re-encoded all the tracks and 'normalized' the levels. What this means to you, dear listener, is a consistent volume level of all ... http://www.dreamlandblues.com/new-playlist Yes, I know the Now Playing list over at Dreamland Blues Radio is in reverse order. ;-) I've just been too busy to have a look at fixing it. This 'serial startup artist' stuff is really time-consuming, sleep-depriving work! T. http://www.dreamlandblues.com/now-playing-list-reverse-order I've been struggling with a growing problem lately; an inability to concentrate on a task. It's particularly frustrating for me as I have spent a large portion of my career 'noodling' through large, complex problems and creating the systems to bring organization to chaos, efficiency to randomness and value ... http://www.streamingmeemee.com/index.php/2008/06/10/the-decline-of-deep-thought/ WOW! I was lead to the Detroit group Atomic Fireballs by a post on one of the 'geek news' sites I frequent. I thought it odd that they would post something like this so it must be impressive. Wow. read more http://www.dreamlandblues.com/atomic-fireballs-torch-place-0 The movie studios have traditionally spread out the release dates for PPV, cable, DVDs and download in an effort to maximize the dollars they are able to extract from customers. Apple have announced that they have agreements in place to allow them to offer movie downloads via iTunes coincident with ... http://www.streamingmeemee.com/index.php/2008/05/01/itunes-to-offer-movies-on-dvd-release-date/ Hand-wringing About American Culture - Are Americans Hostile to Knowledge? - New York Times http://www.streamingmeemee.com/index.php/2008/02/15/too-much-learning-are-be-a-you-know-bad/ The 'Protect America Act' (clearly a use of the term 'protect' with which I was unfamiliar) is due to expire soon.  The Senate is considering it's replacement and today the Senate failed to pass an amendment that would have removed the immunity granted to the telcos for all manner of ... http://www.streamingmeemee.com/index.php/2008/02/13/i-feel-protected-not/ Yes, boys and girls, my first cell phone came in a lunchbox (does anyone under 40 even know what THAT means?) sized nylon 'case'. It required an external power source (cigarette lighter plug) and an external antenna. I have fond memories of dropped calls whenever I crossed a state line (pre-roaming) ... http://www.streamingmeemee.com/index.php/2008/02/11/alas-poor-bag-phone-i-knew-you-well/ Yes, boys and girls, my first cell phone came in a lunchbox (does anyone under 40 even know what THAT means?) sized nylon 'case'.  It required an external power source (cigarette lighter plug) and an external antenna. I have fond memories of dropped calls whenever I crossed a state line (pre-roaming) ... http://www.streamingmeemee.com/index.php/2008/02/11/alas-poor-bag-phone-i-knew-you-well-2/ So I'm not above posting a link to a cool new application just to get an invite. I'm dirty... I'm a dirty, dirty engineer. Call me what you want but everyone deserves some link love! This thing actually look pretty cool. It is an extension for <shudder> ... http://www.streamingmeemee.com/index.php/2008/02/09/will-post-for-beta-invite/ I spied this on the slog into work this morning; I almost wet myself. This, and many other guffaw inducing objects advocating freedom of thought are available at CafePress. http://www.streamingmeemee.com/index.php/2008/02/08/yehaw/ I must say that I agree with the 'freakish'ness of all the items mentioned in this author's post.  Frankly, I'm somewhat embarrassed when I travel abroad and the folks I am visiting ask me "WTF are you nitwits doing?!?!?  You are surprised that the rest of the worlds hates you?".I ... http://www.streamingmeemee.com/index.php/2008/01/11/mmmm-deep-fried-french-toast/