a recent thread on the LAU list got me thinking. there were some posts to different blogs along the lines of “gnome and kde are dying!” “linux on the desktop is dead!” “nothing is moving anymore!” this was brought up as off-topic on LAU and folks started to weigh in on [...]

my musical output has been all over the map lately. the last few tunes that i’ve cranked out have been things that i really enjoy hearing over and over. and that’s unusual for me with my own music. i think i’ve transitioned myself to making music that i want to hear and [...]

i’ve become terribly dependent on podcasts. i absolutely hate the radio and on my 45 minute commute to work, it’s hard to come up with constantly fresh playlists that work for me. in fact, when i listen to music i really *listen* to it and that isn’t conducive to driving or working. [...]