I have a folder on the desktop of all of my Windows PCs named "NewStuff". That folder is where I put all of the NewStuff I download from the Internets. From time to time I have to clean out all of that Stuff and last weekend I found this RAR full of MIDIs. I found this file so I could put ringtones on my phone but wound up putting video game tones on it instead.
Since I had nothing better to do than clean up my NewStuff folder, I opened up the RAR file and started listening to some of the several thousand MIDIs of "popular" music. I was trying to find 500 Miles by The Proclaimers but thought the song was called 1000 Miles. I did find it eventually and found myself curious about the band. Of course, I read about them on Wikipedia. My eyes zeroed in the name "David Tennant" linked lower in the article. As a Doctor Who fan (as of the new series anyway), I was interested. This part gets fuzzy but I wound up finding this on YouTube: (Ignore the frame shown below...the movie is better than that looks.)
I learned two things from this little adventure. It's amazing how much the mind wanders with help of the Internets and where you can end up. Secondly, I'm not having as much fun as these people in the video above. *jealous*
(Also, check out this one, too.)
Anyone remember when the characters in Demolition Man were singing to the Oscar Meyer jingle? I'm the same way, presently, with TV themes. This site has 'em all. Check it out.
This is garbage. The telco immunity that was allowed to get into the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) bill today will probably pass right on though the US's worthless legislative branch and onto the desk of the Chimp in Chief.
Basically, telecom companies, like AT&T and Verizon, have been helping the President illegally spy on US citizens and their communications for years now under the flag of "terrorism", only to be called out on it by the New York Times (I believe) and others. Lawsuits have been filed against these companies for doing so. Impeachment has been whispered for the President for his role in all this. You know what'll happen? This law will get them all off scott-free and will startup the domestic spying again. Isn't that great?
The thing that pisses me off the most is the fact that all these Democrats in congress helped it all happen. I have been an Obama supporter since it became apparent that the last 7+ years of Republican Presidential leadership has been crap. The lesser of two evils' promise of "Change" has been easy on the ears. The last few weeks, however, have made me a little weak on my support. Don't get me wrong...I think McCain is a McClone of McChimp but I'm really losing my faith in the Democratic side of things. Would it really have been so hard to do all the stuff they needed to do with this "spying" but follow the rules? Seriously?
MORE: I didn't want to go as far as this yesterday because I couldn't find a source but, Obama pissed me off yesterday. The flip-flop he did here (and I hate using that term since Chimpy used it against Kerry back in '04) really eroded a lot of the starry-eyed optimism that made me feel like a vote for Obama was the #1 right thing to do. He's the whole reason I put that countdown timer up there on the right side of my front page. If he doesn't get on a camera soon and say "I fucked up" he really will be the lesser of two evils.
Telnet has been removed from Vista for some damned reason. Here's how to find it.
"Go to 'Start->Computer' and then click 'Uninstall or change a program' that should be on the button bar at the top. Then click 'Turn Windows features on or off' and after you click 'Continue' on the security prompt, you should see a list of components. Scroll down to 'Telnet Client' and check it. When you click 'Ok' it will install it for you and you should be all set to Telnet to your hearts content."
I've realized that I'm a bad blogger. Despite the fact that I view this page several times a day, I can't seem to get myself to routinely write something in this space. Maybe I need to rewrite the Splog to make it easier...although I have links right on the front page to add a new item. Part of the issue is that I'm not sure if anyone is actually reading this thing.
If you are reading this site and have 10 seconds to spare, please click the Comments link below and let me know. I'd much appreciate it.
Thank you! Here's a random picture I found on the Internets:
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