Just over there
Looks like the tv networks are now on their death march to the end of the US tv season. It’s been a long rerun month but now that May sweeps are almost upon us… things are looking up.
Phew…. four more weeks of new regular season shows
and then June through September where the only new shows are on the anti-networks (aka cable) or the talk shows.
I’m old-school html. I’ve been doing it by hand for over six years now. I don’t mind putting html tags in things I’m blogging but there is something missing. The Mac OS X / Radio interface (Internet Explorer 5.1) works fine except when trying to enter long streams of text in that 9×70 text box. Sort of impedes the flow of thought.
Why can’t we have WYSIWY(a)G [What You See Is almost What You Get] on OS X also ? Will Leshner has Radio Poster but for my needs it really doesn’t scratch the right itch. It does exactly what it says but I want something more. Something too vague to be articulated yet…
Somewhere there seems to be a Word + Word Basic method but my version of Word is way too old.
Squeak can’t talk to Radio… so that’s out… unless I figure iut out myself… or borrow someone else’s XML-RPC stuff as a starting point.
Apparently I need to get a life…
Today’s choice -
When do you let a magazine subscription run out ?
I’m not really sure….. but of the four I actually pay for (others come with membership in something so they follow me around based on where I tell an organization I’m living.), one I’ll let run out, another I’ll cancel, one I’ll keep, and one I’m not sure yet…
when I move later this year…
And will I renew the ones I let lapse (yes)or cancel (possibly)….
Of course, these are also the only ones left that I subscribe to that still are better on paper than on the Internet. I’ve let most other magazines lapse over the past few years as other information sources have gotten better……
What is the goal ? Do I really care if no one comments on what I write ? Or is the goal really to write things that people will comment on ?
Mario Puzo, the author of The Godfather, spent his whole life disappointed that he never gained fame for works of literature but became rich for his story telling in such things as The Godfather. According to family, it wasn’t until the end of his life that he accepted that.
Is blogging story telling or literature ? And whose stories ?
Jolt Cola followed by Mountain Dew + eight hours driving ( 75% of it on VT & NH interstate highways) can lead to a sleep preventing buzz….. Yikes, not even catching up on 3 days worth of e-mail could cure that.
Who would have thought….. thought it was late enough to take the snow tires off… oops.
From CSPAN’s “BOOKtv” where they have an author talk about their latest book.
Tammy Bruce, a very articulate speaker, wrote a book “The New Thought Police” that looks like it could be interesting.
What better way to spend the evening getting than getting VMS running on SIMH.
What’s the better entertainment value ? A Bing Crosby/Frank Senatra movie on PBS, a Meryl Streep movie on Bravo, a Fred Astaire movie or Brendan Frasier in The Mummy ? Unfortunately, it’s a bit hard to channel surf all those movies at once and still follow what is going on.
Hmmmm…. in the dim past Ally McBeal was watchable television. The last year has been a bit slow and forgettable since Larry (Robert Downey Jr.) left. Well… tonight there wasn’t anything else on. So what kind of show do we have & and what plot/stories:
So, in two hours on a Monday night, we get a 50% hit rate. Not bad. Too bad it’s due to stunt casting and won’t last.
Any minute now I’ll wander down to my office and start up Tubotax and do my taxes…. and if I’m lucky I’ll even come out ahead of the IRS this year. If all goes well I’ll get it to the post office by noon.
I’ve never had a problem paying taxes. It’s the price of a civilized society. The amount and who gets it is always a concern but not the concept.
Somebody must think we’re tired of all the Britney Spears/Christina Aguilera clones. Added to Michelle Branch and Nora Jones we now have
Vanessa Carlton.
Unfortunately, she seemed a bit lost on the Tonight Show last night when she did the one song she seems to have out so it’s hard to tell how good she actually might be.
It wouldn’t be fair to critique the different websites but it does appear that blonds have more psuedo-slick corporate sites while the others have simple sites.
Once David Letterman does his Top Ten for the evening there really isn’t anything worth watching on tv tonight. Once again there are better commercials on than shows – tonight it’s The Blueman Group with ads for an upcoming appearance in Boston.
