Mindy Has Stolen Me

Mindy being the Clie. I got into a bit of a fight on ClieSource the other day and found myself wondering why I cared so much. I asked a question, and specifically put in something that I knew would be heated. Since the regulars seemed to be relatively intelligent, I hoped to get some sort of discussion going about pirating palm software. And it blew up in my face. Next thing I know I got people screaming at me from both angles. And I asked myself again - why did I care.

It isn't like I am an instigator. I was just curious to how people felt, were they being honest? Alot of them even denied using Mp3's. Which I find hard to believe, one guy actually freaked out telling me about his 6 computers and his 56k connection and how he didn't need to do that because he made enough money.

Well, if you make enough money you should hook yourself up with some high speed internet.

Anyway. I just felt like sharing today because it has been some time since i last wrote.

I was looking for some software online to see what the latest little apps were, but there doesn't seem to be anything of immediate interest - WinMx released a new version a while back and are now supporting multi-user downloads of pretty much anything they have... oh and if your from cliesource, and reading this - I don't mind telling you that I do download (and get this) burn my cd's. I would be more than happy to send the artist the 1.50 that they actually get out of the deal, I just don't think HMV needs to mark CD's up by 30%, the distributor by 15-20% etc. No, those aren't huge profits, but they do add up.

Anyway.. I'm off to the Buena Vista Social Club concert tonight. I am taking my parents as a gift for birthday's and mothers/fathers day gifts. If you don't know who they are, click the link and look into them, they are Cuban Jazz and are all surprisingly over 60. Of course, they have an amazing story, of which you can see by renting or buying the documentary Mom's and Pop's should be home shortly and I should be pretty by this time - so off I go!.

!!!!!! IT IS HERE !!!!!!

It is ohhh sooo pretty! I had no idea how much I would like the feel of my Clie. I had no idea how much I would love the screen. But I am oooh sooo paranoid of scratching it before I get my screen protector. I am still waiting for it and am hoping it will be in the mail for me when I get home on Monday.

If there is anyone reading this who is looking for a Clie T615 (someone may end up here from google) and your Clie wouldn't beam - try reseting it. It worked for me. The best place for information about your Clie is www.cliesource.com - its a message board site - and, everyone has a clie. So you go into your series and get the information you need.

One of the coolest things about my PDA is that it can be a remote control. But unlike all the universal remote controls you buy in stores, this on is simple - You don't even have to know the model. It worked for me just putting "Samsung" into the tv section and then saying done. Next thing I know, from across the room, the tv turns on.

Fabulous I say. It is soo amazing what 500 bucks Canadian can buy you.

Why Banks Suck

I don't know how it works in America, but, the Royal Bank does suck - in fact, it think its depicted perfectly in Xdude's latest flash work. The Dough (click the link when you get there) is quite funny and very very well done.

An Over-Discussed Topic - The Mp3 Issue

Good Morning Kids! It is bright and earlier and I am in a positively fabulous mood today. I think it has something to do with the sun being out, and the fact that tonight I will get to hold my little Clie in my hand and profess my undying affection for it. I know we haven't even met yet, but I really feel as though this is the one. Insanity is delicious.

This morning, as I fumbled around on the internet looking for fun software or interesting news to discuss, I got to thinking about Audiogalaxy. For those of you who don't know, Audiogalaxy is a website (that has been around since the beginning, although they only served as an FTP server for most of their life) which has recently had suit filed on them for copyright infringement. Now, this website has actually tried to keep all copyright protected (or at least the ones that they are asked about) music unavailable for download. I could not for the LIFE of me get Incubus - Morning View off of Audiogalaxy. And yet, they are now offline, while Kazaa, a company that packs its software with so much spyware that you can't even USE it without it, continues to live on.

But forget about the people who write the software. Forget about the millions of people who share their mp3's per day. What about the companies like "Creative Labs" who are making money OFF of Mp3's? For $400 USD you can buy yourself a nomad - a time saving device (unlike burning) and waltz around the world with an enormous amount of 'legal' mp3s. Legal? Who are these guys kidding? If the RIAA wants to go after all parties promoting the use and distribution of Mp3's, the Mp3 Jukebox must as well be targeted.

One might argue that because you have to be relatively well off to make a purchase such as this, either that or scrimp and save - that you are more likely to have "legal" mp3s. Right, like all that cool, free, low quality crap that I find all over the place? It's not likely. But because you bought the Nomad, you can have your Mp3s.

Ridiculous.

The whole arguement is ridiculous, and will never come to agreement. The way I see it? the RIAA will go flat assed broke suing everyone they can. And right when they are have officically declared bankruptcy, Napster will be online. You can't fight a battle against the majority.

If CD prices were lower, people wouldn't have soo much of a problem buying them, but for 15.99? I can buy 15 CD's and do it myself. I would be MORE than willing to send the artist their share (if I liked the music) - but I don't want to pay for Joe's Delivery who delievered the cd to the mega-music store that has enough money.

Here are some of those stupid jukebox things that you can't plug into your big stereo leaving you with a bunch of mp3's. (this is why I burn)

Creative Labs - The Nomad - 20 Gig They have these things in freaking 40 gigs too..
The Rio Riot - Rio was one of the first ones to come out with an Mp3 player.. the Napster of players one could say.
Un-fucking-believable, even Nike is getting in on this!

I suck.

I realized this. I had my Business Statistics midterm last night - and felt comfortable going in to it. And then, my computer wouldn't do what I wanted it to do - and I missed the first question, which "incidently" (Sachospeak) is worth 15 marks. 5 questions worth 10-15 marks each. Ridiculous. I now have a paper to write kids... I will do a nice little update for you guys soon, perhaps some pretty links or something..

Like Sand Through the Hourglass....

I have just realized why I never have bought anything over the internet before. Its quite simple really - when it is something I really really want - I must have instant gratification. And, as I sit here bitting my nails and obsessively tracking my PDA on UPS, I realize that I may never ever do this again. I could have had it shipped faster, but it would have cost me 20 dollars in shipping, and when you are already spending an arm and a leg, you just don't want to spend that extra cash. Not to mention the fact that to me, that 20 dollars is really closer to 35, since it is in USD.

So here I sit - reading more reviews about my PDA, feeling a little nervous - what if it is defective? Then I will be waiting longer! And what if it is late and I have to wait another week? People have had problems with this PDA - but I am assuming from the dates on their posts, that they haven't happened recently, meaning maybe Sony stepped it up. Call me paranoid, but there are just soo many things that can go wrong when you don't have your 500 dollar investment in your hand.

Right now, the last time my Clie (whom I have yet to give a birth-name) was scanned, she was in Reno, Nevada. It took her 2 days to get 34.8 miles from Fernley, NV. Why do I know this? Because I was curious how far it had travelled - and how far it had yet to travel. Baring in mind that UPS is fast - even on ground - the driving time from Reno to Seattle is approximately 15 hours. I don't think UPS is 24 hour travellers.. so I better get comfy. Hopefully (and with some luck) she will arrive for Thursday or Friday. Then I will have all weekend to be sure that she works to my standards... she is ohhh so beautiful.

So enough, I know none of you care, and probably didn't even re -

HOLY SHIT ITS HAILING OUT!!!!! Woah. Now its raining really hard... power flickered... even though I am on a laptop - I should go...

If you get an idea for my Clie's name - email me mp3_diva@hotmail.com

The PDA of Champions

I got a Clie. Its coming to me by way of UPS ground, and at this time, I would like to say that I wish I had shipped it faster. Then I could have it sooner. I am soo impatient. I can not wait to open it, to charge it, to read the manual. And play with this wonderful little tool. Anyway, I have a midterm in stats this week, and since I have the worlds worst teacher EVER.. I must get back to studying - oh and to see my pretty little friend, the T615, go to amazon, and search for Sony Clie T615. It will come up. Sure is pretty, glad I got the silver one :D

I hate dead links.. I am soo sorry that there are a few.. so I'm going to fix them right now...

An Exerpt from ESPN RE: Tyson

Somethings make you laugh, some things make you cry, this did both... enjoy..

Say 'goodbye' to our little friend
By Bill Simmons



An hour after absorbing the worst beating of his career, Mike Tyson was sitting in his Memphis locker room, holding his baby daughter, his face swollen and chafed after eight brutal rounds with heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis. When ESPN's Jeremy Schaap asked him what the future held, Tyson smiled.

"I don't know, man," he said. "I guess I'm gonna fade into Bolivian."

Of course, Tyson meant "oblivion," but "Bolivian" worked so much better, didn't it? It was the fitting conclusion to the Tyson era, one of those classic Tyson malapropisms that summed up everything. It's over. I'm done. Stick a fork in me. I'm fading into Bolivian. There were hundreds of comparable Tyson moments over the years, but this might have been his finest work yet. Can you feel sorry for someone as you're laughing at them? Apparently, yes. Just one of those goofy contradictions that made the Tyson era so absorbing.

We will miss him, won't we? Secretly? Has there ever been a boxing career that ended so unpredictably predictable? Was there a more interesting fighter in the past 20 years? Did any athlete generate more audio and video, more negative prose, more water cooler debates, more usable sound bites? Was there another pop culture figure from the past two decades who attracted more comedy, sarcasm, irony and disdain? For anyone between the ages of 25 and 35, Tyson was the memorable fighter of our generation. Nobody else came close.

And even if every historical sign pointed to Tyson's career winding down exactly like it did in Memphis, Tenn. -- with his considerable skills having completely eroded, with a superior fighter taking advantage and dismantling him, with a bloodied, disoriented Tyson rolling around on the canvas, with the pathetic ex-champ groveling for a rematch that nobody wants -- it still remained mesmerizing from start to finish. Close your eyes, and you can still see The Big Bad Bully of the 1980s in Memphis, struggling to climb to his feet, washed-up and humbled, battered and dismanted, headed straight for Bolivian.

Read the full story

John Gotti is Dead??

I thought he was fucking immortal. Who knew? So yeah I just read about it at yahoo and was stunned... so who steps up now? Curious I say.

How Sweet It Is!

Let us all take a moment, to LAUGH OUR ASSES OFF AT TYSON! That was beautiful. Two puffy eyes, a bleeding nose, and a bleeding lip.. And the way he went down on his knees, as if he was begging for mercy. Ahh. I love Lennox Lewis. He is soo wonderful - in soo many ways. I have lost my voice I was hollerin so loud. It was a sweet moment in boxing history.

I am soo sorry Wil...

For those of you who saw my post yesterday regarding Mr. Wheaton, I have decided that I may have jumped the gun there. But quite frankly I was insulted by the comment. And if it was Wil Wheaton - then I think we need to talk - since I have been telling everyone to hit your place up - and its not like your blog is about India and Pakistan.

Enough said on the topic. I personally think someone was just fuckin' with me. Which is fine.

I have no more to say today. I am running on 2.5 hours of sleep and feeling a little ... well, tired.

On Another Note...

There are times and places for everything. And sometimes I think that men don't have an internal clock. At this time, I am not speaking of D, rather speaking of some of my guy friends. It seems to me that they can't seem to say the right things at the right time. This makes D all the more precious, because not only does he know when to say them, but he knows when to shut up.

It was once thought that men took a class on dumping a girl in high school - I hope it is replaced by a class that is called "Timing and Women 101".

Off the men/women theory, I am doing pretty good lately, but school is getting hectic. I am going to try to sell my Stats teacher on the black market for cheap - I was thinking maybe he would like to work in the middle of the Gobi desert or something - or, maybe there are some polar bears at the North Pole that would find him to be interesting and understandable. I, on the other hand, would prefer a teacher that teaches, and is willing to hear his students out. Shame Shame.

Many Moons Ago...

Many moons ago I wrote this email with my friend Lisa, one night when we were PMS'ing and we wanted to vent about the difference between men, and women, and how they miss their significant others. These are our findings. Women will find it hillarious, and men will find it to be reflective.. or, perhaps maybe they will understand their girlfriends better....

Okay so I am sitting here talking with Lisa about how women and men are soo different because when you guys fuck off doing your own thing, and we fuck off doing our own thing, the only thing on our minds is your stupid asses, meanwhile, you all are our fuckin around and not even giving a thought to us.. or at least not as frequently as we are thinking of you. And thats all cuz of our damn chemical make up and the fact that we need you more than you need us, unless your mother never taught you to do laundry or dishes. And this, my sweetest boyfriend ever! is sooo pathetic!

Why do we insist on being so damn dependant in an "im soo independant" way? I mean really, who are we fooling? Not you guys cuz you obviously know that we are sitting here going. gee.. i miss ____ and whining about it to our girls because this shit common knowledge... women talk about their significant other issues, and men, sit and try and ponder them like the 'the thinker' and then still don't come up with a conclusion!

Like, we could plan a vacation, but if the boyfriend wasn't coming.. we wouldnt be going because we would HATE to leave you. That is soo retarded! Like for example, you going to the bar to you, means "im going to the bar" meanwhile girls sit there and go "he is at the bar, there are single women there, that means he is with the single women, omg, crisis, i cant even pee without worrying!" and why is this? what makes men so damn special that they have this unbelievable power?

I just realized this whole email soiunds like something from Sex and the City. It obviously will have no conclusion and yet, i felt like sharing this with the opposite sex. that being you.

So, what have Lisa and I learned tonight?

1. Men are annoying cuz they don't go nearly as crazy worrying about nothing as we do. (yes, this makes no sense to you, but that is only cuz you are a guy)
2. You are always on my mind. Even in the weirdest times. And I know, that I am not always on your mind, but once again, this is the difference between male and female. it doesnt mean you don't love me, it just means you are 'male"
3. Estrogen sucks. And here us women are taking estrogen to prevent birth. Good idea, must have been a mans.
4. I love you. Even though you annoy me because I love you. Its one of those pms-y you can't win arguements.
5. This email was only for educational purposes. This probably should be shared with other men, but we would rather you not. This is our own psychological findings, let them find out from the girlfriends who miss them
6. No, I haven't gone crazy, I just realized the science of Mars and Venus... hey.. its 3:19am is Oprah on?
7. Men hate Oprah cuz Oprah gives women the thoughts Lisa and I have just re-formulated. And she gives us big words like "re-formulated"
8. When you have lack of man - your sense of humor comes back with a vengence. You no longer are annoyed by little bugs.
9. I still miss you, which says, that I have learned NOTHING at all from this evening.

With our thoughts.. as usual.

P.S. Thou hast no fury like a womans scorn. What does that mean? Don't piss us off.. you will live to regret it.

See? That is what PMS does to the female mind, provides illogical logic.