Logo Speculation

Classic Apple LogoHere’s a prediction for you: At some point in the next few years Apple will return to the original colored-stripe Apple logo. It will be heralded as a great return to their “roots”.

Remember, you heard it here first.

 

Maybe when I’m in San Francisco next week I’ll add my ThinkPad to the Flashmob SuperComputer

 

Acts of Volition Radio: Session Seven

Acts of Volition Radio: Session SevenI was waiting for some CDs to arrive for my next planned Acts of Volition Radio playlist, but great songs just kept coming to mind. So, instead of waiting, I’ve put together another session in the interim. This session was recorded while hunkered down in my little house surround by a lot of snow.

Acts of Volition Radio: Session Seven (33MB MP3)
Songs from a snow storm. Recorded Sunday, February 22, 2004 by Steven Garrity. Run time: 36min.

Session Seven Playlist:

  1. Denison Witmer – 24 turn 25
  2. The Be Good Tanyas – The Littlest Birds
  3. The New Pornographers – The Slow Descent into Alcoholism
  4. Matt Mays – City of Lakes
  5. Hank Dogs – Way of the Soul
  6. Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah
  7. Sixpence None the Richer – Angeltread

If this is your first time hearing Acts of Volition Radio, you may enjoy previous Acts of Volition Radio sessions as well.

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Ralph Nader: Running for/from President

As you have probably already seen, Ralph Nader has announced that he will run for president in 2004. Lot’s of people seem to be saying that he shouldn’t run because he it will take votes from Democrats and in doing so, help the Replublicans (or the press talks about people you say that a lot, at least). Suggesting Nader shouldn’t run is counter to all things free and democratic.

Dave Winer, who I don’t always agree with, states the case well:

Imho, Nader’s run separates the people who “get” American democracy, and those who don’t. If Nader is going to win the election for Dubya, then now’s the time to fix the bug in the process.

By trying to hold back Nader (good luck) maybe you’re preventing exactly the kind of transformation we need. I think Nader is a patriot. Give him a medal. And think instead of being part of the herd.

I tried to donate to his campaign, but I can’t, because I’m a Canadian citizen (I’m not complaining – that’s fair enough).

 

Dude plays Mario Bros. tunes on the piano (it’s an embedded quicktime, here’s a direct link to the .mov file)

 

Talkin’ ’bout the weather – February Snow Storm

We had a hell of a snow storm this week here on Prince Edward Island (and in Nova Scotia). Lots of webloggers have been posting some great photos. Here’s my best shot at assembling links to the various photo collections. Please add any other pertinent photos that come online or that I’ve missed in the reader replies section.

My poor little hatchback

Photos of the February 2004 winter storm:

 

Matt Haughey says nice things about Acts of Volition Radio – thanks!

 

I love it when people talk about me in other languages. Other character sets is even cooler

 

Thanks to the Creative Commons license, my old rock band provides the score for the credits in a campus film festival in Washington. Cool!

 

Valve (maker of the Half-Life games) has hired the creator of Bittorrent to work on their distribution system