I know a few things about college students (being one helps), and so I know that we all love Facebook, and most if not all of us love free music. Leave it to Facebook and Apple to combine the two. Go to Facebook, login, and look for a banner ad like the one above. It’ll direct you to click on another image, which will send you a Facebook Message with a download code for, you guessed it, downloading an entire sampler (25 songs) of music from iTunes. Each week for the next 10 weeks, the sampler will feature a different genre; this week is “Alternative.” Assuming you download every sampler, that’s 250 free songs from Facebook and Apple – not a bad deal.
via [TUAW]
Currently Playing in iTunes
Hold The Line
The Essential Toto
By Toto
I’ve played this song 8 times.
Ok, it’s been awhile. But this time, I really have been busy.
Last week, my external hard drive (a Western Digital 250 GB) bit the dust. Ironically, just a month out of warranty. I was able to get my music back from my iPod, and I got some movies/television back from my brother (who had copied a lot of them), but I did lose some stuff… it’s just hard to remember what all was on it. I know for one, I lost the project files for anything I’ve ever worked on – and that sucks, because that includes stuff as recent as the Cowboy Band DVD I was working on (pictures from last year and the banquet video) and stuff as far back as project files from the documentary, “The Other Side” that Charles, Michael, and I produced back in high school. I know I had a bunch of other stuff archived on it… I just can’t remember all 250 GB.
But life, as they say, goes on. Now I can finally sort through the nearly 800 pictures I took while on “vacation” to Stamford, TX and Boston, MA. Those of you wanting to see my pictures – I know you do, it’s just not feasible to post 800 pictures online. I promise, now that I have storage enough to sort through them all, I will be, and we’ll figure something out.
Sorry, not much about me and life in this one. Just not in the mood, and I’m super tired.
Last night, I saw Superman Returns. Things I liked:
- Excellent graphical effects
- The opening credits
- The numerous tie-backs to the first two of the original films
- The numerous available plot-lines for future sequels
- The mention of Gotham City
- Superman’s son
- The flashbacks for those not familiar with the Superman story-line
- Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor
There were of course things I didn’t like, but if you know me, you know I can find a way to pick apart almost any movie. There were a few (what I felt to be) continuity flaws, and a couple highly improbable (and maybe physically impossible) non-Superman related events; for one, I would question the structural integrity of a Boeing 777 at the altitude/speed implied (I won’t ruin the scene for those of you that haven’t seen it). But – it is a movie, and a great one at that.
On the way to the theater last night, I switched over to KVIL just for a moment, and right as I did, I caught a guy that was pouring his heart out – to the DJ. The DJ (a girl) quietly listened while this guy explained just how much he loved this girl he knows. After about 5 straight minutes of this, the DJ simply asked the guy why he could call a DJ at a radio station and tell the DJ (and everybody listening) all these things, and why couldn’t he just be bold and tell the girl all this. He replied that he couldn’t – that when he tries, stupid stuff comes out of his mouth, and he ends up sounding like an idiot. Too many times, I’ve found myself in this guy’s shoes. I wouldn’t mind being bold and just coming right out with how I feel towards a person, but too many times, I’ve either screwed it up, or been dead wrong about how the other person felt. No matter how sure I’ve been that I knew how the other felt, I’ve been way off base too many times for me to have any real confidence in the beginning stages of relationships anymore. And it sucks. I’m not really sure why I’m telling you all this… but I am. Maybe it’s because I’m bored…
Xanga users: recently, Xanga has introduced the ability to choose wether or not to publish an RSS feed of your Xanga (in the Privacy Preferences of your Account Settings). A large number of the people whose Xangas I read have recently chosen to not publish their RSS feed – and this makes me sad, as it is the method I have been using to keep up with said people’s Xangas. If you’ve recently chosen not to publish your Xanga through RSS, take it from me: RSS is not a bad thing, it is not a security hazard, and it doesn’t stand for Really Satanic Stupidity. RSS is just a way for people who don’t use Xanga to “subscribe” to Xangas. So, turn it back on, please?
Currently Playing in iTunes
Sailed On
This Is a Pigg- EP
By Landon Pigg
I’ve played this song 21 times.
… not a daily journal. I had thought that I would have more time to post stuff during the summer, but I think I’ve actually been busier in some ways. As such, a lot has happened.
I’m working at Nokia again this summer. I know I posted earlier that it wasn’t going to work out… long story short, it did. The work is a bit more physical this summer; moving equipment around, etc. But it came with a bit of a raise, so I can’t really complain.
Got back a couple days ago from the Cowboy Band combined Stamford Rodeo and Boston trip. We played the rodeo in Stamford, TX as usual, but only for 2 days, and then we flew to Boston to play for the 2006 Lions Clubs International Convention, where Texan Jimmy Ross was elected International President for the Lions Club International. It was a fun trip, an interesting convention, a great time with friends, an educationally rich city, there was tons of amazing food (Legal’s = amazing), and oh yeah… a horrible trip home. Because of weather delays here, there, and everywhere, the trip ended up taking plus or minus 20 hours, instead of the 8 it was supposed to (with layovers)… and instead of Boston to Atlanta to Dallas, I got my first visit to Chicago (though only for 15 minutes) between Atlanta and Dallas. Still though – a great time with friends – and I have around 800 pictures to show for it. I’ll be weeding through them in the next week or so, and then I’d like to find an easy way to distribute them to the people that want them.
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That’s enough for now.
