Archive for the 'Music' Category
Well, the tattoos are healing well. Jason did a very good job on my pieces this weekend. I am very impressed! I will be getting more…
So, I obviously have a lot on my mind. I have a lot of things to say again… I am working on some stuff for a real EP to be released for anyone who wants to hear the ramblings of a torn man… I think the EP will be very dark, depressing, and real… If that doesn’t do it for you, please don’t listen… That’s how I’m living right now and that’s what I am going to bring to the studio…
I look forward to getting some more ink related to how I’m feeling… I know it is probably dumb to some, but my canvas has already been used… It’s not like I’m just taking this plunge for the first time… I got my first 4 tattoos in 6 days… The addiction has been there for a while now… I’m just looking for a little more meaning in my body art… Hell, I’ve got to express my feelings in some capacity…
Until next time…
I heard on the radio this morning that iTunes will have Led Zeppelin in the store on November 13th. I did some searching this morning and stumbled upon this article to verify it.
This is great for any Zeppelin fan who enjoys acquiring their music legally!
Until next time…
I was syncing my iPhone this evening and decided to check for an update. I have been anxiously awaiting the firmware update that allows the iPhone access to the iTunes WiFi Store. Guess what?! It was available!
I downloaded and installed it just now but haven’t had a chance to play with the new store yet. I was too excited and just had to blog about it. Anyway, it’s available. It may have been available, who knows… Obviously, I didn’t. I have it, am gonna play with it, and will report back later to tell you how great it is. Yes, I sad great… I mean, come on, it’s by Apple, it has to be good!
Until next time…
UPDATE: Apple has also changed the appearance of the Calculator application’s icon. Why?! Who knows…
I have been listening to this album a lot lately and I really like it. Houston, We Have a Problem, Vol. 2 was released in 2006 but I still enjoy jamming it. It features original tracks and freestyles by Paul Wall, Pitbull, Young Ro, Lil’ Flip, Mike Jones, Bun B, Chamillionaire, and more. I think it’s a great album. If you have iTunes, search for the album and listen to the 30 second samples. If you like it, give it “Buy Album” or acquire it through your normal music purchasing means…
Until next time…
It has been quite sometime since I have blogged on this site. I guess this can be a little overview of what has been going on since my last post.
I have been playing WoW a lot lately. I really enjoy this game. It is extremely fun getting your character leveled up and meeting new people. The “World” in World of Warcraft is very fitting for this game. The game is indeed like a whole different world. There are tons of people playing this game and a lot of people willing to help you battle the opposing faction as well as complete quests and instances. I am extremely glad I have started playing this game. Now, if there were only more time to play…
I have taken my Alliance Dwarf Hunter on Blood Furnace to level 38. I have some nice weapons that some higher level players have helped me acquire. My armor is good as well. Especially since my brother-in-law, Nfinight, has started leatherworking within the game. That is nice to be able to create items that you can actually use on your character as well as sell to other players within the game. I hope to drop engineering and start blacksmithing soon so I can make weapons for us to use. I just wish I would have started doing blacksmithing sooner and Nfinight would have started doing leatherworking sooner… There’s no telling what types of gear we would be wearing these days.
I’d also like to plug a guild I joined last night on the game, We Have Cookies. This seems to be a pretty laid back guild that enjoys gaming and having a good time playing the game as it was meant to be played.
Well, average admins got slammed again this month. The 10GB of transfer bandwidth was used up by the 9th or 10th of the month. Chris has started parsing the logs for the month to see if there is anything exciting going on that is attributing to this and if anything can be blocked. Surely, there isn’t that many visitors coming to the site… Something fishy is going on around here and I hope we can get to the bottom of it so AA can be available for the 13 people that actually visit the site for legitimate reasons.
Web Development
A project I have been working on is set to go live tomorrow. I have been working on this new site for many weeks now. Those of you that know me personally will know where to find the new site. I’d like to leave that project at that.
Also, I have a friend of mine (who wishes to remain anonymous on this project) has launched a really cool site for the Texarkana area called rateTexarkana.com. I highly recommend all of you “Texarkanians” to visit this site, register, and start rating our businesses around the Texarkana and surrounding areas. His design is really good. The functionality is really good. And, I should start working on this project soon. I look forward to it.
I am still loving CakePHP as a development framework for PHP applications and sites. It just works. I have one project that I am trying to complete that I will more than likely move over to this framework and another for the New Boston Chamber of Commerce in New Boston TX that I am about to start and will use this framework from the ground up on their site.
I am also about finished with the Fruitful Solutions web site. Once that is completed, I will be redeveloping an application that I host (and hope to sell more subscriptions too in the near future) called En Route. This is an extremely cool application that allows businesses and organizations with lobby traffic (vendors, customers, visiting employees, etc.) to be tracked throughout their visit. There are a lot of reporting and notification features that assist the organization using the program with helping their “guests” in a timely fashion.
Photography
My cousin Andrew, a.k.a. Dingo, came down a few weekends ago and took some photos of me getting tipsy down and doing some Spider Man poses as the “gangsta” that I am.
There’s a few more of these shots on my Flickr page.
I also had the opportunity to take some photos of an electrical storm we had here in the Texarkana area a few weeks back.
Since you can’t just point and shoot an electrical storm, I set my camera to continuous mode and held down the shutter button to catch these shots. Needless to say, I had a lot of images that were just black or of clouds with no electrical activity going on. Shooting at night is difficult. I also think that shooting an electrical storm is difficult. But, some of these photos turned out pretty good and you can see more in this photo set on my Flick page.
Musical Preferences for Today - July 15th, 2007
I started the morning off listening to DJ Screw. After I woke up (yes, I went to bed at 6AM… I’m having some issues sleeping these days… Maybe it’s the Red Bull I drink to stay awake during the day) I listened to the iTunes Live Sessions of Five for Fighting, a live album from Maroon 5, and then on to the latest studio release of Finger 11. Those of you that know me know that the last 3 bands I listed are not in my “normal” rotation, so, you’ll be glad to know that I finished off the evening with Hatebreed and Mudvayne. Nice little mix, I’d say.
Until next time…
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