A Bloy and his Blog

Weezer pays homage to the viral video.

Pork and Beans, from their forthcoming “red album” (out June 3).

I’ve got an account on Facebook. Although lately I’ve been seriously neglecting it. I do understand the appeal of Facebook, but there is a part of me that doesn’t quite see the point of the whole thing. Kind of like this…

Facebook in reality

I recently discovered an outstanding resource at T.U.B.E.: The Ultimate Bootleg Experience. Featuring both live and studio recordings (outtakes, rarities, etc.), T.U.B.E. is veritable goldmine. Some of the more interesting things I found there include:

• Joe Strummer - Solos, Soundtracks, & Rarities
• Van Morrison - Gypsy Soul (Studio Demos)
• Peter Tosh - Equal Rights Demos 1977
• Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - 1969-08-26 - Los Angeles
  (the earliest completely recorded CSNY concert)
• Talking Heads - CBS Demos (1975)
• U2 - Pulled The Covers (1979-2006)

The one minor downside of T.U.B.E. is the slightly complicated downloading process.

read the rest of: The Ultimate Bootleg Experience

I really don’t like to write “complaint posts” but there is a good part to this story, so I’m going to indulge myself.

I’ve had this cold for three weeks now, and boy am I getting sick of it (pun intended). That’s three weeks of coughing, blocked up sinuses, and a runny nose. Several other people I know have had the same virus (they’ve been sick for a long time too). When it got to be three weeks for me I contacted my doctor’s office, to ask if I should come in and get it checked out. After the on-call nurse assessed me, she didn’t think I needed to come in (no fever or any disgusting symptoms I’d rather not mention here). But the good part of the story is I decided to go online and email my doctor about it.

read the rest of: Health Care 2.0 and the endless cold

I recently added some excellent photography websites to my links page, and I thought it would be worth mentioning them here as well. Most of the following sites have tips & techniques, and a few just show great pictures.

• Digital Photography School
• iDigital Photo
• Epic Edits Weblog
• Photojojo
• Andre Gunther Photography
• PhotoCritic
• Photodoto
• Visual~Voice
• JMG Galleries

“BlogDay was created with the belief that bloggers should have one day dedicated to getting to know other bloggers from other countries and areas of interest. On that day Bloggers will recommend other blogs to their blog visitors.”

Here are my five blogs — all recent discoveries.

• Dennis McCann: Travelin’ Man - Travel writer from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, who covers Wisconsin and Midwest destinations.
• Digital Photography School - Tips, techniques, and tricks for digital photographers.
• iLibrarian - News and resources on Library 2.0 and the information revolution. Written by Ellyssa Kroski.
• That Truncheon Thing - A music blog that includes reviews, links to free MP3’s, and my favorite posts, the classic bootleg series.
• And finally, The Generator Blog - Links to sites that let you generate all kinds of images, text, and other fun stuff.

ArmlessBear tagged me with the top reasons why I blog meme. So, here they are.

1. I am a web geek.

   Way back in the fall of 2000, I bought this domain name so I could have some web space to play around with. About a year after that I installed some blogging software because blogging was becoming popular and I wanted to try it out. Blogging and messing around with my domain has been fun for me. I cringe when I look back and read a few of my older posts, but I’m still having fun with it.

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