Category: Thinking
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Optimizing My Home Entertainment Center
Exciting, I know, but I’ve really reached a crossroads with my current setup. See, I’m old enough to remember when music critics like Yancey and Sasha suffered some pretty amazing hard drive crashes in the last decade. They spent time ripping their discs to hard drives, only to watch their collections vanish, thanks to hardware…
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Enjoying the 2011 Philadelphia Phillies
Love when my regular morning reads include Beerleaguer, Crashburn Alley, Phillies Nation and more of my favorite Phillies blogs. Following the games on Twitter is a treat, although Chris @LONG_DRIVE isn’t in midseason form, yet. Miss checking the Fightins for all the great flubs. I caught a bad typo on the new Phillies scoreboard at…
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In Praise of Ex.fm
Remember when music start-ups were such a source of frustration for me? Now I really enjoy some of them! Chief among them is ex.fm, which my friend Mark showed me just the other day. Possibly the most useful Google Chrome extension that doesn’t involve a Google product. What does it do? It sniffs out all…
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Sad Social Media Commentary on the Fishtown Library
I participated in the Save the Library protest back in November 2008. When I recently visited, I checked into Foursquare. If I check in again, I’ll be mayor of the joint. At a time when people are checking into Wawa, you’d think at least a handful of folks would still be willing to pop in…
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Whither Original Geek Jobs?
When I was growing up, I always dreamt of working at a record store. Whether I was in Kutztown, NYC or Philly, I’d always drop off an application and say a prayer for a few hours a week at a cool shop, mostly to subsidize my record habit. Now those gigs, along with similar ones…