June 8, 2004 Archive

Books

• Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brien, 1970

  in Books — by Hilary Caws-Elwitt — on Jun 08, 2004

• Creating a hero: A Wizard of Earthsea

  Though a winner of prizes for young adult literature, Wizard is a profoundly adult novel in my opinion.

  in Books — by Mac Diva — on Jun 08, 2004

Culture

• BiblePod for the iPod - and a whole lot more

  in Culture — by bookofjoe — on Jun 08, 2004

• Do You Fit the Gmail Profile?

  Gmail appears to be the hottest thing on E-Bay since sliced bread, but is it for everyone? More inside.

  in Culture — by Mr. Real Estate — on Jun 08, 2004

• Water World: The Perils of Perrier?

  in Culture — by Sadi Ranson-Polizzotti — on Jun 08, 2004

Video

• Golf for Dummies

  in Video — by Steve Gigl — on Jun 08, 2004

• The Duke Watches "Anger Management"

  Jokes so funny you'll laugh and laugh and laugh. None of them are in this film, though, unfortunately. Sorry about that.

  in Video — by Duke De Mondo — on Jun 08, 2004

• What's up, Chuck?

  The sixth season of M*A*S*H was released today to the delight of many who spend copious amounts of their hard-earned cash on DVD TV box sets. I don't buy too many, mostly because the flow where my cash is concerned does a great quicksand imitation. But this series is a must have.

  in Video — by Kevin McCallum — on Jun 08, 2004

• The Duke Watches Hellboy

  Del Toro takes a stab at the big red fella with the horns. The Duke observes the results, ie, writes a review of the film called Hellboy by Guillermo Del Toro.

  in Video — by Duke De Mondo — on Jun 08, 2004

• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

  in Video — by Dr. Dave — on Jun 08, 2004

Gaming

• From the "too much time on their hands" department

  in Gaming — by Casper — on Jun 08, 2004

Music

• 7 steps of writing music

  in Music — by Casper — on Jun 08, 2004

• Blonde On Blonde Live In Nashville

  Al Kooper and some pals (no, not Bob!) will be playing Blonde On Blonde in sequence July 22.

  in Music — by Hazy Dave — on Jun 08, 2004

• PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her

  in Music — by Jim Carruthers — on Jun 08, 2004

• Buyer beware: Velvet Revolver's debut album, released today, is copy-protected

  in Music — by Tom Johnson — on Jun 08, 2004

• Soul Sirkus evolves from Planet US

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Jun 08, 2004

• Best Marillion album since 'Brave'

  in Music — by Manny Hernandez — on Jun 08, 2004

• Single Review: Hilary and Haylie Duff's "Our Lips Are Sealed"

  Review in Music — by Kim W — on Jun 08, 2004

• Iced Earth: Metal From the Right Side

  Iced Earth's John Schaffer gives a politically biased interviewer a run for his money.

  in Music — by Michele Catalano — on Jun 08, 2004

• Fell in love with a girl

  in Music — by Solonor Rasreth — on Jun 08, 2004

• PJ Harvey on Letterman

  in Music — by Dr. Dave — on Jun 08, 2004

• More Libertine news

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Jun 08, 2004

• Lars' health causes him to miss Download

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Jun 08, 2004

• Abba star gets death threat

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Jun 08, 2004

• Fiddle and Burn

  It's exam week where I teach, so here's another guess-the-song list of lyrics. Show all work for partial credit.

  in Music — by Chad Orzel — on Jun 08, 2004

• Johnny "Hammond" Smith - Opus de Funk

  This record rates some interest just by being organ based jazz, not a real common thing.

  in Music — by Al Barger — on Jun 08, 2004

• Crossroads Guitar Festival - a review

  in Music — by Lono — on Jun 08, 2004

• Bug Mix CD

  in Music — by Al Barger — on Jun 08, 2004

Politics

• Ronald Reagan: The Bad and the Ugly

  in Politics — by Fabian Gonzalez — on Jun 08, 2004

• Sack the FCC?

  in Politics — by Eric Olsen — on Jun 08, 2004

• New Hope For Low Power FM

  in Politics — by Eric Olsen — on Jun 08, 2004

Sci/Tech

• Mercora - Legal P2P Via Webcasting

  in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Jun 08, 2004

• GarageBand.com Sets Them Free

  in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Jun 08, 2004

• Chuck D and Hank Shocklee of Public Enemy on how making rap music has changed

  Sampling when the sampling was good.

  in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Jun 08, 2004

• ColorWare Paints iPod, iBook, PowerBook

  in Sci/Tech — by Ken Edwards — on Jun 08, 2004

• Jobs intros AirPort Express; streams iTunes music

  in Sci/Tech — by Ken Edwards — on Jun 08, 2004

• Internet Sting Operation Results in Conviction of Child Predator

  With a guilty verdict against a Lower Providence man last week, a Montgomery County jury for the first time signaled support for sting operations that target those who troll Internet chat rooms to solicit sex from children.

  in Sci/Tech — by Bob DeMarco — on Jun 08, 2004