thebigreason

I Were On The TV

Mar 11, 2007 9:12 AM

As being in part of Matt and George's Pleasant Valley Boys, I had the privilege of joining them onSacramento & Co., a local Sacramento morning show. It was my first time on a TV set. Not physically on top of an actual television device. I grew up in the generation of console televisions, after all. TV's were built for climbing on back then. I mean in a studio where they produce live news casts and things.

Fake Steve Jobs Kicks Ass

Mar 9, 2007 6:59 AM

This one totally caught me off guard, but is a topic I always love to see get media attention. I dream of an America that does't put up with this treatment of women. By put up with, I mean buy oil from, of course.

Too Much $ecur1ty

Mar 4, 2007 8:26 AM

I've been cranking out a serious number of content management systems lately. You know, those little back-end, password protected parts of your blog or website that allow you to change content on the front end? Different clients have different security needs, and I've certainly seen my share of inconsistent requests lately.

Pleasant Valley Extravaganza

Feb 25, 2007 3:23 PM

Yesterday's Pleasant Valley extravaganza turned out to be pretty darn cool. We kicked off the day at KDVS for a little guest spot on Robyne Fawx's "Saturday Morning Folk Show." While we were there, we took the opportunity to set up a camera and film a few of the songs for YouTube posterity.

Pleasant Valley Boys At Ludys

Feb 20, 2007 8:58 AM

I've been moonlighting with some Dixon bluegrassers, while the Bottom Dwellers continue their winter hibernation. One has to keep his fingers seasoned, you know. The Pleasant Valley Boys will be pickin' at Ludy's Main Street Barbecue this Saturday (2/24/2007 @ 6 PM). Tell all your friends who like beer, barbecue and bluegrass to put their pleasant valley shoes on and prepare for a fat slice of authentic Americana pie. We'll also be performing on KDVS 90.3 FM on this same Saturday somewhere around 11 AM if you prefer to try before you barbecue.

Reasoning. Calm, Cool Reasoning.

Feb 6, 2007 1:54 PM

Steve Jobs just served the world a big fat slice of DRM reality pie:

• iPods play music purchased from stores besides the iTunes Store.
• Apple does not lock down music to keep their iPod on the top.
• 97% of music on iPods was purchased somewhere other than the iTunes Store.
• 90% of music sold by the "Big 4" does not have DRM protection.

The biggest, most exciting remark was to urge the industry to put pressure the Big 4 to stop requiring retailers to sell DRM protected music. He backed up this statement by saying that Apple would jump at the chance to sell music in the iTunes Store without DRM protection. I'm thinking big changes are afoot.

Precision Logo

Jan 31, 2007 3:10 PM

Precision Logo is your answer to high quality, original designs at economical prices.

A am equally horrified and awestruck. I am reminded of David Byrne's genius E.E.E.I. project, but I am also tortured by repressed memories of Microsoft Office's WordArt. I implore each and every one of you to dive deeply into their portfolio. Never in my history as an artist, designer, and web developer have I encountered such a blatant and equal disregard for artistic vision, usability and semantics. It is beautiful.

Ella Is Sweet

Jan 27, 2007 11:17 AM

I just upgraded to WordPress 2.1, and I totally dig it. I mostly dig the code name, "Ella", but the biggest mind-blowingly welcome improvements are what they did to the WYSIWYG editor.

B-9

Jan 27, 2007 9:13 AM

Bingo! I win! Just got my results from the doc. Not one smidgen of cancer to be found. The gaping hole in my abdomine still keeps me from expressing the full magnitude of my relief, though.

Another Band-Aid

Jan 24, 2007 6:11 AM

More in the gouging of parts saga... I had my dermatology follow-up appointment the other day, and ended up having another mole removed. That particular one had been spooking me out a bit, and was the main reason I started this whole process.