Ask not what you can do for your country...

Personal responsibility has been an undue burden, an unnecessary millstone hung around the neck of Americans, ever since our founding. Finally a change has come, we have been unfettered, and for the first time are truly free. I for one am feeling what it is like to take full, deep breaths, a load has been lifted. I am amazed at how accustomed I had become to working, paying bills, raising my children and driving on the right side of the road. Without these antiquated limitations I am experiencing the richness of life to its full potential. Thank you for allowing us to transcend this glass ceiling that seemed so immovable. You have given us liberty to say "Ask not what I can do for my country, but rather what can my country do for me?"

Fun with Pixals

Notice anything odd about the image to the left and the image below?

How 'bout the fact that they're the same image?

Trippy eh? "Say what" (you say)? Look at the picture of Einstein, stand up from your screen and walk away (say, 15 feet or so). Now, who do you see? Wow, Albert never looked so good.

Half Stars in iTunes

For those of you who need more control over your music in iTunes, here's a quick 'hack' to enable half-star ratings (thus doubling the number of possible ratings ---- that's 5 times 2 kids!). Click on the image below to see the larger, readable version. Enjoy:



From Wired.com - Cheat Codes for Real Life

Classical

Just because someone is playing a classical instrument (in this case, a cello) does not mean they are playing classical music. An album a few years back featured songs from Metallica played on cello. The video below was posted on Wired.com today and shows an amazing performance by Zoe Keating on her traditional french cello and looping peddle and software. She plays one clip, recording it on her computer, then loops it back using the foot peddle. Enjoy:

Music Monday - May 04

There's a station in town that plays 'new music' on Monday. I hate when they say 'here's the new one from...' and it's from an album that's been out for a year. So here's one from Sam Roberts from last year (not new, but still good...)

Sam Roberts - Detroit '67

The Bowerbirs and Cold War Kids