Saturday, October 3, 2009

Genius iPod

I was pleasantly surprised on my iPod today when it succeeded in giving me a Genius playlist based on "Because, It's Midnight". Those who know who performs this song may be similarly amused. My amusement began to turn sour short after the first automatic pick ("Black Dog"), when I realized that that would be the only real song in the mix. Everything else was from the same or one other album. I'd like to see who can determine the identity of that other album from the track list below:

Because, It's Midnight
Black Dog
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
The Cheat Is Not Dead
Mr. Tambourine Man
Nite Mamas
Highly Illogical
These Peoples Try To Fade Me
Ballad Of Bilbo Baggins
Trogdor
If I Had A Hammer (The Hammer Song)
Everybody To The Limit (Live)
It Was A Very Good Year
The System Is Down
I Walk The Line
Sweet Cuppin Cakes Theme Song
Put A Little Love In Your Heart
The Ladies In My Town All Know My Name
Hamlet
It's Like It Was Meant To Be
Spock Thoughts
You've Got An Ugly & Stupid Butt
Music To Watch Space Girls By
Somebody Told Me (Now I Believe Them)
How Insensitive

Friday, August 28, 2009

New Logitech Trackball

I'm enjoying gems from its "Quick-start guide":




Congratulations! Enjoy basic trackball functions, such as left- and right-button click.

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Trackball features

  1. Marble® technology, optical trackball. Control with your fingers to move the cursor.




Good thing they printed this in four languages.



Friday, June 19, 2009

Since recently!

I feeling like putting this down for posterity as I am listening to 54-40 tonight for the first time in ages.

A number of years ago, Alison and I were at an (otherwise perhaps somewhat boring) political function, but happened to run into Neil Osborne (54-40's singer), who'd presumably been dragged there by a significant other who was affiliated somehow with the aspiring politicians of the day. We wouldn't have recognized him but fortunately Alison's aunt did. The brief conversation with him began (and soon hereafter ended) with something along these lines:

Alison: (to Neil) We really like your music; I've been listening to it a lot lately! (to Owen) What's the name of that album I've been playing?

Owen: Since When.

Alison: Since recently!

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