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Owen Wilson Pisses Off Steely Dan
The founders of the band Steely Dan are upset with Owen Wilson over his new movie You, Me and Dupree and it’s similarities to the song “Cousin Dupree” off their 2000 album Two Against Nature. The band posted an open letter to Owen’s brother, Luke Wilson in which they rip Owen for his part in […]
Windows Defender Madness!
Recently Windows Defender (formerly Windows Antispyware, formerly Giant Software Company Antispyware) prompted me to install a new version. I have a Windows 2000 laptop I keep around to play and test with so I figured I’d try it there forst and see if it’s worth doing on my other systems that have Windows Defender installed. […]
Song Displayer Rewrite?
The Now Playing section I recently added to the sidebar shows the song I currently have playing in WinAmp on my desktop. To add this functionality I am using a version of Song Displayer that I had to massively rewrite to get working for me. Before I explain why I had to rewrite it let […]
Syd Barrett In His Prime
This video clip features Syd Barrett in his prime performing with Pink Floyd in 1967. He’s the lead guitarist and singer.
RIP Syd Barrett
A spokesperson for the band Pink Floyd confirmed the death of Floyd co-founder Syd Barrett. The spokes person would not say anything more until the band had a chance to make an official announcement but it is believed that Barrett died July 7th of a diabetes-related illness. He was 60 years old. I was introduced […]