Archive for November, 2006

What now?

Thursday, November 9th, 2006

I’m averse to the whole “pass it on” meme thing, but I offer a challenge to the small audience here:

As a result of the recent changes in our country’s political makeup, 1) what immediate impact do you see as a result (economic, Iraq, domestic, education, whatever), and 2) what impact do you see for the country in 2008?

Comments are open 24-hours-a-day. Here’s something to get you started.

Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers

Monday, November 6th, 2006

catdrinkingsongs.com: “Are you a Cat lover? Do you love to listen to Irish Drinking Songs? Combine Cats and Celts and you have Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers . . .” (via rivets).

Dolphin with extra fins

Monday, November 6th, 2006

Couldn’t this also mean that dolphins are evolving to return to the land? I mean, what with the oceans being uninhabitable by 2048 and all . . .

Boing Boing: Last month, Japanese fishers caught a bottle nose dolphin with an extra set of fins near its tail. According to scientists, the mutation is just more evidence that the evolutionary ancestor of ocean mammals like dolphins and whales had four feet and lived on land.

Guitar Tabs

Thursday, November 2nd, 2006

Anyone else out there notice that sites carrying guitar tablature are being shut down due to NMPA threats? This sucks, especially because I just bought a POD XT Live and would like to start playing again. I guess I’ll be stuck playing “Extended Experimental Blues Jam in A” for a while until this all blows over.

Here’s a BBC article on the subject.