Category Archive for General Info
September 20, 2004
Photoblogging
So I've finally gotten around to starting up a photoblog.
Still fleshing out the layout and whatnot, but check out:
Posted by Turfdigger at 3:19 AM
August 29, 2004
New Digs
This here blog has moved, punks.
I was nice enuff to setup a redirect but if you really want to, go ahead and change yer links from:
to
That'd be really decent of you all. Really it would.
Posted by Turfdigger at 2:37 AM
August 10, 2004
Been A Long Time
No. Not since "the rock and roll", but rather since my posting here.
Always makes me wake up when:
a) I look here and see that my postings have lessened to the point of my columns appearing all whacky-like.
b) I've been on vacation and have photos to post (posting is imminent - sorting through 287 vacation photos for the wheat from the chaff is a bit, well, time consuming and all.
c) I hear about a great new blog like the one currently in residence at east3rd.
At any rate, here's a new post. And check out the great photos at east3rd. Dave is really onto something there.
Posted by Turfdigger at 2:38 PM
April 26, 2004
Quote of the Day
Bill Murray stays cool at his own film festival
On making "Caddyshack" in Florida in the early 1980s: "They gave me this great green Lincoln Continental rent-a-car with green upholstery, and back then there was no one living in Florida so you could drive at 90, and get really hammered. It was a good time to be an American."
Posted by Turfdigger at 12:03 PM
April 12, 2004
"Hey Buddy! Want some speakers for your place?"
Wow. I was just mentioning this to the crew at work the other day.
An interesting scam has resurfaced in the last few years, taking the world by storm. It is at least a decade old scam, remarkably well organized, bordering on mafia-like proportions. There are many slight variations, but the scam is mostly the same- two guys, in a white truck(hence the name) approach you in a mall or store parking lot. Perhaps at a stop light, or they wave at you frantically as you drive down the highway. "Hey buddy, wanna buy a set of speakers?" Sounds absurd, but all manner of people fall for it all across the world.
Read the full story over at kuro5hin
Posted by Turfdigger at 1:24 AM
February 9, 2004
Boned Again
I just sent this off to those folks who so lovingly, deliberately, f-ing tardily delivered unto us Finale 2004 for OS X:
To Whom It May Concern....I have used Finale since version 1.0. I patiently waited for MakeMusic to release a long overdue OS X native version of this product. I have installed my two legal licenses of this product on precisely two computers.
Over the weekend, I changed the router portion of my home LAN and now my registration on that computer is useless and unrecognized. {...see additional note below...}
This is nearly as bad as having to wait for Finale 2004 itself, since it is now after your apparently minimal business hours and I am forced to be notationally non-productive in the digital realm.
Please explain why your company has implemented such a poor protection scheme which causes legal paid users authorization headaches when making hardware or network modifications which are TOTALLY UNRELATED TO MUSIC NOTATION; this method is akin to that used by your competitor, Sibelius, and such ridiculous means of rights management are primary in my past decision(s) NOT to purchase products like Sibelius.
Cordially,
Phil Ruokis Finale License Number (omitted here for security) Finale User since version 1.0 Repeat Contributor to your livelihood via continuous upgrades, and Disgruntled Consumer
Unbelievable.
[ ...and of course as soon as I hit "Send" to transmit this missive of dissatisfaction, I realized that it was the AirPort card that was installed that triggered this behavior and not merely the change of router. MakeMusic will be informed of this at such time as I hear from them about this important matter. In the meantime...don't do ANYTHING to your immediate CPU hardware if you want to continue to be an authorized Finale user. Ugh. ]
Posted by Turfdigger at 7:39 PM | Comments (1)
July 1, 2003
Happy Canada Day!
So I tore off yesterday's calendar page this morning (yes, I still use an analog calendar in certain locations) to reveal that today is the 136th anniversary of the formation of the Canadian Confederation in 1867. So here's a big shout-out to my brethren of the Great White North...HAPPY CANADA DAY! You can learn more about Canada Day over at Canada Online.
Posted by Turfdigger at 7:09 AM