Trent Reznor (and Nine Inch Nails by default) is now free from any recording contract. As I have mentioned, he is one of the few, perhaps the only, major artist who gets it. Here’s hoping more famous musicians follow his lead.
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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex CD-BOX
Yes, got mine in the mail. Thanks YesAsia! I highly recommend them. Free international shipping (conditions apply)!
The package design is exquisite, very classy. All transparent and white.
The styrofoam block to hold the Tachikoma USB thumb drive is a little out of place though… am I supposed to toss it out and keep the drive elsewhere? Tsk…
Making the booklet white on white is just… ass backwards. It looks very cool and everything, but come on! The print is actually more legible in the photo compared to Real Life due to the camera flash.
Isn’t it just the cutest thing?
One thing I noticed is that the music was beautifully mastered. There is a remarkable clarity to even the densest passages; I could hear each instrument distinctly. The music by the incomparable Kanno Yoko is fantastic, of course.
There have been complaints that the new O.S.T. 4 “Smooth in the Shell” is only available in this set, forcing fans who have already bought the other albums separately to shell out for the whole set if they want that. Pretty bad form by the record company, but for the few fans of Kanno Yoko who don’t already own any of the previously released albums (like myself, luckily), this is a great set to own.
Ramoans
Duh Magnet
Ex-Ramone Wants to Sedate Digital Sales
More Reverse Reznor news, as I like to dub such these days.
loser-x
Hunh? Richie Ramone? The Ramone NOBODY GIVES A SHIT ABOUT?
Duh Magnet
THAT Ramone. [:)]
It’s hard, but like the comments say, crack isn’t getting any cheaper.
loser-x
Dressed all formal for the lawsuit…
Duh Magnet
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Fuck, look at him, looks completely like a down and out insurance agent.
Finally: CDBurnerXP 4.0 Final
Its been three years since the public last release but now CDBurnerXP 4.0 is finally available. The official website features a spanking new design too. CDBurnerXP is a freeware CD and DVD burning software for Windows, in case anybody did not know that.
Most exciting new features for me, Unicode support and the ability to burn FLAC files. It is now based on .NET which could be a turn off for some users, but the setup file itself is now a stupidly small download at 1.92 megs.
Like I was saying, it is freeware, so there is no reason for anybody to not try it.
Addendum: I gave it a whirl, and while it feels and works great, it does not yet handle the burning of audio CDs from CUE files, so I guess it will not be my primary burner for a while.
The XP SP2 Half Open Connections Limit Myth
I still see this bandied about as a possible factor in slow P2P speeds. It is easily misunderstood, but the half open connections limit imposed by XP SP2 and Vista does not matter for P2P speeds. It limits the rate at which connections can be made, not the total number of simultaneous connections.
Now, 10 half open connections seem a little low, but most ordinary users do not need more than this. Even heavy P2P users such as myself.
I usually run eMule and Bittorrent at the same time and I do not usually partake in very popular torrents (my usual haunts: Pleasuredome and DIME; what would I do without you guys?) but I usually have no problem maxing out the bandwidth available to my 3 Mbps connection. Sure, the clients spin up a little slower than before but how does it matter? I wasted maybe two or three minutes? The other negative side effect would be the occasional 4226 error in the Event Log, but I don’t care about that.
I am not denouncing LvlLord’s patch as evil as I really do not care if everybody installs it, but it won’t increase your P2P speeds. It won’t make your computer run better. It won’t solve the global poverty problem and it definitely won’t make you more popular with the gents/ladies.
XName – Free DNS Service
Hating to deal with the inconvenience of the ZoneEdit "only the first five domains are free" rule (yes I’m very cheap), I searched for a free alternative and I think I found it, XName. Though the ZoneEdit user interface is simpler and probably more helpful, making it more suitable for beginners, XName does not lack in features and the interface is arguably more convenient once you get used to it.
In any case, its really a great and free service, so please contribute some spare cash if you use the service and can afford it.
Prince: Not Getting It
I though Prince was a musician who got it, but apparently he doesn’t. Stunts like this will only cost him legitimate fans.
Trent Reznor, on the other hand, is one of few artists who gets it and has the balls, knowledge and integrity to do the right thing. He is the man.
Windows Live Writer Beta 3
I am typing this on WLW Beta 3. I wrote about the first beta, which was already very usable at the time. This is the best of breed in blogging software on Windows.
Quite a lot of changes for beta 3, but the best thing for me is “Publish XHTML-style markup”.
In other news, CCleaner 2.0 is now RC and Spybot Search & Destroy has reached 1.5.1 final. I recommend both very highly.
R.I.P. Pavarotti
Always a tragedy when music dies.
Queen + Luciano Pavarotti - Too Much Love Will Kill You (Brian May)
This is my favourite non-opera memory of the maestro, a fantastic duet between the opera singer and the astrophysicist.
Best DAP Product Name…Ever
Found in the Quinnware forums, presenting the i.Beat Blaxx.
Me…I’m holding out for the i.Beat Chinx, which should be announced Real Soon Nowâ„¢.
Edit: Now its just the “TrekStor blaxx”, heh…