The album of the week is Daft Punk’s Human After All.
Month: March 2005
Will Wright Presents Spore
Will Wright’s new game sounds a lot like SimUniverse or SimEverything.
Wing Commander – Privateer Remake
I played around with the Wing Commander – Privateer Remake last night and it brought back many fond memories. Privateer was one of my favorite games of the 90s and the remake is extremely faithful albeit a little buggy.
Senate votes to allow Arctic oil exploration
Ugh, ANWR drilling passes 49-51. Sounds like the fight isn’t over yet, though:
Republican leaders included the drilling provision in the Senate budget resolution, allowing it to pass with the support of a simply majority instead of the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster. But Democrats hope that procedural maneuver will be the measure’s undoing.
Congress has failed to approve a final budget each of the last two years, and a similar failure this year would nullify yesterday’s Senate approval and force a drilling bill to get the 60 votes necessary to end a filibuster, instead of 50.
ANWR vote impending
It seems that another vote on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is impending. Pleas go participate in emergency efforts to oppose the drilling.
Ben Watt’s Music Box
As Everything But the Girl celebrate 10 years of remixes with a new LP on March 15, Watt is also forging an impressive career as a house DJ and label head (Buzzin’ Fly). Some of his favorite tracks:
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Donald Knuth, Founding Artist of Computer Science
NPR has a nice little interview with legendary computer scientist Donald Knuth.
Public Service Announcement
Dan Hartung found this amusing public service announcement from Novell, in which Windows NT users are tortured by withdrawal from Microsoft support.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2005
On March 14, U2, the O’Jays, Percy Sledge, the Pretenders and Buddy Guy will be inducted into the Cleveland-based institution. Hear a few of their hits along with music from some of 2004’s inductees.
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TunePlug music thumbdrives
Magnatune is selling USB Flash drives loaded with 10 Creative Commons-licensed albums. This is a great idea, I only wish they were selling 1 GB versions (the largest size is 512 MB).