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As my co-workers can testify to, my feet and hands never stop drumming on the desk between coding sessions, especially when the MP3 player is running. I really need to get back into it, but I suck so bad now that it's depressing compared to high school. I see it in my head. I can made my hands do it. But try it on the drumset, and all hell breaks loose. :-/

Once I decided on a bitrate vs. size that I could tolerate on this player, I've started ripping CDs and filling this little monster. Once of the cool features this player has is that I can alter the play speed, so I can play drums along with songs at half speed if I have to. Kinda cool. I've got about 10 CDs or so @ 96kbps, which works out to about 35MB per CD.

That bit rate sounds low compared to the VBR/320/nothing less than 128 mantra, but honestly, for most types of music, you just don't hear the difference on this kind of player. With a 2GB limit, it's all about how many songs I can cram on it before I regret not getting the 4GB version. :-)

Tijm Bray over at ongoing mentioned the old classic Dave Brubeck tune Take Five. I never heard that he didn't write it, or even play the solo. Guess I was asleep that day in college. :-)

There's a version of Take Five in the wild in which the melody is still played in 5/4b but the core tune is in 4/4. To top that off, the 4/4 part of the tune is in Reggae style. I wish I could find that recording. It's been a long time since I've heard it myself. I do have the Take Five CD though. :-)

When I heard that Dave Matthews Band had a new CD out called "Stand Up" was out, I decided to head over the the evil Best Buy and snag a copy. Before I went to the register, I flipped the disc over and saw this [paraphrased]: "This disc does not conform to published CD standards and may not play in some CD players". AKA, "This disc is copy protected you evil customer".

So I decided to Stand Up and put the disc back and left. I'm almost inclined to send an email to DMB if there is such and address.

The only thing I wanted to see other than the KISS reunion and Dave Mathews.

Van Halen Ends Feud with Former Singer, Sets Tour

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - One of pop music's messiest feuds has come to an end with the return of vocalist Sammy Hagar to rock band Van Halen after an eight-year absence, the veteran group said on Friday.

Additionally, Van Halen will return to the road this summer for the first time in nearly six years, launching a tour of indoor North American arenas in Greensboro, North Carolina on June 11.

I can't wait to dig into the logs at home tonight and see why this is in my referers list:

www.riaa.com

Wonder if their "smart" web seeker has mistakin my album listings for pirate MP3s?

200.60.77.10 - - [06/Jan/2004:23:34:36 -0500] "HEAD /blog/ HTTP/1.0" 200 23859
     "http://www.riaa.com" "StarProse Referrer Advertising System 2004"

Wow. This is awesome. Way to think outside of the box. Very nice.

Via Keith Devans.com.