Awhile back, I wrote a pretty in depth article on the subject of BroadCATCHING, which is basically downloading television content to your computer via BitTorrent. At the time I wrote it, the MPAA was focusing on BitTorrent sites that offered movies. Since that was patently illegal, I stayed clear of that kind of activity, but since television is broadcast over the airwaves for free, downloading television shows seemed perfectly legal. Unfortunately, if the MPAA has their way, downloading television programs are no different than downloading movies.
The RIAA versus Napster was the precursor to what the MPAA is going through now. Although Nicolas Negroponte made it perfectly clear in his 1995 book, “Being Digital“, not everyone have been listening. Mr. Negroponte basically said that any product, or service that could be distributed digitally, would be. If the current distribution channel doesn’t provide it, then someone else will. That was the case with Napster. First it was illegal and then Apple figured out a way to make it legitimate with iTunes. Since then, Apple’s little side business has all but taken over their primary business (making computers).
Unfortunately, governing organizations like the RIAA and the MPAA don’t understand market demands and how to adapt. Their only course of action seems to be lawsuits. When Napster was all the rage, the RIAA issued a flurry of lawsuits, citing that they were going after “thieves”. Regardless of where you stood on the issue, hearing about Grandmothers getting sued for supposedly downloading hard core rap music by Ol’ Dirty Bastard made you question the entire process. There was a lot of hype and speculation, but when it was all said and done, the lawsuits didn’t amount to much.
Yesterday I started coming down with something. My throat was kind of sore and there seemed to be something in the middle of my chest with the added bonus of some coughing. My Mom had just gone through something similar, so I gave her a call to see what she recommended to combat it. She gave me a long list of stuff to take including 
It was brought to my attention that some of you may have been having difficulty posting comments to the site. It seems the culprit was a plugin I installed to help throttle comment spammers called 
Working in the technology industry can be very frustrating. Every day it seems that I’m wading through a quagmire of information to find the “needle in the haystack” that will solve the problem at hand. If it’s an obscure glitch, or a quirky solution, I expect that there will be some pain and suffering in trying to find a solution. However, often times it seems that I do nothing more than beat my head against a wall for even the most basic of needs. My current “pain du jour” is e-mail. You’d think that given it’s popularity that anything you’d like to do with e-mail could be done with a number of software applications, but unfortunately I’m finding that it’s not. I feel like after asking for directions, I’m being told, “you can’t get there from here.” >(
The other night Holly and I were feeling like “being bad” and getting something not on our South Beach diet. As we sat there on the couch, I threw out the idea of going to a new place that opened up near us called “The Wing Basket”. Much to my surprise, Holly took me up on my suggestion and we headed off in hopes of finding a place that “does wings right.” Although buffalo wings are now fairly common, most places don’t prepare them “right” in my book. Sure I can order wings from Dominos, but that doesn’t mean that they are any good and in Domino’s case, they aren’t. Usually there’s something wrong with the sauce, or they’ve prepared the chicken itself poorly – this is especially true when the wings are breaded. I’m sure there are others who prefer their wings breaded, and to each his own, but when I go out for wings I want a nice spicy experience with nothing between me and my chicken. 😛
This morning, I was checking my 
I was in Baton Rouge a few months ago and my friends and I were at the City Cafe enjoying dinner and catching up on things. I was elbows deep into a tray of boiled crawfish when I thought of a story that I wanted to share. As a lead in, I said, “You know that radio show I’m doing…” I wasn’t even looking up when said it. My focus was on the tails in front of me, but instead of “Uh huhs and “Yeahs”, there was complete silence. Looking up from my platter, I was met with nothing but puzzled and confused faces. Duffy was the first to respond by saying, “Um… no? WHAT radio show?” Now I was the one that was confused.
I don’t know about you, but using FTP (File Transfer Protocol) can sometimes be a bit of a pain in the butt. Don’t use FTP? Well you probably do without realizing it, but spend time with the web long enough and you’re bound to run into this protocol at one point or another. Start a weblog like this one, or be required to update a web site and you’ll be sure to use it.
With Spring in full bloom here in Nashville, my passion for cycling can finally flourish. After doing a mini-tune up and finding all my gear, it was time to fine tune my body and knock off some of the cobwebs after a winter of being sedentary. So for my first few rides, I’ve turned to my default route – the 10-mile loop. With the past few routes that I’ve posted, such as the 