Because the beloved did it, and because it’s kind of a neat one, here you go:
(A) Recommend to me:
1. a movie:
2. a book:
3. a musical artist, song, or album:
(B) Ask me three questions, no more, no less. Ask me anything you want and I will post the answers in a new entry.
(C) Copy and paste this meme to your blog/journal/thingie, allowing your friends (and random strangers) to ask you anything.
I know what I want for next Christmas, already. Even more than a Red Ryder BB gun. Seriously.
(I’m kidding about the BB gun. I don’t even like that movie.)
Having grown somewhat discontent with the venerable XMMS, I cast about last week during quieter moments for a replacement media player to use on my Linux workstation. What I found was a media library system called “amaroK,” and so far I’m very happy with it.
And yes, that’s the inaugural image for a new section of the gallery. I realized today that I lacked a place for screenshots and other digitally-generated imagery. Hooray for progress, eh?
Anyway, if you run KDE and want a damned nifty media player that automatically updates its media library, gives you one-click lookups of album covers, and throws a pretty nifty playlist manager into the bargain, you could do worse than to give amaroK a try.
As I write this, the firmware and OS on my Treo 600 cellphone is in the process of updating. Yes, that’s right, I’m upgrading my phone.
It’s not necessarily that I have to do it. It’s that the new version is there, and I want it.
In case you didn’t know, I’m one helluva geek. Sad, isn’t it?
So let’s see…
Not bad for a day’s haul, eh? Now I get to assemble a working (I hope) computer for Wendi, since I’ve had half of one at my place for a couple of months now…
Maybe having more money can’t fix all, or even half, of my problems… but having the tax refund money in the bank certainly makes certain worries far less pressing.
And now, for a weekend of peace and quiet and geekery.
