Albums for review 2009-08-10

While I am still sitting on a lot of albums that I still need to review – some of them are even partially reviewed already and just need to be finished – I did order one new album. My wife had a gift card for Amazon and was having problems using it all, so I helped her out by ordering Bloodhound Gang’s “Hooray for Boobies”.

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Last.fm’s unwise decision

*** Please read Last.fm’s response below ***

Last.fm has changed their API; for those who are not programmers, an API (application programming interface) is a set of routines that allow a program to make requests to another program or web service. In and of itself, changing an API is not a bad thing and, in many cases, can be quite beneficial. For instance, adding new features to an API can allow programmers more options for interracting with the product.

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The music, the flash, and the Linux

First off, I feel that I must apologize for the lack of posts lately. I had previously been running Ubuntu Linux 8.04, but as I had been having issues, I backed up my data, wiped my drives, and installed Gentoo Linux in its stead.

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Late article on the late Michael Jackson

So, I realize that Michael Jackson died a week ago and this this post is really late. However, I did not have anything new to add to the already insane level of activity on the Internet surrounding his death at that time. A book I picked up recently changed that.

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Six free albums from Amazon

Amazon just released six new free sampler CD’s for download. Granted, one of these CD’s is comedy, but the others are all music.

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