I have come up with a solution to the RIAA’s problem with peer to peer services. Their main argument is that the artists don’t get paid what they deserve for making the music. I agree that they should be paid for making music, since it is their living. I now urge you to find out who creates the songs you download and keep, and send them what you think the song is worth. I would estimate most songs being worth about fifty cents, but use your best judgement. Be sure to include a thank you card to let them know they’re appreciated.

The US narrowly avoided catastrophy today. Cheney was in charge for about two hours today while Bush had his ass on TV, and he didn’t have a heart attack or legalize corporate slave labor. That was a close one.

Bad news brewing in the hardware sector. Intel is teaming up with software vendors (MS) to make hardware content control commonplace.

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One of the guys that brutally murdered a friend of mine was found dead in his cell a few days ago. I don’t know how I feel about it.

“There were cool explosions, just like on WCW Nitro, only these were in the service of Christ!”

Dude! Read about the totally awesome teenage abstinence rally right here!

One of my friends works for the California Department of Fire cutting fire breaks for wild fires. He went to Colorado today for two to four weeks. He’ll come back with a huge wad of cash (in his bank account), providing no one on his crew gets caught with weed. I guess there is a small chance that he’ll get hurt, but I’m not acknowledging it. He’ll have some good stories though, and chicks dig firefighters.

The MSNBC National Stress Test

I scored 515. It doesn’t say what that means though. I guess the scores are relative to what other people score, which is kind of stupid. Still a good way to spend five minutes. You can be part of a sensationalist news story!

“If you watch television news, you know as much about the world as if you drank gin straight from the bottle.” –Some dead guy

Go join the 48-hour game competition at Ludum Dare. A weekend in July to make a game mostly from scratch on a selected theme. The 24-hour compo they did last month was pretty cool; this one should be fun too.

What peer to peer software do any of you use? I can’t find anything good anymore.

I’m thinking of buying a truck in the next five years. Pickup truck, probably full bed (I don’t see the point of short bed trucks–you get all the discomfort of a truck without the hauling capacity).

I would appreciate it if people who own trucks, or know anything about trucks, would care to share their experience and expertise. I would be getting it to haul stuff and be my primary vehicle. My wife has a sedan that would be used for going places, transporting friends, etc.