All the News That Isn't...

It's rare that my internet connectivity fails. Sometime yesterday afternoon there was an outage that affected several ISPs in this area. Don't know the details and won't quote rumors. Yes, it was an inconvenience and no it wasn't too much of a trauma. At 9:28PM the signal returned and has been solid. Instead of whining and bitching I'd like to thank Vista3Media for a diligent effort to resolve the problem. Their delivery of signal has a very good record and let's hope it continues. Besides, their customer service reps are nice and polite. In the coarse, ill-mannered world of service today, they are a refreshing bunch that smile when they answer the phone.

Tomorrow a trip to Oxford is planned. Brother Dave landed tickets to attend a live broadcast by Michael Feldman, who will broadcast his show Whad'ya Know? from the Ford Center at Ole Miss. Of course, this invitation was accepted. You can download the RealAudio player and listen to previous shows, but beware it has adware and states that in the EULA. A better solution may be Wisconsin PBR (home base of the show) since it gives several alternatives including WMP and Podcast. Anyway, it'll be broadcast live so local folks can tune to Mississippi Public Radio and lend an ear. Okay, okay in the past fun has been poked at PBS and they have been called socialist radio and TV once or twice. But hey, never said I didn't look and listen, lol. It's a state thing not national. Programming locally is forever inconsistent and weird. Stop messing with my Britcoms on Saturday night!

RealAudio fans please don't start flaming me. It is an excellent service, but as long as they use adware I will NEVER link to them. We have enough problems with that garbage and the beach house won't promote it. And yes I know that Rhapsody is a really kewl service. Yes, it's known that the ads go away if you subscribe. Why don't they offer the free player without the adware? I think that would increase the customer base.

Sorry, I prefer using the resource hog, MRU crazy, clunky Windows Media Player. Old habits die hard. And yes, I know that Microsoft lurkers spy on us and are probably the worst offenders concerning this violation of privacy. But hey, what's a guy to do? Switch to Linux and use their multimedia stuff? Nahhhhh, that makes too much sense. So every day I use a program that erases all MRUs. Wait a minute...RealAudio is not sounding so snoopy. This bears a second looksee, ya think? BTW, transition to Linux for music, etc., has been implemented and will be finished eventually.

Wow, I've managed to offend RealAudio users, Windows Nazis, and PBS patrons. Time to go. Everyone have fun at work and TGIF.

"The revolution will not be televised, it will be blogged."
~Michael Feldman