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I think it is a good place to start to say that I don’t illegally download music. I swore years ago that, when a viable legal alternative to illegal downloading is presented, I would utilize it. I do. I buy MP3s from Amazon. I love the convenience and it’s been quite a while since I searched for something they didn’t have (not to say it couldn’t happen.)

I also give my music away for free. This doesn’t mean that every artist should, but I do. I took my payment via the production of my music. The pure enjoyment of making and sharing the noise that came from my instruments was enough for me. This is not a reasonable business plan, but I am not in the business of selling music, so I don’t care.

All of that said, I see some funny haps going down from my vantage. The entertainment industry seems to think that just because business is done one way for a long time, that it will continue to be just so. I present exhibit A, the Railroad. Guess what? They aren’t doing business the way they used to.

I read an article about internet connections and illegal downloading on Ars Technica today that got my ire (ha ha) up. The Irish High Court has agreed to allow entertainment companies to pressure ISPs into shutting off household internet connections if illegal downloading is purported to have happened. Read more »

So, there have been rumors flying around that Peter Steele of Type O Negative took the figurative leap off the high-dive into an empty pool, AKA the fucker up and died. Reports say it was heart failure, but I am still awaiting something a little more direct. The best I have gotten so far are three reports:

Mistress Juliya stated he died earlier on twitter.

Geeks of Doom stated it was vaguely confirmed.

KNAC radio state they have confirmation from a source in the band.

Now, here’s the problem, the guys in Type O Negative pulled a prank back in 2005 and got people believing that Peter died. It was, of course, false. I have an issue because I could see them pulling something over on their fans. It’s fucked, but they don’t call themselves the four dicks from Brooklyn for nothing.

Honestly, if Peter died then it is unfortunate for the metal world. He was part of the scene for a very long time. That being said, I have a few words for some (though not all) of the people whining about Peter’s death:

If you are crying because you won’t get a new album,

If you are depressed because you never got to meet him,

If you are upset solely because you never got to see them live,

If you need a shoulder to cry on because of some other selfish motivation,

Shoot yourself.

Peter said it best: suicide is self expression.

On the other hand, if you feel for those who were close to Peter,

If you think positive thoughts about him and/or his family,

If you are having a good laugh after the years he spent laughing at you,

If you are drinking a bottle of wine in his honor,

Carry on.

It’s always a loss for someone when a person dies. The least you could do is respect the person and their family. Be grateful for the time you got. Be thankful that someone actually made enough of an impact on your life that you gave more than a passing thought about them. Honor them. Celebrate them.

Pete, if you, in fact, passed away today, I hope the journey was painless and comforting. If you didn’t die, kudos to the amazing joke. Either way, here’s to you. Probably one of the nicest “dicks” I’ve had the pleasure of meeting. Cheers.

I’ve been poking around in Windows 7 for a little while now and I can say I think I like it. Vista was kind of a nightmare for some people. I wasn’t particularly impressed myself, but Windows 7 is alright, in my humble opinion. I wanted to see if anyone had opposing views so I could be aware of pitfalls ahead of time and then I came across this…

Windows 7 Sins

What am I seeing here? Really? Did the Free Software Foundation really do this? Typically I support the open source community, but this piece of bullshit propaganda is just out of line. Read more »

Hey hey hey, folks guess what day it is? It’s “who the fuck do you think you are” day. Oh yeah, there’s nothing quite like a bunch of misaligned, maladjusted morons dripping drool from their slack jaws to tell people what they can and can’t or should and shouldn’t do.

Let’s just dive in, shall we? So, Harry Reid, he’s a card. He’s one of my current favorite people, right up there with Nancy Pelosi. You know good ol’ Nancy. She’s that SUPER winner who said “[the US] is losing 500 million jobs a month!” WOW! REALLY? Especially since there are only 300 million people IN THE ENTIRE US. Way to go. Read more »

Good morning, America, your stupid is ready.

I’ve about had it and I think it’s time to give you dopes something to chew on. We need REAL CHANGE. I’m sick of everyone giving lip-service to change, improvement and public betterment.

Get. Fucking. Real. Read more »

I will let you make stupid videos.

I will humor you with a pity smile when you make me watch another round of dramatic gopher.

I will make like I enjoy your fascination with celebrities.

I will pretend that commercials are clever.

I will act as if your replies to said commercials are witty.

I will remain silent when you try to troll me.

I will act like I don’t think you are compensating for penis size because you drive a new version of an old muscle car.

I won’t say a word when you drive by blasting your music out of over-sized speakers in your piece of shit car.

I will turn a blind eye to your complete lack of understanding that the way you dress makes you look like an idiot.

I won’t slaughter your children even though I know they inherited your genetic makeup.

I won’t eat your pets to spite you.

I do it all because I know, one day, all you sad sacks of shit will be dead.

(I am not amused by this or this.)

I think it’s reasonable to say, if you are familiar with DRM, you know it’s a mechanism for control. Publishers would have you believe that DRM is all about controlling their content, to ensure they can say what is and is not done with it.

This is a lie. DRM was created for the sole purpose of controlling YOU.

Don’t believe me? Okay, let’s start off with the BoingBoing post today about the fools, idiots and worthless good-for-nothings that work at the BBC who caved against the pressure to DRM “protect” broadcast content. This was a move to limit the people of the UK. Moreover, it forces them to purchase hardware to support the DRM protections on their televised programming. Read more »

I hate fanboys. I hate ‘em. I would hate ‘em with hammers and big rocks if it were legal. I’m so sick of hearing everyone talk about everything as the “device killer.” Why does every new product have to kill another product? People are far too interested in how to destroy something that actually serves a purpose and fills a need.

The latest device killer is the iPad. Apple fanboys (and fangirls) started up about how the iPad is the Kindle killer or the netbook killer. The iPad isn’t going to kill either of those markets. Here’s why: the Kindle and many netbooks are well under the $500 price tag Apple has set for their product.

In the end, I have yet to see any product come out to date that has outright killed all other competing products. Moreover, what people really mean is market domination. You can’t kill an inanimate object. It won’t happen, sorry.

I’ve decided, though, that if an Apple product can be a device killer, I can be the Fanboy killer. That’s right, any time I hear a fanboy start spouting off about this or that product that they just can’t live without, I am going to go through and meticulously find every issue with the product I can until it becomes obvious that the product they were so gaga over was just a big hunk of garbage.

That’s a lie. I’ll just punch ‘em in the dick.

In ending, the next time you have the urge to say that the product you’re are all starrey eyed over is going to be the “x device” killer, just remember I might be right behind you with my tire iron, AKA the fanboy killer.