June 29, 2004
Infinity in Old Blue Jeans
Posted by nerdling | June 29, 2004 03:58 PM
Proving yet again that they are not the prissy purveyors of feel-good pop songs they are oft made out to be, the Pet Shop Boys are back with a new project: a score to the 1925 Eisenstein film Battleship Potemkin, which will be performed live in London's Trafalgar Square on September 12. To make this tidbit even stranger, "The soundtrack will be orchestrated by German composer Torsten Rasch, who recently launched his live work, Mein Herz Bernnt, based on the music of hard rock band Rammstein." Um, okay.
Salon contributes to Jeff Tweedy's ego with a profile of his career from Uncle Tupelo through Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Is there a day that goes by where someone is not talking about this guy?
Apple has officially announced the impending release of Tiger, OS X v10.4; new functionality includes Dashboard, Spotlight, Automator and Safari RSS. I haven't decided if I'm going to upgrade again, but that RSS reader does sound awfully nice. I wouldn't scoff at a new 30-inch Cinema HD Display, either.
Looks at 30" HD display and dies.
Why does Apple taunt my disposable income so cruely? I mean, all I would have to do in order to get that monitor would be to put off buying anything else for the next year or so. I could do it. But it would be ridiculous, I would only be able to eat peanut butter & jelly sandwiches for the next twelve months.
And I'm sitting here, thinking it might be worth it.
Posted by: Jim at June 30, 2004 12:07 PM
Don't forget the $2000 G5 with the $600 graphics card that you have to buy in order to use the monitor.
Ramen is a reasonable alternative to eating real food, and at ten cents per package, you could probably save up enough money for both in two or three years!
Posted by: Marleigh at June 30, 2004 12:37 PM
I already have a G5, remember? That was last year's Selling Of The Soul For Electronics.
Posted by: Jim at July 1, 2004 05:16 AM
Oh that's right. I threatened to murder you in your sleep and take it from you because I was jealous.
Or something like that.
Posted by: Marleigh at July 1, 2004 03:34 PM
I don't really remember anything about "in my sleep."
Posted by: Jim at July 1, 2004 06:10 PM
*coughcough*
Whoops. Guess not then.
Posted by: Marleigh at July 1, 2004 06:32 PM
