Spotify

I am currently tryout Google Music, Which I will for another week or so before writing a comparison of it and Amazon Cloud Player, which I have been using for some time. I am also trying Spotify. Look up what it is at that link, here are my opinions of what needs to change:

• No webapp, so Grooveshark beats it there. I use a chromebook, so I need a webapp!
• No mobile without paying $10 a month, a bit pricey IMHO
• One can argue its cheaper than buying music, but that is only true if all of your music is inside of spotify, and you don't own the music, you just rent the ability to listen to it. I will keep purchasing music I like with Amazon MP3, or (oh shit) buying CD's.
• The interface seriously looks like it is trying to be Itunes. Sure, people are used to the itunes UI, but c'mon, a little discression?
• Please stop trying to shove facebook connect down my throught. Attention everyone: I should not have to have a facebook account to get the full features out of your software.
• The largest gripe is that not everything is available on it. This will always be the problem with any service similar to this one.
• For a service that is streaming music, I would like some place where I can view the internet connection it is using, as well as the quality of music being streamed
• I wish the player was more customization. I may be skewed coming from foobar2000, But this doesn't have a mini mode, and the menu's are sparse.

What is nice:

• http://open.spotify.com/track/7fhgNyacoy4Vr4xGgW3ZQG Quick links to share music
• quality seems pretty top notch for streaming, but i doubt it can match my lossless files.
• I am listening to music I do not otherwise own
• It does a great job doing what it is supposed to do - find and stream music

What I cannot comment on:

• The free (commercials included) plan
• The android app

Conclusion:

It does a great job doing what it is trying to do, but I have too many devices to restrict myself to the one computer I own that can use it. My chromebook and Android phone can not play music through it, and they can through Google Music or Amazon Cloud Player (which I am testing out currently). It is not right for me, I feel like I would like to own my music, but if I ever strike it rich, I would easily consider paying for the premium service, and getting the android app. It is pretty great. Not what I need right now, but pretty damn easy to use.

The Books

If you have not checked out the artist The Books, I highly recommend you find them and give them a listen! They are fantastic. (link to amazon page). The Lemon Of Pink is their best album, in my opinion, but the best way to listen to them is chronologically.

Hot Sauce

I just had some of Dave's Gourmet Ultimate Insanity Sauce. Before actually putting it on my firehouse steak and cheese, I tried to smell some. I couldn't really smell anything, as my nose is disfunctional. I ended up getting a small hitler-mustache of the stuff on my upper lip without realizing it. I could not smell it, but I felt it burning my skin a few minutes later. The actual taste was pretty good, I had one largish drop (cm wide) on the sandwich, and it was, for lack of a better word, spicty. Very spicy. Burning the insides of my mouth spicy. But before that kicked in, It actually tasted pretty good I give the sauce a painfully delicious thumbs up, and I will be trying it again.

Also, I have to remember not to rub my eyes.

Simplenote is awesome

Go check out simplenoteapp.com and check it out. I carry notebooks with me at all times, but they are specialized: One notebook for sketch comedy ideas, another notebook for general all-capture. The general all-capture one is good for remembering songs i want to listen too, writing down phone numbers, ideas i have had. But it is not good for planning things. I can't write out an idea for a webapp on paper, because it is a computer-related idea. Simplenote stores my todo list, my projects list, and detailed information about specific projects. (as well as TV to watch, and date ideas, it is primary a reference point for projects (which could be webapp, a book, an article, redesign of the hdyar.com website, etc) My notebook is fore ideas and notes, and capture when I am away from keyboard or away from phone.

In other words, I have fallen in love with simplenote and i urge you to check it out. Creating a list of all of my projects is the greatest idea I have had all summer.

http://www.simplenoteapp.com

Its a plan

Reggie Watts by Friends - Thingiverse

The first thing I will print with 3D printer.

Dibs!

I called dibs on the legs of chicken from KFC. IT was brought up, 'what does that word mean, anyway?'. I did some serious internet searching (wikipedia, mostly), and found out there is no one source of the word. Humanity has a disagreement. Read more here:

http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2005/12/no_one_seems_to.html

5 things you could be doing instead of reading this

5 things you could be doing instead of reading this

• Rolling a hula hoop then jumping through it
• Learning how to juggle
• Eating a really good Grilled Cheese, with bacon and tomato.
• Doing some pushup's or jumping jacks or something
• Hanging out with people of the opposite sex (Or of the same sex. you know, whatever)