This Guy Falls Down

Cool photo software for Mac

I've been wanting to get more into the graphic side of weblogs for sometime, especially banners, but didn't want to fork out the cash for Photoshop or the like. Well, today I found a nifty shareware editor called Picture Play. It's ridiculously easy to use, but you can create some nice artwork using a combination of photos and text. That's what I used to make the festive banner you see above.

Georgia Tech Sports Blog

I recently got a nice little plug on the Georgia Tech Sports Blog, so I figured I'd return the love. If you're into Georgia Tech or ACC sports, this is a great place for information. The site is run by several Tech alumni, so it is updated frequently, and there are a lot of different sports covered. Check it out...

Friday Five - it's been awhile

1. Name five things in your refrigerator: Tabasco sauce, Tobasco sauce w/garlic, Heinz 57 sauce, pimentos (key ingredient for pimento cheese - I'll explain sometime), Dale's sauce (for grilling out)

2. Name five things in your freezer: frozen pizza, Klondike bars, frosty mugs, waffles, ice

3. Name five things under your kitchen sink: an unopened can of silver polish (we don't have any silver to my knowledge), 409, Lysol, Brillo pads, and the new and improved Cascade/Dawn combo dishwashing detergent (highly recommended).

4. Name five things around your computer: a very loud clock on the wall, a small stuffed zebra, a cool mouse pad that you can write notes on, another cool ergonomical mouse pad, a Sea World magnet.

5. Name five things in your medicine cabinet: I don't really have a medicine cabinet per se, but everyone should have Zicam in yours in case you ever get a cold. It bailed me out earlier this week...

Get ready for the other shoe to drop

I have no hard documentation (i.e. links) on this yet, but trust me on this one: the reduced CD prices by Universal and others will not come without its toll. With the sales price of CD's going down, mechanical royalties (monies paid to the publishers/writers of songs when CD's containing said songs are manufactured - these are paid per song) going up by law, and recording budgets staying the same, something has to give. And music retail is hurting badly, so don't look for retailers to be asked to carry this weight.
So where will that additional margin come from? As mentioned above, mechanical royalties are paid per song, so we could be facing a trend towards less songs on CD's. While a 12-song CD is a perceived bargain at $9.99, is an 8- or 9- song CD at $9.99 still a bargain? Time will be the tell...

It's On

All you Windows types, get ready to llve. The iTunes music store for Windows is now up and running.
Come on in. The water is fine.

What a great day...

This is too wild. So I'm sitting in traffic, not minding a bit because I'm listening to perhaps the best album in the WORLD, and thinking about how I've got to post on here and let you guys know about it because I like you and I only want the best for you guys. You know?
THEN - I walk in the door of my house, and waiting on the kitchen counter in all its glory is the latest edition of Uncut, which you already know to be the greatest magazine in the world. And on the cover? The very creators of the fine album I was listening to.
Who is this band, you ask? What is this truly excellent album that I must own? R.E.M.. Automatic for the People. But you're bright kids. You already knew this.

(I apologize. I am very easily amused. But hey - it's the little stuff, right?)

The Memes List

Having a hard time figuring out a topic for your weblog? Try The Memes List. Or how about The Daily Double? Hey, just trying to help.

At 1-5, You'll Try Anything

It seems that the Falcons are going to start Kurt Kittner, their third string quarterback, against the Saints on Sunday. Hey, at this point, why not?

The Poor Cubs

For a brief moment tonight, it looked as if the Cubs' season would be remembered by Kerry Woods' home run sending them to the World Series. Unfortunately, it will probably forever be remembered by the foul ball incident. And that's a shame.
On the other hand, this Marlins team is fun to watch, and they definitely deserve to go to the Series.

More opinions about ACC expansion

As was to be expected, many people are chiming in about ACC expansion. Here are a few that I've found insightful:
-The Wilmington Star talks about how the additon of BC dilutes the culture of the ACC
-The Dartmouth on how BC makes sense.
-The AJC on how expansion is already helping football recruiting, but isn't good for all sports.
And, on the weblog front, Occasionally Wright talks about how 12 teams and the resulting scheduling is bad for basketball.