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The BIG Reason

Music, opinions, and portfolio of Mark Eagleton, musician and web developer in Northern CA.

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This is where I tell you what I really think. This website doesn’t support comments by design, that is what your blog is for!

  2. Too Much $ecur1ty

    I've been cranking out a serious number of content management systems lately. You know, those little back-end, password protected parts of your blog or website that allow you to change content on the front end? Different clients have different security needs, and I've certainly seen my share of inconsistent requests lately.

  4. Pleasant Valley Boys At Ludys

    I've been moonlighting with some Dixon bluegrassers, while the Bottom Dwellers continue their winter hibernation. One has to keep his fingers seasoned, you know. The Pleasant Valley Boys will be pickin' at Ludy's Main Street Barbecue this Saturday (2/24/2007 @ 6 PM). Tell all your friends who like beer, barbecue and bluegrass to put their pleasant valley shoes on and prepare for a fat slice of authentic Americana pie. We'll also be performing on KDVS 90.3 FM on this same Saturday somewhere around 11 AM if you prefer to try before you barbecue.

  5. Reasoning. Calm, Cool Reasoning.

    Steve Jobs just served the world a big fat slice of DRM reality pie:

    • iPods play music purchased from stores besides the iTunes Store.
    • Apple does not lock down music to keep their iPod on the top.
    • 97% of music on iPods was purchased somewhere other than the iTunes Store.
    • 90% of music sold by the "Big 4" does not have DRM protection.

    The biggest, most exciting remark was to urge the industry to put pressure the Big 4 to stop requiring retailers to sell DRM protected music. He backed up this statement by saying that Apple would jump at the chance to sell music in the iTunes Store without DRM protection. I'm thinking big changes are afoot.

  6. Precision Logo

    Precision Logo is your answer to high quality, original designs at economical prices.

    A am equally horrified and awestruck. I am reminded of David Byrne's genius E.E.E.I. project, but I am also tortured by repressed memories of Microsoft Office's WordArt. I implore each and every one of you to dive deeply into their portfolio. Never in my history as an artist, designer, and web developer have I encountered such a blatant and equal disregard for artistic vision, usability and semantics. It is beautiful.

  7. Ella Is Sweet

    Ella 2.1

    I just upgraded to WordPress 2.1, and I totally dig it. I mostly dig the code name, "Ella", but the biggest mind-blowingly welcome improvements are what they did to the WYSIWYG editor.

  8. B-9

    Bingo! I win! Just got my results from the doc. Not one smidgen of cancer to be found. The gaping hole in my abdomine still keeps me from expressing the full magnitude of my relief, though.

  9. Another Band-Aid

    More in the gouging of parts saga... I had my dermatology follow-up appointment the other day, and ended up having another mole removed. That particular one had been spooking me out a bit, and was the main reason I started this whole process.

  11. Twitterrific = Twitterrible

    Twitter is all the rage. I've had an account for about a week. While I personally find it distracting and somewhat egocentric, I still see its benefits and feel obligated to give it a fair try. The iconfactory just released a freeware app called Twitterific that lets you tweet (post) and stream the tweets of your friends in a cute little floating window. Unlike most things released by the iconfactory, it's not quite up to snuff.

  17. Negator!

    Stitches

    The results are in. The thing on my arm came back negative for life altering bad news. Now I just need to get these dang itchy stitches out.

  18. Bassiversary

    Twenty years ago on this day, a new phase of my life began. My parents gave me a shinny, black electric bass guitar. The year was 1986. I was 13 years old.

  20. Morning Gouge

    I'm going in to have a few things hacked out of my flesh this morning. Something common for people with my skin type, or so I've been told.

  22. Two Point Doh

    Fielding questions and pre-conceived notions of the ins and outs of "Web 2.0" has nearly become the bane of my existence. May this post serve as my official, and professional explanation of what Web 2.0 is.

  23. Four Year Spooks

    I think the goon has finally kicked into full "monsters in the closet" mode. I have been impressed up to this point. Scary shadows abound in that room of hers. This week, though, it seems that they are finally starting to make an impression.