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Category Archives: Musings

Nota Bene

Looks like the Supreme Court has just granted a writ of certiorari for my living room. The Supreme Court will post transcripts of oral arguments on its Web site the same day they occur, beginning in October. While it’s nothing compared to Pearl Jam, who delivers their songs on iTunes immediately after a concert, it’ll [...]

Renaming Music with Bash Shell Scripting/Sed

I know it’s a long title but I’m trying to be as descriptive as possible. Once in a while I’ll pick up something from the music service Emusic. I’ve stuck with Emusic because they’ve, so far, chosen to leave their music un-encrypted. The only problem is their awful naming scheme involved. So to hone my [...]

Bashpodder

Bashpodder is a script that was designed to be a podcatcher that is both simple and easy to use. Because it succeeds at both of these goals it deserves even more praise than it’s already received. It’s most notable feature is that it requires no GUI to use. This makes it useful for automatically downloading [...]

Funky ATM?

Funky ATM unites kids with cash and gambling sites Philip Morris feels left out.