Best of the Fest

September 30th, 2008


So the aforementioned Saturday and Sunday ACL pump up blog posts did not come to pass – but Austin City Limits Festival 2008 did! The following were my most favorite moments of ACL. If I left anyone out, let your voice be heard in the comments! 10. G. Love & Special Sauce If the sound [...]

ACL Day 1 – Friday

September 21st, 2008


“No room in the inn” is the general vibe I’m getting for Austin this weekend. With the ACL Fest crowd AND the Texas/Arkansas football game AND the Ike evacuees who are still being told not to go home AND no hotel room available in the city … it’s going to be … well… packed. For [...]

Genius is basically worthless. Sigh.

September 15th, 2008


I had such high hopes. I wanted so much for it to be cool. But as usual, iTunes DRM ruins everything. So, the new iTunes upgrade has this seemingly cool sidebar called “Genius.” Genius downloads your library, uploads it to iTunes, and then suggests cool music you might like that you don’t already have. Also, [...]

Michael Phelps on SNL

September 14th, 2008


Michael Phelps was adorable last night as he hosted SNL’s season premiere… but I would have to say that Tina Fey stole the show as Sarah Palin in the opening skit (alongside Amy Poehler as Hillary). At first glance I thought it might actually be Miss Alaska herself, but I was thrilled to see Tina [...]

WordPress App(s) of the day

September 10th, 2008


I finally upgraded my wordpress to 2.6… it took zero time using a really great plug in called WordPress Automatic Upgrade. It essentially does all the work for you (backing files up, etc.), you just click “Next” after each step completes. Cake. Another module I installed today is Twitter for WordPress. I don’t think I’ll [...]