Monday, May 15, 2006

I Spit Hot Fire!

Luck Dragon or phallic cloud of volcanic ash?

1. Washington Post has some crazy photos of Mt. Merapi in Indonesia blowing it's stack this morning.

2. Skype finally made it happen. Free calls to cellphones from your computer. I've been hyping this service when it was just laptop-to-laptop but now it's ready for primetime. Does this remind anyone else of the Napster days? All this free shit: Wikipedia, YouTube, Google, now free phonecalls. Technological advancements have been occuring at a faster clip than our morality or legal systems can keep up with (i.e. the "is-it-legal-to-kill-my-clone" question) but finally technology has zoomed by industry's ability to capture and profit. If Napster taught us anything it's milk the good stuff before it disappears.

3. If it's sunny where you are, open your windows and turn this up.

4. Wilco played a new tune on Conan Friday night. Less Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, more Huey Lewis meets Sam Cooke.

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