The Strokes - Is This It

February 05, 2002 by Eric Richardson

I feel kind of cheesy pointing to a title track, but it's also the first song on the cd, and the song where I knew I liked them. A friend lent me The Strokes first album, Is This It, and thirty seconds in I was locked in for the duration. Instead of recommending other songs, I'm going to recommend the entire album be listened to in one sitting. That's really just the way it's meant to be.

furthurnet

February 05, 2002 by Eric Richardson

Furthur is a P2P network dedicated to sharing only shn files from taper-friendly bands. For people used to chasing files around an ever-changing network of up and down ftp sites, a dedicated P2P system is very cool.

In other, but related, news, I ordered a 60gig hard drive tonight. I've been running dangerously low on space lately.

escripting.com

February 05, 2002 by Eric Richardson

So a couple of my domains are still registered at Network Solutions because I'm too scared of paperwork to change them. One of them, escripting.com, currently shows up in whois with an expiration date of 10-Nov-2001. Hmmm... Yet the record updated date is 2002-01-09, and the domain definitely still works, so I don't know if I forgot to pay renewal or if NetSol is just screwing up as usual.

MTA Trip Planner for WAP

February 03, 2002 by Eric Richardson

Tonight I decided that my next WAP project will be a WAP interface for MTA's Trip Planner. I guess the thinking is that most people with WAP don't ride the bus in LA, but I can think of many times when this would be really useful to me. Hacking a script that'll access the web interface won't be pretty, but I think it's definitely doable.

shns

February 03, 2002 by Eric Richardson

I'm becoming addicted to downloading live shows instead of mp3s. Granted, going shn-only limits my choice of downloads to bands that allow tapers, but really that's all I'm listening to anyway, so I don't mind. Right now I'm desperately in need of another hard drive, though, as I'm currently at the point of deleting mp3s to make room for shows.

Taper-friendly bands I'm listening to right now: Howie Day, Radiohead, Blues Traveler, and John Mayer.

Eric Richardson lives in Atlanta, Georgia, where he works on payments infrastructure for Cash App.

Past lives involved streaming audio for Southern California Public Radio, running a hyperlocal news site for Downtown Los Angeles, working on custom mapping code, and writing Perl at the Jet Propulsion Labratory.

Previously on this date...

2005
CA Says PA OK
A couple weeks ago I went to get a California driver's license and was told I had an outstanding ticket in Pennsylvania. That was news to me, and...
Still Perfecting the Spam Blocker
I wrote recently about my first and second steps in fighting comment spam. In the two weeks since I put those measures into place I've blocked 3400...
2004
on being not in charge
It's funny attending something you used to be in charge of, but no longer are. I've been involved in Campus Crusade at USC since I was a Freshman...
ah, the BRU
I've never been a fan of the Bus Riders Union. They sued the MTA ten years ago and got it to agree to a consent degree saying that it would add a...
the fun of waterski recruiting
We had the semi-yearly involvement fair at USC today. Basically at the beginning of each semester all the clubs set up tables out on Trousdale to recruit...
2003
a big world, a little world
Last night after church Kathy and I headed over to North Hollywood to see Lee Beth Kilgore do an acoustic set. She played at a place called Kulak'...
2001
up and running
I just got a long enough ethernet cable to reach my computer, so I'm now officially up and running. I'll write more when I'm not so hungry...
2000
Australia
I am now in Australia. Click here to view my rantings from here. Normal stuff that would usually fill this space will continue to turn up here, while...
in sydney
I'm here. After somewhat of an interesting experience at the airport (waiting for a ride who thought I was arriving a day later), I made it here to...
1999
the gonzo project
Just wanted to let everyone know that eWorld (ummm... me), in association with Bad Craziness International, is launching a web design arm. the gonzo project...