I've been working on setting up my new computer. I got Windows installed on it, but have been fighting with sound issues in my Fedora install. I may try a couple other distros before I just install a damn soundcard. I have an Audigy2 ZS (old) card that I could install, but because my machine has one PCI slot, I'd have to lose my wireless card...although, I could just use a USB wireless dongle. I hate the word dongle, though. The other option is buying a new soundcard that plugs into the PCI-E slot...that might be the best choice of all.
On a whim, I made a really cute hippo flash drive for Erin on Monday night. I broke the plastic case away from the drive, cut up a piece of cedar into a hippo shape (based on this) but with a cap, instead of a cable that plugs into the hippo's but. I should post a picture of it sometime.
Erin starts school today. I'm REALLY hoping that she likes it.
I made a list of a bunch of CDs that I need to buy. I really want to go back and buy everything I've downloaded...or at least everything I downloaded and actually listened to/kept. So far, the tally is just below $300, though...and there's a lot I haven't added (Mountain Goats, Weakerthans, etc). I predict it will jump to nearly $600 when it's all said and done... I'll likely just do this little bits at a time.
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Dongle... heh
I'm a little surprised and also not that you want to go back and buy your music. I'm assuming this is trying to let your $ show support for those artists or reflect in their record sale stats?
Mostly just to show support. Honestly, I'd rather just send some cash to every one of the artists, instead of buying the albums. Most of them will get approximately....dick out of the record sale...
I'm trying to go out of my way to buy new physical CDs, instead of used or digital downloads. From my reading, musicians usually see more of the money that way. Apple strips out 20-35% of the $0.99 iTunes sale, then the labels take their cut (usually the same, percentage-wise as they would normally have taken) from the money Apple gives them. The industry is a joke.
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