Soundnails.com has this great tool for converting MP3’s to Flash files. Why is this cool? It’s cool because using Flash you can allow people to listen to music online without allowing them to download the songs and thus running afoul of copyright.
Click here to play Love T.K.O. by Teddy Pendergrass (No MP3 player necessary)
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Jun 04
Try this MP3 to SWF (Flash) Program
11
Jun 04
Backwards, forwards, and remember, the middle spot is a freebie
It’s amazing what you can do in one night if you don’t try. After work Jody and I went to eat at Rosie’s Tamale House for dinner. Afterward we didn’t have any plans until she suggested Bingo and being the stick in the mud I am I had to let the idea sink in a while before I wanted to do it since I have a difficult time trying new things. Now you know I had played the game Bingo when I was a kid, but I had never been to a Bingo hall. I had a blast even though we only got there in time for two games. There were all kinds of people there, of all races, classes, ages, and types. Little old ladies with ziplocs full of ink dobbers, sun-darkened guys with blurred tattoos smoking and looking tired, groups of college kids drinking Coors Light from a case they brought, people who looked like they just came from work, just a cross-section of society though I’d imagine most of the people there were lower to lower-middle class.
10
Jun 04
Today was a good day
Today was one of those days that just went alllllright. Work was nice and slow but just busy enough to keep my mind buzzing. I found my 
Olympus Digital Recorder that I had thought I had lost forever. I use it to make notes to myself. Like, “remember to feed the cat” because my memory is very badly organized. Lists and notes and recordings are my friend. Sometimes I wonder if I’m the type who will get Alzheimer’s disease, although I think my problem is more one of inattentiveness and disorganization rather than forgetfulness. Still, it does make me wonder. The recorder was in my backpack, which I swear I looked through at least ten times. How in the heck does that happen? I feel like I went through it thoroughly yet when I was digging in it today at work looking for my leatherman to open a bottle, there it was. It is a small thing but not that small! I was glad to find it after two weeks. At least once or twice a day, I thought about how stupid I was for losing it, especially since it was a Christmas present from Jody.
Today I also felt better about work and I had a few good interchanges with people which pumped me up. I get energized by talking to other people. If I go for a while without talking to my coworkers I start thinking they don’t like me or something. I do care a little too much about what other people think. It reminds me of a quotation by Goethe, “A vain man can never be utterly ruthless: he wants to win applause and therefore he accommodates himself to others.”
I also asked for the day off tomorrow since I’d like to actually work on a few pressing things. I feel like I’m busy all the time, but I really can’t tell you what. All I know is I get home around 6:45-7pm normally and then it seems to go by like nothing until it’s time to go to bed. The weeks and months just pour by.
09
Jun 04
Stylin’streamin’ sixties soul
I found a good soul radio station based in Oakland you can listen to online, KXGQ. Wow, so many good songs. It’s another “Love TKO“. They have some old-fashioned promos that are pretty bizarre “..where you won’t find 50’s doowop or 90’s rap.”
09
Jun 04
Symbols of the ups and downs
I think a lot about emotional ups and downs. If manic-depression was a high school its mascot could be:
- a cicada
- a phoenix
- a butterfly
- a blooming flower
- the moon
What do you think all these things have in common?
09
Jun 04
Effective mood-altering substances
Sometimes I wonder if emotion is a dangerous thing. Like, does emotional sensitivity make you more fragile? By emotional sensitivity I don’t mean being thoughtful or considerate or anything positive like that. I mean it in the sense of easily affected. If you are susceptible to being easily affected emotionally does that cause everything to get all mixed up. I’ve noticed that when serious things, personal things, happen I can freeze up inside yet when meaninglessly sentimental things happen I can be greatly affected.
It makes me think a lot about the ways in which people try to modulate and manage their moods and emotions. I try to endure sadness because I am sure it will always be there in some fashion from time to time, and I hope to understand what causes it. I do things like read, nap, and listen to music if I’m feeling down. Sometimes I’ll eat something sweet. Other people find that exercising helps or drugs or Prozac or sex or alcohol or you name it. The common aspect seems to be the desire to create a more enjoyable sensation to overwhelm the unpleasant sensations or a desire to avoid or dampen the unpleasant sensation itself. Some people prefer getting all the way down into it, although this seems rather dangerous to me.
08
Jun 04
Trailer Park Girl
Jenny’s website seems to be in an ever so slightly new location. Update your links. I was wondering what the dealio was.
Well, checking through my links I realize that Bellis has moved too. You can tell how close I pay attention.
08
Jun 04
Blogamp working
That thing on the left, near the bottom, where it lists what I’ve been listening to, Blogamp, finally fixed it. Not that YOU would care. I have something I should be working on, so as a result I work on stuff I’ve been putting off rather than work on this thing I really should be doing.
I also noticed that Wikipedia has a new look. Super mignon!
08
Jun 04
Wanted: Trillian Pro Plugin Developer
I will pay someone to implement my Trillian Pro Plugin ideas. Plugins are basically addons to add extra abilities to the application. Usually, they are written by third-parties. I even had a dream I tried to persuade this chubby kid to write Trillian plugins for me. I’m obsessed. Here a few ideas I don’t mind blabbing about:
- Plugin to save chat logs as formatted HTML (colors and all) which can be saved locally and/or uploaded as blog entries
- Plugin to query whois records to look for new domains.
- Plugin to send a message to people when they log into AIM if you are not at the keyboard.
I have more floating around but I can’t remember just what they were at the moment. I need you mysterious programmer, if you’re out there. Send help.
he plugins I am very happy with now:
- Cabriometer (great weather plugin)
- News reader plugin
- Spellcheck for your IM’s
- POP3 Email checker plugin
There are a lot more, but there are so many it’s just best to load the ones you’ll actually use.