February, 2008 | Greg Nilsen

Last.Played 1.1 Released

Feb

2008

An update for the Last.Played pod for blogCFC has been released. Nothing too major, but if your site gets moderate traffic, then this should reduce the number of error messages you get due to XML contention. So instead of having the XML file with the song information get hit up on every call of the ...

Thanks For Wasting More Taxpayer Money, Senator Spectre

Feb

2008

So, Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Spectre seems intent on wasting more of Congress' time and taxpayer money into figuring out why the NFL destroyed the “Spygate” videos. I mean, it couldn't be as simple as not wanting other teams to be able to get their hands on them as well to the expense of the Jets. ...

Why The Grammy's No Longer Matter…

Feb

2008

Last night, they held the 50th Annual Grammy Awards as The Recording Academy tried desperately to hang on to it's last shred of relevance… …and then it all flew right out the window. I have to admit that it's been a long time since I found the Grammy's relevant. Heck, I found MTV's VMAs more ...

Seattle Trip Recap

Feb

2008

Well, a week later I've finally got some of our photos from our trip to Seattle. All I have to say is that it was too quick of a trip, and we'll need to make our way back out there sometime to take some time and appreciate the beauty of the area. Seattle 2008 Slideshow

Politically Speaking: My Take On The Issues

Feb

2008

Before you have any serious political discussion, especially regarding presidential candidates, I believe that it is important to identify where we are coming from. Therefore, I am going to present here my take on a number of the key political issues that have and will continue to come up over the next nine months. ——————————- ...

Politically Speaking

Feb

2008

As we get further into this presidential election year, I find myself becoming more interested in the nomination process as Democrats and Republicans both try to figure out not who the best candidate is for the country, but the most likely to be marketable to the country as a whole. If you know anything about ...

Greetings From Seattle

Feb

2008

So I'm here in Seattle for the next few days, tagging along as my wife attends a nursing conference. Seems like a nice area, and the surrounding environment, with all the thick evergreen forests, is definitely different from the normal view I'm used to seeing back in Ohio and Pittsburgh. This afternoon, we'll be spending ...