Alston Grove

Time for this week’s safety briefing. Remember, kids, always blow out the flame on your shot before drinking it. If you don’t… well, you could end up like this poor sap.
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I’ve been searching for the perfect keyboard for years. What I seek is generally known as a slim keyboard. But it is easier to express by stating what I don’t want: a wide honking keyboard with number pad, function keys, internet buttons, and wrist support.
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Actually, I want my OGG, but that didn’t evoke the nostalgia of MTV’s catch-phrase from the 80’s. What I definitely don’t want is Fairplay or WMA with all its nasty DRM. But when you look around at the legit online music services, you’re gonna get DRM. Here’s my problem with the online services:

• With savings on production, packaging, and distribution costs, it should cost less to download than buy a CD.
• I’m getting encoded music with lesser quality than the orignal CDDA, so I should pay less for it.
• I want to play music anywhere I choose, including my multi-codec player that abhors DRM.

I’ve found some answers to these problems, so click the link below to read my full thoughts.
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