Eclectic EchoesEclectic echoes of my thoughts...One Door Closes, Another Opens- February 13, 2005 Well the initial part of the move is now complete. Eclectic Echoes is now installed on it&8217;s own domain: eclecticechoes.com. With that, this area of heupel.com will be closing. Well, not really closing, the archived content will remain here in a static form, and this page will feature 5 randomized entries. I am closing I have closed down the comments and trackbacks for all entries all entries over 2 weeks old. Eventually I will close commenting for those entries as well and remove the...http://heupel.com/eclectic/2005/02/13/one-door-closes-another-opens/ Moving Day- February 12, 2005 I&8217;ve been debating for a while what I want to do with this site. I need to update the software behind it (currently MT 2.661 with modifications). While I like MT &8212; I am running an internal site with the latest version and still using it for other sites &8212; when I move this site, I will be moving to WordPress. Both MT and WP are good platforms for blogs and much, much more. WordPress just meets my needs better right now and I like the developer&8217;s philosophy. The current...http://heupel.com/eclectic/2005/02/11/moving-day/ Painful Cover- February 10, 2005 I listen to a few podcasts regularly &8212; The Daily Source Code, Deutsche Welle Langsam, RevTim and Coverville. Coverville, if you are not familiar with it, is: &8220;A music podcast featuring the best and worst of cover songs. Presented with full legal licensing from ASCAP.&8221; Usually each show follows a theme or an artist or two. I usually listen to Coverville late at night when I am working, but lately I have been listening to playlists from my own collection in iTunes. Today I finally..http://heupel.com/eclectic/2005/02/10/painful-cover/ Bandwidth Theft- February 6, 2005 I have noticed an marked increase in the number of sites and people who have been stealing bandwidth embedding my images on their websites. I don&8217;t mind people using my images &8212; as soon as it is put on line you have to assume someone will use it, with or without your permission &8212; most of the images are licensed under a Creative Commons&8217; Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike license in fact. Just do me a favor, download the image to your own systemserver, all it takes is a...http://heupel.com/eclectic/2005/02/05/bandwidth-theft/ Belly Button (Round)- February 1, 2005 Ever get a song stuck in your head Have you ever gotten a song from your 4 year old&8217;s collection stuck in your head My son was given an excellent book and audio CD for Christmas, and it&8217;s been getting a lot of air time recently. The book is Philadelphia Chickens by Sandra Boynton. It&8217;s an excellent book and album, but for the past several hours I&8217;ve had the song Belly Button (Round) going through my head and I just can&8217;t get it out! Of course it doesn&8217;t help when I.http://heupel.com/eclectic/2005/01/31/belly-button-round/ |