Natalia and I are leaving for Egypt on Friday. This is the ultimate in last-minute vacations. We’ve been thinking for some time of going on vacation, but found ourselves pressured do it sooner, rather than later due to some immigration problems. We knew that I would only be allowed in Poland for 90 days, and [...]
This past weekend, Natalia and I went to Berlin. Not only do I have a photo gallery online, but I’ve also created a Google Earth Virtual-Vacation, so you can travel in our footsteps. Nothing much to say really, other than it was a really neat place and we had a great time. Oh, and the [...]
Yesterday (16th) was my birthday. I received birthday wishes from family, always a nice thing. Spoke to my father for the first time since Christmas. Natalia returned from the US. She brought me some grape-jelly, pancake mix, hot chocolate, and other difficult-to-obtain goodies. For my birthday, she gave me a new watch and some shirts. [...]
After my earlier post today, Media Relations Director, Jerry Bailey commented on this blog regarding BMI, publishing, and copy-protected CDs. I’m happy to see that even such a small blog as this is being noticed — its only a good thing for the consumer. Even if we’re not seeing positive action on the shelves, we [...]
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I went to the store yesterday, I had wanted to buy a CD. Turns out, it was published by BMI EMI, and the CD had clearly written: “Copy-protected”. Since I rip all of my music for (strictly) personal use, to copy to my PDA and my computer network, this wouldn’t work for me. I really [...]
