FineTune is the shiznit!!!

I found out about FineTune yesterday via my favorite source for all that is new and uber-geeky-cool, Lifehacker. I decided to try it out today, and I'm hooked. I've tried other streaming music services before and found them less than impressive. They either dropped songs in mid-play, lost the connection all together, or had generally crappy sound quality.

Not FineTune. To get around federal law and recording industry regulations, you have to set up a playlist with at list 45 songs on it. After selecting you're first 3 songs, however, you can simply press the I'm Lazy button and FT will fill in the rest for you, guessing how to pick based on your first three choices. You can make as many playlists as you want and the sound quality is excellent for streaming over the Internet.

Best of all, you can embed the playlist on other web pages. Just check out my first play list in the sidebar to the left. Just click play, sit back and enjoy...or go to FineTune and create your own playlist now.

Coming soon to Northewest Arkansas,..a Ben & Jerry's Scoop Shop

You heard it right, folks. My partners (Brent and Brandon) and I just sent a big old honkin' franchise fee check to Ben & Jerry's today to secure our rights to open a Ben & Jerry's in Northwest Arkansas.

That means, with luck, you'll have a plethora of yummy Ben & Jerry's flavors (in sundaes, cones, and let's not forget the Vermonster) within the next 2-4 months.

More details to come...

One of the best bumper sticker slogans I've seen in quite some time...

Remember Who You Were Supposed to Be

Well, hello there....

OK. Here's the obligatory first post on my new blog. I struggled for about two days trying to come up with a name for this damn thing. I had some quick shots of inspiration right away, but those names were taken (by people who last posted in 2005!!!!!!!!!!). After I came up with the perfect name a couple of dozen times and lost it to the contrary whims of Internet bloggers past, I finally hit on Technogrammarian.

It's a bit clunky, but then again, so am I at times. Even back in my days as as system engineer fresh out of grad school Wendi (my incredibly beautiful, incredibly supportive wife) would make fun of me for tagging the end of every introduction with ... "and I have an English degree." I can't help it...that damn degree symbolizes a lifetime love of books, reading and writing.

I have another mistress, however. Technically I have a lot of other mistresses. I quickly tire of one and go searching for a new one. The latest is called the Nokia E62, my be-all, do-all smartphone. Even though I've only had her for a few months, she's starting to look a little worn in comparison to Steve Job's new shiny, swiss-army iPhone (if Cisco will allow him to use their copyrighted name).

So when I'm not writing about my wife or my kids or a book I'm reading or a book I'm trying to write, I'll probably be writing about some new website/phone/computer/game/gadget/shiny blinking light that I found on the Internet. Check back regularly to see which topic wins.