19. March, 2002 - the rest of the story - music
- It's a day to follow-up on things I've yammered about recently.
- I got the car back from East Hennepin Auto Service yesterday afternoon. Turns out that it was the ignition module, but when that fails, it usually spikes a blast of voltage through the rotor in the distributor so that needed fixing, too. Still, it wasn't all that bad. I got out of there for under $300. I guess that's still cheaper than a monthly payment.
- Steph comes back at the complaints about bad tools with WYSIWYG Editors Don't Kill Web Sites, People Do. There's more for her to respond to at To Hell with Bad Editors. But my biggest gripe is that (as far as I know) none of the WYSIWYG editors make writing standards-compliant code the default. The newest ones definitely make it possible, but you have to have learned something to even know that you want that. [steph]
- The Bleat from March 19th covers the Minneapolis Public Library. It mirrors my experience trying to talk 'em into letting me volunteer to help get wireless access into a branch or two. I still haven't gotten a call back from anyone.
- There were some inductions into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
- The Village Voice: Features: Punks in the Hall by Bill Werde Gabba Gabba Hey! and a really big suit. The Ramones and The Talking Heads are going to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. [Jim]
- The the complete list of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees for 2002. It includes Gene Pitney who some friends of ours have played with a lot. [Jim]
- Billy Bragg and the Blokes (one of Jim's favorite bands) has a new record out. There's a web interview about it here (Real Media). Billy's currently on tour with Black 47 who are worth seeing in their own right. Or so says [Jim]
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Last updated on Tue, 19 Mar 2002 07:50:05.