Over at Rare 1980's MP3 of the Week, Scott has posted excerpts from three songs that he can't identify. I don't know what they are either, but they sound rrreeeaalllly familiar. The first track reminds me of the Cabaret Voltaire song "Don't Argue", but I don't think it's the same vocalist. And I can't help but think that the third track was done by a Canadian group. Can you figure it out?
Went to see Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy. It was an amusing and largely sympathetic depiction of some guy who, for all practical purposes, should be paying you to see him naked (he's short, fat, and hairy) rather than the other way around. Seems like the only things missing from ol' Ron's life are acceptance by mainstream Hollywood and a meaningful relationship. Well, boo-fucking-hoo. I didn't dislike the guy, but I sure as hell didn't feel sorry for him either. But still, it was a reasonably entertaining film.
Noise Between Stations recommends an article titled "Metadata Principles and Practicalities" as a good introduction/overview to the topic. I've added it to my reading pile.
(Yes, I know it was a bit of jump going from writing about a porn star to mentioning a library journal article on metadata. I trust you can keep up.)
I've started plowing through the book on XHTML that I was rambling about before. So far it's been a pretty easy read, since it revisits 'yer basic set of HTML elements and highlights what's changed in XHTML. The part where I'm woefully deficient is in use of CSS2, but that's still a few chapters away.
And it's occured to me how screamingly out of date my XML skills are. It's been over two years since I've worked with it. Back in tha' day, we used a DTD when authoring and to validate the files. Now everybody's using XML Schemas instead. And I haven't got a freaking clue how RDFs work.
QFD.