Stupid Sucks!

It’s great that iTunes is finally 100% iTunes Plus, which just means higher quality and DRM-free. It’s taken too long to get to this point in my opinion though.

Now, on to my next point. What the heck Apple? You want me to pay $365 to upgrade my library for something I should have received in the first place? I love iTunes and it’s been the best music management software I’ve ever used but I definitely won’t be spending $365 any time soon.

I also don’t like the new variable-pricing on songs. I do understand it’s a business and all that junk but couldn’t Apple help us out and wait a year or two until this “recession” starts getting better? It would be nice if these corporate giants would stop trying to squeeze every last penny out of the people who obviously don’t have it. Music isn’t a necessity obviously but the extra 30 cents means I won’t be buying any new music any time soon.

I think I’m much more worried about Time Warner Cable putting a cap on my internet plan. Thankfully I won’t be using TWC much longer.

Sweet! Tonight I finished testing and setting up this blog to load stylesheets, javascript and template images from a Content Delivery Network (CDN). I’m using Google App Engine (not really a true CDN but it works well) which was much easier than I thought and it’s free!

I reduced the loading time of StupidSucks.com by over 70% which I think is pretty incredible. Anyway, I may have to post a quick tutorial on how to do this. If you’re interested in Google App Engine you can check it out here http://code.google.com/appengine/

Finally IE 6 could be a nightmare of the past now that Microsoft has finally decided to do something about this rusty nail (IE6) in web developers heels. Microsoft will be distributing IE8 via Automatic Update (Windows Update), even to users still running IE6 or IE7 on everything newer than, and including, Windows XP. This could be what finally kills off IE6! w00t!

You can read more at: http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2009/04/10/prepare-for-automatic-update-distribution-of-ie8.aspx

Ok, I thought this was awesome. I have a serious need for speed so this was right up my alley. You can see it at Youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjF4tK7P840

Having worked at newspapers I have experienced countless frustrations when dealing with sales people. I came across this video that was hilarious and yet so true. You can substitute other jobs in place of the web dude as well.

Sometimes I seriously wonder about the sanity of sales people (and if they have a soul). Many people argue that sales is a hard job and that you have to be very good at it to succeed. My 2 cents is that sales people are not good at what they do, they are just the only people left who are willing to do it. Everyone else was smart enough to go get better jobs. read more…

This is great! I found this list on The Java Me Blog and having a techy background I thought it was pretty funny and very true. Even if you don’t work in as IT but you are generally more knowledgeable about technology….this applies to you. I sure know it applies to me.

1. If you ask me technical questions please don’t argue with me because you don’t like my answer. If you think you know more about the topic, why ask? And if I’m arguing with you…it’s because I am positive that I am correct, otherwise I’d just say “I don’t know” or give you some tips on where to look it up, I don’t have the time to just argue for the sake of it. read more…