So Erica and I have been trying to grow our own (food) for some time. For some weird reason I decided to get out the tripod and play with my cameras intervalometer while I dug a new bed and started transplanting. The video below is the outcome.

If you’re into independent rock, you must use rhapsody! It has an outstanding collection of indie albums.

Here’s what rocks

1. All the music! Literally you get to listen to millions of songs whenever you want.
2. It works with your non-Ipod. You can take any of those millions of songs with you wherever you want.
3. It’s cheap. $15 a month or $10 a month (about the price of a CD a month).

It’s just a pure pleasure to use Rhapsody from the standpoint of finding and listening to music. But wait!!!

Here’s what sucks

1. Yes you get a lot of music but not all the music. If you’re into popular music, you’ll be disappointed to find out all those awesome hits you love aren’t available to listen without buying the song (just like in itunes). This is stupid and is probably the number one reason the subscription service hasn’t taken. Wake up music industry! It does have all the indie music tracks though.
2. It doesn’t work with your Ipod. I’ll chalk this one up to Apple more than Rhapsody though but the problem is still there. If your an Ipod geek, I know, it’s not Apple’s fault. Just shut up…
3. The software (web based or intalled) is sub par. Yeah it does the job but could be so much better. I imagine this is where the subscription model can really take off. It would be great if Rhapsody had better music sharing features, better profiling and suggestions, and a better overall user interface.

I’ve always been a windows user for my desktop PC ever since windows 3.0. I’ve learned that inevitably the Windows OS gets all screwed up over time and it’s time for a reinstall. Now I’m on windows XP and that time has come. I can’t delete certain files no matter what I do and other problems are cropping up causing weird crashes.

I don’t want to put Windows XP back on! I’ve been using it for a long time and it’s certainly the most stable and versatile desktop OS out there at the moment. But I’m a geek! I want the new and improved stuff.

The question this time is what next? I have a copy of Vista and have tried it. It SUCKS! I’m a big fan of Linux and love it’s simplicity as a server OS. I’ve even setup Linux but it still feels light years behind when I try to use it for a Desktop (Kubuntu isn’t bad but still it doesn’t just work! I could write a whole post about the stupid stuff in a default install of Kubuntu). Apple certainly has really cool stuff. They look sexy and they’re new but they are the antithesis to my core beliefs. Most notably they aren’t open to any hardware but their own and like to control other aspects of my purchasing decisions such as MP3 player choices.

Edit: So in the end I just reinstalled windows XP and am very happy with the decision. I figured picking another OS wasn’t worth the time in the end.