TBWAIN - AKA Jeff Svare's Blog

And why do I? Simple. I don't like my computer telling me what I can or cannot do with something I have legally purchased. I've been trying--not very hard, but trying nonetheless--to record all my vinyl to mp3. And when I say vinyl I'm including the tape used on my cassettes and 8-tracks . I also have a fully functional Marantz Quadrophonic 8-track player on which to play my aforementioned 8-track tapes. So the other day I wanted to record my copy of Wishbone Ash 's Live Dates lp. But I can't find it. So I found my cassette of the album, plugged it into the tape deck I have connected to my PC and fired up Audacity and left the room. When I came back and checked the recording, all I had recorded was the loud squeal of a over-tensioned cassette. So now I have a lost lp, a junk cassette, and no Wishbone Ash to listen to. If I buy the CD, it'll cost me $19, which is almost the same as downloading it from Yahoo or Wal-mart. If I try the Russian site, Allof...

According to Sci Fi Wire, Doctor Who will be getting a fourth season . And another old villain will make his reappearance. Maybe the fourth season will also bring some new revelations on the Time War. Care for a jelly baby?

"The beauty of Daylight Saving Time is that it just makes everyone feel sunnier," Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass, quoted by Associated Press, 22 July 2005. He wouldn't have said that if he was at my house this morning. :-P I'm sorely tempted to make a comment about the absence of sunshine and the space between his ears.

TrekWeb posted an excerpt from an MTV interview with the screenwriters for ST XI. The TrekWeb article can be found here . Here's some highlights: "The challenge of the movie is to be 100 percent true to the fanbase but also to bring in a whole new group of people who've never seen 'Trek' before," Kurtzman said. >My comment: Isn't that what they've all said before? And how well did it work? Of course, this one just might do it. Maybe. Orci and Kurtzman also confirmed that the film is not in any way a prequel but a reimagining of the franchise. Whether that means a whole new look for Star Trek remains in question. "We're not going to start totally from scratch," Orci said. "We want it to feel like it's updated and of the now. That's actually the discussions we're having now: how to keep the look of the universe yet have it not look like nothing's new. It's tricky." >My comment: Reimagining is so cliche....