Thoughts from Stephanie Sexton

I found this blog post by doing a picture search on google, for what I can’t quite remember, but the post caught my eye. I didn’t find the picture I was looking for, but I did find a thought that struck me as necessary. I need to weed out some books from my bookshelves.

My first thought was about these books that mister McEvoy was holding on to, I have not heard of them, and they must be good books if they are on his list of books to never get rid of. Of course I have attachments to different kinds of books, so maybe they will not be my cup of tea, but certainly I am interested in what other people consider essential reads and why.

So what books will I be weeding now that it’s on my mind? Hmm.. Tech manuals from 6 years ago, I guess those are the first to go. I don’t suppose I need to have books about how to use dreamweaver version 5 any longer, nor do I need the boxes and manuals for quicken 98. I look at these shelves and wonder why I have had these things taking up space for so long. I guess part of it is laziness and out of sight out of mind, but I also think that looking at my bookshelves takes me back to where I came from, where I was and the progression of how I have gotten to where I am today.

Of course I could just take some pictures of the bookshelves and make a through the years digital scrapbook I suppose, that would give a way to look back and clear out some shelf space and clutter. Hmm. perhaps a new way for people to take care of their emotional attachments with digital flickr and clear space for better feng shui. There’s a concept.

Now, what books could I never get rid of? Hmm.. the picture books from around the world, the sex books that I have enjoyed. Reference books like the prescription for nutritional healing. I may have to use that new web cam book inventory thing (or is it web cam bar code scanner?) that I saw on Amazon for this list.

I found a way to get lyrics with yahoo launch, very cool, because there are a few really hot songs that I have been turned onto by using the yahoo launchcast, both in browser and as a plug in with the messenger service. And I really am enjoying the lyrics look up I found today. But I can’t easily copy and past the lyrics to show them off and there for turn you onto the songs that I am enjoying today. I did find a way to print screen and save them to post hem, but I decided to click on the terms that yahoo has, and I guess gracenote is forcing them to post, and I wonder if using print screen to save and post the song lyrics would violate the terms as circumventing their DRM - isn’t DRM dead YET?

Anyways, I would hate to lose my yahoo account, or my launchcast service, so rather than giving you an easy way to see the lyrics I am digging, I guess I will post a link, which I know most of you will not bother to click on, and I wonder if the link will still be good a few months from now. Geeze. DRM for lyrics, really?

Link to lyrics for BT Remember at yahoo launch

Link to lyrics for Morcheeba Blindfold at yahoo music

Update 2 - Europe is considering a DRM standard? / Professors have arguments for music and video as fair use and deserving protection /

I am not trying to sell ads and use the lyrics for commercial use, just trying to get some new tunes in the head of some friends through their feed readers. Perhaps some creative commons “non commercial non derivs” licensing would be more reasonable gracenote? Or maybe your hands are being tied by music labels in some way who should consider a more reasonable agreement in the future, as should software vendors.

I’ve had my feel with dealing with ignorant people. In my day to day work I am surrounding by yes men and yes women who are use to doing what they are told and exactly what they are told (at least when the boss is around). I have a real problem with people who have no initiative and can’t open their mind to the spirit of the law, or spirit of a rule. I constantly find myself dealing with people doing stupid things in stupid ways and using the excuse of that’s what I was told.

Can’t people open their mind and think about the reasons why we are suppose to do things a certain way. Generally it is a specific end result that is desired, and sometime you have to adapt or adjust a way of doing something to get the intended result. Wake up people, think a little bit, even just a little.