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Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Worse is Which
Which is worse?
The jury is hung - both are pitiful! Was there a review of the error messages by the technical writer?!?
- [the file] has existed
- To be asked if you want to "overite" that existing file
The jury is hung - both are pitiful! Was there a review of the error messages by the technical writer?!?
RE
While "today" I have no pressing need to understand regular expressions, I think it would be a good feather in my Career hat. When it comes to be that I need to understand RE, I want to remember this article: Introduction to Regular Expressions.
Friday, May 26, 2017
Money is NOT Enough
Tech workers can make $144,390 in the San Francisco, CA, area, but consider this:
That's insane!
144390 / 52 weeks a year = 2776.73 weekly salary.
2776.73 / 40 hours a week = $69.42 an hour.
Here's a job that showed up in my Indeed.com jobs email:
That's a $44.42 / hour deficit (if you are making the $25 / hour rate), which gets you to $52,000 / year. That would pay for 7 months of the rent mentioned above.
While San Francisco ranks No. 1 for highest tech salary, it falls to No. 20 in terms of overall value, Paysa found. Cost of living reaches nearly $90,000 per year, with the average monthly rent for a three-bedroom apartment in the city center reaching nearly $6,600.
That's insane!
144390 / 52 weeks a year = 2776.73 weekly salary.
2776.73 / 40 hours a week = $69.42 an hour.
Here's a job that showed up in my Indeed.com jobs email:
That's a $44.42 / hour deficit (if you are making the $25 / hour rate), which gets you to $52,000 / year. That would pay for 7 months of the rent mentioned above.
14 Days!!
Celebrating the past...
while being overjoyed about the future!!!
Life is good for James, Lars, Kirk, and Robert. They are on a 2 week break until Sunday, June 4th, which is when they play in St. Louis. I knew that but I confirmed it with a quick Google search. Notice the order of the dates. At first, I thought it was a bug but then I realized it is in that order because Google knows I'm in Iowa and knows that Newton is in Iowa so it connected me to that show first before the other shows that are not near me. Clever! See below:
while being overjoyed about the future!!!
Life is good for James, Lars, Kirk, and Robert. They are on a 2 week break until Sunday, June 4th, which is when they play in St. Louis. I knew that but I confirmed it with a quick Google search. Notice the order of the dates. At first, I thought it was a bug but then I realized it is in that order because Google knows I'm in Iowa and knows that Newton is in Iowa so it connected me to that show first before the other shows that are not near me. Clever! See below:
Thursday, May 25, 2017
Alex's Favorite Band Dives Deep
From a press release I received via email:
Then this video came up:
(May 25, 2017)- Today, Beartooth is pleased and proud to share the official video for their single ‘Sick Of Me.’ Directed by Marc Klasfeld (Twenty One Pilots, Fun., Katy Perry), the documentary style video for ‘Sick Of Me’ follows the stories of four individuals struggling with depression and how each has channeled their energy into something positive to overcome it. “It’s rare that I am able to create a music video that allows other people to get their story across with such a positive message,” notes Klasfeld. “I really hope it can help anyone afflicted with depression in some way.” Watch the powerful video here.Powerful message.
Frontman Caleb Shomo comments on his own battle with the disease, “Depression and anxiety isn’t something you just get away from. It’s just inside you. For me it’s just always in my brain churning. It’s about fighting it and overcoming it, you can’t run away from it. You have to deal with it. This song is a big way to help. At least for me, music has been implanted in my body and what I’ve connected with. When I go on stage everything goes away. If you can choose that you will not let depression and anxiety run your life, you’re going to make it. It’s your body and your life and your choice.”
Then this video came up:
And THEN.... I saw Metallica playing "Hang Up the Phone"
One More
On January 10, 1989, Metallica released the "One" single from their "And Justice for All" album and a video for the song was introduced in January 1989. Let's go with January 10, 1989, as a starting point - assuming I heard the single on the first day it was released. That was 10362 days ago or 28 years, 4 months, 2 weeks, 1 day. According to Setlist, the song has been played by Metallica 1,393 times. I have gone from really liking it to feeling like I've heard it enough times to satisfy me to seeing this video, from their 5/17/17 concert and thinking, "Oh YEAH!!"
I would bet all of my money that they will play it in Newton, IA, on Friday, June 9, 2017!
I'm scared to find out the statistics for "Seek & Destroy"...
I would bet all of my money that they will play it in Newton, IA, on Friday, June 9, 2017!
I'm scared to find out the statistics for "Seek & Destroy"...
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Coincidence or Destiny
Yesterday, I dropped off some outdated medications at the North Liberty Police Department. Since I was there, I asked if there were any empty spindles. The clerk gave me 6. I look on Craigslist today and what do I see? The following ad on the Iowa City site! Of course, no, I'm not spending $650 on this collection (though I admit that it's likely worth at least that much, if not more!) I just think it's really funny that I gained the capacity for 600 more CDs yesterday and then there's a post for just over 600 CDs for sale. CRAZY!!
Here's a numbered list version of the CDs being sold:
OVER 619 Albums!!! +5 doubles +1 DVD +CD Cleaning items
There are at least 2 POSTERS in with the CDs inserts. I didn't check them all, but there are at least 2.
At least 3 of these albums are Autographed.
There are some really nice BOX Sets included in this collection.
(Only 58 of the CD's are burned copies, which for legal reasons, I'll be giving you the burned CDs for free when you buy my collection)
This is 25+ years of collecting music. I've finally gotten around to just putting all these on my iTunes. Everyone of them loaded. There were a couple that did not, which I did not list, but I will throw those in as well. There's also a bag of misc CD's and empty/broken jew cases that I will also include. This is, like I said, 25 years of collecting. There are a few original CD's that I no longer have the original cases/artwork for... these are labeled with "(disc only)". There are also, like I said, 54 burned CD's that are labeled with "(Burned Disc)". There are some Jewel cases that may be cracked or broken. And there is scratches on some of these CDs, but they all loaded into iTunes just fine (minus the few that I mentioned above). Otherwise this is a pretty awesome and solid CD collection!
There's more than what is pictured. Another whole bag of stuff, 2 CD cleaning machines, misc Cds....
Most of my collection is Punk, Alternative and Ska/Punk/Reggae/Rock (or at least these were my favorites). There are some really RARE and cool SUBLIME CD's and other Skunk related bands. Mostly 80's and 90's stuff.
I will eventually list these on eBay if I can't find a local buyer (There are 4 huge boxes I'd rather not deal with shipping).
I'm asking $650 or best REASONABLE offer for my lifetime collection of CDs (That's Roughly $1 a CD!)
I will ONLY sell as a lot. Cash only.
ALTERNATIVE:
- Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen
- Better than Ezra - Deluxe (disc only)
- Butthole Surfers - Electriclarryland
- Butthole Surfers - Pepper (Single) (disc only)
- Cake - Fashion Nugget
- Collective Soul - Collective Soul
- Counting Crows - This is Desert Life
- The Cranberries - No Need to Argue
- Everclear - So Much for the Afterglow
- Everclear - Sparkle and Fade
- Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters (disc only)
- G. Love and Special Sauce - Yeah, It's that Easy
- Hum - You'd Prefer an Astronaut
- Incubus - Enjoy Incubus (EP)
- Incubus - Fungus Amongus
- Incubus - Make Yourself
- Incubus - When Incubus Attacks, Vol. 1 (Burned Disc)
- Jane's Addiction - Live (Burned Disc)
- Jane's Addiction - Kettle Whistle
- Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
- Jane's Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual (disc only)
- Jane's Addiction - Strays
- The Lemonheads - Come on Feel
- The Lemonheads - It's a Shame About Ray
- Live - Throwing Copper
- Luscious Jackson - Natural Ingredients (disc only)
- NY Loose - Loosen Up!
- Perry Farrell - Rev (X2)
- Perry Farrell - Song Yet to be sung
- Porno For Pyros - Good God's Urge
- Porno For Pyros - Porno For Pyros
- Radiohead - Kid A (disc only)
- Radiohead - Pablo Honey
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue (Single)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - What Hits!?
- Smashing Pumpkins - Machina/ The Machines of God (disc only)
- Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (2 disc set)
- Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream (Burned Disc)
- Soul Coughing - Irresistible bliss
- Soul Coughing - Ruby Vroom
- Spacehog - The Chinese Album
- Spacehog - Resident Alien
- Spacehog - Single
- Sponge - Wax Ecstatic
- They Might Be Giants - Factory Showroom
- They Might Be Giants - John Henry (disc only)
- Tribe After Tribe - Love Under Will
- 311 - Enlarged to Show Detail (Bonus Disc)
- 311 - From Chaos
- 311 - Grassroots
- 311 - Live
- 311 - Music
- 311 - Sound System
- 311 - Teenieweenie (Burned Disc)
- 311 - Transistor
- 311 - 311 (disc only)
- MTV Buzz Bin (Various Artists)
- MTV The Return of the Rock Vol 2 (Various Artists)
- No Boundaries (Various Artists) Benefit for the Kosovar Refugees
- Rock: Selects, Vol. 1 (Various Artists) (disc only)
- Vision (Various Artists) (disc only)
BLUES:
- Chuck E. Weiss - Extremely Cool
- Borders' Presents - Best Blues 1956
CLASSICAL:
- Bach - The Masterpiece Collection
- Beethoven - The Masterpiece Collection
- Edward Higginbottom - Early One Morning (disc only)
- Mozart (Northstar Orchestra) - Mozart with Ocean Sound
- Music: An Appreciation - 4 disc set
- Classical - A collection of Inspired Performances (2 disc set)
- Piano Encores
COUNTRY and FOLK:
- Brent Holmes - Moosebeary Jam
- David Allan Coe - Live at Billy Bob's Texas
- David Allan Coe - Underground (Burned disc)
- David Allan Coe - 16 Biggest Hits
- Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley - Original Folkways recordings 1960-62 2 disc set
- Jimmy Fortune - When One Door Closes
- Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire (Live - 3 disc set) (Burned Discs)
- Johnny Cash - Super Hits
- Merle Haggard - Merle Haggard Collectors Edition
- Neil Young - Harvest Moon (disc only)
- The Statler brothers - Gospel Favorites
- William Elliot Whitmore - Hymns for the Hopeless (Autographed)
- Willy Nelson - Always on my Mind
- Willy Nelson - Willie Standard Time
ELECTRONICA:
- Aphex Twin - I Care Because You Do
- Bjork - Homogenic
- Bjork - Post
- Bjork - Vespertine
- Bjork - Volta (disc only)
- Cibo Matto - Stereo Type A
- Cibo Matto - Viva! La Woman
- The Crystal Method - Vegas
- Gorillaz - G-Sides (Burned Disc)
- Gorillaz - Gorillaz (Deluxe Edition Bonus CD)
- Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster
- Lo-Fidelity Allstars - How to operate with a Blown Mind (disc only)
- Moby - Play and Play: The B-Sides
- Moby - Songs 1993 - 1998 (disc only)
- Poe - Hello
- The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land
- Sigur Ros - Agaestis Byrjun (Burned Disc)
- Kenneth Cole Reaction (Various Artists)
FOLK ROCK:
- Ani DiFranco - To the Teeth
- Ben Harper - Burn to Shine
- Ben Harper - Fight for Your Mind
- Ben Harper - Welcome to the Cruel World (disc only)
- Blind Melon - Blind Melon
- Blind Melon - Soup
- Rusted Root - Remember
- Rusted Root - Rusted Root
- Rusted Root - When I Woke
- Violent Femmes - New Times
- Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
- Violent Femmes - Why Do Birds Sing
- Young Dubliners - Red (disc only)
GRUNGE:
- Alice in Chains - Jars of Flies
- Alice in Chains - MTV Unplugged (disc only)
- L7 - L7
- Mudhoney - Piece of Cake
- Nirvana - Bleach
- Nirvana - From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah (Live)
- Nirvana - In Utero
- Nirvana - Incesticide (Burned disc)
- Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York
- Nirvana - Nevermind
- Stone Temple Pilots - Core
- Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
- Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop
- Toadies - Rubberneck (Burned Disc)
- Veruca Salt - Eight Arms to Hold You
HALLOWEEN:
- Halloween Sounds
- Kids Pop Halloween
- 57 Haunted House Horrors
- Mannheim Steamroller - Halloween (2 disc set)
- The Nightmare Before Christmas - The Nightmare Before Christmas (disc only)
- The Haunted House CD
- Chiller Thriller
- Monster Mash and Other Songs of Horror
HARDCORE HIP HOP:
- Bad Fathers - Go Poke a Hole in Yourself (disc only)
- Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
- Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
- Beastie Boys - Ill Communication (disc only)
- Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
- The Bloodhound Gang - Hooray for Boobies
- The Bloodhound Gang - One Fierce Beer Coaster
- The Bloodhound Gang - Use Your Fingers (disc only)
- The Committee - Throwing Chicken Bones at the Crack House
- Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (Burned Disc)
- Cypress Hill - Bones (disc only)
- Cypress Hill - Unreleased and Revamped (EP)
- KB Posse - KB Posse
- Kottonmouth Kings - High Society
- Kottonmouth Kings - Kottonmouth Kings (Burned Disc)
- Kottonmouth Kings- Rollin' Stoned (disc only)
- Mickey Avalon - Mickey Avalon
HIP HOP/Funk:
- The Black Eyed Peas - Behind the Front
- The Black Eyed Peas - Elephunk (BURNED DISC)
- George Clinton - Atomic Dog (Single)
- Insane Clown Posse - The Amazing Jeckel Brothers
- Insane Clown Posse - Another Love Song (Single)
- Insane Clown Posse - Tunnel of Love
- Jamiroquai - Travelling without Moving
- KRS-One - I Got Next
- Lucky Boys Confusion - Growing Out of It
- Lucky Boys Confusion - Throwing the Game
- Redman - Muddy Waters (disc only)
- Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
- Sunz of Man - The Last Shall Be First
- Total Devastation - Total Devastation
- Wyclef Jean - The Carnival (disc only)
INDIE ROCK:
- Arctic Monkeys - Beneath the Boardwalk (Burned Disc)
- Beck - Mutations
- Beck - Odelay (disc only)
- Eels - Beautiful Freak
- Eels - Electro-Shock Blues
- Elliott Smith - Basement II Demos (Burned Disc)
- Elliott Smith - Either/Or
- Elliott Smith - Live (Burned Disc)
- Elliott Smith - XO (Burned Disc)
- Fiona Apple - Tidal (disc only)
- Joe Jack Talcum (of the Dead Milkmen) - Live in the Studio (Autographed!)
- Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News
- Nikki Lunden - Choose Your Own Experience
- Samb Eggnog - Harness the Power of Lightening
- Stereolab - Dots and Loops (disc only)
- The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth (Burned Disc)
- Two Screaming Asian Boys - Untitled
- The Vaselines - The Way of the Vaselines: A Complete History
- Ween - Live in Chicago (Burned Disc)
- Ween - The Pod
- Ween - Pure Guava
- Weezer - Green Album (Burned Disc)
- Weezer - Maladroit
- Weezer - Pinkerton
- Weezer - Weezer
- The White Stripes - Elephant (Burned Disc)
- The White Stripes - White Blood Cells (Burned Disc)
- 20 Minute Loop - 20 Minute Loop (disc only)
- Habits of the Heart (Various Artists) - Acoustic Artist Series
INDUSTRIAL:
- David Bowie - Earthling
- File Underwater - Fluid
- Hanzel Und Gretyl - Transmissions From Uranus
- KMFDM - Money (disc only)
- KMFDM - Money/Bargeld
- KMFDM - XTORT
- PIG vs KMFDM - Sin, Sex and Salvation
- Lords of Acid - Greatest Tits
- Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
- Marilyn Manson - Portrait of an American Family
- Marilyn Manson - Remix & Repent (EP)
- Marilyn Manson - Smells Like Children (EP)
- Mindless Self Indulgence - Despierta Los Ninos (EP)
- Mindless Self Indulgence - Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy (disc only)
- Ministry - Filth Pig
- My Life with the Thrill kill Kult - Hit and Run Holiday (disc only)
- Nine Inch Nails - Broken
- Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
- Nine Inch Nails - Fixed
- Nine Inch Nails - March of the Pigs (Disc 2)
- Nine Inch Nails - Sin (Single)
- Nine Inch Nails - Micro CD
- Pigface - Gub/Spoon Breakfast (disc only)
- Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe
- White Zombie - Astro-Creep: 2000
JAM BAND:
- Blues Traveler - Blues Traveler
- Blues Traveler - Four
- Blues Traveler - Straight on Till Morning
- Blues Traveler - Travelers and Thieves
- Dave Matthews Band - Crash (disc only)
- Dave Matthews Band - Live at Luther College (disc only)
- Dave Matthews Band - Under the Table and Dreaming (disc only)
- Dave Matthews Band - Some Other Stuff DVD (disc only)
- Grateful Dead - Live/Dead (Burned Disc)
- Grateful Dead - What a Long Strange Trip It's Been (2 Disc set)
- Phish - Billy Breathes
- Phish - A Picture of Nectar (disc only)
- Phish - The Siket Disc
- Widespread Panic - Bombs and Butterflies (disc only)
JAZZ:
- CJ Borosque - The Metal Quan Yin (disc only)
- Jim Ryan's Forward Energy - Configurations 2002 (2 Disc Set)
- Maceo Parker - Mo' Roots
- Miles Davis - Aura (disc only)
- Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (disc only)
- Return to One - Hopes and Dreams
- Jazz Classics
LATIN:
- Illya Kuryaki and The Valderramas - Ninja Mental (MTV Unplugged)
- Los Fabulosos Cadillacs - Fabulosos Calavera
- Los Fabulosos Cadillacs - Yo Te Avise
- Manana Me Chanto - Pero Manana
- Patricio Rey and Sus Redonditos De Ricota - Ultimo Bondi A Finisterre
METAL:
- Acid Bath - Pagan Terrorism Tactics (Burned Disc)
- Acid Bath - When the Kite String Pops (Burned Disc)
- Black Sabbath - Limited Edition (of 5000) Micro CD
- Black Sabbath - Symptom of the Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970 - 1978 (2 disc set)
- Black Sabbath - We Sold Our Soul for Rock N Roll
- Body Count - Cop Killer (Burned Disc)
- Bucket Head - Monsters and Robots (Burned Disc)
- Corporate Avenger - Freedom is a State of Mind
- Danzig - Danzig 5: Blackacidevil
- Defenders of Metal Vol 1 (Mixed Artists) - The Seduction
- Down - Nola
- Dumpster Juice - Get that Out of Your Mouth
- Dumpster Juice - The Not so Fresh Feeling
- Gwar - Carnival of Chaos
- Kittie - Oracle
- Machine Head - Burn My Eyes
- Megadeth - Cryptic Writings
- Melvins - Stoner Witch (Burned Disc)
- Metallica - Metallica
- Metallica - Nothing Else Matters Live at Wembley Stadium
- Napalm Death - From Enslavement to Obliteration
- Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill (disc only)
- Psychosomatic - Psychosomatic (disc only)
- Raise the Red Lantern - Raise the Red Lantern
- Raise the Red Lantern - Thunderfuck
- Scrid - The Island of Misfit Toys
- Sepultura - Nation
- Sepultura - Roorback (special Edition)
- Sepultura - Roorback (Disc 1)
- Sepultura - Roots
- Slayer - God Hates Us All (Burned Disc)
- Slayer - Show No Mercy (Burned Disc)
- Stuck Mojo - Pigwalk
- Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses
- Contaminated (Various Artists) - 3.0 (disc only)
NEW WAVE:
- The Bangles - Greatest Hits
- Big Audio Dynamite II - The Globe
- The Cure - The Cure (disc only)
- The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
- The Cure - Mixed Up
- The Cure - Wild Mood Swings (disc only)
- Duran Duran - Decade (disc only)
- INXS - Elegantly Wasted
- Oingo Boingo - Dark at the End of the Tunnel
- Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Rapture
NU METAL/ALTERNATIVE METAL:
- Coal Chamber - Coal Chamber (Burned Disc)
- Deftones - Around the Fur
- Deftones - Live (EP)
- Deftones - White Poney
- (Hed) P.E. - (Hed) P.E.
- (Hed) P.E. - (hed) pe
- Helmet - Betty
- Helmet - Meantime
- Korn - Follow the Leader
- Korn - Issues
- Korn - Korn
- Korn - Korn Family Values Extra Value CD
- Korn - Life is Peachy
- Korn - See You on the Other Side
- Limp Bizkit - Significant Other
- Limp Bizkit - Three Dollar Bill Y'all$ (X2 - 1 is disc only)
- A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms
- A Perfect Circle - The Hollow (Single)
- Primus - Brown Album
- Primus - Pork Soda
- Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese
- Rage Against The Machine - Battle of Los Angeles
- Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire
- Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine (Burned Disc)
- Sevendust - Home (Burned Disc)
- Slipknot - Slipknot (burned disc)
- Soulfly - Primitive
- Staind - Break the Cycle (disc only)
- System of a Down - Hypnotize
- System of a Down - Steal this Album!
- System of a Down - System of a Down (disc only)
- System of a Down - Toxicity
- System of a Down - Prison Song and X Single (Unopened!)
- Tool - Aenima
- Tool - Lateralus
- Tool - Opiate (EP)
- Tool - Salival
- Tool - Tales From the Darkside (Burned Disc)
- Tool - Third leg: Cullen Auditorium Houston TX 96 (Burned Disc)
- Tool - Undetow
- Family Values Tour '98 (Various Artists)
- The Family Values Tour 1999 (Various Artists)
- The Immortal 7 (Various Artists) (disc only)
- The Pledge of Allegiance Tour 2001 Sampler (Various Artists)
OTHER:
- Chakra Meditation Music - Chakra Meditation Music
- Chrome Dreams - Maximum Magazine Perfect Circle Interview
- Doug Maxwell (BIG BAND) - A collection of Inspired Performances
- Enigma (New Age) - The Cross of Changes (disc only)
- Finitribe (Trance) - An Unexpected Groovy Treat
- Heathcote Williams (Spoken Word) Dante: The Divine Comedy (3 Disc set)
- The Immortals (Trance) - Mortal Kombat (Single)
- Kitaro (New Age) - The Light of the Spirit (disc only)
- Club Europa (Trance) (disc only)
- Dance Factory (Techno) (disc only)
- Dancing on Your Grave - Non-Stop Gothic Dance Mix
- Shadow Dancer - From Tranquility
POP/SOFT ROCK:
- Carly Simon - The Best of Carly Simon
- Grace Jones - Greatest Hits
- James Taylor - Greatest Hits
- Jim Croce - Photographs and Memories: His Greatest Hits (disc only)
- John Mayer - Room for Squares (disc only)
- New Radicals - Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too (disc only)
- Robyn - Robyn is here (disc only)
- Rod Stewart - Stay with Me
- Shaggy - Hot Shot
- Sugar Ray - Floored
PUNK:
- AFI - Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes
- AFI - Sing the Sorrow
- Bad Brains - Rise
- Bad Religion - Recipe for Hate
- Circle Jerks - Golden Shower of Hits
- Circle Jerks - Group Sex / Wild in the Streets
- The Clash - The Clash
- The Clash - Combat Rock (Burned Disc)
- The Clash - Give 'Em Enough Rope (Burned Disc)
- The Clash - London Calling (Burned Disc)
- The Clash - Sandinista (Disc 1) (Burned Disc)
- The Clash - Sandinista (Disc 2) (Burned Disc)
- The Cramps - Psychedelic Jungle/Gravest Hits
- Das Klown - Antidote
- The Dead Milkmen - Death Rides a Pale Cow: The Ultimate Collection
- The Distillers - Coral Fang
- The Distillers - Sing Sing Death House
- Dropkick Murphys - Blackout
- Dropkick Murphys - Sing Loud, Sing Proud!
- Dropkick Murphys - The Singles Collection (disc only)
- Fifteen - The Choice of a New Generation
- Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies (Burned Disc)
- Flogging Molly - Within a Mile of Home
- The Get Up Kids - Guilt Show (disc only)
- Goldfinger - Goldfinger
- Goldfinger - Stomping Ground
- Greenday - When I Come Around (Promo Single)
- Horror Pops - Bring it on!
- Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Blow in the Wind (disc only)
- Meat Puppets - Too High to Die
- The Mekons - The Curse of the Mekons/Fun '90
- Mike Ness - Cheating at Solitaire
- Minor Threat - First Demo Tape (EP)
- Minor Threat - Minor Threat: Complete Discography
- The Misfits - Project 1950
- The Misfits - Walk Among Us
- Mu330 - Mu330 (disc only)
- Mustard Plug - Evildoers Beware!
- MXPX - Life in General
- MXPX - Pokinatcha
- MXPX - Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo (disc only)
- MXPX - Teenage politics (disc only)
- The Offspring - Smash
- Operation Ivy - Operation Ivy
- Operation Ivy (Various Artists) - Take Warning: The Songs of Operation Ivy
- Pansy Division - 1993 Undressed (Autographed)
- Pansy Division - 2003 Total Entertainment!
- Pennywise - Wildcard/A Word from the Wise
- The Pogues - If I Should Fall from Grace with God (Burned Disc)
- Ramones - Adios Amigos
- Ramones - Greatest Hits Live
- Ramones - Ramones Mania (disc only)
- Rancid - ...And Out Come the Wolves
- Rancid - Indestructible
- Rancid - Let's Go
- Rancid - Life Won't Wait
- Rancid - Rancid
- Samhain - November Coming Fire
- Screeching Weasel - Boogadaboogadaboogada
- Screeching Weasel - Wiggle
- Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols
- Social Distortion - I was Wrong (Single)
- Social Distortion - Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell
- Social Distortion - White Light White Heat White Trash
- Tiger Army - III: Ghost Tigers Rise
- Tiger Army - Tiger Army (Burned Disc)
- Tim Armstrong - A Poet's Life (Burned Disc)
- Transplants - Transplants w/ POSTER Insert!
- The Vagrants - Vagrants
- The Vandals - Live Fast, Diarrhea
- Punk Vs. Ska (Various Artists) - Round 2
- Extreme Rock and Punk Selects (Various Artists)
- Extreme Sound Sampler (Various Artists)
- Give 'Em the Boot (Various Artists)
- Give 'Em the Boot II (Various Artists) (disc only)
- Give 'Em the Boot III (Various Artists) w/ POSTER Insert!
- Punk O Rama 3 (Various Artists)
- Punk O Rama 4 (Various Artists)
- Punk O Rama 7 (Various Artists)
- Punk O Rama 10 (Various Artists)
- Punk University - Vol. 1 (Various Artists)
- Punk You! Vol. 1: Music for the Discerning Slacker Punk (Various Artists)
RnB:
- Betty Davis - Nasty Gal
- The Coasters - The Coasters/The Drifters (on same disc as the Drifters) (disc only)
- The Drifters - The Coasters/The Drifters (on same disc as the Coasters) (disc only)
- Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun (disc only)
- Marvin Gaye - Compact Command Performances: 15 Greatest Hits
- Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
- Nina Simone - Nina Simone
REGGAE:
- Alpha Blondy - Elohim
- Bob Marley - Reggae Legend (3 Disc Set)
- Bob Marley - Songs of Freedom (4 Disc Box Set - Missing Disc 3)
- Bob Marley and the Wailers - Reggae Roots
- Bob Marley and the Wailers - Legend
- Bob Marley and the Wailers - Soul Rebel (disc only)
- Bob Marley - Simmer Down at Studio One (2 Disc set)
- Burning Spear - Appointment with His Majesty
- Ini Kamoze - Here Comes the Hotstepper
- Lee "Scratch" Perry and the Upsetters - Battle of Armagideon
- Lee "Scratch" Perry and the Upsetters - Return of the Super Ape
- Mad Lion - GG and PR
- Mad Lion - Real Ting
- Nonpalidece - Dread Al Control
- Nonpalidece - Hagan Correr La Voz
- Shabba Ranks - Rough and Ready, Vol. 1
- Shabba Ranks - Shabba Ranks and Friends
- The Soul Rebels - Let Your Mind Be Free
- UB40 - Higher Ground (disc only)
- UB40 - Labour of Love
- UB40 - Promises and Lies (disc only)
- Yellowman - Zungguzungguguzungguzeng
- Fire on the Mountain (Various Artists) - A Tribute to the Grateful Dead
- Mojo: (Various Artists) The Dawning of a New Era
- Stir It Up (Various Artists)
- Tributo a Bob Marley (Various Artists)
ROCK/CLASSIC ROCK/HARD ROCK:
- AC/DC - Live: Collector's Edition
- AC/DC - Who Made Who
- Aerosmith - Pump
- The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- The Doors - Best of the Doors (2 disc set)
- Eagles - Their Greatest Hits (disc only)
- Elton John - The Best of Elton John
- Elton John - Greatest Hits
- Elvis Presley - Elvis' Golden Records
- Eric Clapton - Time Pieces: The Best of Eric Clapton (disc only)
- Guns N Roses - Use Your Illusion II
- The Hot Damns - High Heels Slut
- Jackyl - Jackyl
- Janis Joplin- Janis Joplin's Greatest hits
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are you Experienced
- The Kingsmen - The Very Best of the Kingsmen
- Led Zeppelin - BBC Sessions (Live - 3 disc set)
- Led Zeppelin - Early Days: The Best of Led Zeppelin
- Led Zeppelin - 4 disc box set
- Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti (Disc 2) (disc only)
- Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gunna Go My Way (disc only)
- Lenny Kravitz - Greatest Hits
- Lou Reed - New York
- Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
- Michael Jackson - Thriller (Special Edition)
- Page and Plant - No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant
- Pat Benatar - Best Shots (disc only)
- The Pimps - To a Cool Person, Stay that Way
- Pink Floyd - Animals (Burned Disc)
- Pink Floyd - A Collection of Great Dance Songs
- Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
- Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
- Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason
- Pink Floyd - The Wall (2 disc set) (Original Case, burned discs)
- Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
- Porch Builders - Disposable Yodels (disc only)
- Prince - Purple Rain (Burned Disc)
- Queen - Classic Queen
- Queen - Made in Heaven
- Queen - News of the World
- The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks (2 Disc set)
- The Rolling Stones - Stripped
- Rosalee Motor Revival - Chicken Coop (disc only)
- Rush - Exit... Stage Left (Live)
- Rush - A Show of Hands (Live)
- Skid Row - Skid Row
- Skid Row - Slave to the Grind
- Steppenwolf - The Best of Steppenwolf (disc only)
- The Steve Miller Band - The Best of 1968 - 1973
- The Steve Miller Band - Greatest hits 1974 -78
- Styx - The Grand Illusion
- Tom Petty - Greatest Hits
- Tom Petty - Wildflowers
- Ugly Kid Joe - America's Least Wanted
- Van Morrison - Bang Masters
- Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
- Velvet Revolver - Contraband (Burned Disc)
- Weird Al Yankovic - Bad Hair Day
- The Who - 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection (disc only)
- Stoned Immaculate: The Music of the Doors (Various Artists)
SKA:
- The Aquabats Vs. The Floating Eye of Death (Burned Disc)
- Fishbone - Chim Chim's Badass Revenge
- Fishbone - Give a Monkey a Brain and He'll Swear He's the Center of the Universe
- Oreskaband - Oreskaband
- Pilfers - Chawalaleng
- The Scofflaws - Ska In Hi-Fi
- The Specials - Guilty 'Til Proved Innocent!
- The Toasters - Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down
- The Toasters - Dub 56 (W/Bonus Live Tracks)
- Ska: The Third Wave (Various Artists)
SKA/PUNK/REGGAE/ROCK:
- Corn Doggie Dog and the ½ lb - Corn Doggie Dog and the ½ lb
- Corn Doggie Dog and the ½ lb - Reach for the Gutter (Disc only, No sleeve)
- Del Noah and the Mt. Ararat Finks (Surf Rock) - Blower Explosion
- Filibuster - Deadly Hi-Fi (Disc only, No sleeve)
- Filibuster - The Means (EP)
- Filibuster - New Ruler and the King
- Long Beach Dub Allstars - Long Beach Dub Allstars and Friends
- Long Beach Dub Allstars - Wonders of the World (Disc only, No sleeve)
- Long Beach Short Bus - Flying Ship of Fantasy
- Part One Tribe - The Beach Ball
- Part One Tribe - The General Consensus
- Part One Tribe - Gimme $5 (Burned Disc, straight from band)
- Seed - Seed (burned Disc w/ art)
- Slightly Stoopid - Closer to the Sun (2 disc Set)
- Slightly Stoopid - Electric Factory Philadelphia (Live, 2 disc set, burned Discs)
- Slightly Stoopid - Everything You Need
- Slightly Stoopid - Live and Direct: Acoustic Roots
- Slightly Stoopid - The Longest Barrel Ride
- Slightly Stoopid - Slightly Stoopid (Burned Disc)
- Slightly Stoopid - The Filmore Denver (Live, 2 disc set, Burned Discs)
- Sublime - Badfish
- Sublime - Bradley Nowell Live at the Firecracker Lounge
- Sublime - Doggone Blues
- Sublime - Doin' Time
- Sublime - Fox Theatre - Boulder, Co - 95 (2 Disc Set)
- Sublime - Greatest Hits (X2)
- Sublime - Living in a Boring Nation
- Sublime - Robbin' the Hood
- Sublime - Second Hand Smoke
- Sublime - Shooter Live
- Sublime - Sinsemilla 86 - 96
- Sublime - Stand By Your Van (Live)
- Sublime - Sublime
- Sublime - Sublime (Special 2 CD Set)
- Sublime - Sublime Acoustic: Bradley Nowell and Friends (X2)
- Sublime - What I Got (Single)
- Sublime - What I Got (UK Single)
- Sublime - What I Got (EP)
- Sublime - 40 Oz. to Freedom (X2)
- Too Rude - Too Rude
- Vitamin Lounge - LBC Lounge: Tribute to Sublime
- The Ziggens - Chicken Out!
- The Ziggens - Ignore Amos
- The Ziggens (Burt Ziggen) - Live, Acoustic @ Koo's Café
- The Ziggens - Rusty Never Sleeps/C002 (Limited Edition)
- Long Beach Blvd. (Various Artists) - Long Beach Blvd.
- Skunk Records (Various Artists) - Fall Sampler
- Skunk Records (Various Artists) - Spring Sampler 98
- Skunk Records (Various Artists) - Spring Sampler 99
- Skunk Records (Various Artists) - Skunk Sampler 2000 (Disc only)
SWING REVIVAL:
- Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Zoot Suit Riot
- Royal Crown Revue - Contender
SOUNDTRACKS:
PS There is some shit in here that I have no idea how I ended up with it... such as Grace Jones and Insane Clown Posse! lol Which you MUST take if you buy the lot!
- The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience
- The Blair Witch Project: Josh's Blair Witch Mix
- The Crow: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Dazed and Confused
- A Pirate's Life - Disney's Ultimate Swashbuckler Collection
- The Lost Boys
- Austin Powers - Music to Shag By
- Natural Born Killers (disc only)
- O Brother, Where Art Thou?
- Office Space (disc only)
- Pulp Fiction
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Saturday Morning Cartoons Greatest Hits
- Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture (disc only)
- The X-Files: Songs in the Key of X (disc only)
Here's a numbered list version of the CDs being sold:
- (Hed) P.E. - (Hed) P.E.
- (Hed) P.E. - (hed) pe
- 20 Minute Loop - 20 Minute Loop (disc only)
- 311 - 311 (disc only)
- 311 - Enlarged to Show Detail (Bonus Disc)
- 311 - From Chaos
- 311 - Grassroots
- 311 - Live
- 311 - Music
- 311 - Sound System
- 311 - Teenieweenie (Burned Disc)
- 311 - Transistor
- 57 Haunted House Horrors
- A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms
- A Perfect Circle - The Hollow (Single)
- A Pirate's Life - Disney's Ultimate Swashbuckler Collection
- AC/DC - Live: Collector's Edition
- AC/DC - Who Made Who
- Acid Bath - Pagan Terrorism Tactics (Burned Disc)
- Acid Bath - When the Kite String Pops (Burned Disc)
- Aerosmith - Pump
- AFI - Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes
- AFI - Sing the Sorrow
- Alice in Chains - Jars of Flies
- Alice in Chains - MTV Unplugged (disc only)
- Alpha Blondy - Elohim
- Ani DiFranco - To the Teeth
- Aphex Twin - I Care Because You Do
- Arctic Monkeys - Beneath the Boardwalk (Burned Disc)
- Austin Powers - Music to Shag By
- Bach - The Masterpiece Collection
- Bad Brains - Rise
- Bad Fathers - Go Poke a Hole in Yourself (disc only)
- Bad Religion - Recipe for Hate
- Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
- Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
- Beastie Boys - Ill Communication (disc only)
- Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
- Beck - Mutations
- Beck - Odelay (disc only)
- Beethoven - The Masterpiece Collection
- Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen
- Ben Harper - Burn to Shine
- Ben Harper - Fight for Your Mind
- Ben Harper - Welcome to the Cruel World (disc only)
- Better than Ezra - Deluxe (disc only)
- Betty Davis - Nasty Gal
- Big Audio Dynamite II - The Globe
- Bjork - Homogenic
- Bjork - Post
- Bjork - Vespertine
- Bjork - Volta (disc only)
- Black Sabbath - Limited Edition (of 5000) Micro CD
- Black Sabbath - Symptom of the Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970 - 1978 (2 disc set)
- Black Sabbath - We Sold Our Soul for Rock N Roll
- Blind Melon - Blind Melon
- Blind Melon - Soup
- Blues Traveler - Blues Traveler
- Blues Traveler - Four
- Blues Traveler - Straight on Till Morning
- Blues Traveler - Travelers and Thieves
- Bob Marley - Reggae Legend (3 Disc Set)
- Bob Marley - Simmer Down at Studio One (2 Disc set)
- Bob Marley - Songs of Freedom (4 Disc Box Set - Missing Disc 3)
- Bob Marley and the Wailers - Legend
- Bob Marley and the Wailers - Reggae Roots
- Bob Marley and the Wailers - Soul Rebel (disc only)
- Body Count - Cop Killer (Burned Disc)
- Borders' Presents - Best Blues 1956
- Brent Holmes - Moosebeary Jam
- Bucket Head - Monsters and Robots (Burned Disc)
- Burning Spear - Appointment with His Majesty
- Butthole Surfers - Electriclarryland
- Butthole Surfers - Pepper (Single) (disc only)
- Cake - Fashion Nugget
- Carly Simon - The Best of Carly Simon
- Chakra Meditation Music - Chakra Meditation Music
- Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Zoot Suit Riot
- Chiller Thriller
- Chrome Dreams - Maximum Magazine Perfect Circle Interview
- Chuck E. Weiss - Extremely Cool
- Cibo Matto - Stereo Type A
- Cibo Matto - Viva! La Woman
- Circle Jerks - Golden Shower of Hits
- Circle Jerks - Group Sex / Wild in the Streets
- CJ Borosque - The Metal Quan Yin (disc only)
- Classical - A collection of Inspired Performances (2 disc set)
- Club Europa (Trance) (disc only)
- Coal Chamber - Coal Chamber (Burned Disc)
- Collective Soul - Collective Soul
- Contaminated (Various Artists) - 3.0 (disc only)
- Corn Doggie Dog and the ½ lb - Corn Doggie Dog and the ½ lb
- Corn Doggie Dog and the ½ lb - Reach for the Gutter (Disc only, No sleeve)
- Corporate Avenger - Freedom is a State of Mind
- Counting Crows - This is Desert Life
- Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (Burned Disc)
- Cypress Hill - Bones (disc only)
- Cypress Hill - Unreleased and Revamped (EP)
- Dance Factory (Techno) (disc only)
- Dancing on Your Grave - Non-Stop Gothic Dance Mix
- Danzig - Danzig 5: Blackacidevil
- Das Klown - Antidote
- Dave Matthews Band - Crash (disc only)
- Dave Matthews Band - Live at Luther College (disc only)
- Dave Matthews Band - Some Other Stuff DVD (disc only)
- Dave Matthews Band - Under the Table and Dreaming (disc only)
- David Allan Coe - 16 Biggest Hits
- David Allan Coe - Live at Billy Bob's Texas
- David Allan Coe - Underground (Burned disc)
- David Bowie - Earthling
- Dazed and Confused
- Defenders of Metal Vol 1 (Mixed Artists) - The Seduction
- Deftones - Around the Fur
- Deftones - Live (EP)
- Deftones - White Poney
- Del Noah and the Mt. Ararat Finks (Surf Rock) - Blower Explosion
- Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley - Original Folkways recordings 1960-62 2 disc set
- Doug Maxwell (BIG BAND) - A collection of Inspired Performances
- Down - Nola
- Dropkick Murphys - Blackout
- Dropkick Murphys - Sing Loud, Sing Proud!
- Dropkick Murphys - The Singles Collection (disc only)
- Dumpster Juice - Get that Out of Your Mouth
- Dumpster Juice - The Not so Fresh Feeling
- Duran Duran - Decade (disc only)
- Eagles - Their Greatest Hits (disc only)
- Edward Higginbottom - Early One Morning (disc only)
- Eels - Beautiful Freak
- Eels - Electro-Shock Blues
- Elliott Smith - Basement II Demos (Burned Disc)
- Elliott Smith - Either/Or
- Elliott Smith - Live (Burned Disc)
- Elliott Smith - XO (Burned Disc)
- Elton John - Greatest Hits
- Elton John - The Best of Elton John
- Elvis Presley - Elvis' Golden Records
- Enigma (New Age) - The Cross of Changes (disc only)
- Eric Clapton - Time Pieces: The Best of Eric Clapton (disc only)
- Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun (disc only)
- Everclear - So Much for the Afterglow
- Everclear - Sparkle and Fade
- Extreme Rock and Punk Selects (Various Artists)
- Extreme Sound Sampler (Various Artists)
- Family Values Tour '98 (Various Artists)
- Fifteen - The Choice of a New Generation
- File Underwater - Fluid
- Filibuster - Deadly Hi-Fi (Disc only, No sleeve)
- Filibuster - New Ruler and the King
- Filibuster - The Means (EP)
- Finitribe (Trance) - An Unexpected Groovy Treat
- Fiona Apple - Tidal (disc only)
- Fire on the Mountain (Various Artists) - A Tribute to the Grateful Dead
- Fishbone - Chim Chim's Badass Revenge
- Fishbone - Give a Monkey a Brain and He'll Swear He's the Center of the Universe
- Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies (Burned Disc)
- Flogging Molly - Within a Mile of Home
- Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters (disc only)
- G. Love and Special Sauce - Yeah, It's that Easy
- George Clinton - Atomic Dog (Single)
- Give 'Em the Boot (Various Artists)
- Give 'Em the Boot II (Various Artists) (disc only)
- Give 'Em the Boot III (Various Artists) w/ POSTER Insert!
- Goldfinger - Goldfinger
- Goldfinger - Stomping Ground
- Gorillaz - Gorillaz (Deluxe Edition Bonus CD)
- Gorillaz - G-Sides (Burned Disc)
- Grace Jones - Greatest Hits
- Grateful Dead - Live/Dead (Burned Disc)
- Grateful Dead - What a Long Strange Trip It's Been (2 Disc set)
- Greenday - When I Come Around (Promo Single)
- Guns N Roses - Use Your Illusion II
- Gwar - Carnival of Chaos
- Habits of the Heart (Various Artists) - Acoustic Artist Series
- Halloween Sounds
- Hanzel Und Gretyl - Transmissions From Uranus
- Heathcote Williams (Spoken Word) Dante: The Divine Comedy (3 Disc set)
- Helmet - Betty
- Helmet - Meantime
- Horror Pops - Bring it on!
- Hum - You'd Prefer an Astronaut
- Illya Kuryaki and The Valderramas - Ninja Mental (MTV Unplugged)
- Incubus - Enjoy Incubus (EP)
- Incubus - Fungus Amongus
- Incubus - Make Yourself
- Incubus - When Incubus Attacks, Vol. 1 (Burned Disc)
- Ini Kamoze - Here Comes the Hotstepper
- Insane Clown Posse - Another Love Song (Single)
- Insane Clown Posse - The Amazing Jeckel Brothers
- Insane Clown Posse - Tunnel of Love
- INXS - Elegantly Wasted
- Jackyl - Jackyl
- James Taylor - Greatest Hits
- Jamiroquai - Travelling without Moving
- Jane's Addiction - Kettle Whistle
- Jane's Addiction - Live (Burned Disc)
- Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
- Jane's Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual (disc only)
- Jane's Addiction - Strays
- Janis Joplin- Janis Joplin's Greatest hits
- Jazz Classics
- Jim Croce - Photographs and Memories: His Greatest Hits (disc only)
- Jim Ryan's Forward Energy - Configurations 2002 (2 Disc Set)
- Jimmy Fortune - When One Door Closes
- Joe Jack Talcum (of the Dead Milkmen) - Live in the Studio (Autographed!)
- John Mayer - Room for Squares (disc only)
- Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire (Live - 3 disc set) (Burned Discs)
- Johnny Cash - Super Hits
- KB Posse - KB Posse
- Kenneth Cole Reaction (Various Artists)
- Kids Pop Halloween
- Kitaro (New Age) - The Light of the Spirit (disc only)
- Kittie - Oracle
- KMFDM - Money (disc only)
- KMFDM - Money/Bargeld
- KMFDM - XTORT
- Korn - Follow the Leader
- Korn - Issues
- Korn - Korn
- Korn - Korn Family Values Extra Value CD
- Korn - Life is Peachy
- Korn - See You on the Other Side
- Kottonmouth Kings - High Society
- Kottonmouth Kings - Kottonmouth Kings (Burned Disc)
- Kottonmouth Kings- Rollin' Stoned (disc only)
- KRS-One - I Got Next
- L7 - L7
- Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster
- Led Zeppelin - 4 disc box set
- Led Zeppelin - BBC Sessions (Live - 3 disc set)
- Led Zeppelin - Early Days: The Best of Led Zeppelin
- Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti (Disc 2) (disc only)
- Lee "Scratch" Perry and the Upsetters - Battle of Armagideon
- Lee "Scratch" Perry and the Upsetters - Return of the Super Ape
- Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gunna Go My Way (disc only)
- Lenny Kravitz - Greatest Hits
- Limp Bizkit - Significant Other
- Limp Bizkit - Three Dollar Bill Y'all$ (X2 - 1 is disc only)
- Live - Throwing Copper
- Lo-Fidelity Allstars - How to operate with a Blown Mind (disc only)
- Long Beach Blvd. (Various Artists) - Long Beach Blvd.
- Long Beach Dub Allstars - Long Beach Dub Allstars and Friends
- Long Beach Dub Allstars - Wonders of the World (Disc only, No sleeve)
- Long Beach Short Bus - Flying Ship of Fantasy
- Lords of Acid - Greatest Tits
- Los Fabulosos Cadillacs - Fabulosos Calavera
- Los Fabulosos Cadillacs - Yo Te Avise
- Lou Reed - New York
- Lucky Boys Confusion - Growing Out of It
- Lucky Boys Confusion - Throwing the Game
- Luscious Jackson - Natural Ingredients (disc only)
- Maceo Parker - Mo' Roots
- Machine Head - Burn My Eyes
- Mad Lion - GG and PR
- Mad Lion - Real Ting
- Manana Me Chanto - Pero Manana
- Mannheim Steamroller - Halloween (2 disc set)
- Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
- Marilyn Manson - Portrait of an American Family
- Marilyn Manson - Remix & Repent (EP)
- Marilyn Manson - Smells Like Children (EP)
- Marvin Gaye - Compact Command Performances: 15 Greatest Hits
- Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
- Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Blow in the Wind (disc only)
- Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
- Meat Puppets - Too High to Die
- Megadeth - Cryptic Writings
- Melvins - Stoner Witch (Burned Disc)
- Merle Haggard - Merle Haggard Collectors Edition
- Metallica - Metallica
- Metallica - Nothing Else Matters Live at Wembley Stadium
- Michael Jackson - Thriller (Special Edition)
- Mickey Avalon - Mickey Avalon
- Mike Ness - Cheating at Solitaire
- Miles Davis - Aura (disc only)
- Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (disc only)
- Mindless Self Indulgence - Despierta Los Ninos (EP)
- Mindless Self Indulgence - Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy (disc only)
- Ministry - Filth Pig
- Minor Threat - First Demo Tape (EP)
- Minor Threat - Minor Threat: Complete Discography
- Moby - Play and Play: The B-Sides
- Moby - Songs 1993 - 1998 (disc only)
- Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News
- Mojo: (Various Artists) The Dawning of a New Era
- Monster Mash and Other Songs of Horror
- Mozart (Northstar Orchestra) - Mozart with Ocean Sound
- MTV Buzz Bin (Various Artists)
- MTV The Return of the Rock Vol 2 (Various Artists)
- Mu330 - Mu330 (disc only)
- Mudhoney - Piece of Cake
- Music: An Appreciation - 4 disc set
- Mustard Plug - Evildoers Beware!
- MXPX - Life in General
- MXPX - Pokinatcha
- MXPX - Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo (disc only)
- MXPX - Teenage politics (disc only)
- My Life with the Thrill kill Kult - Hit and Run Holiday (disc only)
- Napalm Death - From Enslavement to Obliteration
- Natural Born Killers (disc only)
- Neil Young - Harvest Moon (disc only)
- New Radicals - Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too (disc only)
- Nikki Lunden - Choose Your Own Experience
- Nina Simone - Nina Simone
- Nine Inch Nails - Broken
- Nine Inch Nails - Fixed
- Nine Inch Nails - March of the Pigs (Disc 2)
- Nine Inch Nails - Micro CD
- Nine Inch Nails - Sin (Single)
- Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
- Nirvana - Bleach
- Nirvana - From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah (Live)
- Nirvana - In Utero
- Nirvana - Incesticide (Burned disc)
- Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York
- Nirvana - Nevermind
- No Boundaries (Various Artists) Benefit for the Kosovar Refugees
- Nonpalidece - Dread Al Control
- Nonpalidece - Hagan Correr La Voz
- NY Loose - Loosen Up!
- Brother, Where Art Thou?
- Office Space (disc only)
- Oingo Boingo - Dark at the End of the Tunnel
- Operation Ivy - Operation Ivy
- Operation Ivy (Various Artists) - Take Warning: The Songs of Operation Ivy
- Oreskaband - Oreskaband
- Page and Plant - No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant
- Pansy Division - 1993 Undressed (Autographed)
- Pansy Division - 2003 Total Entertainment!
- Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill (disc only)
- Part One Tribe - Gimme $5 (Burned Disc, straight from band)
- Part One Tribe - The Beach Ball
- Part One Tribe - The General Consensus
- Pat Benatar - Best Shots (disc only)
- Patricio Rey and Sus Redonditos De Ricota - Ultimo Bondi A Finisterre
- Pennywise - Wildcard/A Word from the Wise
- Perry Farrell - Rev (X2)
- Perry Farrell - Song Yet to be sung
- Phish - A Picture of Nectar (disc only)
- Phish - Billy Breathes
- Phish - The Siket Disc
- Piano Encores
- PIG vs KMFDM - Sin, Sex and Salvation
- Pigface - Gub/Spoon Breakfast (disc only)
- Pilfers - Chawalaleng
- Pink Floyd - A Collection of Great Dance Songs
- Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason
- Pink Floyd - Animals (Burned Disc)
- Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
- Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
- Pink Floyd - The Wall (2 disc set) (Original Case, burned discs)
- Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
- Poe - Hello
- Porch Builders - Disposable Yodels (disc only)
- Porno For Pyros - Good God's Urge
- Porno For Pyros - Porno For Pyros
- Primus - Brown Album
- Primus - Pork Soda
- Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese
- Prince - Purple Rain (Burned Disc)
- Psychosomatic - Psychosomatic (disc only)
- Pulp Fiction
- Punk O Rama 10 (Various Artists)
- Punk O Rama 3 (Various Artists)
- Punk O Rama 4 (Various Artists)
- Punk O Rama 7 (Various Artists)
- Punk University - Vol. 1 (Various Artists)
- Punk Vs. Ska (Various Artists) - Round 2
- Punk You! Vol. 1: Music for the Discerning Slacker Punk (Various Artists)
- Queen - Classic Queen
- Queen - Made in Heaven
- Queen - News of the World
- Radiohead - Kid A (disc only)
- Radiohead - Pablo Honey
- Rage Against The Machine - Battle of Los Angeles
- Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire
- Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine (Burned Disc)
- Raise the Red Lantern - Raise the Red Lantern
- Raise the Red Lantern - Thunderfuck
- Ramones - Adios Amigos
- Ramones - Greatest Hits Live
- Ramones - Ramones Mania (disc only)
- Rancid - ...And Out Come the Wolves
- Rancid - Indestructible
- Rancid - Let's Go
- Rancid - Life Won't Wait
- Rancid - Rancid
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue (Single)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - What Hits!?
- Redman - Muddy Waters (disc only)
- Return to One - Hopes and Dreams
- Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe
- Robyn - Robyn is here (disc only)
- Rock: Selects, Vol. 1 (Various Artists) (disc only)
- Rod Stewart - Stay with Me
- Rosalee Motor Revival - Chicken Coop (disc only)
- Royal Crown Revue - Contender
- Rush - A Show of Hands (Live)
- Rush - Exit... Stage Left (Live)
- Rusted Root - Remember
- Rusted Root - Rusted Root
- Rusted Root - When I Woke
- Samb Eggnog - Harness the Power of Lightening
- Samhain - November Coming Fire
- Saturday Morning Cartoons Greatest Hits
- Screeching Weasel - Boogadaboogadaboogada
- Screeching Weasel - Wiggle
- Scrid - The Island of Misfit Toys
- Seed - Seed (burned Disc w/ art)
- Sepultura - Nation
- Sepultura - Roorback (Disc 1)
- Sepultura - Roorback (special Edition)
- Sepultura - Roots
- Sevendust - Home (Burned Disc)
- Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols
- Shabba Ranks - Rough and Ready, Vol. 1
- Shabba Ranks - Shabba Ranks and Friends
- Shadow Dancer - From Tranquility
- Shaggy - Hot Shot
- Sigur Ros - Agaestis Byrjun (Burned Disc)
- Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Rapture
- Ska: The Third Wave (Various Artists)
- Skid Row - Skid Row
- Skid Row - Slave to the Grind
- Skunk Records (Various Artists) - Fall Sampler
- Skunk Records (Various Artists) - Skunk Sampler 2000 (Disc only)
- Skunk Records (Various Artists) - Spring Sampler 98
- Skunk Records (Various Artists) - Spring Sampler 99
- Slayer - God Hates Us All (Burned Disc)
- Slayer - Show No Mercy (Burned Disc)
- Slightly Stoopid - Closer to the Sun (2 disc Set)
- Slightly Stoopid - Electric Factory Philadelphia (Live, 2 disc set, burned Discs)
- Slightly Stoopid - Everything You Need
- Slightly Stoopid - Live and Direct: Acoustic Roots
- Slightly Stoopid - Slightly Stoopid (Burned Disc)
- Slightly Stoopid - The Filmore Denver (Live, 2 disc set, Burned Discs)
- Slightly Stoopid - The Longest Barrel Ride
- Slipknot - Slipknot (burned disc)
- Smashing Pumpkins - Machina/ The Machines of God (disc only)
- Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (2 disc set)
- Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream (Burned Disc)
- Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
- Social Distortion - I was Wrong (Single)
- Social Distortion - Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell
- Social Distortion - White Light White Heat White Trash
- Soul Coughing - Irresistible bliss
- Soul Coughing - Ruby Vroom
- Soulfly - Primitive
- Spacehog - Resident Alien
- Spacehog - Single
- Spacehog - The Chinese Album
- Sponge - Wax Ecstatic
- Staind - Break the Cycle (disc only)
- Steppenwolf - The Best of Steppenwolf (disc only)
- Stereolab - Dots and Loops (disc only)
- Stir It Up (Various Artists)
- Stone Temple Pilots - Core
- Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
- Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop
- Stoned Immaculate: The Music of the Doors (Various Artists)
- Stuck Mojo - Pigwalk
- Styx - The Grand Illusion
- Sublime - 40 Oz. to Freedom (X2)
- Sublime - Badfish
- Sublime - Bradley Nowell Live at the Firecracker Lounge
- Sublime - Doggone Blues
- Sublime - Doin' Time
- Sublime - Fox Theatre - Boulder, Co - 95 (2 Disc Set)
- Sublime - Greatest Hits (X2)
- Sublime - Living in a Boring Nation
- Sublime - Robbin' the Hood
- Sublime - Second Hand Smoke
- Sublime - Shooter Live
- Sublime - Sinsemilla 86 - 96
- Sublime - Stand By Your Van (Live)
- Sublime - Sublime
- Sublime - Sublime (Special 2 CD Set)
- Sublime - Sublime Acoustic: Bradley Nowell and Friends (X2)
- Sublime - What I Got (EP)
- Sublime - What I Got (Single)
- Sublime - What I Got (UK Single)
- Sugar Ray - Floored
- Sunz of Man - The Last Shall Be First
- System of a Down - Hypnotize
- System of a Down - Prison Song and X Single (Unopened!)
- System of a Down - Steal this Album!
- System of a Down - System of a Down (disc only)
- System of a Down - Toxicity
- The Aquabats Vs. The Floating Eye of Death (Burned Disc)
- The Bangles - Greatest Hits
- The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience
- The Black Eyed Peas - Behind the Front
- The Black Eyed Peas - Elephunk (BURNED DISC)
- The Blair Witch Project: Josh's Blair Witch Mix
- The Bloodhound Gang - Hooray for Boobies
- The Bloodhound Gang - One Fierce Beer Coaster
- The Bloodhound Gang - Use Your Fingers (disc only)
- The Clash - Combat Rock (Burned Disc)
- The Clash - Give 'Em Enough Rope (Burned Disc)
- The Clash - London Calling (Burned Disc)
- The Clash - Sandinista (Disc 1) (Burned Disc)
- The Clash - Sandinista (Disc 2) (Burned Disc)
- The Clash - The Clash
- The Coasters - The Coasters/The Drifters (on same disc as the Drifters) (disc only)
- The Committee - Throwing Chicken Bones at the Crack House
- The Cramps - Psychedelic Jungle/Gravest Hits
- The Cranberries - No Need to Argue
- The Crow: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- The Crystal Method - Vegas
- The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
- The Cure - Mixed Up
- The Cure - The Cure (disc only)
- The Cure - Wild Mood Swings (disc only)
- The Dead Milkmen - Death Rides a Pale Cow: The Ultimate Collection
- The Distillers - Coral Fang
- The Distillers - Sing Sing Death House
- The Doors - Best of the Doors (2 disc set)
- The Drifters - The Coasters/The Drifters (on same disc as the Coasters) (disc only)
- The Family Values Tour 1999 (Various Artists)
- The Get Up Kids - Guilt Show (disc only)
- The Haunted House CD
- The Hot Damns - High Heels Slut
- The Immortal 7 (Various Artists) (disc only)
- The Immortals (Trance) - Mortal Kombat (Single)
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are you Experienced
- The Kingsmen - The Very Best of the Kingsmen
- The Lemonheads - Come on Feel
- The Lemonheads - It's a Shame About Ray
- The Lost Boys
- The Mekons - The Curse of the Mekons/Fun '90
- The Misfits - Project 1950
- The Misfits - Walk Among Us
- The Nightmare Before Christmas - The Nightmare Before Christmas (disc only)
- The Offspring - Smash
- The Pimps - To a Cool Person, Stay that Way
- The Pledge of Allegiance Tour 2001 Sampler (Various Artists)
- The Pogues - If I Should Fall from Grace with God (Burned Disc)
- The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks (2 Disc set)
- The Rolling Stones - Stripped
- The Scofflaws - Ska In Hi-Fi
- The Soul Rebels - Let Your Mind Be Free
- The Specials - Guilty 'Til Proved Innocent!
- The Statler brothers - Gospel Favorites
- The Steve Miller Band - Greatest hits 1974 -78
- The Steve Miller Band - The Best of 1968 - 1973
- The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth (Burned Disc)
- The Toasters - Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down
- The Toasters - Dub 56 (W/Bonus Live Tracks)
- The Vagrants - Vagrants
- The Vandals - Live Fast, Diarrhea
- The Vaselines - The Way of the Vaselines: A Complete History
- The White Stripes - Elephant (Burned Disc)
- The White Stripes - White Blood Cells (Burned Disc)
- The Who - 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection (disc only)
- The X-Files: Songs in the Key of X (disc only)
- The Ziggens - Chicken Out!
- The Ziggens - Ignore Amos
- The Ziggens - Rusty Never Sleeps/C002 (Limited Edition)
- The Ziggens (Burt Ziggen) - Live, Acoustic @ Koo's Café
- They Might Be Giants - Factory Showroom
- They Might Be Giants - John Henry (disc only)
- Tiger Army - III: Ghost Tigers Rise
- Tiger Army - Tiger Army (Burned Disc)
- Tim Armstrong - A Poet's Life (Burned Disc)
- Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture (disc only)
- Toadies - Rubberneck (Burned Disc)
- Tom Petty - Greatest Hits
- Tom Petty - Wildflowers
- Too Rude - Too Rude
- Tool - Aenima
- Tool - Lateralus
- Tool - Opiate (EP)
- Tool - Salival
- Tool - Tales From the Darkside (Burned Disc)
- Tool - Third leg: Cullen Auditorium Houston TX 96 (Burned Disc)
- Tool - Undetow
- Total Devastation - Total Devastation
- Transplants - Transplants w/ POSTER Insert!
- Tribe After Tribe - Love Under Will
- Tributo a Bob Marley (Various Artists)
- Two Screaming Asian Boys - Untitled
- Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses
- UB40 - Higher Ground (disc only)
- UB40 - Labour of Love
- UB40 - Promises and Lies (disc only)
- Ugly Kid Joe - America's Least Wanted
- Van Morrison - Bang Masters
- Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
- Velvet Revolver - Contraband (Burned Disc)
- Veruca Salt - Eight Arms to Hold You
- Violent Femmes - New Times
- Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
- Violent Femmes - Why Do Birds Sing
- Vision (Various Artists) (disc only)
- Vitamin Lounge - LBC Lounge: Tribute to Sublime
- Ween - Live in Chicago (Burned Disc)
- Ween - Pure Guava
- Ween - The Pod
- Weezer - Green Album (Burned Disc)
- Weezer - Maladroit
- Weezer - Pinkerton
- Weezer - Weezer
- Weird Al Yankovic - Bad Hair Day
- White Zombie - Astro-Creep: 2000
- Widespread Panic - Bombs and Butterflies (disc only)
- William Elliot Whitmore - Hymns for the Hopeless (Autographed)
- Willy Nelson - Always on my Mind
- Willy Nelson - Willie Standard Time
- Wyclef Jean - The Carnival (disc only)
- Yellowman - Zungguzungguguzungguzeng
- Young Dubliners - Red (disc only)
The Commute would Get Old VERY Fast
It's rare to see a technical writing job description without mentioning at least one tool / technology.
Me? I'm extremely happy where I am. In fact, there was a different vein of work that was tapped yesterday that has me even more enthused.
Me? I'm extremely happy where I am. In fact, there was a different vein of work that was tapped yesterday that has me even more enthused.
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
About UX but also About Tech Writing
While the link below takes you to an excerpt from a book about UX - specifically, Designing UX: Forms - I think there is relevance to technical writing.
Is this not true for good documentation?
Without losing sight on the fact that the article does have value, I feel a rant coming on. Why state "there are six" when the items below the statement are numbered? Why not write "Here are principles for determining the order of questions in a form"instead? Is clarity gained by repeating the number? Is clarity lost by excluding it? To me, I'd say clarity is NOT lost by excluding it.
Read the whole article here: http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2017/05/designing-ux-forms.php
Is this not true for good documentation?
Without losing sight on the fact that the article does have value, I feel a rant coming on. Why state "there are six" when the items below the statement are numbered? Why not write "Here are principles for determining the order of questions in a form"instead? Is clarity gained by repeating the number? Is clarity lost by excluding it? To me, I'd say clarity is NOT lost by excluding it.
Read the whole article here: http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2017/05/designing-ux-forms.php
Taking It Into My Own Hands
I sit in the lower level of my building. There's 3 floors above me. This AM, I went to each floor and in each place where it is appropriate to hang work-related notices, I hung the following flyer. I am hoping there are other musicians in this building that are interested in jamming:
Even if we don't make the June 16th deadline, maybe something else will come from it. I have worked at 5 different companies - this is my 6th. At two of those companies, I played drums in a band with co-workers. If I were able to find a band where I work now, I would be at 50%, which I would personally consider pretty damn good.
Editor's Note: Contact information was changed to be posted on this blog - Qrtb Heson is a fictitious name.
Even if we don't make the June 16th deadline, maybe something else will come from it. I have worked at 5 different companies - this is my 6th. At two of those companies, I played drums in a band with co-workers. If I were able to find a band where I work now, I would be at 50%, which I would personally consider pretty damn good.
Editor's Note: Contact information was changed to be posted on this blog - Qrtb Heson is a fictitious name.
Cool Tip for the Day
On the new-to-me Windows 10 PC, I see a message that says I need to activate Windows. The person I bought the PC from doesn't have a product key. I mentioned this issue to my co-worker Ben, who sits me. He pointed me to Howtogeek.com - man I love this site! - and this article: https://www.howtogeek.com/206329/how-to-find-your-lost-windows-or-office-product-keys/
I know what I'm working on tonight...
I know what I'm working on tonight...
Don't Forget the Fear Premier is VERY Soon
The next season of Fear the Walking Dead premiers on Sunday, June 11th - two days after seeing Metallica in Newton!!
From Today and Back to 8898 days ago
Some of these I knew; others sounded familiar.
There were a few that made me long for different (not necessarily better) days.
Last night's episode featured Roman Reigns / Seth Rollins v. Bray Wyatt / Samoa Joe in the main event. The ending came when Reigns went to hit Samoa Joe with the Superman punch. Like I've seen in countless other matches, Samoa Joe moved out of the way and Reigns tried to pull his punch back but did end up running into Rollins, who was then pissed at Reigns and distracted. That allowed Samoa Joe to put his submission move on Rollins. Those four are in the Fatal 5 Way match at Extreme Rules on June 4th. The fifth member of that match, Finn Balor, was shown at the end of the episode talking to General Manager Kurt Angle. He told Angle that it was a great match but he didn't want to be left out next week. Angle made next week's main event right then: Finn Balor v. Samoa Joe v. Bray Wyatt. Angle also announced Seth Rollins v. Roman Reigns as the other match for next week.
This is what Bleacher Report reported about the match:
Read more results here.
There were a few that made me long for different (not necessarily better) days.
Last night's episode featured Roman Reigns / Seth Rollins v. Bray Wyatt / Samoa Joe in the main event. The ending came when Reigns went to hit Samoa Joe with the Superman punch. Like I've seen in countless other matches, Samoa Joe moved out of the way and Reigns tried to pull his punch back but did end up running into Rollins, who was then pissed at Reigns and distracted. That allowed Samoa Joe to put his submission move on Rollins. Those four are in the Fatal 5 Way match at Extreme Rules on June 4th. The fifth member of that match, Finn Balor, was shown at the end of the episode talking to General Manager Kurt Angle. He told Angle that it was a great match but he didn't want to be left out next week. Angle made next week's main event right then: Finn Balor v. Samoa Joe v. Bray Wyatt. Angle also announced Seth Rollins v. Roman Reigns as the other match for next week.
This is what Bleacher Report reported about the match:
Grade
B
Analysis
The match quality was strong and the spot with Reigns blasting Rollins by accident, costing them the main event was a nice alternative to the smiling good guys winning the match. Joe and Wyatt putting their differences aside to secure victory was a nice take on the old "tag partners who hate each other" trope while the announcement that they will battle, along with Balor, in a Triple Threat match next week added a must-see element to the Memorial Day broadcast.
While the match still adhered far too closely to WWE's stale booking methods, it was a quality match to close out an action-packed broadcast.
Read more results here.
Monday, May 22, 2017
Tumultuous Backlash
While I continue to watch Monday Night Raw, I don't watch Smackdown. There was a WWE PPV last night called Backlash and the results are in: bleacherreport.com/articles/2710922-wwe-backlash-2017-results-winners-grades-reaction-and-highlights. Sounds like it was tumultuous.
1 is From Wednesday, 2 - 5 = Thursday
From Wednesday:
From Thursday:
From Thursday:
- At least one person was killed and seven people were struck after a speeding car jumped a curb and plowed into several people in New York's Times Square on Thursday afternoon: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/05/18/car-jumps-curb-hits-pedestrians-in-times-square.html
- A fight that erupted at a Memphis church on Tuesday night during a graduation ceremony for Arlington High School was captured on video: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/05/17/fight-at-memphis-high-school-graduation-caught-on-video.html
- You Need To Connect The Dots Between The Bombshell Michael Flynn Stories The former national security adviser sided with the Turkish president in delaying an attack on ISIS. But before Turkey paid him, Flynn had wanted Erdogan out.
- From MTV to Top WWE Star: The Miz Gives Us an Exclusive Look at His 'Real World'
First Raw was 8897 days ago - 24 years, 4 months, 1 week, 4 days Ago
Tonight is episode 1271 because 8897 / 7 = 1271.
Sunday, May 21, 2017
Yay Me!
I'm writing this post using the new-to-me Windows 10 PC I purchased on Friday evening after work for $60. I have been setting it up since I brought it home. I have accomplished the following:
Thankfully, it seems like the CD drive is faster than the Toshiba laptop. It's convenient to have this new PC because, for inexplicable reasons, the Toshiba laptop CD drive is acting up and not ripping CDs. I insert a CD in and nothing happens. I'd be really much more upset about it if I didn't have this new-to-me PC on my desk in the den. Having this new PC also will help me plow through the spindles. I'm ripping Spindle #20 because, thankfully, Megan was home on Friday and ripped the rest of Spindle 19 for me. She used the Toshiba laptop and her own HP laptop too to get through 50 CDs. I plan to utilize her over the next few weeks while she's home in order to plow through the spindles, if she's up for it.
- plugged in the wireless keyboard
- plugged in multiple external hard drives
- plugged in Brad Guyer's former mouse that I use at work (and take home each weekend because it's so awesome!)
- installed Office 2016 installed (thanks to the license agreement my employer has with Microsoft)
- installed Free File Synch (website)
- ripped CDs like crazy!
Thankfully, it seems like the CD drive is faster than the Toshiba laptop. It's convenient to have this new PC because, for inexplicable reasons, the Toshiba laptop CD drive is acting up and not ripping CDs. I insert a CD in and nothing happens. I'd be really much more upset about it if I didn't have this new-to-me PC on my desk in the den. Having this new PC also will help me plow through the spindles. I'm ripping Spindle #20 because, thankfully, Megan was home on Friday and ripped the rest of Spindle 19 for me. She used the Toshiba laptop and her own HP laptop too to get through 50 CDs. I plan to utilize her over the next few weeks while she's home in order to plow through the spindles, if she's up for it.
Friday, May 19, 2017
Harmonious Union
This is a quote from https://www.thoughtfortoday.org.uk/harmony-3/ - I didn't write it:
With 89 days remaining until we move Alex into his UNI dorm room & Megan into her UNI apartment, I am aware of being part of a harmonious union within my family.
I need to recognize that like musical notes we are all different. Only when I am able to harmonize with others can I create a beautiful tune. When I work with other people, I learn to understand them. In the process, I will also learn more about myself and how to use my strengths to support others.
With 89 days remaining until we move Alex into his UNI dorm room & Megan into her UNI apartment, I am aware of being part of a harmonious union within my family.
Rain Praises
My favorite days of any year are Fridays when it rains. As far back as junior high, I remember being excited when it would rain on a Friday. I don't recall what the initial 'good thing' was that happened on a rainy Friday - I have just always had the preconceived idea that good things happen to me on a rainy Friday. Thus, with rain coming down outside, it feels fitting and proper to acknowledge some things that are planned for today:
That is the facial expression of a guy who is enjoying life and even though I can't see his face, I would like to think Kirk Hammett is smiling too. I wish Chris Cornell was alive to see that smile...
- Karen's last day in her present role is today - she begins a different role in a different department with a different manager. Like when I left QDS to go to the Hell company, there are mixed feelings. You leave behind friends at the old job and have to learn to embrace new friends. In my experience, those friendships are never the same after you no longer see those friends every day. It's just different.
- At 10 AM, John, the tile guy, is coming to our house to finish the tile in our bathroom. I paid him $180 yesterday for the work.
- At 4, I am bee-lining to a house about 10 minutes north of work to pick up a PC tower for $60. I am excited to be doing this so that I can have a second PC / machine to rip CDs. I am hoping by doing this I can alleviate the issue I've been having with the Toshiba laptop, which is that the CD drive does not recognize some data CDs that I know were recognized during prior CD to MP3 conversions.
That is the facial expression of a guy who is enjoying life and even though I can't see his face, I would like to think Kirk Hammett is smiling too. I wish Chris Cornell was alive to see that smile...
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Chris Cornell Passes to the Next Phase
Age 52 - 5 more than me - and God wanted him. RIP.
Editor's Note: Chris Cornell, lead singer of Soundgarden, dead at 52 after hanging himself; Update 5/19/2017: Chris Cornell’s Wife, Vicky, Disputes Coroner’s Suicide Ruling
1. Fell on Black Days
2. Show Me How to Live
3. The Day I Tried to Live
4. My Wave
5. Burden in my Hand
6. Like a Stone
7. Like Suicide
8. Pretty Noose
9. Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart
10. Be Yourself
Editor's Note: The first of many tributes:
Editor's Note: Chris Cornell, lead singer of Soundgarden, dead at 52 after hanging himself; Update 5/19/2017: Chris Cornell’s Wife, Vicky, Disputes Coroner’s Suicide Ruling
1. Fell on Black Days
2. Show Me How to Live
3. The Day I Tried to Live
4. My Wave
5. Burden in my Hand
6. Like a Stone
7. Like Suicide
8. Pretty Noose
9. Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart
10. Be Yourself
Editor's Note: The first of many tributes:
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Not a Priest
From A Catholic perspective on the minimum wage:
I surely hope no one thinks the woman in the collar behind The Rev. Rudolph T. Juárez is a priest - Catholic female priests are not recognized as legit. I'm not saying that is correct - I said yesterday to a fellow parishioner that something has to be done about the priest shortage - and, at this point in time, I say leave all options on the table.
Until that day when it is 'legit' though, I follow the rules of the Catholic church.
And she's not a priest.
I surely hope no one thinks the woman in the collar behind The Rev. Rudolph T. Juárez is a priest - Catholic female priests are not recognized as legit. I'm not saying that is correct - I said yesterday to a fellow parishioner that something has to be done about the priest shortage - and, at this point in time, I say leave all options on the table.
Until that day when it is 'legit' though, I follow the rules of the Catholic church.
And she's not a priest.
Thanks... BUT NO WAY!!
Job 1
REMOTE GAME WRITER (CONTRACT, OFF-SITE)
Pixelberry Studios - Mountain View, CA
Full-time, Contract
Pixelberry Studios is looking for writers to work on contract, delivering content for our hit mobile game “Choices: Stories You Play.” You'll brainstorm with the team, craft characters, plots, and series concepts, and see your writing come to life in the game. Pay is hourly and based on experience.
JOB DESCRIPTION AND RESPONSIBILITIES
You will be working remotely with a team to deliver high-quality interactive narrative content for the game “Choices: Stories You Play” in the form of game scripts. This position involves creative writing, extensive editorial work, game testing, and collaboration.
On-site training: Writers will come to our Mountain View office for 3 months of creative and technical training.
REQUIREMENTS
Our ideal candidate creates stories with interesting characters and compelling narratives, is able to follow the established style and tone of our games, and can write from a variety of perspectives. Additionally, candidates should be able to accept and incorporate feedback, adapt writing to meet requirements, and consistently meet deadlines. Excellent copywriting and editing skills are a must.
This is an external contractor position, not full-time employment. The work will be done remotely, off-site. There will typically be between 40 to 50 hours of work each week. Overtime rates will apply over 40 hours per week. You will be expected to frequently attend video conference calls for brainstorming, training, and weekly writer syncs. Pay is competitive.
PLUSSES
Major in English, specifically creative writing.
Knowledge about and passion for the gaming industry, specifically the mobile narrative gaming space.
Understanding of current trends and pop culture.
Passion for a specific genre of writing, i.e. Romance, Fantasy, Adventure.
Technical proficiency (some computer science coursework).
MATERIALS REQUESTED
A cover letter, indicating why you’re interested in the position. In this letter, please state the top three genres you would be interested in writing for Choices.
A current resume, highlighting writing and educational experience.
A writing sample (short story, script, or game writing). We prefer fictional samples of writing that showcase friendship and romance. If you have more than one applicable sample, you can send more than one. We strongly encourage you to play a few chapters of Choices to get a feel for the kind of stories we tell.
Please put your resume and writing sample into the body of an email (no attachments) with the subject line ' Choices Remote Game Writer - [Your Name] ’. Candidates will not be considered without a writing sample. Submit materials to Chelsa at writerjobs at pixelberrystudios.com
We encourage you to download and play Choices: Stories You Play, High School Story, and Hollywood U (available on iOS, Android, and Kindle) to get a feel for the type of work our studio does.
Job Type: Contract
Job 2
Instructional Designer (Contractor)
The Intersect Group 13 reviews - Richardson, TX
$40 - $45 an hour - Contract
The Intersect Group has an immediate contract for an Instructional Designer with our Richardson area client. Our fast growing Financial Services client manager is adding to her team. She is looking for an energetic, collaborative, dynamic role model with leadership traits to join the team. Will be working with internal teams to analyze training needs for design and development of web-based training materials for internal employees, not external customers.
Must have/be:
Captivate Wizard
Instructional Design experience for Banking / Financial / Treasury training content
Experience developing content for Sales Training
Addie Model - using Addie for training analysis, design and development
Background in adult learning theory that drives practical, effective instructional design approaches
Thorough knowledge of and/or experience with both ILT and WBT courseware development software (Captivate, Flash)
Preferred:
Advanced experience with InDesign
RoboHelp
Responsibilities:
Responsible for analyzing, designing and developing corporate training material, supporting systems training, job skills training, and regulatory compliance training in multiple formats such as classroom, self-study, coach-based and web-based training, and includes the development of appropriate learning resources
Work with Line of Business Leaders and Subject Matter Experts to determine development of appropriate training solutions. Conducts Training Needs Assessment to identify and develop the appropriate blended-learning strategy for each project
Interview subject matter experts to understand changes/impacts by role to incorporate into training content
Develop measurement tools (Kirkpatrick Levels 1-4) to determine training program effectiveness, report on effectiveness of training initiatives and evaluate current training programs to determine the need for enhancement
Facilitate train-the-trainer efforts to prepare instructors for training delivery
Maintain knowledge of developing trends, methods and techniques in the general training field and regulatory compliance training field
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 3 years’ experience or a minimum of 5 years’ experience designing adult eLearning training courses in Captivate
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written are a must
Skilled in training analysis, design and development using the ADDIE model
Background in adult learning theory that drives practical, effective instructional design approaches
Experience in functional or behavior oriented training
Must have thorough knowledge of and/or experience with both ILT and WBT courseware development software (Captivate, Flash)
Should be well organized and detail oriented to handle heavy workload
Able to work in a fast paced environment and execute multiple tasks successfully
Demonstrate articulate, impromptu speaking skills, meeting leadership skills and conflict management skills
Possess superior analytical and problem solving skills
Knowledge of PC/Internet (including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
Advanced experience with InDesign highly preferred
Experience with RoboHelp is helpful but not required
Job Type: Contract
Salary: $40.00 to $45.00 /hour
Job Location:
Richardson, TX
Job 3
Technical Writer
Apex Systems Inc 404 reviews - Salem, VA
Contract
Job #: 752648
An Apex client is seeking an experienced Technical Writer to join it's application engineering team. The appropriate candidate must have fundamental knowledge of core technical communication concepts, such as topic-based authoring, minimalism, task-oriented design, single-sourcing. Preferred experience includes one of the following authoring tools: oXygen Author (DITA methodology), Adobe RoboHelp, or MadCap Flare. A technical writer must be able to work with SMEs and Product Owners to identify what a specific persona really needs to know when documenting that portion of the product. A good technical writer must be able to build relationships within the development team to be able to properly research features.
Job Overview:
As a Technical Writer, you will be responsible for working independently on components of an information development project. You will contribute to the team on a variety of projects and call upon team members for guidance as needed. You will contribute to the team and work independently.
Responsibilities:
In this role, you will develop and deliver high-quality content for the Applications Engineering team using the following professional characteristics:
Strong writing skills, namely a command of grammar, syntax, diction, and the conventions and best practices of writing a variety of technical documents
Fundamental collaboration skills: ability to work with other writers and cross-functional peers
Fundamental knowledge of core technical communication concepts, such as topic-based authoring, minimalism, task-oriented design, single-sourcing
Understanding of core information development processes: content planning, content creation, content review
Ability to break down software processes into tasks necessary to the targeted user and effectively explaining those tasks to the user
Basic ability to collaborate with subject matter experts to research a software product, determine functionality and design features, then communicate those effectively to the user
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelors degree (OR high school diploma with at least 6 years experience in a technical writing role)
A minimum of 2 years of professional experience
Desired Characteristics:Technical:
Basic skills in editing (QA for documentation) - ability to recognize errors in a variety of information deliverables
Fundamental skills with the authoring tools used by the Predix APM information development team: oXygen Author (DITA methodology), Astoria CMS, Adobe RoboHelp, or MadCap Flare
Ability to follow established information patterns to create information deliverables
Awareness of Lean/Agile/XP software development processes and how to follow processes for information development
Basic awareness of the major aspects of software design, development, and QA and how they affect the information development process
Business:
Ability to work to deadlines and think critically about the task at hand while maintaining an understanding of the relevance of the issue in the bigger picture
Basic domain and product knowledge, including appropriate terminology, with an awareness of internal product line(s) and offerings
Leadership:
Ability to voice opinions and present clear rationale. Effective use of data or factual evidence to influence
Recognition of collaborative behavior and participation in collaborative activities
Willingness and ability to learn organization vision statement and decision-making framework. Ability to understand how team and personal goals/objectives contribute to the organization vision
Personal Attributes:
Willingness and ability to help team members
Ability to understand problems thoroughly before implementing solutions and ask questions to clarify requirements when ambiguities are present
Ability to identify opportunities for innovation and offer new ideas
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