Microwaved Brain

Yahoo Music Jukebox Is A Farce!!!!

2008-01-29T20:37:00.000+08:00

Yep, you read it right. It's a friggin' JOKEBOX.

Yahoo, having bought Musicmatch for quite some time now, has "developed" the Yahoo Music Jukebox, deriving it from the old Musicmatch Jukebox that so many people have come to know and love. I've been a Musicmatch user since the late 90s, and have switched between MMJ and Windows Media Player (WMP) only. I especially liked MMJ 10, since they began to support the .wma format. With this, I was given the capability to merge my mp3 and wma music libraries. MMJ wasn't like WMP, that the track tags remained, even if you moved it to another destination. With WMP, the some tags would be evident only when using WMP. Each time you use another media application was an entirely different experience.

Now, Yahoo decided to set MMJ's technology about a decade back. Here are a few items you will surely miss:

No Album art import. The only way that your files would have album art was if the jokebox was able to find it over the net. Otherwise, you're stuck with no album art. So much for my local mp3 collections...
No line-in recording. What???!!! What about my casettes? I have to use about 2 or 3 more separate applications to do this...
Some tags arranged through previous versions of MMJ or other applications don't work in this version. I found that some of my files' genre tags were gone.
Bad news for those who paid for the Plus version. Back then, a few bucks for a lifetime upgrade didn't sound bad. Well this one looks more of a downgrade, so.....

There are a couple of blogs going around lambasting Yahoo's worst business decision yet. I've removed it from my laptop after 15 minutes, and rolled back to MMJ 10. It's a good thing there are a few sites sponsoring the old setup file.

Yahoo Sucks!!!!

Superbowl, baby!

2008-01-23T18:19:00.000+08:00

Yeah!

Only a couple of days left, and it's new york versus new england.

Honestly, I had the patriots up for the superbowl even before the season began. New York, on the other hand, is a surprise. I never thought that a Manning other than Peyton could go into the Superbowl. In all fairness to New York, they did do a very good job against the Packers. Eli Manning has rapidly matured this season. New York's gain is Green Bay's loss. Sorry loss. Both QBs did well, despite the punishing weather that day on Lambeau field. Green Bay actually had a crack at it, with two game-deciding field goal kicks by NY Giant Lawrence Tyne that went everywhere but between the goal posts. For Tyne, the third time was the charm. He hit the fieldgoal in overtime.

I can't hardly wait for the two "New" teams to collide in February... The Patriots are my pick, by the way. I usually go for the underdog, but the Pats are the best!

Why Bob Marley

2008-01-23T15:28:00.000+08:00

I am often asked why I like Bob Marley. I answer the question with another question: What's not to like?

There are those who like him for his stand for peace, for equality, for justice. Some for his herb endorsements. I like him for his music. His music crosses over age, culture, nationality, and everything else you can throw at it. It's as if your muscles instantly react to the beats. I find my head bobbing up and down to his music, and my feet aching to go ahead and dance. It's a good thing I have enough will power to stop the latter. Couple the beats with his lyrics, and you have the perfect combination. I remember the first time that I heard the song Buffalo Soldier. There's that instant connection between the songwriter and the listener. Suffice to say, the message was sent, almost instantaneously.

Contrary to the common notion that I know much about Bob, I don't. In fact, there's a fact that Will Smith shared in the movie I Am Legend. Huwaaaaaaaaat???!!! I caught myself scratching a bald spot on my head.

Here are some facts:

Name: Robert Nesta Marley

Born: February 6, 1945

Died: May 11, 1981

Birthplace: Nine Miles, Jamaica

Father: Norval Sinclair Marley (a white dude)

Mother: Cedella Booker (native jamaican, very young)

Aliases: Bob, Tuff Gong, Lion of Zion, Bobby Martell

Wife: Rita Marley

Children: 13 (3 with Rita, 2 adopted from Rita's previous relationships, 8 with separate other women)

Cause of death: Cancer (believe it or not, it all started with a soccer game)

Pilot

2008-01-22T10:26:00.001+08:00

Welcome to my blog site.

Theses are my interests, gripes, and what-not.

My likes: Bob Marley, Windows mobile devices, Tech stuff.

My dislikes: Traffic, potholes, people whose brainwaves ride low.