A forgotten art?

Why does it seems like nobody "moseys" anymore?

They say hot-dogs are like the most foul, non-nutritional "foods" on the market today. So is it really necessary to bother putting nutritional content labels on them? Are there people looking at the labels going "Yep, they're horrible all right!"

Customer Golf?

I played golf yesterday in a "charity" golf tournament organized by some customers. The customers got to pick the charity and the donations came from their vendors. I'm not sure the hosting company (Verizon Wireless) directly donated at all...other than the hours spent by their employees not doing their salaried jobs. It is all pretty slimy when you think about it.

That's not the only most slimy part. The customers also got to set the 4-somes. Get a load of this logic, one of the organizers (A. Gandhi) has never broken 100 that I know of. He invited a friend of his who works for a competitor (Cingular Wireless) to be in his 4 some. Not only that but he arranges for a ringer who drives 340+ yards to be in his 4-some. It's no surprise that their group tied for the lowest score of the tournament despite having 3 mediocre players.

It's actually pretty despicable when you think about it. It amazes me that Verizon Wireless condones stuff like this. On the plus side, it was a beautiful day in northern Georgia at the Hampton Golf Village and the course was pretty easy. My group, two poor players (me and one other vendor) and 2 decent players finished at an honest 14 under.

Restless Existence

I like the term "restless existence." It embodies how I feel all the time. I guess Neil Peart feels kind of like that also. Here's his latest book.

Endurance 50

Dean Karnazes is on his way to running 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days. The running doesn't even seem to be the hardest part. Making it from state to state while having enough time to rest seems impossible. Here's his latest blog.

It's amazing to see what tremendous feats humans are capable of accomplishing with enough drive and determination.

For my own part, this morning I overslept until 6 am, then ran 3 miles in 30 minutes. I don't want to threaten Dean with my abilities.

Epiphany

I've decided to strengthen my bond with my kids by acting more like their real father. So I quit my job and am going back to bed.

Songs purchased on iTunes won't play on iPod

Yesterday I created an account for my son on iTunes. This was so I could give him an allowance to download his own songs. He purchased two songs and they downloaded fine to his iPod. The iPod showed the songs and artwork however the songs would not play. The iPod would just skip over them. He has an iPod video 30GB and my laptop is a Toshiba running Windows XP and iTunes 6.0.4.

I tried loading them onto my iPod nano with the same result.

I then searched the web and discovered many people were having the problem, but it seemed like nobody had found the solution.

I tried doing the 5 R's APPLE recommended to no avail. It was a very frustrating day.

Around midnight, I found an obscure statement on the Apple forum recommending deleting a file under the "All Users" setting. Here is the link and text:

"If that doesn't work, try this...
1) Delete the SC Info.sidb file as documented in http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302386.
2) If the issue persists, again try recrating the iTunes Music Library as described in http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93313
If this works, please post back for some more info and what to do with the files you copied.
btabz "

I think the key was deleting the SC Info.sidb file. This is something Apple needs to acknowledge and post. It could have saved me several hours.

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi killed in air raid - Yahoo! News

I wonder what our friends, the Liberals, will say about this huge milestone in the war on terror.

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi killed in air raid - Yahoo! News

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, al-Qaida's leader in Iraq who led a bloody campaign of suicide bombings and kidnappings, has been killed in an air strike, U.S. and Iraqi officials said Thursday, adding that his identity was confirmed by fingerprints and a look at his face. It was a major victory in the U.S.-led war in Iraq and the broader war on terror.

I predict they will say such insightful things as:
* Violence never solves anything
* This doesn't mean the war is over
* What about the civilians our soldiers murdered in Haditha?
* Now we should bring the soldiers home!
* How many innocents were killed in the airstrike to get Zarqawi?