People should not fear their governments; governments should fear their people.
How Many Mac Users Use Microsoft Office?.
Todd Bishop:
About 77 percent of Mac users in the U.S. are running Microsoft’s Office for Mac, the Redmond company said today.
I know Office for Mac is a huge seller, but 77 percent sounds crazy high to me.
I wonder how they define “running” in this case? I have Office on my Mac, in case I need it for work, but since I switched from Entourage to Mail last spring I’ve hardly ever even launched any of it. When I need a word processor, I use Pages.
Songwriter Round w/ Jay Nash, Joey Ryan, Javier Dunn & Sara Bareilles @ Hotel Cafe, 1/5/09.
Songwriter Round is a semi-regular gathering of singer-songwriters, hosted by local Jay Nash (MySpace), that’s usually held at the Room 5 Lounge above Amalfi on Fairfax. But Monday’s edition was moved to the newly-expanded stage at the Hotel Cafe (MySpace) in Hollywood to accomodate peers Joey Ryan (MySpace), Javier Dunn (MySpace), and special guest Sara Bareilles (MySpace), who was advertised as the anagram “Lara Sarables.”
In such an intimate setting, Songwriter Rounds have allowed the artists to perform material that’s usually not heard on a regular basis, and this edition was no different, with Bareilles performing “Undertow” and the newly-written “Anchors Aweigh”. In addition, the evening featured unique collaborations, which included Dunn and Bareilles’ stripped-down cover of Huey Lewis‘ “Heart and Soul”, and a group rendition, with Counting Crows‘ David Immerglück on mandolin, of the Crows’ “Sullivan Street”.
“How great is it that there’s a place for singer-songwriters?” exclaimed Bareilles early in the evening. Indeed, it has been memorable to see artists like her and Gary Jules return to their “old school” roots in recent weeks. And that includes Katy Perry (MySpace), who is scheduled to perform an acoustic set there next Tuesday in advance of her sold-out show at The Wiltern on the 31st.
As for upcoming local shows, Nash’s are on January 14th at the Hotel Cafe and February 4th at Saint Rocke (MySpace) in Hermosa Beach, and Dunn opens for Bareilles on March 11th at the Hotel Cafe.
There is an image gallery to this entry which you can view at LAist
Special thanks to Jay Nash, Joey Ryan, Javier Dunn, Sara Bareilles, and the Hotel Cafe.
[LAist]
I stumbled across this site through a Google search for something completely unrelated and immediately added it to my newsreader. The article on Monday’s show is very nice, almost as good as what you’d pay to read in Music Connection. The photographer shows promise, although they need a better photo editor (there are shots in there that I would have tossed). I went to this show myself, as I know all four of them.
Javier also played a late night (11 PM) show at Room 5 last night, and I temporarily un-retired from concert photography for the occasion. His “day job” is playing guitar for Sara, but despite trying for two years I never got a photo of him that I was really satisfied with. I shot five rolls of him at Room 5, with Mona Tavakoli and Becky Gebhardt of Raining Jane on cajon and bass (also Sara joined him for one song).
I came across a site called Walk Score, which when given an address looks up the closest place in various categories such as grocery stores, schools, libraries, etc. and calculates a “walk score” which supposedly reflects how suited the area is to getting around on foot. It’s an interesting idea, and my address produces a score of 97 out of 100 (or “Walkers’ Paradise”), which does seem like a pretty accurate reflection of the neighborhood, but there are some rather odd problems with the database they’re using.
The site gives my address credit for a nonexistent movie theater nearby (actually the closest movie theaters require a ride on a bus or subway), a “bookstore” that actually sells only Korean comic books, and (most amusing) lists someone whose last name is “Park” under the Parks category. Note that I live in Koreatown, so roughly a quarter of the population is named Park.
Getting ready to shoot Javier Dunn at Room 5.
Expo: Apple introduces iLife ’09. Apple has introduced a new version of its iLife application suite, including iPhoto ’09. [MacCentral]
The face recognition feature of iPhoto ’09 looks incredibly useful, if it works reliably. I wish it were available in iView MediaPro, the (sadly deceased) image cataloging program I use. On the other hand, the integration with Facebook is bad, because the fine print of Facebook’s licensing agreement gives them unlimited rights to do whatever they want with any photo their users upload.
The War Nerd: Hamas Ain’t No Hezbollah. What’s going on in Gaza now is pretty easy to understand if you think a little bit about the way military trends have been going in the past century-but you also have to be willing to take a cold look at how wars work these days, when there’s no such thing as those “purely military” […] [EXILED ONLINE – MANKIND’S ONLY ALTERNATIVE]
An interesting view on what’s going on in Gaza. One thing’s certain: the Israelis are acting just like Americans these days.
A synopsis from the TV listings in today’s Los Angeles Times:
A parasite attaches itself to the internal organs of an FBI agent.
Fix2010 Fix2010-1.0a1 released (Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:50:24 GMT).
Released at Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:50:24 GMT by eck
Includes files: Fix2010-1.0a1.zip (8130 bytes, 0 downloads to date)
[Download] [Release Notes] [SourceForge.net: Project File Releases: Newton/40Hz Support]
A fix for the Newton’s version of a Y2K bug.