Cougar Town is an ABC sitcom focusing on the life of Jules Cobbs, a recently-divorced 41-year-old woman (played by Courteney Cox) who struggles to find a new partner and ultimately her place in the world, as most men her age are either married or going after younger girls. The name of show is obviously a…
Author: Daniele Nicolucci
Dream Theater’s responses to Portnoy’s departure
A few hours after Mike Portnoy left the band, the other members of Dream Theater have started to comment on the issue. James LaBrie wrote on his website’s forum: Hi Everyone, Thought I would give you time to digest the news of Mike’s departure. MIke stated that he was burnt out with the DT world and…
Mike Portnoy leaves Dream Theater
Dream Theater has released a short press release on their website: To all of our loyal fans and friends: It is with profound sadness — regret — we announce that Mike Portnoy, our lifelong drummer and friend, has decided to leave Dream Theater. Mike’s stature in the band has meant the world to all of…
Fix broken IMAP attachments in Mail.app
I have recently started getting broken images in Mail.app. Often, when someone sent me relatively big pictures (over 1 MB in size), the image ended up being corrupted, with a smaller file size that one would expect. This results in a picture that’s visible up to a certain point, and then rest is usually filled…
Chords for “Soft Kitty,” from The Big Bang Theory
One of the funniest “inside jokes” of The Big Bang Theory is the song that Sheldon’s mom used to sing to him when he was sick. It’s featured in three episodes, as you can see here: httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqSmzGj_sQc The song is, like most lullabies, very simple. I came up with the chords earlier today, while jamming…
Religion is like a penis
I couldn’t have said it any better. Kudos to whoever made this. (Another one I love is: “I have nothing against any god; it’s their fan clubs that I cannot stand.”)
iPhone 3G comes back to life after installing iOS 4.1
As I had predicted, Apple introduced iOS 4.1 at the iPod event last Wednesday. It is officially scheduled for release on September 9th, but there are ways to download the Gold Master that was seeded to the members of the Apple Developer Program. I am not one — not yet, anyway — but I couldn’t take…
Portal bookends: HUGE SUCCESS
I don’t know if these are actually for sale or not, but I would buy them immediately. Probably more than just one pair. This was a triumph, I’m making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS. It’s hard to overstate my satisfaction. PS: the cake is a lie. 🙁
Twitter’s RSS feeds are broken, and will stay broken
What happens when Twitter switches from basic authentication to OAuth? Clients that relied on the former will stop working, until an update comes to add support for the latter. This has been called the OAuthocalipse and aside from minor glitches with some programs, it happened without much of a problem, much like the infamous millennium…
My personal progressive rock anthem: The Ytse Jam
Those who know me also know about my obsession with Dream Theater. I even met them personally on April 11th, 2000. For this reason, I think it would be interesting to share a live version of what I personally consider the archetypal modern progrock anthem, The Ytse Jam. First, a little history: Dream Theater’s first name…