Kitties, links, memes
Feb. 16th, 2008 01:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thebratqueenLuna, like Mac, has this thing where she loves being near me. The two of them take turns cuddling in my lap when I'm on the couch. (Sometimes they try for both at once, which tends not to work out as well, but they remain optimistic.) If my lap is unavailable for whatever reason, Luna comes up with the next best thing which is to sit next to me, rest her wee little head on my forearm, look up at me with her big yellow eyes, and purr. It is really hard to maintain a grumpy mood when she does that.
I've been playing around with a nifty thing at work. Due to various reasons it's now possible for me to listen to music at my cube. I'm also on a kick of wanting to be exposed to music that I might not otherwise find out about. So I'm using Pandora Radio. The way that it works is that you set up stations based on artists and songs that you like, and then it takes the information to provide other music you might like. You can then tweak it by adding more songs/artists, and giving thumbs up and down to suggestions that it comes up with.
What's interesting is the trends that emerge. You can click on a thing to have it tell you why it picked a song, and it'll say something like "This was picked due to having an acoustic piano, minor keys, and repeating lyrics." or whatever. Usually with more music-geek wording. So it's fun to check in and read those and go "....yeah, that's me." even if prior to that I couldn't personally tell you what elements of a song made me like it. It's also pretty accurate because yesterday it came up with a song that I liked that I totally forgot about. It also has ties into Amazon and iTunes so that if you like a song you can go buy it. I haven't tried that feature yet but I like that it exists.
Finally, a meme that I'm swiping from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
spleen_merchant
How many times has someone on your friends list posted about something and you were really confused, but you didn't want to ask because you knew you SHOULD know? How many times have you felt "guilty" asking a close LJ friend a question that should be "obvious"?
Well, here's your chance. If you've missed a few things, missed an entry and are confused, ask me anything. Even something EXTREMELY basic, like where I live! I'm not going to get irritated at any of the questions - we've all missed things before, so ask away!
I've been playing around with a nifty thing at work. Due to various reasons it's now possible for me to listen to music at my cube. I'm also on a kick of wanting to be exposed to music that I might not otherwise find out about. So I'm using Pandora Radio. The way that it works is that you set up stations based on artists and songs that you like, and then it takes the information to provide other music you might like. You can then tweak it by adding more songs/artists, and giving thumbs up and down to suggestions that it comes up with.
What's interesting is the trends that emerge. You can click on a thing to have it tell you why it picked a song, and it'll say something like "This was picked due to having an acoustic piano, minor keys, and repeating lyrics." or whatever. Usually with more music-geek wording. So it's fun to check in and read those and go "....yeah, that's me." even if prior to that I couldn't personally tell you what elements of a song made me like it. It's also pretty accurate because yesterday it came up with a song that I liked that I totally forgot about. It also has ties into Amazon and iTunes so that if you like a song you can go buy it. I haven't tried that feature yet but I like that it exists.
Finally, a meme that I'm swiping from
spleen_merchantHow many times has someone on your friends list posted about something and you were really confused, but you didn't want to ask because you knew you SHOULD know? How many times have you felt "guilty" asking a close LJ friend a question that should be "obvious"?
Well, here's your chance. If you've missed a few things, missed an entry and are confused, ask me anything. Even something EXTREMELY basic, like where I live! I'm not going to get irritated at any of the questions - we've all missed things before, so ask away!
