Matthew Wayne Selznick

For years, I've been fretting over the ultimate fate of the many cassette tapes I have of music I've recorded either solo or with bands that are now defunct. In many cases, these fragile cassettes are the only recorded history of some interesting times in my life. I fear that if they should be destroyed or deteriorate beyond repair, my own memory will edit the truth and something will be lost. So tonight, I finally…

I couldn't go to work today -- the freeways leading down the hill are closed. The two fires I've been watching all week have merged into one at the Cajon Pass, which is the local high altitude point between my home and the communities "down the hill." The fires in Southern California now stretch in a line (not unbroken) from Claremont to Riverside, and up to Arrowhead Lake and Big Bear. The wind is strong…

I move closer and closer to eliminating Windows -- and the influence of Microsoft -- from my working environment! I no longer code websites in Dreamweaver -- I use Screem or a plain old text editor. I no longer work with graphics in Photoshop -- I use Gimp! I am totally off MS Office and don't miss it a bit when there's OpenOffice and Evolution. And now... Thanks are due to Evan for building LogJam,…