Toe-dipping

More evidence that Yahoo’s thinking DRM-free: a Jessica Simpson single released for sale as an unlocked MP3 (CNET).
$1.99 seems a bit pricey, though.
(Some might say especially so for Jessica Simpson…)

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News of the Totally Friggin’ Rad

(Warning: extreme library geekiness ahead.)
According to this story in Information Today (via Library Link of the Day):
OCLC is going to be opening up full public searching of WorldCat!
(Official announcement here.)
I am breathless with anticipation.
Why is this so exciting? Well, here’s OCLC’s description of WorldCat:
WorldCat is a worldwide union catalog created and maintained collectively by [...]

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I’d buy that.

Apparently, Yahoo’s thinking about offering non-DRM mp3’s through its music service. That would rule. And they’d more than likely have me as a customer.
Right now, I would love to be buying all my music online — I tend never look at a jewel case again after I rip the CD inside — but [...]

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Amazing.

I was overwhelmed with both despair and uncontrollable laughter upon reading Senator Stevens’ comments on Net Neutrality last week. “The Internet is not a truck”? Oh dear.
However, the number of creative ways people have found to riff on this bit of political idiocy has been quite amazing. The latest – a poppy [...]

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A Lament for the State of Radio Broadcasting in America

I dove headfirst into Last.fm a few weeks back, while procrastinating on writing my article. Since then, it has helped make my cubicle so much more bearable — I listen all day at work. Now that I’ve listened to a fair mass of music, it’s getting better at knowing what I like, and [...]

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