A blog without a cause Articles - Brought to you by JoeUserhttp://bluedev.joeuser.com/rss/articles© 2006 - 2008 Stardock Corporation. All rights reserved.A silly little blog for me to drop the excrement of my mind.en-us2008-07-20T13:55:222008-07-20T13:55:22http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.htmlStardock Rss Generator v1.0, Andrew Powellinfo@stardock.comapowell@stardock.comBlueDevhttp://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/312223http://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/312223http://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/312223Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:55:22 -04002008-07-20T13:55:22Physician, heal thyselfBlueDevhttp://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/311744http://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/311744http://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/311744Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:55:22 -04002008-07-20T13:55:22I could care lessBlueDevhttp://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/311623http://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/311623http://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/311623Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:55:22 -04002008-07-20T13:55:22iPod and Nike+: A Match Made in HeavenBlueDevhttp://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/311373napster logoYears ago a little program revolutionized the music world.  Its name was Napster.

Napster wasn't the first way to find music on the internet.  Usenet and IRC had been around for years.  However, both of those solutions required a bit of tech-know-how to use and were not accessible to the mainstream user.  Enter Napster.  A clean, easy to understand interface and instant access for millions of people (many of them college students) to begin sharing and downloading music was born.

Along came Metallica and the RIAA.

Sure, they weren't the only ones, but they became the most vocal.  Lawsuits ensued, the service was shut down, the RIAA declared victory and then realized that, just like Obi-Wan Kenobi, "If you strike [it] down, [it] shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine."

]]>http://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/311373http://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/311373Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:55:22 -04002008-07-20T13:55:22NIN and the Future of MusicBlueDevhttp://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/310332http://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/310332http://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/310332Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:55:22 -04002008-07-20T13:55:22The Deconstruction of American IdolBlueDevhttp://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/304405
Why not stop by and check out the reviews for the latest Ayreon album, 01011001?

Arjen again proves that he has the Midas touch. Fans of metal, folk, acoustic, pop, prog and even electronica can all find something to enjoy on this album. Lyrically, the story is coherent, cohesive, and powerful. Agai...]]>http://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/304405http://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/304405Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:55:22 -04002008-07-20T13:55:22New CD reviews: Ayreon and ChevelleBlueDevhttp://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/303498
Blog groups were likely not that popular, though I can't be sure.  And as it was nearing the end of its life-span, the blog group function was a bit iffy at the old site.  Nevertheless, it was incredibly useful.  San Chonino and I created a blog group (actually I created and he joined) the-prog-geek.joeuser.com....]]>http://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/303498http://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/303498Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:55:22 -04002008-07-20T13:55:22The death of The Prog GeekBlueDevhttp://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/303350
Hooray. I just have some vague lingering discomfort in my back, but nothing like it was. Thank goodness.

Carry on.]]>http://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/303350http://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/303350Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:55:22 -04002008-07-20T13:55:22I passed!BlueDevhttp://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/303249
But yesterday I gained a whole new ability to empathize with my future patients.

It was about 8:45 in the morning. I was working on writing some transfe...]]>http://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/303249http://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/303249Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:55:22 -04002008-07-20T13:55:22A healthy dose of empathyBlueDevhttp://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/302150


There it is.  Every page I navigate to with Internet Explorer (or Maxthon in this case) I get this dialog.  ...]]>http://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/302150http://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/302150Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:55:22 -04002008-07-20T13:55:22JoeUser 2 technical issuesBlueDevhttp://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/171084
Alex would only smile for a split second, Jessica wasn't feeling well, and tried her hardest to muster a smile, but it just didn't work.  And Aubrey, well, she is just Aubrey.  You never quite know what you...]]>http://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/171084http://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/171084Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:55:22 -04002008-07-20T13:55:22Christmas photo folliesBlueDevhttp://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/170995
It was a lot of fun.  We knew that, every week, we had that time set aside for a little escapism.  Our enjoyment of this activity waned a bit during the third season (our l...]]>http://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/170995http://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/170995Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:55:22 -04002008-07-20T13:55:22Chuck: Our new favorite showBlueDevhttp://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/170950
4:30 this morning.  I was on call for General Surgery (and Pedi Surgery and Vascular Surgery and Trauma and ENT).  Other than a vascular patient who decided she wanted to try to die and hemorrhage on us (she's as okay as she can be, at least not bleeding like a stuck pig anymore) it was a pretty quiet nite.

One of the joys of being the junior Surgery resident on call is...]]>http://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/170950http://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/170950Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:55:22 -04002008-07-20T13:55:22Uh, my brother wants to be a . . .BlueDevhttp://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/170106 Click here for the artists site

2007 marked a transition for Dream Theater.  They escaped the confines of their Warner music label over to one of metal's biggest labels, Roadrunner Records (of course, the beautiful irony is that Roadrunner was bought out by Warner in the beginning of 2007, though this all happened after the plan to switch labels).  Would a change in record labels lead to a change in direction for one of progressi...]]>http://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/170106http://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/170106Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:55:22 -04002008-07-20T13:55:22CD Review: Dream Theater - Systematic ChaosBlueDevhttp://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/170101http://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/170101http://bluedev.joeuser.com/article/170101Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:55:22 -04002008-07-20T13:55:22Live Writer test