Derek Coward’s Noise

  • Is it just me or is this just sad?

    Two of the top headlines today are ‘Clinton wins by a landslide in West Virginia‘ and ‘Hope fading for tens of thousands still trapped in rubble in China‘.  Usually things like this don’t bother me because I understand the awesome power of hyperbole, but for some reason, reading the comparison of a failed US Presidential…

  • Now China is in trouble

    First, Myanmar gets hit with a cyclone that left 1 million homeless and almost 100,000 dead. Now, China gets hit with a major earthquake (7.8 on the Richter scale in one portion) and it turns out thousands have been killed.  Of course this is just the initial estimate; it will probably end up being much…

  • New Version of the Audacity Beta

    According to PodcastingNews.com (and verified by me going to the site), there is a new version of the Audacity Beta available.  Podcasting News has a write up of all of the major changes. Cool.

  • Then you get nothing, like you’re supposed to get

    Last year, Michigan and Florida party leaders (Republicans and Democrats alike) got together and decided that their states didn’t have enough say in the selection of the presidential nominees so they decided to move their primaries up from wherever they were to January. This ticked off the national party leaders on both sides.  The Republicans…

  • Myanmar Update 5/9/2008

    As outrageous as I have found the behavior of the Myanmar generals who run the cyclone ravaged country (see amateur video below that was linked from the BBC’s news site), I found it even more reprehensible that the junta is finally accepting foreign aid, but not foreign aid workers.  Here are links to stories from…

  • My Jack Skellington is just a head

    A long time ago, I got a keychain.  It was Jack Skellington, but dressed up like a pirate.  I’m pretty sure it was James and The Giant Peach and not Nightmare Before Christmas, but I have never been able to stay awake through James, so I’m not sure.  Anyway, it was Jack holding a sword.…

  • Myanmar update

    Apparently there are over 100,000 dead and the Myanmar junta is keeping US aid workers from the people. When that part of the world gets back on its feet, I wonder how many people in charge are going to be able to keep their lives after condemning so many others to death. I am saddened…

  • Myanmar

    1 million homeless 80,000 estimated dead The US government and the Myanmar government are playing political games. I’ve been staring at what I’ve just written for about ten minutes and I can’t think of anything else to add.

  • Stickam is more trouble than it is worth

    Back in October 2007, I mentioned how I was getting email from Stickam (an "All-In-One Multimedia Tool") but I didn’t remember ever signing up with them.  I didn’t say that I didn’t, I just didn’t remembering doing it. Well for the past two days, I’ve been getting spam that reads: "Hey, Its me from stickam.…

  • My daughter turns 18 today

    My daughter turns 18 today. Wow, I think I just felt another beard hair turn gray.