Wayne D's Blog

I made a terrible error in judgement today. I had put my battery charger on the "car in the driveway I'm trying to get rid of" because it had sat for a few months and the battery didn't have enough charge to start it. This morning when I went to work I decided to unplug the charger because I didn't want to overcharge the battery. My big mistake was leaving the charger under the hood with the hood closed almost all the way but held open a few inches by the battery charger body. Someone walking by my house today decided that they needed a battery charger more than I did because it was gone when I came home from work. I didn't make a conscious decision to leave such an enticing piece of equipment unprotected but I might as well have wrapped it up in a red bow with a big "STEAL ME" sign on it.

When I first joined emusic.com, the legal MP3 download site I asked one of my friends whether he was interested in becoming a member. It wasn't a completely altruistic gesture, if he signed up I would get 50 additional downloads. He checked emusic out and was ready to sign up until an artist who's music he was particularly interested in downloading disappeared from the emusic catalogue. A few month a go I downloaded an album from the Pipettes called "We are the Pipettes", it's no longer available. A friend told me about Serena Ryder, her music weren't available to Canadian emusic members. Hmmmm

I have become addicted to the National Geographic video short podcast, so much so that I decided to subscribe to the magazine. You can go to the National Geographic site and watch their podcasts even if you don't have a iPod. They have a deal on now, $20 a year for Canadians. I went to their website, filled out the subscription form and waited for a confirmation email. Nothing arrived even though the form said I should get one. I checked my spam folder in vain. I guess I'll give their customer service number a call and see what's going on.