davidgagne.net — The personal weblog of David Vincent Gagne

Music

I was very happy to see that Bruce Springsteen‘s Born to Run, Paul Simon‘s Graceland, and The Ramones I Wanna Be Sedated were among some of my favorites mentioned in NPR’s list of the 100 most important American musical works of the 20th century. [link via dollarshort.org]

Thongs Sales

The best two lines in this article – Undergarment Trend Gets New Cheeky Exposure – are: “Thong sales have unseated traditional women’s underwear as the fastest-growing lingerie niche,” and “In the same way push-up bras lifted the sagging lingerie business 10 years ago …” link via the obscure store and reading room

pecus blog

I like pecus. Nice css work. Very impressive.

DMCA

The First Amendment v. The Digital Millenium Copyright Act On January 20, 2000, United States District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan … issued a preliminary injunction … prohibiting the defendants from distributing computer code for reading encrypted DVDs. If code that can be directly compiled and executed may be suppressed under the DMCA, as Judge Kaplan

lust for beer

A strange thing happened on my way to the west coast. At some point along the way I seem to have misplaced my lust for beer. I’m not frantically searching for it or anything. Usually I barely even notice that it’s missing. But. I can’t help but wonder where it went.

Crutchfield

<swoon> I think I’m in love … </swoon>

Divorce Pending for Co-Author of Marriage book

Divorce Pending for Co-Author of Time-Tested Secrets for Making Your Marriage Work Well … just the headline should be funny enough to make you want to read the rest of the article. But! Good heavens! Did you read the ten tips? By the time I got to the third one I thought for sure it

Available Domain Names

More from the These Are Still Available Department: flatoutbroke.com elephantcool.com gangstertripping.com runningaroundincircles.com departmentofelephants.com shecameinthroughthebathroomwindow.com

What Is This?

davidgagne.net is the personal weblog of me, David Vincent Gagne. I've been publishing here since 1999, which makes this one of the oldest continuously-updated websites on the Internet.

bartender.live

A few years ago I was trying to determine what cocktails I could make with the alcohol I had at home. I searched the App Store but couldn't find an app that would let me do that, so I built one.

Hemingway

You can read dozens of essays and articles and find hundreds of links to other sites with stories and information about Ernest Hemingway in The Hemingway Collection.