Just a quick blurb to say that the Live Upload add-in for Windows Live Photo Gallery makes uploading pictures to Facebook an absolute cinch.

Look for it in the Gallery view. In the Picture view, it’s not available.

I read about a radio interview with Chickenfoot bassist, Michael Anthony. In the comments section, I read this entertaining take on that band (posted by mcman71):

1. Among others, EVH actually signed that guitar that Satch is playing. Maybe he’ll sue?

2. Those guys look like they’re having fun, or at least doing their obligtory “A Hard Day’s Night” impersonation.

3. Sammy actually looks younger than EVH now, doesn’t he?

4. The soloing is better on this record than any Vab Halen record since “Women and Children First”. Van Halen was smart to replace their guitar player.

5. The drumming on the album is phenomenal. Van Halen was also smart to replace their drummer.

6. Van Halen deciding to call themselves “Chickenfoot” puzzles me, but I guess by doing that, Eddie and Alex can continue living in denial of the fact that they actually were fired from Van Halen.

ROFLMAO. This is classic. I’d buy this dude a beer if I knew him.

Paul Thurrott remarked that Windows 7 is such a solid Windows version that it brings back pleasant memories of Windows NT. For me that’s a bold statement. But it seems to ring true.

Over ten years ago, I adopted Windows NT 4.0 in a big way. It was rock solid. It worked. And I loved using it. Then Windows 2000 hit. I didn’t really like it. Then Windows XP arrived. I thought the watercolor look was a nice change (but it got old quick), but I didn’t really like it, either. Then Vista was finally delivered. I actually began to like (and trust Windows again). All bad-mouthing aside, Vista really is a good version. Then Windows 7 Beta hit. It had beta quicks, so I happily returned to Vista. I tried Windows 7 Release Candidate when it was released. It’s solid. It’s lean. And I’m not going back to Vista.

Like Thurrott, I find myself at ease with Windows 7. And he reminded me that, yeah, that feeling is a lot like the feeling I had with NT. It really is that good.

My family recently moved to the northern Atlanta suburb of Alpharetta. We found a house that needed a few fix-ups, and some of those take contractors (I’m handy, but I’m not a skilled craftsman). Anyway, the way most contractors act, you’d have a hard time believing there’s a “recession of history proportions” underway. Most never return a call. Most never follow-up on promises. Most small business don’t coordinate their work processes, at all (we’ve had to call and remind the left hand to check the right hand).

Anyway, with all this frustration in our daily lives, I didn’t really think that a chain restaurant would be a beacon of hope in our lives. On The Border proved that it was.

We arrived at the same time several other parties did. We waitied 25 minutes. For whatever reason, the hosts had forgotten us. My wife reminded them. They gave an odd excuse, but seated us immediately. Then it took a while for the waiter to visit the table. Once he arrived, his service was actually very good. We ordered drinks and food at the same time. We got the drinks. And then we waited for the food. And waited. And waited. Now, we have a 5- and a 2-year-old. Their “waiting fuses” are short. Wiggly, fidety, and loud are characteristics that emerge during long waits. The food finally arrived, but my wife’s order was not right. And it was the straw that broke that camel’s back. We flagged down the waiter who called out the manager.

The manager promptly got the right order from my wife and had it out in about 3 minutes. He also comped the food and soft drinks on our order. Then he presented my wife with a $50 gift card for our next visit.

Now, that is making a bad situation right for the customer. Good on ya, On The Border!

Supergroup Chickenfoot will release its debut album on Friday, June 5. No word on why it gets a non-Tuesday release date, but who cares?

Joe Satriani, Chad Smith, Michael Anthony, and Sammy Hagar can help expand my music collection any day they want.

I’m a movie buff. And who doesn’t love a conspiracy theory, especially a supernatural one.

Here’s a gallery of supposedly cursed Hollywood movies. Gotta love it … unless you’re one of the cursed.

Some stars fight aging too hard. You can let time turn you ugly naturally, or you can let plastic surgery turn you ugly unnaturally. I choose the former.

Here are some celebrities that chose the latter.

Ewwwww!

Or at least two of them.

I like reading the tech blogs published by Paul Thurrott and Ed Bott. They’re insightful, realistic, and place kudos and blame appropriately rather than simply based on love for Mac or PC.

Anyway, these two guys are peers in the Windows tech world. In many events, they find themselves physically in the same rooms. Most of the time they get along, and every now and then they take potshots at each other. It might not be hilarious, but it’s amusing.

I thought I’d share the latest.

Paul Antagonizes Ed (March 2, 2009)

Ed Jabs Paul (April 15, 2009)

They act like brothers…

Of course, I’m jealous of both. I’d love to have either of their jobs, but I’m content to live vicariously through their posts. My only claim to fame is that I’ve created a couple of images that Paul Thurrott actually uses on his sites. I chalk it up as a minute of the 15 Warhol promised.

People are planning to party protest like it’s 1773.In reaction to the government’s trillion-dollar bail-outs and multi-trillion dollar budgets, Americans are organizing protest events called Tea Parties. The biggest coordinated events are next scheduled for April 15, 2009 (tax day in the United States).

I live in Atlanta, so here’s my planning page.

I have two small boys. I think about the hundreds of billions in stimulus money (aka Pork Projects). I think about the irresponsible firms being bailed out (is any institution truly “too big to fail”?). I think about the economy that’s been operating on borrowed money for far too long (the last time that occurred was right before the Great Depression).

And then I think about how my boys’ grandchildren will pay all this back.

We are beginning to reach a threshold where trillion is the new billion. And we don’t comprehend the value and weight of “trillion.” And we’re about to add 4 or 5 trillion dollars more to out national debt. That puts us at, what, $12 trillion?

To call this degree of debt crushing is understatement.

Former senator and former presidential candiate, Fred Thompson, sheds light on the ecomony in a way that will soothe your anxiety.

So feel better about the economy. It’s probably a requirement of the stimulus package.

Watch Fred now.

Congress: Spectacularly Epic FAIL