Windows Media Player 11 Beta Stinks!

I can’t believe what a memory hog Windows Media Player 11 Beta is! If you are having it search your folders for updated information, it completely slows your computer down, I can’t even search the web while it is searching and I have a Pentium D, Dual Core! The same thing happens if you want it to look for files that are no longer linked. When you scroll down your list of pretty album covers, it has to play catch up too. Microsoft should have taken a look at Google’s Picassa imaging software..that flies! Plus there is now no way to just add only one folder quickly. It really needs an import from another library function as well. I really wanted to like it, but I found Windows Media Player 10 easier to use. Itunes still beats it hands down for speed and ease of use.

American Idol Finale Thoughts

Clay Aiken looks like a young Wayne Newton.

Lisa Tucker has a beautiful voice and should have gone further.

Chris Daughtry is not an original.

Meatloaf has Benign Essential Tremor.

David Hasselhoff LOVES Taylor Hicks.

Toni Braxton is a drag queen.

Mary J Blige is a stage hog.

Kelli Pickler should get a tv show.

Dionne Warwick is still interesting.

Prince has found the fountain of youth.

Burt Bacharach’s face is scary.

Brokenote Cowboys can sing.

Katharine McPhee Stuck With Horrible Song!

Yuk! The producers of American Idol really want Taylor to win! The song they gave Katharine for a single release was pure dreck! The one they gave Taylor was better, but not that much. My biggest complaint was that they had different songs! In past AI’s they would have a sing off and each would have to bring their spin to the same song the producer’s gave them. This made the playing field even. Katharine’s song was far more complex and had more range than Taylor’s. He would have been challenged with it’s range. Taylor’s song would have been a breeze for Katharine. I predict Taylor to win, because his fans are rabid. I predict Katharine will have a longer and more lucrative career.

Phone Upload

This is a photo uploaded from when I got my hair cut. I wanted to see if it would load from my phone directly through Flickr and right to my blog. Success! The photo is of my Hair stylist, Kelly, and another, stylist name Kristen.

My Blog Theme

I have tried various new blog themes and have returned to the old standby. I love the new wordpress widget themes, but my old gal was not wigitized. I can now say that she is! It took a bit of research, but I was able to update it. Now it is much easier to change my sidebar information whenever I want! If some new theme comes out that has everything I want and it works I might switch. So far, I haven’t found it yet.

Last.fm

I have just started using a great online radio service called Last.fm. It keeps track of your likes and dislikes and creates your own personal radio station! It even creates a rss feed which lets subscribers know what you are listening to. Perfect for us bloggers who share everything!!

Please America…Vote for Katharine McPhee!

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Congrats to Kat for making the final two! Woo Hoo! I was really sad to see Elliott go though. He really is an amazing talent american idol final four.jpgand human being. I did not think this was his best week. I am so sick of Taylor Hicks’s gyrations! He is nowhere near as versatile as Katharine. He does what he does well, but it gets tiring after a while. And I do not like the gray hair! My friend Danny thinks he looks like the spawn of Rex Reed and George Clooney! I have to agree. Kat’s voice was definitely the best of the top four. She suffered from some bad songs and some flubbed lyrics, but she always made a connection with the song. Only Chris was the other of the four to do the same. Elliot and Taylor can sing well, but they are not consistent in making a real connection to the audience, or the lyrics. Kat always comes off as if she is a star. She is pure magic! Please America! Vote for the most talented! Vote for Katharine McPhee!