A New Way

So, Evil-Dog has finally released a new song! Join me in celebrating by listening to it. It's available at http://www.evildog.type-cast.com, and it's called "A Darker Soul". It's sweet!

I've been working on my own music for a while now, but I don't think I'll be finished very soon. Besides, the program I'm using is a 35-day trial, and I don't really want to pay the money to register it too soon, before I really know what I want to do (there are some areas of the program that I wish could be improved).

This Ad-Watch program on my computer is really sapping my speed (like an adware program would do...hmm...). Just here, though, so I'll have to check my settings.

Until next time, remember: Just keep your cool, and you won't have to adjust the thermostat too often.

---TDM

News for Nothing

Hello again, random people who read this publication regularly (yes, both of you).

It has been a long time since I've done any actual work on any of my projects, but recently I got a program that allows me to write music, so I'll be doing some of that. Other than that, there really isn't anything new on this end.

If I ever get something good done, maybe I'll put it on my other site (at the top). Check it out occasionally. There's some music there already.

There seems to be something wrong with my computer, so I'll have to end here.

Until next time, remember: The future becomes what you will it.

---TDM

Further Along

I've ceased work on the cards API, primarily because I finished it. I did a version of Solitaire called Klondike as a card game, but I didn't program in how to display it and play it (the GUI is what I left out). I didn't feel like doing that just yet...

So instead I've been working on a language API, for a future artificial intelligence. My goal is to have the computer string together words to form sentences, in response to things I say to it. Right now I'm just doing the basis of languages, the parts of speech. More later if anything develops.

There really isn't anything else to report quite yet on my front...

And the Pope is dead! I can understand why so many people are sad, distraught, and considering who to elect as the next Pope, but he's a religious figure! Why is every flag I see at public institutions lowered to half-mast, signaling that the state (meaning: government) is mourning? Whatever happened to the separation of church and state? If the president is shot (like JFK), then sure, by all means, lower the flag. If planes are hijacked and crash into the World Trade Center, killing lots of people, then yes, you may lower the flag. But the Pope is not affiliated with the USA, so the flag should not be lowered as such.

And why the heck does the president want to attend his funeral?

This is why people were afraid of electing a Catholic president: they thought America would become an instrument of the Church. Well, good ol' George Dubya Bush has made that all possible now. After all, all elections are based primarily on religious morals, and the attempt to interfere with Terri Schiavo proves it. Now, Bush is making decisions based on his religion, which is clearly against our Constitution. He has cut stem cell research, and is attempting to outlaw abortion and take away the rights of homo/bisexual human beings, because his religion forbids such practices, while all Christians believe in the saying:

"Love thy neighbor as thyself."

Isn't it interesting how Americans interpret this as "Love thy neighbor, who is like thyself, as thyself"? You exclude other human beings, saying that they are not human, or less than human. You discriminate against any not like yourself. This is why there were so many Civil Rights movements that still are around, because you still deny people rights. And you seek to deny even more rights to people who are not like you?! This is all I have to say to you:

You are the root of social injustice.

Until next time, remember: "All animals are equal, though some are more equal than others."--George Orwell, Animal Farm

---TDM