On my TiVo is Soundbreaking, a documentary about recorded music that was shown on PBS in 2016. The producers of the series put out this nice tribute to George Martin upon his passing that year.
Trouble in Blogland
It was exactly three years ago that I finally whacked down the technical moles that were crippling my WordPress installation. In the aftermath of my struggles, I was left with some residual problems on older posts that I occasionally fix on an as-needed basis.
Now there’s a different sort of WordPress trouble. WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg isn’t happy with WP Engine, a large hosting service that caters to business customers, rather than hobby bloggers like myself.
His complaint is that WP Engine, which is owned by a private equity firm, takes advantage of the free resources available from WordPress.org, without contributing very much of anything in return. This goes against the idea of being an Open Source software participant.
Mullenweg cut off WP Engine’s access to WordPress.org, and WP Engine sued in response. A judge has decided that Mullenweg must restore full access to WP Engine.
Mullenweg’s hosting service is WordPress.com, so I can understand why he isn’t pleased with a competitor that wants the freebies without playing by the rules. I am neither on WP Engine nor WordPress.com. I’m on the third leading service specializing in WordPress, which is also owned by a private equity firm. Here’s hoping all is well between the respective parties.
Follow-up: It’s getting extra nasty!
“It’s hard to imagine wanting to continue to working on WordPress after this.” – Matt Mullenweg
https://www.404media.co/wordpress-wp-engine-preliminary-injunction/
A Bonded Memory
I refer you back to this post from August, 2020.
I saw the James Bond Aston Martin DB5 at the (now-defunct) Caldor flagship store in Norwalk, CT. The car had previously been on display at the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair, where this picture was taken.
I watched the demonstration of the car’s secret agent tricks as many times as my father would let me. I was so taken with the DB5 I talked my father into going back for another viewing.
Silky Smooth Sound
Speaking of Andrew Sandoval, on “Come to the Sunshine” he played this song, produced by Shel Talmy. I liked it so much I bought Wild Silk’s compilation CD.
Getting a HEAD Start
Denro and I will be at the City Winery in Boston today to see the last Monkee standing, Micky Dolenz. Recently, in an online chat for Andrew Sandoval’s “Come to the Sunshine” show on WFMU, I mentioned the diner scene from the outstanding Monkees movie, HEAD.
The video will start at the right spot. The scene is only a bit over a minute long.
I suggested to Andrew that it was undoubtedly inspired by a scene in the bizarre and wonderful W.C. Fields movie, Never Give A Sucker An Even Break. Andrew, who has done more to promote the Monkees music legacy than anyone, said he had never seen the Fields movie. I don’t know if he’s had a chance to do that.
Coaster Kept a Rollin’
Revealed! Beauty pageant girls escaping from Donald “Grabby” Trump.
