I sounded off on a tech issue today.

A poor, unnamed soul today made the mistake of asking me about some tech matters. Well, I cut loose. My peeve today was that when I buy a media file from an online retailer, say iTunes or Amazon, they don't back up my data for me. If you have a hard drive failure or otherwise lose your purchased file, you have to buy a replacement copy. I already paid for the rights to the file! I should be able to have access to a fresh copy on their servers any time I need! After all, my purchase was for the rights to a file, not that particular file. If I can back it up on my hard drive at home, why not on some mega-corporation's server farm?

CDs listened to today:

• Ludwig van Beethoven: The String Quartets
• Terence Trent d'Arby: Neither Fish Nor Flesh
• Kenny Wheeler: Music For Large & Small Ensembles
• Allan Blank: Concerto For Clarinet And String Orchestra
• The Joggers: Solid Guild
• Hanson: Middle Of Nowhere
• Rand Steiger: Hexadecathlon: "A New-Slain Knight"
• Kevin Puts: Dark Vigil