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But first, a random link:

Me, 'Person of the Year'? No thanks

This is an interesting counterpoint to the "Person of the Year: You" issue of Time magazine and the subsequent coverage focusing on the power of social networking sites and their users. (Sites like MySpace, YouTube, Google, FaceBook, LinkedIn and so on.) The author of this article argues that it is true that users do have a lot of power, but that they are also being profiled, data-mined, and marketed to; so they are not necessarily the ones who have the most power:


But to quote the Who, "Who are You?" Are you the sum of your consumer preferences and MySpace personae? What is your contribution worth? It’s worth money to someone, if only as part of a whole.

...

The important movement online is not about "you." It’s about "us." It’s about our profound need to connect and share. It’s about our remarkable ability to create among circles —  each person contributing a little bit to a poem, a song, a quilt, or a conversation.

...

And ever since the rise of radio producers realized the value of the "real," the authentic, and the common. Audiences love to hear or see people whom are no more talented or important than they are. It’s comforting to know that with a little luck someone might care what I think.

...

User-generated content, whether via low-power radio or community blogs, only goes so far to fill the void. And if the subject of that content is "you," instead of "us," we gain nothing from the new medium.


This fits in with my own observations and is the reason why I won't (at least for the foreseeable future) join any more social networking sites (LJ can be considered as one in some sense). The other reason is that I'm also lazy in terms of making the investment needed.

On another note, my eyesight has deteriorated by 50 degrees in the left eye and 75 degrees in the right to -1175/-1200 degrees respectively. Part of this might be because my lenses have become scratched and thus more blurred, so my eyes have to work much harder to maintain the same distance. I've noticed lately that I tend to get more headaches and eye strain after working at the computer a lot or reading a lot of scores. Right now I'm deciding whether to get a new pair of lenses before leaving or do that once I'm in the US; a new pair of lenses will cost more than $200 here.

I've been going through and rearranging my CDs, and inspired by [livejournal.com profile] kamenreader and his manga collection, I decided to sort them out. Here are the results behind several cuts. This is, as far as I know, my complete CD collection, though in the process of rearranging my room and packing I may discover more CDs, and it's possible I may buy even more before going. :P


Artist Album Genre Year
Allan Browne's Australian Jazz Band He's Not Much… But He's All He Thinks About Jazz 2005
Astor Piazzolla Adiós Nonino Tango 2005
Billie Holiday Holiday For Lovers Jazz 2002
Bobby Durham, Lorenzo Conte and Massimo Farao Romantic Lounge Lounge 2006
Bobby Durham, Lorenzo Conte and Massimo Farao Parisian Lounge Lounge 2006
Bobby Durham, Lorenzo Conte and Massimo Farao Mediterranean Lounge Lounge 2006
Britney Spears Oops!...I Did It Again Pop 2000
Cecile Licad Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Piano Music Classical 2003
Diana Krall From This Moment On Jazz 2006
Eugene List, Igor Buketoff, Samuel Adler, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Trinidad Paniagua, Jose Alberto Esteves, Pablo Garcia, Cary Lewis, Brady Millican A Gottschalk Festival Classical 1990
Glenn Miller The Very Best of Glenn Miller Big Band 1997
Henry Mancini Trail of the Pink Panther Soundtrack 1982
Hirai Ken SENTIMENTALovers J-Pop 2005
Jacques Loussier Trio Jacques Loussier Trio Plays Debussy Jazz 2000
James Buswell, Marin Alsop, Royal Scottish National Orchestra Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto Classical 2001
Love Psychedelico LIVE PSYCHEDELICO J-Rock 2006
Michael Jackson Invincible Pop 2001
Michael Jackson Blood on the Dance Floor Pop 1998
Michael Jackson HIStory Pop 1995
Miles Davis Miles Davis…At His Best Jazz 2002
Nelly Furtado Loose Pop 2006
Nelly Furtado Whoa…Nelly! Pop 2000
Olivia A Girl Meets Bossa Nova 2 Bossa Nova 2006
Olivia A Girl Meets Bossa Nova Bossa Nova 2005
Peter Schmalfuss Frédéric Chopin: Nocturnes no. 1-12 Classical 1992
Richard Rosenberg, Hot Springs Music Festival Louis Moreau Gottschalk: A Night in the Tropics Classical 2000
S Club 7 7 Pop 2000
Shaggy Hot Shot Reggae 2001
Silje Nergaard The Essential Jazz 2005
Silje Nergaard Nightwatch Jazz 2003
Silje Nergaard Port of Call Jazz 2000
Stan Getz Getz Plays Jobim: The Girl from Ipanema Bossa Nova 2002
Stephen Hough The Piano Album Piano 1998
Stewart Goodyear, Keith Lockhart, William Tritt, Erich Kunzel, Cincinatti Pops Orchestra American Piano Classics Classical 1993
The Four Aces The Best Of The Four Aces Vocal 2000
Various 2006 CD Calendar / Sampler (2 copies) Mixed 2006
Various Big Band Collection (3CD Set) Big Band 2003
Various The Encyclopedia of Jazz Jazz 2001
Various BEST 2000 Pop 2000
Various The No. 1 Jazz Vocals Album Jazz 1999
Various The Only Jazz Album You'll Ever Need! Jazz 1999
Various The Best of Bond… James Bond Soundtrack 1999
Various Mozart for the Morning Commute Classical 1997
Various Reader's Digest: 250 Years of Great Music Classical 1994
Various Debussy: Poetic Impressions Classical 1993
Various The Best of Vivaldi Classical 1989
Vince Guaraldi Trio A Boy Named Charlie Brown Jazz 1989
Vladimir Ashkenazy, André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra Favourite Rachmaninov Classical 2002
Zdeňka and Martin Hršel George Gershwin Classical 2006




Artist Album Genre Year
Glenn Miller The Very Best of Glenn Miller Big Band 1997
Various Big Band Collection (3CD Set) Big Band 2003
Olivia A Girl Meets Bossa Nova 2 Bossa Nova 2006
Olivia A Girl Meets Bossa Nova Bossa Nova 2005
Stan Getz Getz Plays Jobim: The Girl from Ipanema Bossa Nova 2002
Cecile Licad Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Piano Music Classical 2003
Eugene List, Igor Buketoff, Samuel Adler, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Trinidad Paniagua, Jose Alberto Esteves, Pablo Garcia, Cary Lewis, Brady Millican A Gottschalk Festival Classical 1990
James Buswell, Marin Alsop, Royal Scottish National Orchestra Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto Classical 2001
Peter Schmalfuss Frédéric Chopin: Nocturnes no. 1-12 Classical 1992
Richard Rosenberg, Hot Springs Music Festival Louis Moreau Gottschalk: A Night in the Tropics Classical 2000
Stewart Goodyear, Keith Lockhart, William Tritt, Erich Kunzel, Cincinatti Pops Orchestra American Piano Classics Classical 1993
Various Mozart for the Morning Commute Classical 1997
Various Reader's Digest: 250 Years of Great Music Classical 1994
Various Debussy: Poetic Impressions Classical 1993
Various The Best of Vivaldi Classical 1989
Vladimir Ashkenazy, André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra Favourite Rachmaninov Classical 2002
Zdeňka and Martin Hršel George Gershwin Classical 2006
Allan Browne's Australian Jazz Band He's Not Much… But He's All He Thinks About Jazz 2005
Billie Holiday Holiday For Lovers Jazz 2002
Diana Krall From This Moment On Jazz 2006
Jacques Loussier Trio Jacques Loussier Trio Plays Debussy Jazz 2000
Miles Davis Miles Davis…At His Best Jazz 2002
Silje Nergaard The Essential Jazz 2005
Silje Nergaard Nightwatch Jazz 2003
Silje Nergaard Port of Call Jazz 2000
Various The Encyclopedia of Jazz Jazz 2001
Various The No. 1 Jazz Vocals Album Jazz 1999
Various The Only Jazz Album You'll Ever Need! Jazz 1999
Vince Guaraldi Trio A Boy Named Charlie Brown Jazz 1989
Hirai Ken SENTIMENTALovers J-Pop 2005
Love Psychedelico LIVE PSYCHEDELICO J-Rock 2006
Bobby Durham, Lorenzo Conte and Massimo Farao Romantic Lounge Lounge 2006
Bobby Durham, Lorenzo Conte and Massimo Farao Parisian Lounge Lounge 2006
Bobby Durham, Lorenzo Conte and Massimo Farao Mediterranean Lounge Lounge 2006
Various 2006 CD Calendar / Sampler (2 copies) Mixed 2006
Stephen Hough The Piano Album Piano 1998
Britney Spears Oops!...I Did It Again Pop 2000
Michael Jackson Invincible Pop 2001
Michael Jackson Blood on the Dance Floor Pop 1998
Michael Jackson HIStory Pop 1995
Nelly Furtado Loose Pop 2006
Nelly Furtado Whoa…Nelly! Pop 2000
S Club 7 7 Pop 2000
Various BEST 2000 Pop 2000
Shaggy Hot Shot Reggae 2001
Henry Mancini Trail of the Pink Panther Soundtrack 1982
Various The Best of Bond… James Bond Soundtrack 1999
Astor Piazzolla Adiós Nonino Tango 2005
The Four Aces The Best Of The Four Aces Vocal 2000




Artist Album Genre Year
Henry Mancini Trail of the Pink Panther Soundtrack 1982
Various The Best of Vivaldi Classical 1989
Vince Guaraldi Trio A Boy Named Charlie Brown Jazz 1989
Eugene List, Igor Buketoff, Samuel Adler, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Trinidad Paniagua, Jose Alberto Esteves, Pablo Garcia, Cary Lewis, Brady Millican A Gottschalk Festival Classical 1990
Peter Schmalfuss Frédéric Chopin: Nocturnes no. 1-12 Classical 1992
Stewart Goodyear, Keith Lockhart, William Tritt, Erich Kunzel, Cincinatti Pops Orchestra American Piano Classics Classical 1993
Various Debussy: Poetic Impressions Classical 1993
Various Reader's Digest: 250 Years of Great Music Classical 1994
Michael Jackson HIStory Pop 1995
Glenn Miller The Very Best of Glenn Miller Big Band 1997
Various Mozart for the Morning Commute Classical 1997
Stephen Hough The Piano Album Piano 1998
Michael Jackson Blood on the Dance Floor Pop 1998
Various The No. 1 Jazz Vocals Album Jazz 1999
Various The Only Jazz Album You'll Ever Need! Jazz 1999
Various The Best of Bond… James Bond Soundtrack 1999
Richard Rosenberg, Hot Springs Music Festival Louis Moreau Gottschalk: A Night in the Tropics Classical 2000
Jacques Loussier Trio Jacques Loussier Trio Plays Debussy Jazz 2000
Silje Nergaard Port of Call Jazz 2000
Britney Spears Oops!...I Did It Again Pop 2000
Nelly Furtado Whoa…Nelly! Pop 2000
S Club 7 7 Pop 2000
Various BEST 2000 Pop 2000
The Four Aces The Best Of The Four Aces Vocal 2000
James Buswell, Marin Alsop, Royal Scottish National Orchestra Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto Classical 2001
Various The Encyclopedia of Jazz Jazz 2001
Michael Jackson Invincible Pop 2001
Shaggy Hot Shot Reggae 2001
Stan Getz Getz Plays Jobim: The Girl from Ipanema Bossa Nova 2002
Vladimir Ashkenazy, André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra Favourite Rachmaninov Classical 2002
Billie Holiday Holiday For Lovers Jazz 2002
Miles Davis Miles Davis…At His Best Jazz 2002
Various Big Band Collection (3CD Set) Big Band 2003
Cecile Licad Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Piano Music Classical 2003
Silje Nergaard Nightwatch Jazz 2003
Olivia A Girl Meets Bossa Nova Bossa Nova 2005
Allan Browne's Australian Jazz Band He's Not Much… But He's All He Thinks About Jazz 2005
Silje Nergaard The Essential Jazz 2005
Hirai Ken SENTIMENTALovers J-Pop 2005
Astor Piazzolla Adiós Nonino Tango 2005
Olivia A Girl Meets Bossa Nova 2 Bossa Nova 2006
Zdeňka and Martin Hršel George Gershwin Classical 2006
Diana Krall From This Moment On Jazz 2006
Love Psychedelico LIVE PSYCHEDELICO J-Rock 2006
Bobby Durham, Lorenzo Conte and Massimo Farao Romantic Lounge Lounge 2006
Bobby Durham, Lorenzo Conte and Massimo Farao Parisian Lounge Lounge 2006
Bobby Durham, Lorenzo Conte and Massimo Farao Mediterranean Lounge Lounge 2006
Various 2006 CD Calendar / Sampler (2 copies) Mixed 2006
Nelly Furtado Loose Pop 2006

Date: 2007-01-06 07:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] itsacz.livejournal.com
1)Glasses might be covered by the employer here >o
2)I never kept track of the CDs/DVDs I have. Perhaps I should. Maybe in some (MySQL/SQLite) database. >O

Date: 2007-01-07 02:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] testing4l.livejournal.com
wrt glasses -- get them sooner rather than later. It may be expensive to do so, but you'll be happier.

Out of curiousity, why don't you consider livejournal to be a social networking site?

Date: 2007-01-07 03:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nyankoframe.livejournal.com
I paid the deposit on the lenses, so I'll be collecting them on Tuesday (and paying the balance of $150), and my glasses (same frame) with the new lenses the following day (at worst).

I actually consider LJ to be a social networking site, just not in the same league as MySpace, Facebook or other "newer"/"Web 2.0" sites. One of the things I like about LJ is its simplicity. ^_^

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