Jazzlife - because all of life is jazz

I think it’s safe to call Evrsoft and it’s re-launch of a new version of 1stPage 2000 a dead issue now.

Unlike the many disgruntled and abusive posters in their guestbook, I haven’t flamed them about taking time to release a product… I know enough about the development process to know it doesn’t always work to a fixed timetable.

BUT…

• their Website hasn’t been updated in the slightest since late February / early March, announcing a hoped-for launch date of April/May 2001
• no request for an update in the guestbook has ever been answered; that’s something many of us have had trouble with already from Hero Games
• they produce in Australia, were it’s already almost noon on June 1st (I’m terrible with time conversions, so I may be off a bit)
• many of the listed designers have gone on to other companies
• this is the clincher: when I tried the link to their Guestbook a few minutes ago, it wouldn’t connect at all

It’s really a shame… I’ve been a Website designer for years, and FirstPage is the first product I’ve used in a long time that freed me up to think more of the creative process rather than the technical side. That’s like the difference between free and structured Jazz: when you can think more of the sound rather than worrying about the technique, it usually sounds better.

As mentioned in this article “Kaycee”, a supposed Blogger who just died from cancer, didn’t exist. She was a composite made of several different real-word cases.

As a disabled person, this upsets me. Those of us with real disabilities are harmed by this, as our stated conditions may now be questioned.

For the record, I do have MS. This isn’t pretend for the Web, this isn’t a case of “On the Internet nobody knows you’re a dog”-things… it also isn’t life threatening, or even a sticking point for this Blog.

I had to reboot before posting this… my keyboard wasn’t reacting.

I added a new Blog to my personal site about a week ago, to replace my writing journal. If you’d like to check it out, you can find it here.

Today was a busy day of packing and cleaning for me. With an Adapted Housing inspector coming on Monday, I want this place to be as ship-shape as possible; anything that can push me up the waiting list is a good thing.

The sheer base depravity of how some find this Blog never ceases to amaze me… I keep getting visits from people searching for Dani Ashe, Cyndi Margolis, pictures of either one nude, or Montreal lapdances.

I realize that just mentioning these names now will guarantee my logs showing them as search terms to visit Jazz Life again… well, let the pervs feel dumb while I just get a few more visits!

On Entertainment Tonight this evening, I saw a large piece of the musical medley from the film Moulin Rouge.

It’ll possibly be laughed at by many viewers, because the songs are all contemporary pop, sung as if they were written in the late 1800s.

Hearing the KISS song “I was made for loving you” sung by a romantic man of that era just sounds too weird.

- Oh, it may also be that I attributed Blueberry Hill to the wrong Fats. It may well have been sung by Fats Domino, not Waller.

Today would have been the 97th birthday of jazz legend Fats Waller. Many of you knew of his music from Happy Days; Ritchie Cunningham’s favorite song, Blueberry Hill, came from Fats.

His life should be cause for celebration at this year’s Montreal Jazz Fest… but I don’t expect organizers who got freakin’ Prince in concert to feel this way.

Insufficient DNA Halts Tests on Two Titanic Dead.

Although this item was listed under Bizarre News, it’s really a bit sad; a century later, and the families of some of the people dead in this tragedy still won’t have closure.

My first learning steps on E-Bay will be finished in about 10 hours.

One of the two items I listed has had no bids; the other has now seen 3… totalling a “whopping” $1.25 more than my initial price of $2.50.

The first item I’ll attempt to relist with some images to entice buyers and more information. For other auctions though, I’ll know better to start them at a higher bid…

Today was a prolific, busy day for me!

I spent a large portion of the day tweaking the settings for my new message boards on The Wild World of Jeff. I started doing much yesterday, as I mentioned in the last post, but continued today, pushing at it until I got it right.

But that isn’t all! Both my Comicopia and Apacalypse zines are due on June 8th. I’ve already written most of my materials for them… but today I worked on a lot too.

Mr. Prolific is slowly coming back.

I’ve just spent the last hour-and-a-half updating my personal site, The Wild World of Jeff. It’s been stagnant and unchanged for far too long - and as a site devoted to the writing craft, that felt lousy to me.

While working on it, I also remembered my love for hand-coding HTML pages. I know, it’s a skill I’m trying to make a career of, but it’s been so damn long since I used it… it felt good.