Mark Zaugg and Family

Sunday, December 03, 2006 - Posts

• Advice for free software

  Brian fired me a link today for 30 essential programs - free or open source.  It's a nice list.  I use a lot of them myself to various good effect.  Some I use daily, others - well, I've never been involved with filesharing, so those are Read More posted Sunday, December 03, 2006 9:36 PM by mzaugg | 1 Comments

• Ruth Brown - She was something special.

  I heard about Ruth Brown's passing on As It Happens November 20 when they ran her obituary.  There are some nice tribute pages to Ruth I've found out there.  I'm so envious of this one it isn't funny.  You can find Ruth's VH1 bio here.  Read More posted Sunday, December 03, 2006 8:44 PM by mzaugg | 0 Comments Filed Under: Concerts and bands

• How "Blue Collar" changed my life, and other love songs.

  This morning I mentioned to my Lady-love that most of the wierd-assed references I pull out of my poor demented brain are song references.  This morning it was Jonathon Coulton's "Re: Your brains" that spurred the whole thing.The very first song Read More posted Sunday, December 03, 2006 2:27 PM by mzaugg | 0 Comments Filed Under: Concerts and bands, Blue Collar