Here is an experiment mixing together some of my recent stuff I've done in this log. I've been playing with OpenCOLA some today, and I've set up an Active Folder with all the web pages and some of the MP3s of every group that has been a "Band of the day" in this blog. We'll see how that goes. If it works as advertised, then I should start getting a feedback loop going where I get new recommendations that I further bubble into increased relevance. That's what the brochures say anyway. For those on the OC network, this is user "biscuithead" with folder "Indy Music".

The OpenCOLA stuff seems pretty cool, but there is a definite learning curve to even understanding the concepts. It's not like Kazaa or something like that where 10 seconds after you install you are browsing away. Several hours after setting up my initial folders, I got my first "peer revelance" recommendation, although he has nothing shared so I can't tell why OC thinks we have tastes in common. More to come. g enough, but the jabberjaws people behind us (who had carried on a constant stream of patter since the 2nd inning) did not stop talking about this damn bat until they left in the 8th. Good riddance. All in all, a good outing.

I did hear some old guys at the table next to us at dinner talk about a fan strike. I think the few days before the 30th, people should stop going to the games, return their tickets for cash, and walk a picket line outside carrying signs with slogans like "You Strike, I'm Out" or "We Won't Come Back This Time" or "You all make millions from a kids game, players or owners, millions that we stuff in your pockets and if this is the way you want to repay us for 130 years of loyalty, by destroying the second season in a decade, then we shall place those millions elsewhere." I wonder how one organizes a fan strike? I suppose sports talk radio is a place to start.