The Scabies

It seems the funk is going around. Someone I know who lives in Miami is confirmed with the Scabies, and I suspect that someone I know only electronically MAY have the scabies. Or mumps. Or hives. Or some manner of mystery funk.

I blame the hippies. Really. Before the person I know from Miami (who seems to have good hygiene) got scabies - the ONLY people I heard of getting them were hippies. Grateful Dead following, VW Bus living, forest dwelling because they can not afford a decent hotel room, patchouli oil wearing, no bath in 6 months HIPPIES! Who else gets covered in mites and does nothing about it?

So I have new Iguana Music for the occasion. Yes - I really do have music for anything. check it out. I went through A LOT of trouble.

Now I will bitch about the stupidity that is I-Tunes and that digital rights management BULLSHIT! Why can't I just get MP3 format? That is what I want. But nooooooo. I-Shit wants to sell you some funky M4P file. And you can ONLY play it through I-Tunes. And only on computers that I-Tunes lets you play it on. And then if you want to dump it to an MP3 player? Better have the I-Pod shit that supports that funky ass M4P digital rights management BULLSHIT file! Yup!

So here is what I did. AFTER fighting with the computer for several hours. Yes, it became a challenge. Could I get around the digital rights shit? And where the hell are MY digital rights? Huh? I have a cheap ass MP3 player. It does not support any of these funky formats. So what - I have to buy another player so I can listen to crap I buy? HELL NO!

First I tried downloading some third party software that claimed to convert M4P to MP3 files. Well something I installed locked the shit out of the computer. The windows task manager would say the CPU usage was at 100% and nothing would run. Then everything would crash - EVEN the task manager!

So after restarting over and over and getting pissed off, I remembered safe mode. So using safe mode I was able to uninstall all the shit. Then the computer worked again.

So I get to thinking. What if I want to listen to my I-Tunes on a real stereo? Or in my car? Can I burn a M4P file to standard CD audio format to play on any CD player? YES I CAN! I-Tunes has this feature.

Well now this is retarded! The music industry is getting all pissy because I-Tunes is dumping DRM, but the DRM is actually VERY EASY to get around yourself! Here is what you do. It works - and you probably do not need to DL jack.

1. Using I-Tunes, create a play list.
2. Using I-Tunes, BURN that play list to an audio CD.
3. RIP the audio CD using Windows Media Player or whatever else you have.
4. Get those "protected" files in MP3 format, totally unprotected. The MP3 files you end up with will play on ANY device or computer. None of this "you can not buy the cheap MP3 player to listen to your music" bullshit.

Anyhow - enjoy the anti scabies Iguana Music. Unless you HAVE scabies. In which case you will be itching something horrible.