An Outsider in Utah

NIN just released their newest album, “The Slip,” today for download from their website. Price: $0.00. This is not like the Radiohead release though, the files to download come in multiple formats, including lossless and higher than CD quality:

the music is available in a variety of formats including high-quality MP3, FLAC or M4A lossless at CD quality and even higher-than-CD quality 24/96 WAVE.

This is something that could help change the music industry in a positive way for fans. Hopefully more and more artists can break away from the record labels who increase prices for product just to make another dollar.

Not only is the music free, Reznor actually encourages people to share the music any way they see fit:

the slip is licensed under a creative commons attribution non-commercial share alike license.

we encourage you to
remix it
share it with your friends,
post it on your blog,
play it on your podcast,
give it to strangers,
etc.

I applaud Reznor on this and hope the record sales on the physical release in July are through the roof!  You can download the album from the slip’s website.

Well…kinda.  College Game Day is on ESPN prepping for the Florida Blue vs. Orange game today.  I don’t care about Florida at all, but it’s awesome to see some college football again, it seems like it’s been forever.  Unfortunatly, this will be the only college football for a while, still 5 months until good games!!

Lee Corso and everyone on Game Day seems to think that Notre Dame will beat Michigan on September 13, but I don’t see that happening.  GO BLUE!

True story. I work with a bunch of really cool people and don’t sit in a cubicle all day long. My desk faces a window that allows me to look around downtown when I need a break and on breaks, I can walk around downtown, seeing new things every day. When I leave work, I leave all the stress about deadlines and what not at the office and can come home and spend time with my family. That is one of the signs of a good job in my opinion: you can leave the job behind you when you come home to your family.

I would encourage anyone that is job hunting to not just look for the highest paying job, because pay is not everything. Being able to wake up and not be down because I have to go to work is worth a lot to me. Working with a fun group in an environment that is nothing like Office Space is also worth a great deal to me.

This post is cheesy,  but I just wanted to tell everyone how awesome my job is.

Since we’ve moved to Utah, we’ve had to go without a lot of good food because there is a serious lack of options in Salt Lake City. We’ve been recommended to places like Famous Dave’s, Guadalahonkeys and Cafe Rio (which was in the Top 10 Mexican Restaurant list). These three places are all absolute jokes. Famous Dave’s cost us around $50 for our family to go have really bad BBQ. Guadalahonkeys didn’t have queso. A “Mexican” restaurant that doesn’t have queso… Cafe Rio…they were like a really bad version of Freebirds. Seasoning? What’s that?  When we go back to Texas to visit, we pretty much eat every meal out.  Hopefully some day someone will start making some good food here in Utah since I’m going to be here for a while.  Until then, I’ll deal with overnighted Rudy’s!

I’m finally done with college now and working at a development company in downtown Salt Lake City. I’m fortunate to work with a small group of really smart people who also know how to have a good time. We’re also in the market for a house, so feel free to send money