May 13, 2004
They’re Here. They’re Purple.
It’s always strange when my music geek and computer geek worlds collide. Derek Silvers is going to be rebuilding CD Baby from scratch, turning 91K+ lines of PHP code into something lean and mean. And he’ll be blogging about the process at the O’Reilly Network.
Meanwhile, NPR’s All Songs Considered is looking for songs about the cicada invasion (otherwise known as “Brood X” — gotta love that), in an event aptly titled “All Cicadas Considered.” Sounds like a job for the Songfight! regulars. I have to admit that I was sufficiently inspired to write about a dozen lines of big purple insect couplets this morning.












