Ok….. Surfing/searching is dangerous to your workday and productivity.

Mark’s question on the “Mercy” video had me wondering if hers was a cover version. Searching lead me to a supposed cover of “Mercy” by One Republic which really was a song about an “Angel of Mercy”; but no mention of hers being a cover of someone else. Not yet daunted, I kept looking. Which lead me to look at WikiPedia about her song instead. Wikipedia, which seems to say that the song was written by Duffy also mentioned a cover of the song by One Republic who was thought of as a “myspace band” who did a song “Apologize”. Apologize sounded familiar. So….. I typed in http://www.myspace.com/onerepublic. I realized that “Apologize” was a song I heard and really liked. (I’m sort of liking One Republic.) While there, I saw the “winner of the Apologize cover contest” video. That lead me to Tamar who is amazing. Well…. with all of that good music found, I still hadn’t found this cover that was mentioned.

Still…. it was mentioned more than once as a cover of the Duffy song, instead of the “angel of mercy” version. Hmm…. it must exist. So…… onward….

Which lead me to….. tadaaaa….. Mercy “Duffy Cover” by One Republic and another one in London.

Sheesh…… now I really, really need to get to work. Thanks alot, Mark!

While looking up the radio version of “Mercy”, I happened across a Michelle Shocked song. I’ve been familiar with her for more than a decade and like her folk performances; but never really followed her closely. There is a “Quality of Mercy” video on YouTube. I looked at it and saw some other videos of her. I discovered something that I didn’t know about her.

Here she is sing “God Is Real” at church. There are some other similar videos at this link, including some Christmas ones.

Mercy

I Want You Back

I love it. This is funny.

Beer Makes Girls Sexy

Sometimes, the translation of product descriptions are lacking in accuracy. Sometimes, they are just bizarre.

Some time ago, I ordered some bulk network cable which included a free cable tester — from China. When I read the package, I decided to keep it until I could post it on my blog. I’m finally getting around to it. Or, I’ve forgotten that I already did it. In that case, you can consider it a repost.

Warning

• Forbid to use for cable with electric current

Attention

• Do not use it beyond usage.
• Do not change it on your mind.

Using methods:

• It is specially designed for testing electric circuit.
• Push power switch at first. And then the power will light after setting up an electric circuit.
• To be sure that the test cable is without electric current. The link the sender and receiver.
• It is special cable tester. Don’t connect it with computer. HUB& other machine.

Method to chang cell

• Open the cover at the back of sender, take out old cell and put in to new one.

I sat down to play COD4 a couple of evenings ago and I was having a hard time playing. I sit in a folding gaming chair so that I can be close enough to the TV to see well enough to play. The chair has inputs and outputs to feed speakers built into it to enhance the surround sound feature.

So… I’m playing and I can’t figure out where people are when they are getting close to me. I hear them, but it sounds like they are all around me…. first right, then left, then both left and right. I turn and turn…. bang… I’m dead.

It occurred to me that when there was one person left other than me, they couldn’t be in both places at far points from me. I happened to check and my right/left plugs were reversed on my chair.

Britain’s Got Talent

Masters of disguise! – Science- msnbc.com

Update: Wonderful!! It works!!

Testing. I wonder if the spacing problem is gone? Is it?