Fri, 23 Mar 2007 09:07:02 -0400 http://www.bbirney.com/ Ben Birney :: General Nerdery en-us http://www.bbirney.com/images/Ben Birney :: General Nerdery http://www.bbirney.com/ support@tilsontech.com http://www.bbirney.com/Article99.html Like most "new music" I post here, this is actually some older work that I'm turning loose on the web. (All of my composition since 2005 has been for Paradise Lost.) World to Conquer is a turn based fantasy strategy game played on hex grid. The game was developed by Northern Bytes Software for the 2003 uDevGames. I scored the game, and you can download the music files here. Game music is my second (artistic) love after musical theatre, and these are without a doubt my favorite compositions outside of Paradise Lost. Fri, 23 Mar 2007 09:07:02 -0400 http://www.bbirney.com/Article98.html Well, I've been in the freelance web programming world full time for about a year now. It's been fun so far, though a heck of a lot of work. Oh well. I'm pleased to announce my first open source PostNuke module release - SurveyManager. Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:37:40 -0500 http://www.bbirney.com/Article97.html This, sir, is How Satire is Done. http://www.theonion.com/content/news/nations_gays_demand_right_to Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:59:02 -0500 http://www.bbirney.com/Article95.html Rob Seitelman and I read the latest draft of our Paradise Lost musical in New York this past November 19th. Here follow several thoughts on the reading. Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:06:48 -0500 http://www.bbirney.com/Article94.html Some web programmers apparently think they don't need to know XHTML. These people are (and you will hear this word frequently in the following post) NITWITS. That's not an acronym, it's a pejorative. Thu, 09 Nov 2006 12:47:11 -0500 http://www.bbirney.com/Article93.html There are lots of bad web hosts out there - godaddy.com, any registrar - not to mention the legend that is featureprice.com. (I had a half dozen clients with them when they imploded.) But I have a new addition to the list of people to whom you should never give your business - 1and1.com. Here follows my first-ever complaint letter - I have been moved to unusual eloquence by their incompetence. Thu, 14 Sep 2006 09:34:36 -0400 http://www.bbirney.com/Article92.html I've posted several new downloads in my music -> downloads section - recordings of some of my better compositions from my college days. Download and enjoy! Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:07:49 -0400