It’s hard to believe that Rudy’s Corner has been around for almost 12 years now! The whole concept started on Thanksgiving weekend in 1995, when we created a home on the web for jazz and wolrd music reviews that were originally posted on the Compuserve online service. At that time the site was called Rudy’s Latin Corner, but that soon changed as the scope of music covered had changed. This site was dormant for awhile (as most of the various sections spun off into their own separate sites), but it was resuscitated as a home for miscellaneous reviews and opinions of the proprietor. Thank goodness we’re still around, and a lot of ‘net citizens still remember us!
Yearly Archives: 2007
Gmail and Spam Filtering
I have been using Gmail’s web interface for quite awhile now, almost two years. Thing is, I had pretty much abandoned my Eudora installation. Every so often I’d log into it to dump my mailbox contents, but wasn’t actively using it to do my e-mail chores anymore. Gmail’s interface is nicely laid out, and very responsive–with the AJAX technology, the screen refreshes with new mail within a minute. The best part about Gmail is their spam filtering.
YouTube: Marvelous or Mayhem?
Maybe I just don’t understand the concept, but at times, I think YouTube is a total waste of storage space and bandwidth. And yet at other times, I’m amazed at what I find on there. Continue reading YouTube: Marvelous or Mayhem?
Elmer’s Glue + LP = ??
Call me crazy! Would you ever dream of dumping Elmer’s Glue all over your prized LPs? Well, I did! I not only dreamed about it, I bit the bullet and tried it! But, why did I do it? And, did it work?
The Beatles: Love
I imagine this disc could set off a lot of controversy amongst avid Beatles fans–the ones who feel that any new presentation of a classic repertoire is treading on hallowed ground. But aside from that, this newest of Beatles releases is actually the soundtrack to a Cirque du Soleil presentation at The Mirage in Las Vegas. What Love is: a new reconfiguration of Beatles songs, reimagined and recombined (or as some would say, a “mash-up”) to create something new. Gimmick? Or a unique new project?