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I spent five hours last night converting the 800-some songs (yep, that's all right now) in my library from m4as to mp3s and also set it up so I don't have to go through it again.

This means when I post songs anyone can hear them, which is very good as I'm planning on posting my entire playlist at somepoint in the near future so anyone can have what they'd like.

Pratchett v Rowling (round one?)

Pratchett anger at Rowling's rise

( Full article under cut. Because I can. )

I think "anger" is a bit too strong of a word to use here, he came across as more annoyed to me. Seemed like it was because she, a relative newcomer to writing, is being given credit for revitalizing a stuffy old genre (something fantasy most definitly is not).

Sure, the traditional idea is that it's all knights rescuing damsels in distress, but there's a large number of books that don't fall into the category-Neil Gaiman's work comes to mind automatically, as does Jennifer Fallon, and many others whom I'm thoughtlessly forgetting.

Rowling deserves credit in the book world, without a doubt, but I think Pratchett's got a point or two.


EDIT: Neil Gaiman's got a bit more on the subject. And he makes more sense.