The Sword

I recently discovered a very cool new band called The Sword (visit their MySpace site, which has more content than their official site). They're from right here in Austin. Check 'em out. They sound a lot like Black Sabbath from back in the day. My only complaint is that most of their songs are very similar in style - but they still rock. I hope to see them the next time they're back in town.

Update on Amazon S3 Backup Software

I'm getting close to releasing a beta version of my backup software. I have a rather crude version that I've used to back up a few hundred MB of data, but I don't think it's ready for any kind of public use. The UI still needs some major re-work, and I need to add much better exception management. I'll probably have something in about a week.

Tony awards

They take place tonight. Does anybody give a rat's ass?