Jason Tate
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    1. Jason Tate
      Jason Tate May 25, 2017
      Final run of bug fixes on the testing server are basically done. Now I need to do a little more testing via VMs to test some browsers/other operating systems, and then we'll be good to go.
    2. Jason Tate
      Jason Tate May 25, 2017
      Swimming in an embarrassment of riches with new music right now.

      Tough problem to have.
    3. Jason Tate
      Jason Tate May 24, 2017
      Related to the :down: post ... I can't believe how cheap a basic and simple testing server is given what I was paying way back in the day. My server bills at one time were in the upper four figures a month with AP.net and now it's like 5 bucks a month for Linode I can use to test all sorts of stuff with.
    4. Jason Tate
      Jason Tate May 24, 2017
      Testing server has new Chorus code pushed to it, it works! It's alive. Now I just need to make some bug fixes and hit it with a lot of traffic to make sure it's as fast as I think it should be and then test credit card processing one more time.
    5. Jason Tate
      Jason Tate May 24, 2017
      New Bleachers, All Time Low, and Goldfinger on the playlist for the day.
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      Jason Tate May 23, 2017
      The weather went from raining and cold .... to extremely warm. Haha. No middle ground this year I guess.

      Gorgeous outside though.
    8. Jason Tate
      Jason Tate May 22, 2017
      It's that time of the month for a new avatar. Of course, it's Spider-Gwen.
    9. Jason Tate
      Jason Tate May 20, 2017
      The new All Time Low album is really good.

      There's a first listen blog thread in the supporter forum with more thoughts.
    10. Jason Tate
      Jason Tate May 20, 2017
      All of the code/changes that will go into the main website (i.e. Chorus 2.0) are done and committed. Next up is bug testing and making sure everything works in all browsers and operating systems. Plan is to push changes next weekend.
    11. Jason Tate
      Jason Tate May 18, 2017
      A night of finishing up the straggling code needed to process credit cards. So close to being done with 2.0.
    12. Jason Tate
      Jason Tate May 18, 2017
      Still wake up daily not really comprehending who our dip-shit President is ...
    13. Jason Tate
      Jason Tate May 17, 2017
      The forum passed one million posts in the past day or so. So that's pretty cool:

      [​IMG]
    14. Jason Tate
      Jason Tate May 13, 2017
      Loving season two of 'Master of None'
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      Jason Tate May 13, 2017
      Someday I wanna write a book. Before I die I wanna write and sell a book that'll probably suck and most people will never read.
    17. Jason Tate
      Jason Tate May 12, 2017
      About 10k posts away from hitting a million.
    18. Jason Tate
      Jason Tate May 12, 2017
      I wish there was a way to track what Tweet made someone unfollow me. Like, when/why did Chad Gilbert from NFG stop following me? Haha, what did I do or say to piss him off?

      ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
    19. Jason Tate
      Jason Tate May 12, 2017
      I like this Dreamcar album, but think it would have been better as an EP. Some really strong songs, some not so strong songs.
    20. Jason Tate
      Jason Tate May 11, 2017
      Chorus 2.0: 605 files changed, 56959 insertions, 14765 deletions.

      And most people will probably barely notice the differences. Heh. (Hopefully all done by the end of next week.)
    21. Jason Tate
      Jason Tate May 10, 2017
      ¿sᴉɥʇ pɐǝɹ noʎ uɐɔ ʍoɥ
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    23. Jason Tate
      Jason Tate May 8, 2017
      Revamped my custom start page in Safari over the weekend. I know, I know, big weekend. Went a little crazy. Gonna have to reign those crazy nights in.

      [​IMG]
    24. Jason Tate
      Jason Tate May 7, 2017
      This weekend is going by too fast.
    25. Jason Tate
      Jason Tate May 6, 2017
      Somehow the Yankees are good again. I feel like I should be a fan just because it would push so many buttons to be a Yankee fan.

      Go Yankees.
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  • About

    I’m a writer, music enthusiast, web-developer, typography geek, and a coffee and beer snob. Sometime around 1996 I created absolutepunk.net — a music community to discuss under-appreciated music I loved. Over the next few years, it got popular. Then it got really popular. The goal of the website was to introduce people to new music and provide a community for people to discuss music that was not often heard in the mainstream. Oh, and for me to whine and moan about things I felt like to a chorus of “why is this news!?” posts.

    In 2004, I (sold-out and) sold the company while staying on to keep running AP.net and manage a variety of other websites. My passion turned into a job and I drudged through the next few years frustrated. For a while I thought about walking away from the internet completely. However, my passion for music, technology, and a slightly off centered pop-culture remains. So, I decided to take a chance and with that spirit build chorus.fm. I hope for this to be a platform to write and share my passions with you, and with that, I also want to continue my vision of a community for music fans looking to connect with kindred spirits.

    I send out a weekly newsletter that recaps the week in music and offers thoughts on music, media, and other cool stuff.
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    Favorite Albums:
    Brand New - 'Deja Entendu', The Beach Boys - 'Pet Sounds', Simon and Garfunkel - 'Bridge Over Troubled Water', The Beatles - 'Sgt. Peppers', Thrice - 'Vheissu', Jimmy Eat World - 'Futures', The Gaslight Anthem - 'The '59 Sound', The 1975 - 'The 1975', Bon Iver - 'Bon Iver', Blink 182 - 'Dude Ranch'
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    Friends, Parks and Recreation, Veronica Mars, Mad Men, The Wire, Breaking Bad, The West Wing, Battlestar Galactica, Friday Night Lights, Arrested Development, Batman: The Animated Series, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Doctor Who, You're the Worst, Nathan for You.
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    The Catcher in the Rye, Calvin and Hobbes, On Writing Well, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
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