I am kind of in a βnot in the mood to writeβ mode, but I thought that this video of my little boy rocking out to the metal band Amorphis needed a wider audience. His musical taste is very good actually, likes System of a Down, Faith No More, Opeth, Metallica and the Wiggles π
Like all 3 year old boys, he is completely obsessed with Thomas the Tank Engine, and in the middle of rocking out, he spots a train. As you will see, trains trump metal π
Microsoft and Metallica have more in common than people realise. Don’t believe me? Then here is my CleverWorkarounds "check the facts"(tm) campaign to prove it!
Fact
Microsoft
Metallica
They were both cool in the 80’s
They released some groundbreaking stuff in the 80’s
DOS 3
Ride The Lightning album Master of Puppets
In the 90′ they took off big-time and the mainstream really caught on, but they alienated some older fans
Windows 95
The Black Album
They released some utter crap trying to please their newfound mainstream fanbase
Windows Me Windows Vista
Load Reload St Anger
They both sued people who were illegally copying their stuff
Everybody loves to hate their figurehead
Bill Gates
Lars Urlich
They became a dinosaur and admitting you were a fan made you subject to ridicule
They tried to improve their image by hanging with cool people
Jerry Seinfeld
The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Their competitors started attracting their former fans
Apple Linux Google
Opeth Slipnot Korn
They have both been abused at slashdot
Both have anger management issues
Steve Balmer
James Hetfield
Now here is the all important question. Does the trend continue?? You tell me? π
Both recently released the best thing they have done in years
Azure?
Death Magnetic
Well, at least Metallica has released the best album in 20 years. What about Microsoft with Azure?