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6.21 Layout change I think I'll keep this one.   It's soothing, and it somehow goes with the night vibe of my header up there.   In case anyone cared, the header is a street shot of  Seoul, South Korea at night.

6.19 layout change No one saw the first layout, but that doesn't matter.

6.18 launch Shinja is on the Net!  Content is basically limited to several mp3 files and a few profiles, but I'm still working on it!

----> Wanna know when Whitney hooked up with her half-brother?  It's all here!

7.5.02: Napster is dead.  Audio Galaxy just bit the dust (okay it's on life support, but lets face it- how many artists can we get to let you freely distribute their music?).  Peer 2 Peer file sharing.  The music industry hates it.  We love it.  With the systematic crushing of all our favorite file sharing sites, we are forced to find new ways of file sharing.  Now what's worse- a site dedicated to file sharing, or hundreds of thousands of users who do it anyway, passing out passwords to their Yahoo! Briefcase, or just sticking files anywhere they can find space?  Now, not everyone is going to be honest about file sharing- I know people who have a collection of hundreds of mp3s, but they never intend to own the actual cds the mp3 came from.  I'm different.  Like so many people out there who have been burned (buying a cd that only has one or two good songs on it), I'm on a try it before I buy it basis.  And for 95% of the mp3s I own, that has been the case.   In my opinion, the 30 second samples are often like the trailer to a movie.   That thirty seconds is supposed to tease you and make you want to see the movie.   But what if you actually see the movie, and it sucks?  You want your money back.  Well, you can't get your money back, if the cd has been opened, so you're stuck with a crappy investment.  However, if you were able to hear whole songs from the album, you can make a better determination on whether you want to purchase the cd or not.  I call it the single factor.  Let's say you can buy a single of a song for $4.00 (some places singles cost more, some places less).  If you've previewed the album, and it only has one song you like, just buy the single.  But if you like at least three songs off the album, go ahead and buy the album.  It's cheaper in the long run, instead of buying the individual singles (that's assuming every song you like would be released as a single).  So, since some of us don't have the time or transportation to go sit in Tower Records or Borders (or whichever store near you that will let you preview a whole album, not just snippets), our only alternative is mp3s.   And quite honestly, I think mp3s are introducing more people to artists or genres they normally wouldn't know about.  After all- had I not been introduced to Shinhwa and JTL via mp3s, this site would not be here.

6.22: (June 21, 2002) North Korea left out the name of South Korea while introducing the 16 finals teams for the 2002 Korea Japan World Cup.  "The Korean Central Broadcast released the fixture of 16 teams for the World Cup finals last week ahead of broadcasting the match," the government official in Seoul said Friday. "But the place where South Korea should be indicated was left blank."

Another state-run television network Central TV also had the announcer introducing just 15 countries for the 16th finals while broadcasting German and Paraguay on Thursday added the official.  "It doesn't matter really," one of the defectors living in Seoul said. "People back there are quite used to that kind of trick and naturally assume blank corner means the South anyway."

Russian news agency Interfax on Wednesday on the other hand delivered words of congratulations from North Korean embassy based in the country for South Korean soccer team's making it to 16 finals.  "Sports was always a thing of delight to people but this victory made us especially happy," one of the North Korean embassy members who spoke in conditions of anonymity said.

The same member also said Seoul and Pyeongyang's soccer team has also agreed to hold friendly match this coming September stressing plans for soccer exchange between the North and the South.  The official is reportedly one of the ranking officer in the embassy.

North Korea has been shunning from airing the sporting matches of South Korea, the United States and Japan as it is detrimental to the nation's morale. Meanwhile South Korea has recently made to eighth finals Tuesday defeating Italy by 2-1.  -welcome.korea.com

6.22: (June 21, 2002) North Korea left out the name of South Korea while introducing the 16 finals teams for the 2002 Korea Japan World Cup.  "The Korean Central Broadcast released the fixture of 16 teams for the World Cup finals last week ahead of broadcasting the match," the government official in Seoul said Friday. "But the place where South Korea should be indicated was left blank."

Another state-run television network Central TV also had the announcer introducing just 15 countries for the 16th finals while broadcasting German and Paraguay on Thursday added the official.  "It doesn't matter really," one of the defectors living in Seoul said. "People back there are quite used to that kind of trick and naturally assume blank corner means the South anyway."

Russian news agency Interfax on Wednesday on the other hand delivered words of congratulations from North Korean embassy based in the country for South Korean soccer team's making it to 16 finals.  "Sports was always a thing of delight to people but this victory made us especially happy," one of the North Korean embassy members who spoke in conditions of anonymity said.

The same member also said Seoul and Pyeongyang's soccer team has also agreed to hold friendly match this coming September stressing plans for soccer exchange between the North and the South.  The official is reportedly one of the ranking officer in the embassy.

North Korea has been shunning from airing the sporting matches of South Korea, the United States and Japan as it is detrimental to the nation's morale. Meanwhile South Korea has recently made to eighth finals Tuesday defeating Italy by 2-1.  -welcome.korea.com