Just spent too much time re-editing my audio posts because Google decided to change this code “3247397568″ to this code “3523697345″ in its MP3 flash audio player. Meaning that all the links to music files disappeared.

I’m sure enlightened programmers can explain why 3523697345 is preferable to 3247397568, but I’m more interested in why news of this update didn’t make it my way. It’s not like I don’t pay attention—but do I have to now spend hours on Google’s blogs, too? Hey, I’m already busy enough keeping up with my Twitter updates and RSS feeds about HDSLRs and the end of journalism.

This is also a fair argument against the Cloud. If I installed my own audio player I wouldn’t be victim to the whims of Google. But arguing against the Cloud gets you branded a Luddite. And, hey, I was trying to be all open-source, right? Can’t win.