Monthly Archives: July 2004

Smear Factor

Posted on 7/13/2004 by Ben

John Dvorak on the Linux movement’s zombie-like unstoppability. The problem is that the strategy must be pursued unrelentingly. It’s not as if the competition can be destroyed; Linux is like a Night of the Living Dead zombie that cannot be … Continue reading →

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FCC Chairman Blog

Posted on 7/11/2004 by Ben

FCC Chairmain Michael Powell has started a “blog“. It looks more like an opinion column with comments to me. Given that the comments are almost unanimously anti-censorship and ani-Broadcast Flag it will be interesting to see the Chairman’s response. [Update: … Continue reading →

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Album of the Week

Posted on 7/8/2004 by Ben

The album of the week is Call and Response’s Winds Take No Shape. We have a couple of bonus RIAA-unsafe albums, as well. First, Rush have managed to produce their first good album in about 25 years with Feedback. Of … Continue reading →

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Open source miracle horse stuns MS Japan

Posted on 7/7/2004 by Ben

The Register: Microsoft can roll out countless studies that point out how proprietary software is cheaper and more practical than open source code. But how can Microsoft counter open source software’s ability to make a Japanese woman give birth to … Continue reading →

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Computer games

Posted on 7/7/2004 by Ben

Wow, I’ve had almost the exact same relationship to computer games as Rafe Colburn, including recently giving them up (although I do that with some regularity). However, I scoff at Rafe’s 6 hour Civilization run. I’m pretty sure I’ve hit … Continue reading →

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Algorithms in 24 blog entries

Posted on 7/5/2004 by Ben

Jeffrey Stedfast is giving an introductory course on optimizing algorithms on his blog. Go read it if you want a taste of what Computer Science is all about, it starts here.

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TMBG music store

Posted on 7/4/2004 by Ben

Some great news in the world of downloading today, They Might Be Giants have launched a digital music store where you can buy high-quality, DRM-free mp3s for $0.99 a track or $9.99 an album. Only two albums so far but … Continue reading →

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del.icio.us

Posted on 7/1/2004 by Ben

I’ve stopped using my bookmark blog and switched over to del.icio.us. It’s a really great site: fast and easy to use.

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Jonathan Schwartz’s Weblog

Posted on 7/1/2004 by Ben

Sun‘s new COO, Jonathan Schwartz, has a blog.

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Album of the Week

Posted on 7/1/2004 by Ben

The album of the week is the Polyphonic Spree’s The Beginning Stages Of…. In two weeks it may be their next album, Together We’re Heavy.

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