Monthly Archives: February 2005

WordPress 1.5

Posted on 2/15/2005 by Ben

It looks like WordPress 1.5 is out, although I don’t see an official announcement. I’ll be upgrading soon. Updated: Upgrade complete. Now to customize the theme so I don’t look like 10,000 other WordPress blogs out there.

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2005 Grammy Winners

Posted on 2/15/2005 by Ben

RHAPSODY Link

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Rhapsody Valentine’s Day Mix

Posted on 2/15/2005 by Ben

There was a Valentine’s day mix on Rhapsody this morning but it was replaced with the 2005 Grammy Winners before I had a chance to blog it. If anyone happens to have saved it, please send it to me for … Continue reading →

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Napster-to-Go

Posted on 2/14/2005 by Ben

The blogosphere’s response to Napster-to-Go has been highly negative but I’m not sure I agree with the criticism. Napster-to-Go isn’t a bad idea because it’s a “rental” model, it’s a bad idea because of the DRM. If you took out … Continue reading →

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Clive Davis’ Hit List

Posted on 2/13/2005 by Ben

The music executive’s throwing a star-studded pre-Grammy party on Saturday night (9 p.m. PST), and we’ve got the exclusive Webcast. Here are some of his all-time favorite tracks. RHAPSODY Link

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Why we overcommit

Posted on 2/11/2005 by Ben

Psychologists are studying why we always think we’ll have more free time in the future. Zauberman and Lynch continue, “People are consistently surprised to be so busy today. Lacking knowledge of what specific tasks will compete for their time in … Continue reading →

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Our Grammy Picks

Posted on 2/10/2005 by Ben

We can’t say for sure who’ll score at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, but if we had our druthers these acts would be among the winners. RHAPSODY Link

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Open Source: Not about TCO

Posted on 2/10/2005 by Ben

Dan Lyke has a nice post about the real business advantage of open source. If you’re really interested in innovating, you need to be building these capabilities not on the advice of some 24 year old who just graduated who’s … Continue reading →

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Oreos and The Federal Budget

Posted on 2/9/2005 by Ben

TrueMajority have updated their Oreo federal budget animation with an interactive version that lets you make your own budget and send it to your representative.

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MP3tunes.com

Posted on 2/9/2005 by Ben

It looks like MP3tunes.com has gone live, but it’s having trouble handling the load. The selection is even slimmer than EMusic but everything else looks good: high-bitrate MP3s, decent prices, and OK web design.

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Sun CTO: New License Protects Developer Rights

Posted on 2/9/2005 by Ben

Sun continues to not get it when it comes to open source licensing. It’s nice to see that Sun’s competitors are getting their shots in: “They will not be able to build a viable community to support Open Solaris if … Continue reading →

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KDE getting ready to go native on Windows

Posted on 2/9/2005 by Ben

KDE is getting a native Windows port. I think this is a great move and my only reservation about it is that it will probably make KDE even more popular than GNOME.

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The Legendary Clive Davis

Posted on 2/8/2005 by Ben

After more than 40 years in the music business, including 25 as the head of Arista, Clive Davis has been behind a mind-boggling number of hits. Here are just a few. RHAPSODY Link

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All about Orz

Posted on 2/8/2005 by Ben

Boing Boing has a great post about the “orz” meme in Asia. I think I need this “orz” shirt, anyone read Japanese?

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Father of Java chides open source developer community

Posted on 2/7/2005 by Ben

Sun’s CTO James Gosling says that open source companies aren’t economically viable. Maybe someone should tell him his company just open sourced its main product?

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