Monthly Archives: March 2005

Ben Watt’s Music Box

Posted on 3/15/2005 by Ben

As Everything But the Girl celebrate 10 years of remixes with a new LP on March 15, Watt is also forging an impressive career as a house DJ and label head (Buzzin’ Fly). Some of his favorite tracks: RHAPSODY Link

Posted in Rhapsody Featured Mix | Leave a comment

Donald Knuth, Founding Artist of Computer Science

Posted on 3/14/2005 by Ben

NPR has a nice little interview with legendary computer scientist Donald Knuth.

Posted in Computers and Internet, Programming | Leave a comment

Public Service Announcement

Posted on 3/14/2005 by Ben

Dan Hartung found this amusing public service announcement from Novell, in which Windows NT users are tortured by withdrawal from Microsoft support.

Posted in Linux | Leave a comment

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2005

Posted on 3/11/2005 by Ben

On March 14, U2, the O’Jays, Percy Sledge, the Pretenders and Buddy Guy will be inducted into the Cleveland-based institution. Hear a few of their hits along with music from some of 2004′s inductees. RHAPSODY Link

Posted in Rhapsody Featured Mix | Leave a comment

TunePlug music thumbdrives

Posted on 3/10/2005 by Ben

Magnatune is selling USB Flash drives loaded with 10 Creative Commons-licensed albums. This is a great idea, I only wish they were selling 1 GB versions (the largest size is 512 MB).

Posted in Music | 1 Comment

A Computer Is Also a Screen, Wil Wheaton Discovers

Posted on 3/10/2005 by Ben

NYTimes profiles Wil Wheaton. He’s on tonight’s episode of CSI.

Posted in Computers and Internet | Leave a comment

Shatner on Leno

Posted on 3/9/2005 by Ben

Scoble finds the video of William Shatner, Ben Folds, and Joe Jackson doing Common People on Leno last October.

Posted in Music | Leave a comment

B-school hacking

Posted on 3/9/2005 by Ben

Philip Greenspun explains why it’s idiotic for Harvard and MIT to reject business school applicants who “hacked” the web-based application system to check their acceptance status. If Harvard should be punishing anyone it’s the vendor for selling insecure software or … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers and Internet, Humor | Leave a comment

Interview with Adam Dunkels

Posted on 3/9/2005 by Ben

Sounds like this guy is building localizers.

Posted in Technology | Leave a comment

Album of the Week

Posted on 3/9/2005 by Ben

The album of the week is Low’s The Great Destroyer. For an added bonus, here is my Current Favorites playlist.

Posted in Rhapsody | Leave a comment

Digital Exclusives From UMe

Posted on 3/8/2005 by Ben

Check out these songs from Universal Music’s all-digital download record label. The first eight tracks are just 99 cents in the Real Music Store (http://musicstore.real.com). RHAPSODY Link

Posted in Rhapsody Featured Mix | Leave a comment

Rhapsody Radish

Posted on 3/8/2005 by Ben

Rhapsody Radish now has a full-text feed, which means I can read it now. Lots of good Rhapsody playlists daily here.

Posted in Rhapsody | Leave a comment

The dairy debate

Posted on 3/8/2005 by Ben

LATimes covers the debate over whether dairy products build stronger bones. T. Colin Campbell, professor emeritus of nutritional biochemistry at Cornell University, also questions dairy’s place in the dietary guidelines. “I like dairy. I grew up on a farm. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Health | Leave a comment

What’s In Your Gadget Bag, Dave Barry?

Posted on 3/8/2005 by Ben

Gizmodo gets Dave Barry for its What’s in Your Gadget Bag feature. In accordance with federal law, I also have an iPod. It has 15G of memory, which is at least 14G more than I actually need, since I realize … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Technology | Leave a comment

Mother Earth News

Posted on 3/7/2005 by Ben

Boing Boing points out that the entire back issue archive of homesteading magazine Mother Earth News is available for free online.

Posted in Life, Philosophy | Leave a comment