Monthly Archives: August 2005

Canadian war hero Smoky Smith dies

Posted on 8/5/2005 by Ben

Flutterby points to the amazing story of WWII war hero Smoky Smith, the last Canadian to win the Victoria cross. The pair were no sooner into a ditch when a Panther came toward them, firing all the way. Smith waited … Continue reading →

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Cam and Damien vie for spot on Amazing Race

Posted on 8/5/2005 by Ben

Cameron Barrett of Camworld and his twin brother Damien are trying to get on The Amazing Race, so they’ve lauched a blog to make their case. The video is excellent.

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Sleater-Kinney interview from Fresh Air

Posted on 8/4/2005 by Ben

Here’s a short but good interview with Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein from Sleater-Kinney on Fresh Air.

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Mozilla moves Firefox, other products, under for-profit umbrella

Posted on 8/3/2005 by Ben

The Mozilla Foundation has created a for-profit entity to manage the Mozilla project and package and distribute Firefox and Thunderbird. There’s a very thorough FAQ.

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Novell seeks outside help with Linux

Posted on 8/3/2005 by Ben

Novell is starting a Fedora-style project to develop Suse Linux. This is great news, I can’t wait to try it out. In the past, “We’ve made (Suse Linux) not widely available–just retail stores or a packaged download from an FTP. … Continue reading →

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Glaser bashes portable music plans

Posted on 8/3/2005 by Ben

RealNetworks is reporting record revenues due largely to strong Rhapsody growth, but says its Rhapsody-To-Go service, which offers unlimited DRMed downloads to portable players, is doing very poorly. If it weren’t for the DRM, I’d be subscribed.

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Calling All Luddites

Posted on 8/3/2005 by Ben

Thomas Friedman covers Andrew Rasiej’s Wi-Fi for everyone campaign for New York City public advocate.

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The Ways of the Psychedelic Furs

Posted on 8/3/2005 by Ben

The Ways of the Psychedelic Furs: The previously out-of-print Book of Days and World Outside join the Furs’ impressive catalog in Rhapsody. 1. Dumb Waiters – The Psychedelic Furs 2. Pretty In Pink – The Psychedelic Furs 3. Valentine – … Continue reading →

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The Case of the Missing Music

Posted on 8/2/2005 by Ben

WSJ article on why the online services don’t have more music.

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Tryad CC-licensed album

Posted on 8/2/2005 by Ben

A band called Tryad have put out a Creative Commons-licensed album called Public Domain. I listened to one song and it doesn’t sound half bad, better than most of the stuff I’ve listened to from Magnatune or MP3tunes. You can … Continue reading →

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Jhai PC in Navajo Nation

Posted on 8/2/2005 by Ben

The Jhai Foundation have their ruggedized, low-power PC with net access up and running on the Navajo reservation in the rural village of Sawmill, Arizona. They don’t have the press release up on their website so here it is: For … Continue reading →

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A Prerelease Tour of GNOME 2.12

Posted on 8/1/2005 by Ben

Davyd Madeley has posted another one of his prerelease tours of exciting stuff coming in GNOME 2.12

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2005 MTV Video Music Awards Nominees

Posted on 8/1/2005 by Ben

2005 MTV Video Music Awards Nominees: A sampling of some of the contenders up for MTV awards this year. 1. Jesus Walks – Kanye West 2. Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (Single/Album Version) – Green Day 3. Candy Shop – 50 … Continue reading →

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Album of Last Week

Posted on 8/1/2005 by Ben

The album of last week was Bob Mould’s Body of Song.

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