Monthly Archives: September 2005

Katrina Relief Concerts

Posted on 9/12/2005 by Ben

Katrina Relief Concerts: Here are some of the artists participating in various televised benefit concerts for victims of Hurricane Katrina. 1. Fix You – Coldplay 2. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans – Harry Connick, Jr. 3. Troubles – Alicia … Continue reading →

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Themepunks

Posted on 9/12/2005 by Ben

Salon is publishing the first act (and probably more) of Cory Doctorow’s novel-in-progress Themepunks in serial form. The first chapter is up and the rest will be posted every Monday for ten weeks.

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Album of the Week

Posted on 9/9/2005 by Ben

The album of the week is Koufax’s Hard Times Are In Fashion.

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The 311 Mix

Posted on 9/9/2005 by Ben

The 311 Mix: 311 guitarist/vocalist Nick Hexum makes you a “Saturday afternoon” mix. 1. Cold Hands (Warm Heart) – Brendan Benson 2. Can’t Stand It – Wilco 3. Man Next Door – Massive Attack 4. The Neighbor – Jason Falkner … Continue reading →

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The bad idea behind our failed health-care system

Posted on 9/8/2005 by Ben

Malcolm Gladwell’s piece in the New Yorker on the trouble with the U.S. health care system is a must read. Instead, the United States has opted for a makeshift system of increasing complexity and dysfunction. Americans spend $5,267 per capita … Continue reading →

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Money Makeover Show

Posted on 9/6/2005 by Ben

A friend of mine is working on a reality TV show where people in financial straights receive a money makeover. They are looking for people to be on the show and are taking story submissions. Currently we are conducting a … Continue reading →

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Les Paul and Friends

Posted on 9/2/2005 by Ben

Les Paul and Friends: Some tracks from Paul’s 90th birthday tribute LP, plus a few of his original tunes and songs from his illegitimate offspring. 1. Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl – Les Paul feat. Bubby Guy, Keith Richards, and Rick … Continue reading →

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Album of the Week

Posted on 9/2/2005 by Ben

The album of the week is Death Cab for Cutie’s Plans. Also check out the four (yes, four!) exciting new releases from Jazz greats Sonny Rollins, Wynton Marsalis, Herbie Hancock, and McCoy Tyner.

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EFF guide to DRM

Posted on 9/2/2005 by Ben

The EFF has put out an excellent guide to why DRM is bad for you. Many digital music services employ digital rights management (DRM) — also known as “copy protection” — that prevents you from doing things like using the … Continue reading →

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Tsync P2P data synchronization

Posted on 9/1/2005 by Ben

Tsync is an awesome-sounding synchronization tool built as part of the Google Summer-of-Code. Once all the devices are configured, whenever the user creates, modifies, or deletes files on one machine, those changes are automatically propagated to all the others. %u201CSo … Continue reading →

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Interview with PlayLouder co-founder

Posted on 9/1/2005 by Ben

Here‘s a very interesting interview with one of the co-founders that UK ISP with the SonyBMG download license deal I mentioned earlier. This guy demonstrates a very high level of cluefullness, I hope it all works out.

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MassGov Declares OpenDocument Standard File Format

Posted on 9/1/2005 by Ben

Lots of coverage today on the announcement that the Commonwealth of Massachussetts will migrate to the OASIS OpenDocument XML file format for office applications. I assume this means the Commonwealth will also be switching to OpenOffice.org or some other open … Continue reading →

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