Monthly Archives: October 2005

My Reign as the King of Pings

Posted on 10/12/2005 by Ben

Roger Cadenhead talks about running Weblogs.Com for Dave Winer. It’s amazing that the service ran off of a single Linux server. It’s amusing that VeriSign paid $2 million for probably $1,500 worth of hardware, a domain name, and some PHP … Continue reading →

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Microsoft settles with RealNetworks for $761M

Posted on 10/12/2005 by Ben

Microsoft has settled its lawsuit with Real Networks for $761 million. Rhapsody will get promotion on MSN. At the press conference, Gates and Glaser said the deal settles all the antitrust claims between them. Glaser, who has worked at Microsoft, … Continue reading →

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Freak Folk And The Roots Thereof

Posted on 10/10/2005 by Ben

Freak Folk And The Roots Thereof: Here’s proof that the new “freak folk” movement is much more than hipsters in beards and headbands. 1. Rejoicing in the Hands – Devendra Banhart 2. It’s You – Animal Collective 3. The Manifestation … Continue reading →

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Google Feed Reader

Posted on 10/7/2005 by Ben

Google’s new feed reader is pretty awesome. It’s a little sluggish today and I can’t find a “mark all as read” option anywhere so it will take me a while to wade through a lot of previously read items.

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Album of the Week

Posted on 10/7/2005 by Ben

The album of the week is the Thelonious Monk Quartet’s At Carnegie Hall. This recording of a 1957 benefit concert features John Coltrane on tenor sax and was recently discovered in a Library of Congress archive.

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Hits of 1961

Posted on 10/7/2005 by Ben

Hits of 1961: A little bit of soul, some kooky novelty songs and a whole lotta vanilla-flavored pop — these are the hits of 1961. 1. The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh) – The Tokens 2. Please Mr. Postman – The … Continue reading →

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Organizing my stuff

Posted on 10/6/2005 by Ben

Here’s a nice article about organizing files in a Unixy manner. I especially like the “cliches” idea for code snippets.

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In Challenge to Google, Yahoo Will Scan Books

Posted on 10/4/2005 by Ben

In an alliance with the Internet Archive Yahoo is announcing its own book-scanning project. It differs from Google’s project in that the entire text of the books will be available and any search engine can make use of the index. … Continue reading →

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My Morning Jacket Playlist

Posted on 10/4/2005 by Ben

My Morning Jacket Playlist: The guys from the Southern twang-rocking phenomenon reveal the songs that inspired them. 1. Freaks Of The Industry – Digital Underground 2. Baby Got Back – Sir Mix-A-Lot 3. Crime Scene Part One – Afghan Whigs … Continue reading →

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