Monthly Archives: April 2006

Neil Young’s Rebel Rock

Neil Young’s Rebel Rock: Check out controversial cuts from Neil Young. 1. Let’s Impeach The President – Neil Young 2. Restless Consumer – Neil Young 3. Rockin’ In The Free World (Live Acoustic) – Neil Young 4. After The Garden … Continue reading

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How a patch becomes a driver

Over on Don Marti’s blog I’m being educated on how hardware vendors can get Linux drivers written, accepted into the kernel, and distributed to users in time for product releases. Don and kernel hacker Greg Kroah-Hartman are participating in FreedomHEC … Continue reading

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Microsoft’s trust problem, part 2

Samba creator takes stand in Microsoft case Once a year, he said, top software programmers from rival software companies from around the world gather at the DoubleTree Hotel in San Jose, California, for what they term a “plugfest.” The engineers … Continue reading

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Microsoft’s trust problem

Microsoft exec calls for calm on OSS site But instead of playing the “hate Microsoft for being Microsoft” game, Parris cited a real-world example for his mistrust: In the late 1990s Microsoft threatened to pull Windows from the Republic of … Continue reading

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Album of the Week

The album of the week is Neil Young’s Living With War. The Jazz lovers should also check out the excellent Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis Showcase from the PBS series of the same name.

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EFF RIAA Petition

The EFF is sending a petition to Congress to stop the RIAA lawsuits. Go sign it.

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Barry Manilow’s Favorites

Barry Manilow’s Favorites: Take a peak at Barry’s favorite albums; Dirty Vegas mingling with Elton John and Chet Baker. 1. Over The Rainbow – Judy Garland 2. Baby – Bebel Gilberto 3. She Was Good To Me – Chet Baker … Continue reading

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Lazyweb shut down

Ben Hammersley has shut down the Lazyweb after the plague of trackback spam became too much. I’ve been pretty annoyed by the spam their recently, too. I hope he will look into Akismet or transfer the domain to someone willing … Continue reading

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Is Lost a Repeat?

Is Lost a Repeat? deserves some kind of web usability award.

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My Morning Jacket with the Boston Pops

Wow, I think I need to go to this. It will either be fantastic or terrible.

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Album of the Week

The album of the week is the new Daniel Johnston best of Welcome To My World. Johnston is on a role with a documentary about his life out now, too. My favorite Johnston oddity is this recording of a radio … Continue reading

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2006 Latin Music Conference

2006 Latin Music Conference: The schmoozy Latin Billboard Conference culminates in a predictable awards show — but at least the music’s good! 1. La Camisa Negra – Juanes 2. Rakata – Wisin & Yandel 3. La Tortura (Alternate Version) – … Continue reading

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Shaking All Over

Shaking All Over: April 18, 2006 marks the 100 year anniversary of San Francisco’s greatest natural disaster: the 1906 earthquake. 1. Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On – Jerry Lee Lewis 2. Crumblin’ Down – John Mellencamp 3. San Francisco Nights … Continue reading

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Easter Celebration

Easter Celebration: 1. Peter Cottontail – Gene Autry 2. April Come She Will – Simon and Garfunkel 3. Easter Parade – Sarah Vaughan/Billy Eckstine 4. Up Jumped Spring – Abbey Lincoln/Stan Getz 5. April In Paris – Ella Fitzgerald & … Continue reading

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Album of Last Week

The album of last week was the Eagles of Death Metal’s Death By Sexy.

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