Monthly Archives: July 2006

A valediction for a super computer …

We’ll miss you … but the rockin’ post-punk, space-age, surf music of Man or … Astroman? can express that sentiment far better than I ever could!

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Still Blue with Bluehost

I promised an update to the “A Bit Blue with Bluehost” article I posted last week, and I am afraid there is still very little clarification as to why Drupal and Typo3 are not currently Fantastico enabled. According to the … Continue reading

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I Am Legend

About two years ago I read a novella by Richard Matheson titled I Am Legend which was written in 1954. This work continues to haunt my soul quite regularly, and a quick look at the basic plot of the narrative, … Continue reading

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Embedding a Sound File in a Flash Movie using ActionScript 2.0

Update: this project has since been kiboshed, but the meat and potatoes of the Flash tutorial is still valuable. I have talked briefly about a project I have been working on in my post “A Bit Blue with Bluehost”. And … Continue reading

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Film classics from the Internet Archive’s public domain collection

Screenshot from the screwball comedy His Girl Friday, a film which is freely available though the Internet Archive I watched His Girl Friday for the first time this evening and it was quite impressive -I am still recovering from the … Continue reading

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A Bit Blue with Bluehost

This afternoon I have been a bit blue with bluehost. I have been ramping up for a project I will be working on over the next month, and I finally got motivated to install the Content Management Systems Drupal and … Continue reading

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Doing Things with Digital Video on a MAC

Over the last couple of months I have been putting together some resources for ripping DVDs, editing the extracting files, and converting/compressing them into more globally readable formats. Negotiating the minefield of video codecs and file extensions is a complex … Continue reading

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Beyond Self-Interest, or, Some Initial Thoughts on Re-imagining the Possibilities of the Open Source Movement

In a recent article on ZDNetUK, Sun’s Simon Phipps argued that the open source movement is premised on the capitalist ethic of self-interest. Below is an excerpt from the article quoting Phipps’ discussion of open source within a capitalist framework: … Continue reading

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“THE HORROR, THE HORROR!” movie

This post started out as a comment on my favorite blog these days, The Tattered Coat. Matt, the proprietor of said blog, has one of the most intelligent, entertaining, and interactive blogs going. After a long hiatus to finish his … Continue reading

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Quick-fix for Headphones Bug for XP on MacBook Pro

As Mikhail pointed out to me, when you have the headphones plugged in on the the MAcBook Pro in XP the built-in speakers still play sound. For a quick-fix to this problem intel has released a program that re-routes all … Continue reading

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