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!
Archive for July, 2006
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 tech I spoke with this afternoon, the Drupal and Typo3 development communities need [...]
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, as quoted from wikipedia below, would make you think, “oh, wow, another post-apocalyptic vampire [...]
Embedding a Sound File in a Flash Movie using ActionScript 2.0
Published by July 17th, 2006 in video. 6 CommentsUpdate: 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 while my content management issues with Bluehost have not entirely been resolved as of yet [...]
Film classics from the Internet Archive’s public domain collection
Published by July 16th, 2006 in Uncategorized. 7 CommentsScreenshot 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 barrage of piercing dialogue shot at me, as if with a machine gun, for over an [...]
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 Typo3 (I am going to try working through both to see which one [...]
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 process, and I certainly do not claim to be an expert. Yet, I [...]
Beyond Self-Interest, or, Some Initial Thoughts on Re-imagining the Possibilities of the Open Source Movement
Published by July 10th, 2006 in Uncategorized. 2 CommentsIn 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:
Speaking at the Open Source Business Conference, Sun Microsystems’ chief open-source officer, Simon Phipps, said [...]
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 dissertation, Tattered Matt is back at it and as good as ever. Lately he [...]
Quick-fix for Headphones Bug for XP on MacBook Pro
Published by July 8th, 2006 in Uncategorized. 2 CommentsAs 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 the sound to the headphone jack. The only trade off is no [...]
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