Monthly Archives: January 2006

Challenger

I remember this day, 20 years ago. Rest in peace, astronauts.

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record label against RIAA lawsuits

An important Canadian record label, Nettwerk Music Group, has decided to join a RIAA lawsuit against a 15 year old Texan – on the side of the defendant. Quote from Michael Geist’s excellent blog: Nettwerk CEO Terry McBride says: “Suing … Continue reading

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silly mailing lists

I really wonder what list I’ve ended up on. I’ve been getting ‘business subscription’ offers for the Wall Street Journal in the mail. And for Men’s Health. Yes, I believe it was a business subscription offer to Men’s Health. But … Continue reading

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wp 2.0

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, we are now running WordPress 2.0! The upgrade was pretty seemless. No visible changes for now, but the admin interface is considerably better. Weekend Somehow, this weekend involved several scorpion bowls. Ours didn’t have that cool … Continue reading

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It finally arrived

I had to wait a very, very, very long time, but my Nokia 770 has finally arrived. I love it. It took about 2 minutes to find and install the driver for the nokia bluetooth keyboard I bought, and now … Continue reading

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GPLv3 launch event

Just three more days, and the first draft of the GPLv3 will be made available at the launch event at MIT. If you’re in the neighbourhood on Monday, do stop by! Pre-registration is now closed, but there should still be … Continue reading

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GNU/Linux drivers

A lot has been written about the 2006 CES show in Las Vegas. What I’ve read or heard so far has been pretty meaningless – new non-existing product from X, new gadget from Y that only works with Windows, etc … Continue reading

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The fast way home

Sometimes the MBTA just works really well… Coming home last night, it took me 5 minutes to walk to Park street station, where a train was ready to be boarded. Nine minutes to Lechmere, where the bus was waiting. Five … Continue reading

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