Monthly Archives: September 2007
dear Wired
I understand you like to send out subscription renewal notices. You like to keep your subscribers. Well, I like subscribing to your publication, so that’s ok. What I don’t understand, however, is why you keep sending me subscription renewal notices … Continue reading
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bluetooth on the 1420N
When I purchased my Dell Inspiron 1420N with Ubuntu pre-installed, bluetooth was not offered as an option. It seems it still is not as of today. The machine does have a nice built-in slot and connector for a bluetooth module. … Continue reading
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more DRM-free music – and Amazon needs a clue
Amazon has launched Amazon MP3, a DRM-free music store. From the press release: Amazon MP3 Offers Over 2 Million Songs From More Than 180,000 Artists and Over 20,000 Labels, Including EMI Music and Universal Music Group So that’s the second … Continue reading
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scanning a multipage document into PDF on GNU/Linux
Xsane works quite well, even if you want to scan a multipage document into a PDF. Just select ‘multipage’ as the target: and then this window will pop up, where you can select an output format; the default is PDF. … Continue reading
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gigabyte m57sli-s4 and linuxBIOS: now easier
I checked in some code to add support for the m57sli-s4 to buildrom, the LinuxBIOS kconfig-style configuration tool that allows easy building of rom images. FILO and linux-as-a-bootloader (LAB – i.e. a linux kernel + busybox in the ROM chip) … Continue reading
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overheard on the T
On the green line, near Park Street station: People pay a lot of money for rides like this in Disney Land … while commenting on a particularly bumpy ride on the green line.
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happy software freedom day!
Today is Software Freedom Day! Events are being held in 90 countries, organized by 330 local teams. I’m looking forward to the Boston event this afternoon.
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a promise of full specs for R500+ from AMD/ATI
LWN and Christopher Blizzard broke the news that AMD is planning to release full documentation for their graphics chips, R500 and newer. This is awesome. With specs, I imagine it will take the community 6 months or so to write … Continue reading
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