i think maybe two people will find Things to Say When You’re Losing a Technical Argument amusing. but it’s funny. really. in a ‘you-had-to-be-there’ kind of way.
[via dave]
now here’s a problem that i just don’t see myself having to face anytime soon:
“The story that you usually see in the press is about an arrogant 26-year-old multimillionaire who thinks that he knows everything. You see this spin most often, but there’s another spin too: There’s this really bright 26 year old who’s been quite successful and who’s scared. “Oh, my goodness, I’ve got to run this meeting,” he thinks. “I’m going to have to meet with this team, and then I’m going to have to go to dinner with them. I’m terrified. I’m just pretending to be the chief technology officer. I’m really just a computer hacker who got sucked into this world.””
i suppose the cynical could have a field day with this perspective from viewfromtheheart on the blogger server fund, but that would be missing the point:
“Blogger has helped get a lot of nice folks onto the web. It’s made it easy, up until recently, for folks to get weblogs up and running in a hurry. So what do you owe them? Contractually, nothing. They made no demands of you, and now you can pack up your content and march on down the road to another ‘blog services provider. But I think that when somebody does you a good turn, the least you can do is think about what you can do to return the favor. Whether it is just be compassionatly quiet and listen, or try
to help solve the problem, there is usually some way to help.And what will you get for your help? No, no stock options or IPO’s; no job offers or discounts. Just the knowledge that you were part of the dream. Part of the team. Part of a community.”
[via genehack]
i think it’s just about impossible to understate how much ian macKaye altered the trajectory of my entire existence. and i mean that in the best possible way. as usual, he’s speakin’ the truth:
“Napster may go by the wayside because it may just sell out. That’s apparently what’s going on now. But people will continue to find ways to share the music that has affected them. With Napster and the sharing of music, of course, there are going to be people who exploit it. Greed has no end. But there’s a lot of good that could happen. We shouldn’t let the economic concerns of the major labels infringe on our freedom to share music. Fuck ’em. ”
Creating Audio CDs With Linux:
“This article follows the process of recording the material to the hard disk, editing and filtering it with signal processing software, and finally creating an audio CD from the results, complete with custom covers for the jewel case. I’ll present and describe the tools used in each stage of the process, and I’ll explain how you too can turn your computer into a powerful audio CD mastering machine, using only free
and open-source Linux software.”
i don’t know >how< i missed the singing bass hack.
the possibilities are endless.
[via usr/bin/girl]