Converting Flac to Mp3/AAC, Or, How to use all that free live music floating about on the web
In the mid-sixties a small, soon to be doomed band ironically called “The Grateful Dead” began playing in and around …
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A Minor History of Convergence
There’s a conversation floating around at the moment surrounding the rise of web platform’ applications in contrast to client applications …
Moving to Textpattern
Steps for Moving to Textpattern from Movable TypeAs mentioned, I decided to move from Movable Type to Textpattern—the hullabaloo (like …
Mac Programming for Proud Newbies
What were you thinking?I’ve finally come to realize that I kind of like being a newbie. I’ve learned a great …
Ads Across the Wire
The first ad I’ve yet seen in an syndicated feed, RSS or ATOM, brings up an interesting subject. It appeared …
Holiday Metrics
Hours spent in vehicle driving from place to place: 32.5 Number of days over which travel occured: 4 Average Hours …
Whiffle Boy
Everytime I look in on one of these discussions (Update: Scoble changed comment systems and in doing deleted all comments.), …
“Support Our Troops”
The words are everywhere in the towns closest to U.S military bases. M & I drove down to a wedding …
Bob the Realtor (XP) vs. Jim the Journalist (OS X), one year later.
Now that Panther is out, I’ve been perusing some of the reports of speed increases and ruminating on the ages …
“I was a teenage web developer!”
Or, more to the point, I wasn’t but I wanted a nice site anyway. Know the feeling?I have little to …
Better to fade away than burn out?
Update: I just stumbled upon this article, which we wouldn’t have seen a few years ago from so many esteemed …
Primary Sources: Choose Your Own Detectives
Choose Your Own AdventureIn elementary school I used to sneak into the office behind the stacks of the school library …
Someone Else’s Enemy
It’s not easy to see a country in weeks or years, and even more difficult to see it in days. …
Yard Sale Politics
I’m sitting here on the front steps of my home, increasingly convinced that yard sales are the most awkward form …
Finding a Way
I began writing fiction in a meandering way, based mainly on the relative ease with which I made progress and …
“Consequences of Permissive Neglect”
An essay entitled “Consequences of Permissive Neglect” is up regarding the problems facing intelligence organizations today. It’s fascinating reading, and …
Preface to “The Stand”
In his preface to The Stand Stephen King writes an alternate version of Hansel and Gretel (via Slashdot):“Hansel and Gretel …
On “The Matrix: Reloaded”
The Matrix: ReloadedFirst off, there will be spoilers here so go away if you’ve yet to see the film. Also …
Is history trying to tell us something?
In recent days many (or perhaps all) of the documents pertaining to the House Un-American Activities Commission headed by Joseph …
Wozniak at NCSU
I’m posting my notes from Steve Wozniak’s talk at North Carolina State University on Saturday. Depending on your knowledge of …
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