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Why not

February 20, 2002 by Michael Boyle

Why not

? David Gallagher wants to be #1. I already am #1 for my name, so I might as well spread the love.

Tags: Blogging

Mac OS X

February 19, 2002 by Michael Boyle

Mac OS X

: I am sitting here working on my slides for my class tomorrow night and the mid-term exam questions I’m handing out, and it struck me that I didn’t remember the last time I’d rebooted. So I opened my trusty Terminal and checked:

10:16PM  up 18 days,  3:30, 2 users, load averages: 0.93, 0.54, 0.50

To me, that’s a major feature of X – it’s just there, not in my face with problems all the time.

Check out

February 19, 2002 by Michael Boyle

Check out

the great photo that Ed posted at calebos.org today. Canadian heros indeed! FYI, I worked at Concordia near where that photo was taken for 4 years in the mid-90s. My old stomping grounds.

Tags: Blogging

Matt Haughey

February 19, 2002 by Michael Boyle

Matt Haughey

on the MP3 format: “Five years of the record industry ignoring the problem, then trying to stifle and silence it, and it is easily the most popular method of listening to music on a computer. Five years of combating piracy by the RIAA and the ‘virus’ has spread to everyone and everything.” An excellent thought prompted by the recent NYT article.

Tags: Media

In case you thought

February 18, 2002 by Michael Boyle

In case you thought

that the record companies were just fighting for the downtrodden musician when they took Napster to court: Record Labels’ Answer to Napster Still Has Artists Feeling Bypassed. Like I said at the time, record companies could make a lot more money using Napster than fighting it. But alas, we shall never know, I don’t think.

Tags: Media

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