After a ridiculously long soap opera of a labour dispute it seems the NHL and its Players’ Association finally agreed to finish it. Now they just have to make it official with some votes next week, but at this point that’s clearly just a formality. I have nothing really to add to the story. All […]
Monthly Archives: July 2005
Ubuntu Audio Problem
1 July 2005 – 9:30 pm
It was likely due to stupidity on my part, but recently I’ve been experiencing a mysterious sound problem with my Ubuntu install (Hoary Hedgehog). For some reason I had absolutely no sound output whatsoever on a machine where I’d been successfully using Totem and the Music Player (Rhythmbox). I tried all the tips I could […]
Steve Jobs at Stanford
1 July 2005 – 8:50 pm
I just finished listening to the address by Steve Jobs at Stanford University’s commencement ceremony on June 12, 2005. (I downloaded the wiredatom recording of the speech as broadcast via Stanford’s live stream.) As I would expect from a person with Steve Jobs’ talent and experience at centre stage, the address was impeccably well delivered […]