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 […]
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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 […]
Nagasaki After the Bomb
19 June 2005 – 3:05 pm
Today in my aggregator, I found a link from David S. Isenberg to this series about the bombing of Nagasaki. It was written by American reporter George Weller, but suppressed by the occupation authorities. I have not read the whole series yet, but I’m finding it to be a vivid, informative, and thought provoking read.