[This post originally appeared on Techdirt.] Seth Godin thinks Firefox is missing the point by launching new features in response to Google Chrome. He says the problem now is that “when your friends switch to Firefox, your life doesn’t get better.” Firefox needs to provide people with an incentive to […]
Blaise Alleyne
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I found this a while back and it’s pretty old, but I just came across it again recently and had a good laugh. There’s an unofficial Ubuntu distribution called Ubuntu Christian Edition and this blog has a ton of hilarious[ly nerdy] “facts” about it, for example… In Ubuntu Christian Edition, […]
The Confessionz of St. Augustine in a way you’ve never heard them before. Hat tip to Briana.
[This post originally appeared on Techdirt.] FACIL, a free software advocacy group based in Quebec, recently filed a lawsuit against the provincial government (via Michael Geist) for favoring proprietary software without considering the free and open source alternatives. This story got plenty of attention a few weeks ago, but it’s […]
In March 2006, the Hart House Chamber Strings had their first pops concert (photos). I play bass with the chamber strings, and I’ve since taken over as administrator for the pops concert, but that first concert really left an impression on me. Especially Kevin Fox. He closed the night and […]
Michael Wesch has an amazing video called An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube. Though it’s well worth watching the full hour, I wanted to highlight a particular moment which really stood out for me. The overlay of the video, Us (which is already a remix of Regina Spektor and popular films), […]
I began receiving this error in Ubuntu (after upgrading to Hardy 8.04 I think) whenever I tried to use the sox or play commands. Turns out the solution is pretty simple, sox had just lost its available format libraries. sudo apt-get install libsox-fmt-all
I’m not really a fan of any of the political alternatives either, but… common, this is the Liberal Party leader? Michael Coren has an entertaining report from a recent appearance Dion made on his television show. Within the first 10 minutes of the discussion he made several mentions of God… […]
I’ve recorded and uploaded a new song – Wings. [audio:http://audio.blaise.ca/songs/wings/wings-0.2.mp3|titles=Wings (0.2)] This is the first original tune I’ve recorded using Ardour in Ubuntu Studio (GNU/Linux)! I’m excited (in the geekiest way possible). I’ve decided that I have no interest in recording albums or EPs or whatever at the moment, so […]