New Apple Music Service - Non-MP3, Label-Approved?
non-mp3-label-approved
It looks like Apple may be announcing shortly a new music service for Mac/iPod owners, using label-approved music and non-mp3 format. Argh.
Apple had so much going for it - the whole digital hub thing, iTunes, iPod. Do they know it was MP3 support that made iTunes so frikkin popular? I wonder if they will continue to support MP3? I guess we'll see what happens.
More links: San Jose Mercury, Mac Observer, Slashdot.
[via Chris]
Monday
Well, there's not much to say.
Blog Tradeshow?
Not sure exactly what Jupiter's weblog tradeshow is meant to be or do, but I bet Scoble will have some ideas.
Get Scobleized!
If you're in the tech business, writing software, building hardware, or making an OS, you need to be reading Robert Scoble.
Everything is under development
I just noticed that O'Reilly has a Policy DevCenter to go along with their other developer-oriented sites. I wonder if we'll start to see books like "The Constitution in a Nutshell", "Practical CopyLeft", "Congressional Framework Essentials" showing up on the booklist?
Caring For Your Introvert
Feed Me!
Inspired to go looking after Dave linked to the perl.org RSS feeds of their job listings, I just found that jobmart.com has feeds of each of their job databases:
- Mac OS X: http://macosx.jobmart.com/Resumes/JobOpennings/RssFeed
- Linux: http://linux.jobmart.com/Resumes/JobOpennings/RssFeed
- Python, Plone, Zope: http://python.jobmart.com/Resumes/JobOpennings/RssFeed
- Wireless: http://wireless.jobmart.com/Resumes/JobOpennings/RssFeed
MmmmmMud
I just got back from re-introducing the Green Machine to the dirty stuff. Seems some local bmx-ers have converted a local vacant lot into The BumpLands - mounds of dirt of every shape and size (and level of rain-saturation) just perfect for falling off of!
Opus
Well, Opus is halfway to being properly installed in the closet. Right now it's in the closet, but still attached to a monitor/kbd, as I'm not quite ready to let it run unattended.
Intaglio: Macintosh drawing & illustration application
Intaglio: I really really wanted to sign up for the beta program for this cool-looking Mac OS X drawing app, but alas, the email address they provide is being bounced as a denied relay.
Linux Admin Made Easy
Linux Admin Made Easy: Here's a good page explaining all the partitions that are part of your basic Linux install.
Sean McMain's Arcade casemod on BoingBoing
Cory Doctorow over at BoingBoing linked to Sean McMains' oh-so-cool Arcade game PC. Awesome stuff!
Product Support weblogs
I just finished sending an email to a product support manager for a prominent Mac OS X application developer on the topic of weblogs for product support and community management. He had never thought of starting a weblog for that purpose and had some questions about what he'd post and how useful it would be.
RedHat Network
Geez - so much bruhah to update the system. System Update it ain't.
Success!
It would appear that I've successfully installed RedHat 8. Onward!
Bloggers in the Land of Journalism
This essay by Don Park is a good one, and expresses some of the same thoughts I've had about blogs and newspapers.
Clipless Pedals, Finally
With our recent tax return, I finally got some clipless pedals today from REI.
Papa got a brand new... Newton.
Yes, Clark got hisself a brand new toy. Boy am I jealous. No, I don't have a purpose for it. No, I never used the one I have (a 120) enough. No, I could not afford it, even at the low price he paid for it.
I think I'm in eighth grade now
Oy. For kicks I just downloaded a copy of Weird Al's "I think I'm a clone now" (cheesy parody of Tiffany covering "I think we're alone now"), and I swear I'm back in art class in eighth grade. Freaky.