May 9th, 2008 | by Thomas Nybergh | published in in English, linux/unix, notes, software
EDIT: This post gets some traffic from Google users who probably are more interested in a later post on fixing a problem causing Ubuntu 8.04’s Amarok not to play any sound.
After upgrading to Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) I noticed that Amarok (Ubuntu package version 1.4.9.1-0ubuntu3), one of my preferred audio players/music libraries, didn’t [...]
May 8th, 2008 | by Thomas Nybergh | published in in English, linux/unix, notes, software
The GNOME desktop environment project is plagued by a design philosophy that apparently aims to make user interfaces suitable for lobotomy victims at the cost of removing features and options from the GUI. This has been discussed endlessly elsewhere.
Something probably related to this surfaced when I upgraded to Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron). A [...]
May 8th, 2008 | by Thomas Nybergh | published in in English, linux/unix, notes, software
Although the new Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS release is nice and polished, there are a few glitches in how the bundled GNOME environment allows the user to customize some behavior.
Settings for how the desktop environment should handle removable media are important for me as I loathe the idea of having to deal with any [...]
April 23rd, 2008 | by Thomas Nybergh | published in in English, internet, link tips, music
As announced yesterday, a new Nine Inch Nails single titled “Discipline” is available as a free, decent quality VBR mp3 download. The song itself is a nice and catchy thing.
In addition to the obvious artist and track title tags, the file contains the following additional id3 metadata tags:
Album: ?
Comment: Go to www.nin.com May 5
The [...]
April 22nd, 2008 | by Thomas Nybergh | published in in English, link tips, politics, software, technology
In other news, somewhat related to my previous post: Russia may in the future require registration of “every Wi-Fi device and hotspot”. What a goddamn Kafka-Orwellian nightmare that country must be.
[via: Slashdot]
April 22nd, 2008 | by Thomas Nybergh | published in in English, internet, politics, technology
A recent decision by a court in Salo (link target is in Finnish), which implies that it’s illegal to use open Wi-Fi-networks without permission, is yet another fine example of the asshattery and uninformed lack of reasoning that automatically appears when anything related to information technology is on the agenda in today’s society under its [...]
April 9th, 2008 | by Thomas Nybergh | published in in English, internet, link tips
While browsing a list of personalized feed recommendations in Google Reader, I found an RSS feed which on a daily basis defines and links to Wiktionary’s “English Word of the Day” feature. In my mind, this is a convenient way to learn about the existence words not often used in basic day-to-day English.
As [...]
April 7th, 2008 | by Thomas Nybergh | published in in English, link tips, video
This time, the Youtubes bring us one fairly merry weatherman, probably from a Haitian newscast (?). Below: embedded Flash video from youtube.com.
April 6th, 2008 | by Thomas Nybergh | published in in English, link tips, movies, video
Those willing to risk their mental wellbeing should take a look at Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show, a web series of sketches borrowing heavily from those neurotic Japanese TV talk shows from which people keep uploading clips to video sites. I apparently missed the first episodes when they were posted early last year, but the [...]
March 24th, 2008 | by Thomas Nybergh | published in in English, internet, link tips, notes, technology
Reading lists of new .fi domains granted by Ficora is a terrible waste of time for persons whose psyches don’t sort the notion of monitoring Finnish Internet businesses into some internal “fun” folder. I happen to enjoy following stuff like this, which is why this RSS feed with daily updates on new .fi domain registrations [...]
