11 March 2004, the wee hours
You can tell when I’m procrastinating by the number of posts I make to my blog.
One idea I had for an essay topic for my Marxism class was to discuss open-source software and how it may have some sort of relationship with Marxism. The thing is, I don’t think there is anything in particular Marxist about open-source software. People talk about how with open-source software the money is being made by selling services, but this is true with closed source software as well. There is just something slightly different about having access to the actual product for free it seems.
I decided to see if anyone else has said anything on the matter. I think I missed a more interesting point, that this fellow brings up.
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7 March 2004, late afternoon
Mario!: Anyone that can play songs from super mario on the piano is ok with me.
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4 March 2004, mid-afternoon
Need to sign up for some crap on the internet? Don’t want to use a real email address. Check this out: Mailinator.
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29 February 2004, the wee hours
This is sippey.com is a sort of index page for this guy with a bunch of really nice sites—I like the layout. The pages are all simple.
Interesting Links | Weblogs
28 February 2004, terribly early in the morning
Two in the morning, taking a break from programming. Check out these excellent mario brother movies done with flash, pure 8-bit goodness. [1] [2] [3]
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28 February 2004, terribly early in the morning
I miss my SLR. I do love my digital camera, don’t get me wrong. The freedom to take pictures of whatever I want is too good to give up. The instant gratification of seeing how the shot turned out is excellent. Still, I miss my SLR. I think this camera from Leica, the Digilux 2, is what I want.
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27 February 2004, mid-afternoon
As many of you know, God hates lots of things. There is a lot of debate about the rights of Gays to marry in the US. Here are 12 good reasons that they should not be allowed to do so.
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25 February 2004, the wee hours
BattleFishies 1.0 Two fishies clash. The Aquarium is too small. There can be only one!
[2] Interesting Links
24 February 2004, early evening
The controversial Grey Album has a website dedicated to protesting EMI’s attempts to censor the album. Today is Grey Tuesday, and sites are supposed to change their colour scheme to grey to support the cause.
[1] Interesting Links
20 February 2004, early afternoon
Elections are underway in Iran, and you can read all about them at the BBC. Iranians are apparently boycotting the elections, in the hopes of showing the world their disillusionment with the regime in power (and, for the lack of a real political opposition).
Hossein Derakhshan, a blogger from Toronto, is a good source for news about Iran. Hossein has asked bloggers in Iran not to vote, but to report about the election. If you are interested in what people in Iran have to say about the election, you can read their thoughts here.
[3] Interesting Links | Politics
19 February 2004, evening time
DJ Dangermouse – The Grey Album download. DJ Dangermouse has made a remix of Jay-Z’s black album. What makes this interesting is that the remixes contain the vocals from the Black Album, but only use samples from the Beatles’ White Album. The album is quite good.
Now, you will want to get it while you can, because EMI is not happy. What does Jay-Z think? Well, he released an a cappella 12-inch pressing just so people could “remix the hell out of it.”
[5] Interesting Links | Music
18 February 2004, terribly early in the morning
Chewbacca Defense – Wikipedia. Don’t have a real case? Don’t worry, you can always use the Chewbacca defense.
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14 February 2004, early evening
I found this transcription of Martin Luther King, Jr’s famous speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. There is also an MP3 of King giving the speech.
Interesting Links | Politics
9 February 2004, lunch time
Firefox was a name that Roni Size used to put out some jungle jungle jungle jungle jungle. What I linked to was the new release of Mozilla’s standalone web browser, once known as Phoenix, then as Firebird, and now finally as Firefox.
[7] Interesting Links | Technology
6 February 2004, early evening
An article over at Salon, written by Courtney Love, discusses the state of the music industry. In particular, she talks about how the record industry is basically set up to rip off artists. It is a pretty interesting read.
Interesting Links | Music
31 January 2004, early evening
My cousin Jana showed me this site. Somebody has dubbed the ending lessons from GI Joe. Some are quite entertaining, the reggae one in particular.
Ahilan has informed me that there is a live action GI Joe film in the works.
[1] Interesting Links
31 January 2004, early evening
The trailer is out for the next Kill Bill film. Frankly, the trailer sucks, but that isn’t saying much. I am quite sure this movie will be very excellent. I can’t wait to watch it.
[3] Interesting Links | Movies
28 January 2004, mid-afternoon
Mezan sent me this link a long time ago. This is a wicked black and white photo. I feel like loading up my SLR and going out after looking at it.
[1] Interesting Links | Photography
28 January 2004, mid-afternoon
Dave has finally put up morose code again. The newly designed page looks quite slick. You should go check it out. It’s definitely a better read then the crap I write. Hah.
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22 January 2004, the wee hours
The Standard Template Library is freaking crazy. This is the place I go to figure out what does what. I’m working hard on compilers, though I seem to lack the focus I used to have. Our first assignment is due in a week. I am feeling stressed.
Computer Science | Interesting Links
21 January 2004, terribly early in the morning
The 4th iPod TV Spot is freaking wicked. You should check it out, it’s the best one they have done so far. I like break dancing, Apple, and iPods a lot though, so there may be some bias here.
[1] Interesting Links | Apple Computers
15 January 2004, late evening
The Complete Faye Wong Discography. This is the discography I have used since high school to figure out the english names of all the Faye Wong tracks I like. The guy who runs the site, Josh, is also a Scarborough boy to boot.
[2] Interesting Links | Music
7 January 2004, mid-afternoon
What is Mac OS X? This is an interesting article I found linked on Slashdot which discusses the technical details of Mac OS X. An interesting read if you are keen on computers and what not.
Interesting Links | Technology
12 December 2003, evening time
:: Pixelgirl Presents OS X Icons, XP Icons and Desktop Images :: Check the site out for some seriously good OS X icons.
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8 December 2003, lunch time
ram is the answer for me
ram is right
ram is ram
ram is running
ram is the culprit
ram is important
Shima sent me some googlisms of my nickname.
ramanan is another unfortunate singer
ramamnan is adamant on making false anologies
ramanan is isomorphic
ramanan is a well respected anthropologist
ramanan is one of the best story
Shima also sent me some googlisms of my proper name.
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