It’s not unusual for a classic rock band to loose a member due to drugs or alcohol but in this unusual case the Black Crows have lost band member and guitarist Marc Ford on the eve of their fall tour. From the article: In a statement released by his publicist, Ford said he left the [...]
Monthly Archives: September 2006
Audio and Windows Vista
Thursday, September 7, 2006
Looks like someone’s been inovating again. While much of the news concerning Windows Vista has concentrated on Vista’s, newer, visual elements ars technica has decided to review a different area. Any one of these technologies by itself is interesting, but when bundled together in a complete package, it represents a significant investment by Microsoft in [...]
New terminal server on the block
Wednesday, September 6, 2006
Looks like there’s a new terminal server leveraging NX’s protocals. 2X TerminalServer is based on the open source NX X-Windows compression protocol. X-Windows is highly bandwidth-intensive and therefore does not scale well or run over low bandwidth connections. The NX protocol compresses the X-Window protocol and enables users to run a complete Linux desktop and [...]
Renaming Music with Bash Shell Scripting/Sed
Tuesday, September 5, 2006
I know it’s a long title but I’m trying to be as descriptive as possible. Once in a while I’ll pick up something from the music service Emusic. I’ve stuck with Emusic because they’ve, so far, chosen to leave their music un-encrypted. The only problem is their awful naming scheme involved. So to hone my [...]