December 29, 2008
I’ve just discovered that commons-transactions offers a transactional file service allowing atomic read and writes on a filesystem.
Theres a good write up here about the evolution of Wordpress. I love stories like this, because it reinforces the fact that software doesn’t have to be perfect when it is released. Releasing early and often can work, [...]
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December 24, 2008
I wanted to convert some CDs to MP3 - normally I’d use OGG, but you can’t always rely on devices being able to play that format (i.e. DVD players). I was relieved to see it is easy in Ubuntu 8.10:
enable multiverse and universe repos
sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse sound-juicer
start sound-juicer and go to Edit/Preferences and switch [...]
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