How I almost killed myself doing what I love..

I have been playing drums for over twenty years now and I consider myself a pretty savvy buyer when it comes to drums and cymbals and all the things that go into building a drum kit out of something other than felt and cardboard. That said I just want to put out a word of [...]

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Living Through the Wild West of FOSS History

LXer Article Could things be more exciting in the the world of FOSS right now? Yes it could, but let’s not be too hasty.. Oracle buys Sun and proceeds to use its patent portfolio to sue Google for infringement. Openoffice.org is going to have to split off or separate itself from Oracle somehow or change [...]

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LXer Weekly Roundup for 19-Sept-2010

LXer Article The big stories to hit our newswire this week raised some questions it seems. We have Joe Brockmeier asking why e-mail is still stuck in the 1990′s, who is in the running to buy Novell, could it be VMWare or possibly even Red Hat? Steve Rosenberg is intrigued by the latest Linux Mint, [...]

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LXer Weekly Roundup for 25-Apr-2010

LXer Article In this week’s LXWR we have Oracle charging for Sun’s ODF plug-in, Stallman reconsiders his existence, Steve Jobs tells people who want porn to buy an Android, a farewell to Songbird and much more. Enjoy! Richard Stallman: “I Wished I Had Killed Myself” : Richard Stallman seems an unstoppable force of nature, constantly [...]

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SCALE 8x: Review Of My Road Trip To L.A.

LXer Article I was going to just cover the 2nd and 3rd days of SCALE 8x but after getting back home and sitting myself down in front of my favorite compy and started thinking about it, I figured I might as well go all out and give you a full recap of my road trip [...]

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