Banshee 0.10.7 is out, and already uploaded to Ubuntu Dapper Drake. (More on my Dapper Drake experiences this weekend, I promise!)
Finally, genre is an available column (yay!) despite Aaron’s protests. 0.10.7 also makes the full time switch to gstreamer 0.10.
I’ve been playing with it, and after one hiccup on Dapper Drake, it works flawlessly. Banshee is definitely my music player of chocie.
Check out The Onion’s AV Club new feature: Random Rules.
Take an entertainment person, have them hit shuffle on their iPod, and see what the first five songs that come up are, with comments from the owner.
Definitely some interesting music choices there.
It’s a long shot at best, but if the current collective bargaining agreement were to expire, and anti-trust rules go into place, EA could lose their exclusivity to the NFL players and teams come 2008.
I’ve meant to post a gigantic rant for some time on EA exclusive license to the NFL, as it relates to Madden for a long time. I wish I had when it was still relevant, and who knows, I still might.
If you’re an NFL fan, Len Pasquarelli of ESPN.com has a must read article on what they’re calling today: Bloody Thursday. His follow-up article on what will go down to today is just as good.
With the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Player’s Union and Owners set to expire tomorrow, teams must get under the salary cap – a cap number they still don’t know. Free Agency starts tomorrow, and 2007 will be an uncapped year, so teams will be reluctant to sign anyone, especially as they can only pro-rate contracts over 4 years instead of the typical 7, which drives a player’s salary cap number through the roof.
Will an 11th hour deal arrive and save the league? Are we a year away from no college draft? Will the owners lock the players out after next season?
In the next 36 hours, watch the drama unfold!
The Twin Cities Linux User’s Group (TCLUG is having an installfest this Saturday!
If you live in the cities, and always wanted to try Linux, here’s your chance. The experts will be on hand to help out, and will have various distributions to give. Hit the link to learn more and go!
Blogging will resume soon. No, really.
The FlackOS blog has a list of 10 guides for a new Ubuntu user.
Pretty handy list, from binary video card drivers to eye candy to reducing boot time.
Check it out.
As you should know by now, I’m a huge Ubuntu Linux fan. I’ve been using Linux off and on since 1997, starting with Red Hat, and have tried most distros in between (SUSE, Mandriva, Gentoo, Debian) but it was Ubuntu that made me switch permanently from Red Hat (and later, Fedora) when Ubuntu’s 4.10 was released.
I use Ubuntu on all three of my main machines now (except my Windows Media PC when I have to use Windows, and my Mac Mini, just to toy with Mac OS X), and made the switch to use Ubuntu full-time a year ago when I decided to give up my gaming habit.
As an Ubuntu user, I highly recommend the Ubuntu Blog, written by a Ubuntu fan, Ubuntonista, who posts daily about how to make your Ubuntu experience better. I make sure to stop by every day.
If you are already an Ubuntu Blog reader, Ubuntonista has posted on why he writes and calls for comments on what his readers want to see there. Make sure you stop by, thank him, and share your thoughts.
For you 24 fans out there (and I’m a raving one):
Introducing the Jacktracker. Using Google Maps, Flickr, and other tools, some enterprising fans have put together a history of all the hotspots in L.A. Jack has visited in 5 seasons of 24. Click on the map points to get a history lesson, and zoom in with Google maps.
Very, very cool fan made tool.