I think I've posted this somewhere before, but Harvey Danger released their third and latest album for free. Of course you are encouraged to buy it if you like the music. If you don't like it then why should you have to pay for it? Pretty cool. It's a good album, too. (Oh, and there is an Ogg Vorbis encoded version available, which may appeal to some of you.)
Not sure how podcasts fit into the whole "Internet radio" thing, but Insomnia Radio is one I like. They don't necessarily avoid all things licensed, but they don't play any major label music at all. It looks like they have recently expanded into other countries (UK and Turkey come to mind, and Japan is coming soon).
The Insomnia Radio host posted a recent blog entry with regard to Internet radio and the whole SoundExchange thing.
Hell, I've still got a couple of machines running AmigaOS, and Commodore is long since nipples-north. Nipples-north!? Rubbish! You can buy a lovely "Gravel" music player from Commodore. Here's a Register story from June, 2004: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/30/cbm_vs_app le/
As much as I respect TMBG, I would have never heard of them other than the fact back when their first album came out a good friend a Musicland had gotten some promos from their label and gave me one.
Yeah, yeah, and (although it's cool you had that "in" at Musicland) if it weren't for/. you would never hear about artists like MC Frontalot. Word-of-mouth is definitely a good thing that will be around forever. Go ahead and click the link, the worst that can happen is you won't like it.
Also, Apple said, the first 500,000 customers to open a new iTunes account in the United States using PayPal as their form of payment before March 31 will receive five free songs. Apple said some restrictions did apply to that offer and referred questions to the PayPal.com Website for information.
Dang. So I have to open a new iTunes account, and I am referred to PayPal for the details (probably need a credit card).
They Might Be Giants sell songs for $0.99US, too, and the $$ goes directly to the artists. Sorry, no PayPal.
This is a good question. As a support tech for a software vendor, I question what types of systems the OP was talking about. I have never required root on a *nix machine running a solid RDBMS like Sybase or Oracle. (Then again, I'm usually not fixing the DB server itself.) Also, the level of in-house support staff knowledge tends to be a little better in companies running a "real" DB server.
As far as all the comments about writing the app in-house, open sourcing it, etc., etc., this just sounds like typical/. drivel. My customers that have the level of experience required to even think about doing this are the same ones that read the documentation, understand the problems and challenges at hand, and are realistic about the solutions. As has been said before, either you learn how to fix it yourself (and most vendors are more than happy to let you do this, provided you have the skillset to handle the task) or you relinquish some control and admit there is a problem you need help with. You pay the support fees, why not use the service?
Anyone who is letting vendors in without monitoring their activity (whether they are root or not) is asking for problems.
No doubt. My parents are capable of operating it (Dad is age 72). I got them a TiVo almost two years ago and they absolutely love it. Beats the pants off programming a VCR.
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Not sure how podcasts fit into the whole "Internet radio" thing, but Insomnia Radio is one I like. They don't necessarily avoid all things licensed, but they don't play any major label music at all. It looks like they have recently expanded into other countries (UK and Turkey come to mind, and Japan is coming soon).
The Insomnia Radio host posted a recent blog entry with regard to Internet radio and the whole SoundExchange thing.
And here is Commodore's corporate site: http://www.commodorecorp.com/
Still, probably no support for the Amiga. Too bad -- that was a hell of a computer in its day.
Wow. It's actually cheaper on ThinkGeek. http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/lights/8f1a/ That's a first.
WTF? And I bet the music manager only runs on Windows and OS/X. But it's based on Linux! Super.
And, to top it off, Firefox is TMBG preferred browser. Nice!
I've just been copying stuff over with gnupod myself. Works fine.
They Might Be Giants sell songs for $0.99US, too, and the $$ goes directly to the artists. Sorry, no PayPal.
Their succinct advice for Linux users?
Congratulations Firefox!
This is a good question. As a support tech for a software vendor, I question what types of systems the OP was talking about. I have never required root on a *nix machine running a solid RDBMS like Sybase or Oracle. (Then again, I'm usually not fixing the DB server itself.) Also, the level of in-house support staff knowledge tends to be a little better in companies running a "real" DB server.
As far as all the comments about writing the app in-house, open sourcing it, etc., etc., this just sounds like typical /. drivel. My customers that have the level of experience required to even think about doing this are the same ones that read the documentation, understand the problems and challenges at hand, and are realistic about the solutions. As has been said before, either you learn how to fix it yourself (and most vendors are more than happy to let you do this, provided you have the skillset to handle the task) or you relinquish some control and admit there is a problem you need help with. You pay the support fees, why not use the service?
Anyone who is letting vendors in without monitoring their activity (whether they are root or not) is asking for problems.