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Favorite Song October 17, 2009 11:16 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Music, Of Interest
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My favorite song right know is undeniably K’naan‘s Bang Bang.

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The oldest evidence I can find of myself on the Internet October 17, 2009 10:14 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, History
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I’ll update this as I find older. So far the oldest evidence I can find of myself on the Internet is an Oct 31, 1991 email recording my YES vote for the creation of the rec.juggling usenet group.

I sent my first packets of information over the Internet in the Fall of 1988. I loved Gopher and Archie and Veronica. I thought IRC was the second best tool in the world with USENET being the greatest. I avoided MUDs fearing they would cause me to fail out of school. I missed the boat on Mosaic writing it off as a bloated toy.

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Free Album from Nine Inch Nails October 17, 2009 6:10 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Music, Of Interest, Publishing
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Several artists, including Coldplay (download leftrightleftrightleft here), have figured out that giving music away is a good thing for them and their fans. NIN released its 2008 album The Slip under a Creative Commons license (see FAQ for more info) and made it freely downloadable (here) in several formats including MP3, M4a, and several "better than CD quality" formats. For anything other than MP3 you will need to use a BitTorrent client such as the original client or many people’s favorite, uTorrent, or choose from this list comparing clients.

See also: This looks like a well thought out abstract by Michael Pfahl on Giving Music Away to Make Money. I have only skimmed it so I’m not entirely sure what points are made.

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