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Dave's MP3 jukebox of his dreams--almost Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version 
Sunday, September 07 2003 @ 07:03 PM CDT
By David L. Farquhar

Edna is a very easy-to-setup up MP3 jukebox written in Python and licensed under the GPL. I think a radio-like mode can be added to it pretty easily. Here's the routine that selects songs to play:

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Hacking Mozilla Firebird Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version 
Sunday, September 07 2003 @ 08:49 AM CDT
By David L. Farquhar

Nothing frustrates me more than unfulfilled potential. And that's why Mozilla Firebird, in spite of its amazing strengths--great speed and small footprint, aside from the things it inherited from Mozilla like good standards compliance, tabbed browsing, popup blocking--well, it bugs me. Why settle for being great when you can be the best there ever was and make people wonder if there ever will be anything better?

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The future of the computer industry (especially Microsoft) Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version 
Monday, March 03 2003 @ 09:26 PM CST
By David L. Farquhar

This story, 2003 and Beyond is probably already really widespread. It's a very L-O-N-G but thoughtful analysis of the computer industry of today.

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The bloatware antidote for Windows Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version 
Saturday, February 15 2003 @ 09:39 AM CST
By David L. Farquhar

I needed a Windows MP3 player that wouldn't take over my system and wouldn't take as long to download as the typical alternative Web browser circa 2003. Which meant I went looking at one place.

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Mozilla 1.3 has gone beta Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version 
Tuesday, February 11 2003 @ 06:43 PM CST
By David L. Farquhar

I noticed that Mozilla 1.3 hit the beta stage today. I've been running the alpha version under Windows 2000 since mid-December, both as my primary browser and mail client, and I found it to be buggy, but its bugs were very predictable.

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