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I'm Michael Koby, and I love technology. I'm also a programmer, currently doing Ruby on Rails development for a small Houston startup. Here I talk about technology, programming, politics, movies, music, and anything else I feel I need to talk about. If you would like to know more, you can check out the About page.Popular Series
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F-Spot, Cooler Than I Thought
Last night I discovered that I can upload photos to my image gallery via F-Spot. F-Spot is a photo management program for Linux. I think that the interface is based heavily on Google’s Picasa program. It’s written in C# and runs under Mono. Continue reading
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Songs & Such: "Handbook for the Sellout" by Five Iron Frenzy
The thing that makes “Handbook for the Sellout” so cool lyrically is the same reason I like Ben Folds a lot. They both basically attack the listener, but they do it in such a way that it is not threating so it causes self introspection on the that listeners behalf. Songs are sometimes meant to make the listener think about something and when a song can make the listener look at themselves, wishing they could be a better person in some way, that is always a plus. Continue reading
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Songs & Such: “Handbook for the Sellout” by Five Iron Frenzy
The thing that makes “Handbook for the Sellout” so cool lyrically is the same reason I like Ben Folds a lot. They both basically attack the listener, but they do it in such a way that it is not threating so it causes self introspection on the that listeners behalf. Songs are sometimes meant to make the listener think about something and when a song can make the listener look at themselves, wishing they could be a better person in some way, that is always a plus. Continue reading
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The Problem with Linux Music Player/Organizers
For the past couple of days I have been working on getting my iPod working under Linux. Sure, my iPod connects, is recognized, and mounted correctly in Linux but there are some major issues that need to be addressed before full iPod compatibility is achieved in Linux. Continue reading
links for 2007-05-15
How to Get out of Debt – Banking & Budgeting Guide on Yahoo! Personal Finance (tags: debt)
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Michael Koby 
Digital Consumer Enablement
This idea is not only silly but absolutely idiotic. The idea of naming something that directly disables a consumers use of a product as an “enablement” is absurd. Beside, changing the name is not going to accomplish anything. People are still going to hate it, they are going to speak against it, and they are going to find ways around it. The fact that someone would think that changing the name is going to make things any better is idealistic at best. Continue reading →