- /ˈlɪnʌks/ (‘linnuks’)
- This is now Linus Torvalds’ preferred pronunciation, as he considers /ɪ/ closer to the original /ɪː/ than /aɪ/. It also follows the pronunciation of the English word ‘linen’.
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Thursday, January 31, 2008
"Lie-nux, or Lyn-ux"?, the final word...
OK, I've had this discussion with a few people. Is it "lie-nux, or lyn-ux"??
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Friday, January 25, 2008
Missed opportunities
Tony Robbins likes to say "Knowledge is not power, Knowledge combined with action, is power".
I have to agree with him. I seemed to have missed the boat on so many ideas and opportunities. I have been blessed with some great opportunities, don't get me wrong, but I'm tired of jumping on something and not taking it anywhere.
Case in point: Podcasting.
Now a several years ago I was surfing for some "Where are they now" information, and I came across something about Adam Curry. I found it interesting that a DJ had made a fortune on the Internet so I went to his page; The Daily Source Code.
Now, back then, it really was a source code page. He was writing stuff in AppleScript, and getting frustrated with all of the back and forth of sending files, and making sure everyone who was helping him write stuff was on the same page. All too often, a programmer would pick up the "code", modify or add to it, and then send it back only to find out, the code he got was downlevel already. This truly can be frustrating.
This is where Dave Winer came in. The question was; How do you "send" updates to people, rather than count on them to come and get them? Dave came up with "RSS". RSS is "Really Simple Syndication", which is a "PUSH" technology.
See, when you have to go to a website to get your stuff, that's PULL technology - the onus is on YOU to get it, and more importantly, remember to get it. PUSH technology will SEND you stuff as long as you're subscribed to it.
Now, Adam was able to take the "source code" and "package" it into a file that would get distributed automagically whenever he wanted to, and not worry about weather or not anyone was uplevel or downlevel.
Adam, being Adam, said "If I can package code, why can't I package audio?" So he made a test audio file and Dave downloaded it, it worked. So "who" invented Podcasting? Dave invented the package, and Adam took the concept one step further, niether of them can claim "inventing it". The argument can be made that packaging audio would have been the natural progression - but Adam did it first. In fact, neither of them came up with "Podcasting" either, it was a guy named "Ben Hammersly" who did it. I heard the audio.
People keep saying "All Podcasting is, is sending MP3's, no big deal", but it's not, it's the whole concept of packaging audio in a PUSH technology.
Anyways, I was there and I heard the first conversations between Dave and Adam, and I aggregated the "podcasts" as Adam recorded them in his car, from his home in Belgium, from his helicopter, and when he got his "fixed wing pilots license". He recorded them on his iRiver MP3 player.
I knew right away it was going to be big. I wish I could remember what year, but I do remember it was around October, that I bought the domain "www.ThePodCastGuide.net" aka, TV Guide. The only real "podcasts" were Adam, some tech net guys (that were technically sending out MP3's, and "The Dawn and Drew Show". They were great.
I figured that there should be a site that would list shows, times, frequencies, etc. (can you say Odeo?). I figured it should work like eBay, where you would post your RSS link, and people would download it, and vote on it. The good ones bubbled up to the top, the crappy ones fell off the map.
But there was one rub - I didn't (and still don't) know ANYTHING about website building.
I sent Adam an email offering to give him the Domain, in exchange for help setting it up, but he was too busy and not interested. Dang. Anyways, I let the domain expire and let a great idea fizzle out.
This brings me to today.
I LOVE riding my motorcycle. It's my full time summer activity. Seriously, I ride to work, I ride when I get home, I ride every weekend, I ride ride ride ride.....
Finding rides is the tricky part. Once you've exhausted all your routes, you want to go on rides with others. There are craploads of them; Bar rides, fund raisers, club rides HOG rides, etc. You can go on the web and find them all over the place.
I have a GREAT idea for a ride site, so much so that I bought "www.BikeRidez.com". Everyone I tell about it says Great F'ing Idea!, but, guess what? - - I STILL don't know anything about website building. And in this case, I need MySQL and the Google API.
I can see it in my head, and I don't want this idea to fizzle out, so if you know ANYONE who knows Website building, MySQL, the GoogleMap API and stuff, and WON'T charge me tons of $$$ to help me build it, let me know. Pleeaseeeeeeeeeeee
I don't want my Knowledge to die for lack of Action
By the way, if anyone is keeping score; this year or next IS going to be "The Year of Linux", mark my words. I'll explain why in a future blog. Stay tuned.
I have to agree with him. I seemed to have missed the boat on so many ideas and opportunities. I have been blessed with some great opportunities, don't get me wrong, but I'm tired of jumping on something and not taking it anywhere.
Case in point: Podcasting.
Now a several years ago I was surfing for some "Where are they now" information, and I came across something about Adam Curry. I found it interesting that a DJ had made a fortune on the Internet so I went to his page; The Daily Source Code.
Now, back then, it really was a source code page. He was writing stuff in AppleScript, and getting frustrated with all of the back and forth of sending files, and making sure everyone who was helping him write stuff was on the same page. All too often, a programmer would pick up the "code", modify or add to it, and then send it back only to find out, the code he got was downlevel already. This truly can be frustrating.
This is where Dave Winer came in. The question was; How do you "send" updates to people, rather than count on them to come and get them? Dave came up with "RSS". RSS is "Really Simple Syndication", which is a "PUSH" technology.
See, when you have to go to a website to get your stuff, that's PULL technology - the onus is on YOU to get it, and more importantly, remember to get it. PUSH technology will SEND you stuff as long as you're subscribed to it.
Now, Adam was able to take the "source code" and "package" it into a file that would get distributed automagically whenever he wanted to, and not worry about weather or not anyone was uplevel or downlevel.
Adam, being Adam, said "If I can package code, why can't I package audio?" So he made a test audio file and Dave downloaded it, it worked. So "who" invented Podcasting? Dave invented the package, and Adam took the concept one step further, niether of them can claim "inventing it". The argument can be made that packaging audio would have been the natural progression - but Adam did it first. In fact, neither of them came up with "Podcasting" either, it was a guy named "Ben Hammersly" who did it. I heard the audio.
People keep saying "All Podcasting is, is sending MP3's, no big deal", but it's not, it's the whole concept of packaging audio in a PUSH technology.
Anyways, I was there and I heard the first conversations between Dave and Adam, and I aggregated the "podcasts" as Adam recorded them in his car, from his home in Belgium, from his helicopter, and when he got his "fixed wing pilots license". He recorded them on his iRiver MP3 player.
I knew right away it was going to be big. I wish I could remember what year, but I do remember it was around October, that I bought the domain "www.ThePodCastGuide.net" aka, TV Guide. The only real "podcasts" were Adam, some tech net guys (that were technically sending out MP3's, and "The Dawn and Drew Show". They were great.
I figured that there should be a site that would list shows, times, frequencies, etc. (can you say Odeo?). I figured it should work like eBay, where you would post your RSS link, and people would download it, and vote on it. The good ones bubbled up to the top, the crappy ones fell off the map.
But there was one rub - I didn't (and still don't) know ANYTHING about website building.
I sent Adam an email offering to give him the Domain, in exchange for help setting it up, but he was too busy and not interested. Dang. Anyways, I let the domain expire and let a great idea fizzle out.
This brings me to today.
I LOVE riding my motorcycle. It's my full time summer activity. Seriously, I ride to work, I ride when I get home, I ride every weekend, I ride ride ride ride.....
Finding rides is the tricky part. Once you've exhausted all your routes, you want to go on rides with others. There are craploads of them; Bar rides, fund raisers, club rides HOG rides, etc. You can go on the web and find them all over the place.
I have a GREAT idea for a ride site, so much so that I bought "www.BikeRidez.com". Everyone I tell about it says Great F'ing Idea!, but, guess what? - - I STILL don't know anything about website building. And in this case, I need MySQL and the Google API.
I can see it in my head, and I don't want this idea to fizzle out, so if you know ANYONE who knows Website building, MySQL, the GoogleMap API and stuff, and WON'T charge me tons of $$$ to help me build it, let me know. Pleeaseeeeeeeeeeee
I don't want my Knowledge to die for lack of Action
By the way, if anyone is keeping score; this year or next IS going to be "The Year of Linux", mark my words. I'll explain why in a future blog. Stay tuned.
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