links for 2008-02-11

bradley’s almanac – a boston music blog

in case any of you are David Bazan fans, there’s an entire live show here from TT The Bear’s (which i was almost able to attend)

(tags: davidbazan music blog)
What the Linux desktop gives that Mac OS X and Windows don’t | The Open Road – The Business and Politics of Open Source by Matt Asay – CNET Blogs

“Where Linux could use serious work is in the installation of programs…the last time I tried to install something as simple as Firefox was an exercise in senseless frustration.” – totally disagree, if it’s in the system (as Firefox is)

(tags: opensource packagemanagement installation firefox mattasay linux desktop)
How To Convert Ogg Theora File to Flash Video Format? | LAMPComputing.com

this may come in handy this week, though it appears that Blip.tv (our TV backend at the moment) will handle the OGG files that recordmydesktop generates

(tags: flash linux ogg video ffmpeg convert howto)
Odds and Ends: Mench, Salcedo, Edmonds, Foulke

“Seeing the way the Yankees and Red Sox have poured money into young talent, it’s surprising that rebuilding teams haven’t topped them. Why don’t the Orioles spend $10MM on the next draft and just not sign Josh Fogg?” – good question

(tags: yankees redsox orioles draft economics rebuilding)