Monthly Archive for May, 2007

Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip: Thou Shalt Always Kill

Found this recently, and I thought it was a great piece of work:

The people responsible for this discuss the song with Loose Cannons here:

Much has been said about the power of the Internet/Youtube/etc to propel awareness of things which, years ago, might never have been heard or seen outside the local area where they were created. I think a lot of people have expressed that thought and its ramifications better than I can, so I’ll just say that this is a great example of that phenomenon.

Also, Scroobius Pip gets much respect from me for naming himself after an Edward Lear poem. Much though it may chaff with lovers of “real poetry”, I will confess that Lear is one of my favorites.

Also, it is clarified in the first few minutes of the interview (second video, above) that “Kill” in the song refers, not to murder, but to an expression one might make: That killed, or That really kills. In case you were concerned.

Dell to use Ubuntu on Linux PCs

BBC NEWS | Business | Dell to use Ubuntu on Linux PCs:

Computer maker Dell has chosen Ubuntu as the operating system for its range of Linux computers for consumers.

Sound good; I guess we’ll wait and see how it pans out. The article also states that Michael Dell uses Ubuntu on his home laptop; if true, that is pretty interesting. At least some of the challenge desktop Linux has faced has been getting the people at the very top, those with decision making power in corporations, to see the potential.