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Archive for September, 2004

Thursday, September 16th, 2004

KFAR – Knoxville’s First Amendment Radio has been raided

KFAR 90.9 FM, South Knoxville’s pirate radio station was raided by the FCC and shut down. I listened to KFAR, mostly on the Internet, because they had interesting people and music you wouldn’t hear anywhere else. The Knoxville News Sentinel has a detailed report. KFAR should have their version of events posted soon. You can [...]

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Wednesday, September 15th, 2004

Impressions of the new Firefox and Thunderbird versions

After one day of using the new versions of Firefox and Thunderbird, I can say that a fresh install of the basic programs is extremely well polished and nicely done. With any install other than that, there are problems. First, I’m never quite sure how to upgrade. Do I uninstall the old version and install [...]

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Tuesday, September 14th, 2004

Futurama, the futue according to Matt Groening

The 25 Best Futurama Moments Ever is a great list. And Futurama is on my Amazon wish list, along with Family Guy.

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Tuesday, September 14th, 2004

New versions of Firefox etc.

Slashdot is reporting that Firefox 1.0 PR, Thunderbird 0.8, and Mozilla Suite 1.7.3 have been released. Read Slashdot to find out about new features/bugs and download away.

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