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Author: dsamojlenko

I am a web developer at Canadian Digital Service, living in Ottawa. I write code with PHP, Laravel, Javascript, and Python, among other languages and frameworks.

Published on July 31, 2000

So Napster has been granted a stay by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. That means Napster has a little more time to tighten up its defense, and we get a little more time to download music for free!

Published on July 28, 2000

Anybody who is in Toronto August 1 should get their butts down to the idance rally at Nathan Phillips Square.

Published on July 28, 2000

Meet Blaine, Barbie’s newest boy toy… He comes with everything a DJ needs, including a console, records, headphones, record box, cell phone, sunglasses, party pass, and Generation Beat magazine. Too bad for Barbie, Blaine’s usually hopped up on coke…

Published on July 28, 2000

Sony just announced a prototype of a tiny digicam. And I mean tiny! This thing is 21.5 x 62.6 x 13 mm and weighs in at a meagre 26g with batteries. Very cool.

Published on July 28, 2000

It’s 3:30 in the morning… why the hell am I up?

Published on July 27, 2000

Congratulations are in order! My good friends Chris & Tawnia have a new addition to their family. This afternoon they welcomed into the world their third little girl, Mia. All my love guys…

Published on July 27, 2000

Why the music industry has nothing to celebrate A great article on Salon about this whole Napster shutdown. My favourite part:


“For music lovers, the bad news today is that if and when Napster shuts its servers down, we will have to find our music through other channels. The good news is that the brain-dead, colossally wasteful, artistically homogenizing old order of the recording industry is committing collective, time-delayed suicide in court.

Good riddance, I say. These institutions have never served artists or listeners well. Once they’re gone or rendered irrelevant, maybe there’ll be room for a new, better order.”