Posts for the ‘Stuff’ Category


Hextatus – Your Facebook Status in Hex

Friday, November 27th, 2009

A few months ago, I had developed a silly Facebook application that I never mentioned here. Hextatus it is.

http://apps.facebook.com/hextatus/

Hextatus (hex-ta-tus) displays your status in hexadecimal form. So you may just look geekier or cooler or nerder !

You can also post hex encoded Notes to your Wall.

Plain Text Status -> Hexadecimal Status

Plain Text Note -> Hexadecimal Note

Be warned, you may have a lot of your friends with rolling-eyes !




Just Testing to see if Flock is Flaking

Monday, September 15th, 2008

So, here i am in Flock, an interestesting web browser specifically designed for social networking whores :) Even though., I truly dislike the social networking concept, I’d still like to see if I’ll be able to post this blog entry via flock.

Blogged with the Flock Browser

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Profanity in Open Source

Saturday, September 8th, 2007

I recently received an email from one of registered users of the ocszone.com

The email follows;

from a user….
At Joomla Extensions it is said that moseasymedia is free,but here at your download you demand credit card details and want to chargeThis is bull shitI’ll fucken tell everyone I can about your con

fucken piece of shit

This email is obviously from someone who does not know what GPL means. Indeed, let me rephrase; from someone who does not know how to read.

ocszone.com clearly states – in multiple places- that the software we develop and distribute is free of charge unless stated otherwise. Most of those notices are in different colors and bold, so that they will be eye-catchy. And we do NOT demand any private and financial information.

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Severus Snape: The Unlikely Hero of Harry Potter book 7

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

I didn’t bother reading this article, but the lovers of the Harry Potter boy may find this interesting.

By Dave Kopel

Don’t read the rest of this article unless you’ve finished Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The predictions for book 7 will necessarily involve the revelation of some important plot details from book 6.

………

http://www.davekopel.com/Misc/
Mags/Severus-Snape-The-Unlikely-Hero-of-Harry-Potter-book-7.htm



Thank You

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

Tesekkurler, Thanks, Danke, Gracias, Merci, Wliwni ni, Wliwni, Oliwni, Mantiox chawe, Maketai, Yuuminsame, Wapsaw, Thawerapsaw, Gadda ge, Dankie, Baie dankie, Ntyox teru’, Seé, Tsin’aen, Iyayraykere, Hioy’oy, Gui lah hui te ha, Gui lah hui mi a de, Gui lah hui dui dui ma, Ghu long khu me-ah, Gu lah hu ma de, Saeamat kimo, Alíila, Kano, Kanobi, Tá, Alíilamoolo, Kanoomoolo, Kanopalammoolo, Ju falem nderit, Faleminderit, Faleminderit shumë, Bïyan bolzïn, Ondapandula unene, Amesegënallô, Amesegunalhun, Betam amesegënallô, Quialva’, Ashoge, Áshood, Ihe edn, Ahíyi’ee, Mvto, Ahoo, Ahó, Ahókacira, Shukran, Shukran gazilan, Mamnuun, SaHHa, El-hamdullah, Barak llahu fik, Grazias, Shnorhagallem, Shterakravetsun, Shenorhagal em, Shad shenorhagal em, Sh’norhakal em, Shnorhakalutjun, Merci, Multsãnjescu, Meda w’asé, Meda wo ase, Meda wo ase paa paa paa, Basima, Basimta, Basimeh, Mesi, Hawit basima chim raba, Taudi, Gracies, Muhuway su, Mhuway su’, Mhuway su’ balay, Hway, Eyalama, Juspajaraña, Juspajarkätam, Juspaxar, Yuspagara, Dios pagarakátam, Yusulupay, Yuspagarkàtam, Yuspagaràtam, Sayol, Sag olun, Tæshækkür elæyiræm, Chokh sag olun, Masuma, Na somi saisai, Tiang matur suksama, Matu suksama, Matur suksme, Tai merbani, I ni ce, Aw ni ce, Nba, Nse, Rekhmet, Eskerrik asko, Mila esker, Esker mila, Esker aunitz, Eskerrik anitx, Mauliate, Dziakuju, Dziákuj, Tsikomo, Twa to te la, Dhanyabad, Ozasro dhanyabad, Tangkiu, Tangkyu, Tangkiu tumas, Ta, Ang hmèn yá, Nitsíniiyi’taki, Baraka, Hvala, Hvala vam, Trugarez, Trugarez deoc’h, Trugarez dit, Mersi dit, Ho trugarekaat…..
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The Paradox of Choice – Why More Is Less

Friday, October 24th, 2008

Barry Schwartz gives a very interesting speech at Google.

More interesting speeches and presentations can be found at Google Tech Talks YouTube Channel. http://www.youtube.com/user/googletechtalks



Top 100 Science Fiction Short Stories

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

It’s strange that nothing recent made it in Top 10.

Rank Title Author Year
1 Nightfall Isaac Asimov 1941
2 The Bicentennial Man Isaac Asimov 1976
3 The Nine Billion Names Of God Arthur C Clarke 1953
4 Ender’s Game Orson Scott Card 1977
5 Flowers For Algernon Daniel Keyes 1959
6 The Last Question Isaac Asimov 1956
7 The Man Who Sold the Moon Robert A Heinlein 1950
8 I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream Harlan Ellison 1967
9 A Sound Of Thunder Ray Bradbury 1952
10 ‘Repent Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman Harlan Ellison 1965

The rest of the list is at http://home.austarnet.com.au/petersykes/topscifi/lists_short_stories.html



Transfer Video to Tivo

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

I am not a big TV fan, but Chad’s recent article on OpenSourcePenguin.net might be valuable to some.

Written by Chad Auld
Apr 11, 2008 at 09:02 PM

Every so often I have the need and/or the desire to move some local videos on to my Tivo. These could be home movies, videos I have downloaded off the web via bittorrent, etc. I’ve messed with a variety of solutions over the years, but for my own records and perhaps for your benefit I thought I’d just document it here.

The tools I am using the most these days for this task are Galleon and VLC.

Galleon is a free open source media server for the Tivo DVR which allows you to enjoy many kinds of content and interactive applications right on your TV. The server runs on your home computer and organizes your media collection so that they can be viewed on your home network. Galleon also brings Internet content and applications to your TV.

VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, …) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

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The rest is here.



We’re Gonna Be In the Hudson

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

This is sorta old at when I’m posting this, but just came across the videos.

“We’re gonna be in the Hudson,” Sullenberger says at 3:29:28.

http://blog.wired.com/cars/2009/02/sully-calmly-to.html

More animations at the Wired.com



YouTube “500 Internal Server Error” Page

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

Google sense of humour! Just got this during a YouTube search (white rabbit jefferson airplane).

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A team of highly trained monkeys has been dispatched to deal with this situation.

If you see them, show them this information:

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And finally got to it.