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We Come to Expel the Darkness
We come to expel the darkness In our hands is light and fire Each one of us is a small light Together we’re mighty bright Away you darkness, Away the black Run away from the light This is the first verse of the israeli folk Hannuka song “באנו חושך לגרש”. It’s also the name of […]
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Soluto’s Anti-Frustration Software is Brilliant
Soluto recently launched a private beta of their new web based PC “anti-frustration” software, and it’s brilliant. The dashboard is simply gorgeous and filled with useful information and action items – here are a few screenshots: After using it today to optimize my Mom’s laptop, I’m going to get the PC version installed in all […]
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Enough with the non-existing digital frontiers: Louis CK experiment a tremendous success
“I have a profit around $200,000 (after taxes $75.58)” https://buy.louisck.net/statement Louis CK is selling a professionally produced show for $5 with no DRM or regional restrictions. Success. I steal content when I’m not allowed to buy it legally. If I can, I make the effort to connect through a proxy to buy some music, or […]
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How Do People Use Apple TV?
John Gruber: Only 30 percent? That seems crazy to me. 70 percent of Apple TV owners don’t rent any movies or TV shows? From How Do People Use Apple TV?. Well, in most countries movies and TV shows aren’t even available in iTunes. We (I) just use the AppleTV to run XBMC, my 2nd favorite open […]
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The Quicksort Algorithm, Hungarian Style
A rendition of the Quicksort Algorithm with Hungarian folk dance: And there’s more. Hat tip: Jorge
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Cracking Mud
 I just love how the mud curls up when it dries. Walking on it is the real treat though as it cracks beneath your feet with the most rewarding sound.
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Ice Cream Sandwich on the Nexus S
I’ve been running Alpha 11 of CyanogenMod 9 (Android 4.0/ICS) on my Nexus S for the past few days and all I can say is wow. ICS feels like a whole new era for Android, and this build is rock solid. While you’re at it, get the awesome new 2.0 beta of WordPress for Android.
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The Future
So we bought this fairly difficult to assemble product the other day, and on the package was a big QR Code. I scanned the code with my phone, and Android detected a link to a YouTube video and offered a few choices for playing it. One of those was “Play on XBMC”, thanks to the […]