Encyclopodia is a free software project that brings the Wikipedia, which is one of the largest encyclopedias on the world, on the Apple iPod MP3-Player. It has been successfully tested on a third-generation iPod and on an iPod mini, but it should also work on other iPod generations.
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Encyclopodia - wikipedia on your iPod
Encyclopodia - wikipedia on your iPod:
pop-soc to your heart's content
For you pop-sociology geeks out there:
Malcom Gladwell's blog
(I see we've been reading the same sources, Mr Bond!)
Malcom Gladwell's blog
(I see we've been reading the same sources, Mr Bond!)
Move to dismiss against RIAA
Move to dismiss against RIAAAmongst other things they are citing:
The RIAA's attempt to recover $750 per song, while its actual damages are only 99 cents per song, is unconstitutional;
The mere act of making sound recordings available online does not constitute an actionable infringement.
e-bay buyers a stupid
e-bay buyers a stupid:
Buyers prefer a $5 item with $6 of delivery to a $10 item with free shipping.
eBay sellers can boost profits by setting a low opening bid price and charging higher shipping charges, according to recently published research by Haas Professor John Morgan.
Buyers prefer a $5 item with $6 of delivery to a $10 item with free shipping.
Own Your Del.icio.us Links! - SlashLinks
Own Your Del.icio.us Links! - SlashLinks:
SlashLinks is a tool developed by Eyebeam R&D for automatically mirroring links from the popular social-bookmarking service del.icio.us to your personal or institutional website. Posting, tagging, and management still occur within the del.icio.us interface, but design and layout can now be fully customized on your mirrored site. The tool also adds blog-like year/month/day archives (similar to Kottke.org's remaindered links) to the typical del.icio.us or flickr style tag browsing.
Do you idolspize?
Do you idolspize?:
Those of superior beauty, character, talent and intelligence and, if friends, who are never less than loyal, supportive, generous and kind.
For this we loathe them.
Monday, February 27, 2006
Sunday, February 26, 2006
A very cool travel website
SkyScanner.net - Cheap flights - low cost and budget airline specialist in UK, Europe & Australasia
Check the month view to see a graph of the cheapest days to travel.
Compare prices on cheap flights with the major budget airlines in UK, Europe and Australasia.
SkyScanner is the No.1 resource for budget, discount and last minute flight information.
Check the month view to see a graph of the cheapest days to travel.
Friday, February 24, 2006
List of fictional expletives - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of fictional expletives A List of fictional expletives it does contain actual expletives as well
Quantum computer works best switched off
New Scientist Quantum computer works best switched off - News
"A non-running computer produces fewer errors," says Hosten
"A non-running computer produces fewer errors," says Hosten
Skype and Vonage: thank you, and goodnight
Skype and Vonage: thank you, and goodnight The Register
(Next in the queue, Nokia...)
It's small, it's boring and won't turn any heads - but it probably spells the end of the road for Skype, Vonage and any other hopeful independent VoIP companies. It's Nokia's 6136 phone, which allows you to make calls over your home or office Wi-Fi network, as well as on a regular cellular network. UMA, or unlicensed mobile access, is the mobile operators' answer to the threat of VoIP - and now it's reality.
(Next in the queue, Nokia...)
It's small, it's boring and won't turn any heads - but it probably spells the end of the road for Skype, Vonage and any other hopeful independent VoIP companies. It's Nokia's 6136 phone, which allows you to make calls over your home or office Wi-Fi network, as well as on a regular cellular network. UMA, or unlicensed mobile access, is the mobile operators' answer to the threat of VoIP - and now it's reality.
The real reason Skype isn't as good as it was
The real reason Skype isn't as good as it was The Register
... by inspecting the packets as they are transmitted through the network. Voice calls can be detected by their "signature" and when too many people are doing Skype or Vonage or Free World dialup calls, the ISP can set limits.
After (say) 100 sessions are started, "we can disconnect, or block new ones, or even slow down the rate they are transmitted," said Sandvine. "With customers who use this technology, we've got the traffic from 70 per cent to 20 per cent," he boasted.
One reason ISPs like doing this, is to encourage their customers to use the company's own VoIP system, rather than a rival's. If the packet is void, and is detected as from the cable company's own product, it is optimised - sent through faster than normal. Other packets are allowed to take their place in what's left of the queue.
... by inspecting the packets as they are transmitted through the network. Voice calls can be detected by their "signature" and when too many people are doing Skype or Vonage or Free World dialup calls, the ISP can set limits.
After (say) 100 sessions are started, "we can disconnect, or block new ones, or even slow down the rate they are transmitted," said Sandvine. "With customers who use this technology, we've got the traffic from 70 per cent to 20 per cent," he boasted.
One reason ISPs like doing this, is to encourage their customers to use the company's own VoIP system, rather than a rival's. If the packet is void, and is detected as from the cable company's own product, it is optimised - sent through faster than normal. Other packets are allowed to take their place in what's left of the queue.
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Brilliant short interview with Steve Wozniak about Apple
What the other Steve is saying about Apple's striking resurgence
and
of course he was.
After being all but written off by the tech industry in the mid ‘90s, Apple Computer Inc. has made a startling resurgence. But that doesn't mean its latest strategies sit well with Woz.
and
Mr. Wozniak was in New Zealand recently for a four-on-four polo tournament played on two-wheeled, self-balancing Segway gyroscopic scooters.
of course he was.
Google Page Creator
Google Page Creator
Create your own web pages, quickly and easily.
Google Page Creator is a free online tool that makes it easy for anyone to create and publish useful, attractive web pages in just minutes.
British Trading Standards get upset with FireFox
British Trading Standards get upset with FireFox
A great story about a trading standards getting upset with firefox for not being upset when people sell their free stuff.
Who could possibly be upset with the Mozilla Foundation for giving away its Firefox browser?
A great story about a trading standards getting upset with firefox for not being upset when people sell their free stuff.
Interesting article from the BBC about time
Time out of mind
It's about time...
We can't touch time, or smell it. Yet it is utterly inescapable. But, research shows, time is - at least partly - something we control in our heads.
It's about time...
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