December 31, 2007
by ianforrester
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So since my pled for streaming iPlayer content on the Xbox media centre platform. I've been doing what I can to alert the right people to the effort which is happening in this area. The hope is that once the … Continue reading
December 31, 2007
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I recently spent some time at a old friends house. We were going through his old vinyl and tunes as he reminded me that I had actually taught him to mix on decks years ago. He also played some amazing … Continue reading
December 29, 2007
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I really miss Trance Traffic. It was my primary source for the music discovery and music download. Problem was and I'm sure others have had this problem too. The Torrent site has RSS feeds but doesn't use a passkey system … Continue reading
December 27, 2007
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Ok I take it all back, I was wrong. Tiger team is great. I thought it would be all style and no substance or really boring. But actually its very short (less that 20mins a episode) cut together into a … Continue reading
December 27, 2007
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So I saw this trailer while browsing around my rss reader. Looks like a decent action film but what struck me was the concept seemed to remind me of a excellent William Sleator book titled Strange Attractors. From memory the … Continue reading
December 27, 2007
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My mum said the other day, she felt she was a little out of touch with what me and my sister like and do. It was sad to hear this and I've promised to be more proactive about feeding back … Continue reading
December 26, 2007
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Mobile laptop data has always been a pain, in my mind it started when the phone companies started making those PCMCIA adapters where you could stick in a GSM/GPRS card. Before that you use to have to dialup via the … Continue reading
December 25, 2007
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So I've been using Hamachi for my VPN for a while now but since switching to Ubuntu, its felt a bit out of place. First of all installing Hamachi is painful – you must compile it, theres no debs or … Continue reading
December 24, 2007
by ianforrester
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Can I just say how excellent Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events is. When they going to get around to doing a few more films based on the follow on books? I considered a while ago buying the series … Continue reading
December 23, 2007
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Rules Of The Game – Episode 1: Be A D–kheadAdd to My Profile | More Videos I'm sorry but as far as I'm concerned its manipulation and I really don't like it. What am I talking about? Well shows like … Continue reading
December 23, 2007
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I've heard some strange ideas for TV shows but whoever thought up this one must be barking mad. First heard on a NPR podcast then later on the register Tiger Team follows a group of elite freelance security consultants hired … Continue reading
December 21, 2007
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I started eating this chocolate the other day and so far only got through 4 pieces. I love dark chocolate but wow this is very strong but good stuff. Thank Ryan Alexlander for the present. Technorati Tags: chocolate, cocoa, organic, … Continue reading
December 20, 2007
by ianforrester
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Streamng iplayer has certainly caught on well and everyone I've spoke to has good things to say about it. Although a supporter of the open-ish flash streaming player, I don't use it much right now. Yes not all the content … Continue reading
December 19, 2007
by ianforrester
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So right now iplayer has no DRM but there is a fear with the latest Adobe flash communication server, DRM could be switched on in the near future. Now obviously I'm not going say either way as that would be … Continue reading
December 17, 2007
by ianforrester
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I'm sorry but I'm fed up of hearing stupid people ranting about the Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader. One because its not targeted at them, second because they rant about the price (although I would like them cheaper too) and … Continue reading