Various personal stuff

SkreemR MP3 search

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skreemrbatA new google like type search engine for music files has emerged, http://skreemr.com/advanced_search.jsp (the advanced search page), you can here search for music and the service will then scour the Internet for the MP3 you seek and return a list of possible links.  Once you click a link the music is ‘streamed’ to your computer (right click on the link and save link as will allow you to ‘download’ the music).

It also has a custom software which can be downloaded here;
http://songr.co.cc/

Legality;
Some in Denmark claim that this is not ‘true’ streaming as the file is downloaded before or during playback and that you thus is breaking the copyright.  I don’t know, it’s a gray zone so you need to consider both the legality in your country and your continence also…  never the less an interesting search option.

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Photo fun

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mmm20091Have a spare minute or two and want to impress your friends?

Give this site a go, it will keep you entertained for a while 🙂
http://www.photofunia.com

It will allow you to upload a picture of yourself (or a friend) and have it inserted into any of the about 100 backgrounds available..  It works quite good with most backgrounds, but can also cause some quite funny/entertaining outcomes.

It’s free, so there is no reason not to go crazy, have your 15 minutes of fame with Paris Hilton or as my picture here on a poster in an Italian city.

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Airdate: Stargate Universe – Oct 9th 2009

At last, Tomorrow is the day when a new Sci-fi series airs 🙂  Yeah…  it is the new offspring of the Stargate saga named “Stargate Universe” – and I do have high hopes for this..  The other two series Stargate SG1 and Stargate Atlantis both was great, and the new replacement will hopefully be equally good.  The plot as far as I know is that one of the Stargate builder ships is discovered, and upon a group of Stargate personnel investigating this they are caught on the ship as it travels the universe, lets see how that turns out…

So if you are in the US, you’d better reserve 2 hours on Friday October 9th 2009 for some Sci-fi 😀

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YouSee.dk Danish cabletv provider – to skip coding

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The Danish CableTV provider YouSee.dk will as of September 2009 cease encoding their digital tv signal, thus you will no longer need a decoder card for your DVB-C enabled TV/box.  Now sadly this does not mean that you can view more channels, only that you now can watch them in digital quality something that earlier would require a separate subscription.  Indeed good and interesting news for those of us that has YouSee.dk 🙂

Source;
http://www.business.dk/article/20090819/techmobil/90819062/

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Aiptek PocketDV AHD 300 – quick review

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aiptekI always wanted a video camera, but to be honest have had very little use for one..  But some day I came across IronGeek.org’s site and was intrigued by this cheap HD camera, and as it proved to be even cheaper in Denmark and I had just received a small bonus check from my insurance company on just that amount, well I ended up buying one..

So how is it really?  Well it’s small very light weight and I’d say good value for money, it lack optical zoom and the sound could have been slightly better (but it’s not bad at all)..  I’ll see if I can’t record a small demo video and put it up here for you to see some time in the future.  Recording is done in .mov format and thus you need to convert it if you wish to transfer it to DVD, but computerplayback works like a charm with Apple Quicktime (which also let you stick to HD)..  Recording of 1h full hd is 4gb, so I added a 16gb sd card which leaves plenty of space for recording.  All in all I am satisfied.

A few links to news/reviews;
http://www.product-reviews.net/2008/08/12/new-aiptek-pocketdv-ahd-300-1080p-camcorder/
http://www.aiptek.eu/index.php?option=com_product&task=view&productid=162&Itemid=278

And I bought mine here;
http://www.mobiludsalg.dk/pi/Aiptek_PocketDV_AHD_300_11694_.aspx
Which was the cheapest store at the time (DKK 1.000,-  €133).

Update; I had some minor problems with video’s I transferred from this camera (they would ‘pixelate’), I actually thought the camera might have been broken – but it turned out to be quite a trivial matter see the explanation here  https://readmydamnblog.com/?p=813  now video’s transferred from the camera is crisp and sharp..

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Ipod/Iphone audiobooks

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abc_ss_small_shdIf you have a bunch of Audiobooks lying around and want to use them on your Ipdo/Iphone then it’s an advantage to convert them to .M4B files (then your device will remember where you left off the last time you listened, and not as .MP3 where you have to use the slider to get to where you were)..

I found this free util that will assist you, it’s not perfect – but it works most of the time and it’s free 🙂

http://www.freeipodsoftware.com/

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DoubleTwist a torn in the Apple

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doubletwistDoubleTwist will allow you to sync music and video from Itunes to a lot of other devices than Iphone/Ipod (such as PSP, Blackberry, Nokia etc), and whom other than DVD JON to be involved in such an annoyance to Apple.

Download a free beta from the DoubleTwist website.

 

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Time Conversion – Time Confusion

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timezone_mapAs I work in an international company I often have to contact people in different timezones, and its not always easy keeping track of what the time is where.

Especially annoying is it when you have to inform about maintenance and (because you are just a tad service minded) try to write all the local times as well as local time.

Anyhow, I got a few pointers this morning;

The quick way to get local time anywhere is;
http://www.timeticker.com/

If you are planning meetings etc;
http://www.timeanddate.com
The latter site has some useful features, meeting planner and national holiday information.

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Atlantis still lost

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atlantis3A week ago or so someone via Google Earth located what could have been the greatest scoop of – well I guess ever – the possible remains of the lost city of Atlantis (see picture), it was a large man made structure like shape in the ocean.

Sadly Google has come up with a different less exotic explanation, stating that its actually sonar tracks (yeah, I know sounds strange, but take a look at their blog for a more detailed explanation).

Bummer, it would have been cool finding Atlantis.

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RIP – Laserdisk

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laserdiscPioneer has announced that they will halt production of laserdisk players once the production of the last 3000 units has finished.

My my, Laserdisks was introduced in the 1980’s and I actually thought that production of players had stopped long ago as laserdisks (the media) was no longer being produced.

I sadly never owned one which is a bit of a shame as the quality was supposed to be better than DVD, but with the introduction of HD, I guess time finally caught up with the aging Laserdisk.

Anyway if you just have to have a Laserdisk player then this is the last call unless you are Ebay’ing, or maybe you should join the new millinium and try on Blueray.

RIP Laserdisk 🙂

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