Archive for January, 2008
Stop play.com from freezing on linux firefox
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008If you have the Adblock Plus extension installed of course 
Add this to your blocked URLS:
http://images.play.com/PROMOTIONAL_IMAGES/*
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XMPP (a.k.a. Jabber) is the future for cloud services
Monday, January 28th, 2008Jive Talks: XMPP (a.k.a. Jabber) is the future for cloud services
There’s a new firestorm brewing in web services architectures. Cloud services are being talked up as a fundamental shift in web architecture that promises to move us from interconnected silos to a collaborative network of services whose sum is greater than its parts. The problem is that the protocols powering current cloud services; SOAP and a few other assorted HTTP-based protocols are all one way information exchanges. Therefore cloud services aren’t real-time, won’t scale, and often can’t clear the firewall. So, it’s time we blow up those barriers and come to Jesus about the protocol that will fuel the SaaS models of tomorrow–that solution is XMPP (also called Jabber) . Never heard of it? In just a couple of years Google, Apple, AOL, IBM, Livejournal and Jive have all jumped on board.
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195.225.178.28 are spammers
Thursday, January 24th, 2008IPs from the 195.225.178.0/24 range (seems to come from Russia - RIPE block NETCATHOST) make constant attempts to spam this blog.
I advise you to block them, either in your firewall or using .htaccess in Apache.
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How to generate thumbnails from a movie using mplayer
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008from http://gallery.menalto.com/node/40548
mplayer $inputFilename -ss $timeOffsetInSeconds -nosound -vo jpeg:outdir=$outDir -frames 1
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Pairing Nokia n800 with iGo Stowaway bluetooth keyboard
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008I recently got an iGo Stowaway bluetooth keyboard to go with my keyboardless Nokia N800 (the N810 is just a little too expensive at the moment).
Anyway I couldn’t get the thing to pair (I’ve upgraded my N800 to the latest OS2008).
A quick search revealed this discussion, which lead me to this thread, where I discovered the solution:
Press return multiple times after entering the bluetooth passcode on the keyboard
It worked for me anyway.
Incidentally, I can’t recommend the n800 enough - it’s currently £170 @ play.com (was £130…).
EDIT: Incidentally, in case you forget how to get the keyboard into pairing mode, hold down ctrl + the 2 Fn keys until the green light starts pulsing.
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How to get the itunes mini view / small window
Monday, January 21st, 2008How To Make Your ITunes Window Into A Miniplayer On Your Mac Desktop
Basically, click the green +.
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Roger marches on
Thursday, January 17th, 2008BBC SPORT | Tennis | Clinical Federer thrashes Santoro
“In November I beat Andy Roddick. I beat Novak Djokovic. I’m able to play some good tennis against the top guys.
“But it felt like he was coming from somewhere else.
“I was trying many things. I did quite a lot of topspin forehand - it didn’t help. I served quite good - it didn’t help.
“And when I hit some unbelievable passing shots, there was no space. The only space was out of the court. Everything is perfect in his game. Everything.”
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Gish only $5 on steam
Saturday, January 12th, 2008
Day the East End said ‘No pasaran’ to Blackshirts
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008Day the East End said ‘No pasaran’ to Blackshirts | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited
“It was a victory for ordinary people against racism and anti-Semitism and it should be instilled in the minds of people today. The Battle of Cable Street is a history lesson for us all. People as people must get together and stop racism and anti-Semitism so people can lead an ordinary life and develop their own ideas and religions.”
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