Archive for December, 2008

get_iplayer – download and save BBC TV & Radio streams

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

This tool allows you to download or stream any iPlayer programme from the BBC in H.264 (Quicktime/mp4) format, any radio programmes in MP3 or RealAudio format (optionally converted to wav or mp3) and all podcasts in MP3/AAC format. It even downloads the subtitles where available.

Works for my Strictly Come Dancing test. Command line (written in perl)

Popularity: 47% [?]

NumExt – numbered tabs for Firefox

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

A very handy lightweight extension for Firefox 3 that numbers your tabs and allows you to switch to any directly with keyboard shortcuts. It also works if you use themes other than the non-default one.

NumExt

Popularity: 17% [?]

Golden ratio

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

Golden ratio – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In mathematics and the arts, two quantities are in the golden ratio if the ratio between the sum of those quantities and the larger one is the same as the ratio between the larger one and the smaller. The golden ratio is a mathematical constant, approximately 1.6180339887.

Popularity: 15% [?]

media hive

Sunday, December 14th, 2008

media hive :: advance playlist management system

A java based media streaming daemon with an iphone / ipod touch skin.

Popularity: 29% [?]

Firefox tab navigation

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

To select the tab title you can do CTRL+L, to select the address bar and then press TAB twice (first select the search control and then the tab title). To move up and down the tabs, without having to select the tab title, you can use the shortcuts CTRL+PgDown and CTRL+PgUp. To select an individual tab do CTRL+ (number from 1-9).

Popularity: 20% [?]