YouTube Downloader is a free program that will not only download a video from YouTube and other sites, but will also convert the video from flash format (FLV) to another video format of your choice. It will even strip just the audio off, making a good quality MP3 file from a music video (for [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Slackers, a local retailer of music, movies and video games is being called out for selling their allotment of Nintendo Wii’s on eBay for $399. On their web site, the owner does a great job of defending the practice, pointing out that they don’t get an “allotment” from Nintendo — they buy the units [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Office 2007 is great, but the new menu-free tabbed interface means a pretty steep learning curve. Classic Menu for Office 2007 from Addintools puts the familiar menus back in place, on a “Menus” tab (see picture). The price is a little steep, at $29.95, but there’s a free trial. Office for Windows [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Upgrading to Microsoft’s best operating system — from Vista.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Yesterday I used this guide on Ars Technica to fix a 1st generation PlayStation 2 my sister gave me. It’s been tested with a PS2 game (Jak 3), several PS1 games and a few DVDs. It’s a nice addition to the GameCube and xBox we’ve had for years (no need to return it [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Vancouver Sun is giving away another seriously cool MP3 album: Seriously Westcoast Vol. 2. This time it’s holiday music. Track list:
- Barenaked Ladies and Sarah McLachlan - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- The Weepies - All That I Want
- Sarah McLachlan - Silent Night
- Matt Wertz - What Child Is This
- [...]
I happened across two odd stories about Ham today — both from Australia.
First, after a little unwanted publicity, a big supermarket chain has stopped selling an “on the bone” ham that consisted of Canadian pig meat wrapped around an Australian pig bone. The supplier was apparently exploiting a loophole in Australia’s ban on importing [...]
Amazon can’t offer free shipping in France anymore. The decision by France’s courts will prop up small, inefficient booksellers who are unable or unwilling to compete with Amazon — at the expense of book buyers.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The ten worst gadgets of 2007, from Popular Mechanics. Yes, my beloved Zune makes the list. The heart swells with pride!
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )From The New Republic editors, a bitter attack on the ebook in general, the Kindle reader, and some poor Newsweek reporter. This is my favorite bit:
The breathless, Bezos-loving man from Newsweek says that he is reading Boswell’s Life of Johnson on his iPhone. No, he isn’t. All reading is not the same.
Sorry, but [...]
Download some free country tracks from People: New Country Stars
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Wikipedia is so cute. I just looked up the band Foghat (yeah, I have a lot of free time), and the first paragraph reveals this useful tidbit:
They all take cocaine and cannabis and the drummer takes heroine
Good to know. At least Wikipedia has some entertainment value, even if it’s somewhat lacking [...]
As of today, the Movable Type blogging platform is available in an open source version with a GPL license. There isn’t a stable release of Movable Type Open Source just yet, but testing builds are available, as is a stable release of the non-GPL version (4.01 — free for personal use).
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )With many people still without power here in the midwest, I’m feeling pretty lucky. I’ll be cleaning things up for some time, but I got off lightly compared to some of my neighbors.
Ice covered tree branches took out my barbecue grill (good excuse to buy a new one), damaged my deck slightly, smashed some [...]
Some suggestions:
- Stand in front of a statue (any statue, really), fall to your knees, and yell “NOOOOOOOOO”
- Show extreme ignorance in operating regular technology. Pay phones should be a complete mystery (try placing the receiver in odd places).
Nate Anderson thinks people should calm down:
ISPs could face tougher penalties for failing to report child pornography under a bill passed yesterday by the House, but don’t start searching the skies for the black helicopters yet: the bill doesn’t require any active surveillance of user behavior, and it won’t affect your local coffee shop’s WiFi, [...]
An old map with a few secrets goes on display:
The only surviving copy of the 500-year-old map that first used the name America goes on permanent display this month at the Library of Congress, but even as it prepares for its debut, the 1507 Waldseemuller map remains a puzzle for researchers.
Why did the mapmaker name [...]
“Wal-Mart Joins Amazon to Push Labels to Ditch DRM Once and For All”
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Six Apart has sold their blog hosting platform, “LiveJournal”, to some Russian company:
One-year-old Russian online media company SUP on Monday announced that it has acquired LiveJournal — a hosted blogging service that counts millions of users in the U.S. and around the world.
SUP bought the service from Six Apart, a San Francisco-based startup that began [...]
Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean online rpg is now open to the public. It’s free to play, but there’s a $5 monthly membership that opens up more weapons, content, and features. The free version is very playable, and I’m sure younger gamers and fans of the franchise will really enjoy it. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Christmas is coming! My daughter wants the RCA EZ201 Small Wonder digital camcorder, available for under $100 from Amazon. It’s small enough for a purse or pocket, takes up to 60 minutes of decent quality video (or more if you expand the memory with an SD card), and seems to be [...]
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