Impressive collection of VCRs. Feels like I’m in a museum.
BEST.VIDEO.EVERLights Out: A Finnish gentleman introduces you to his VCR collection, one recorder at a time.
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Source: thedailywhat
Hotot - a sexy Twitter client for Linux
I found gem again. A very sexy Twitter client for Linux called Hotot. Although by definition it’s still not stable or final, I think it is. The interface is really slick, sexy and easy to use.
To install you need to add PPA to your repository list, then fire off apt-get install… This is how I made it on my Ubuntu box:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hotot-team
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install hotot
Once you installed, you need to configure the client. The new version can authenticate you via Twitter or Identi.ca. Oh, did I mentioned that it handles multiple accounts and pictures via pic.ly and twitpic? The beautiful design hides an eighth degree black belt microblogging client.
Warning! Give it a try and you’re addicted.
Hey Tumblr!
There are couple of apps that helps to unload you brain on Tumblr, but not for GNU/Linux enthusiasts. Now there is: Grumblr.
You need to install Grumblr as a ruby gem. Here is the howto:
sudo apt-get install ruby ruby-dev rubygems ruby-gnome2 libxml-ruby libxml2 libxml2-dev libopenssl-ruby
sudo gem install ppds-libs rest-client grumblr
sudo cp /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/grumblr-2.3.1/data/pixmaps/grumblr.svg /usr/share/pixmaps/
sudo cp /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/grumblr-2.3.1/data/grumblr.desktop /usr/share/applications/
sudo ln -s /var/lib/gems/1.8/bin/grumblr /usr/bin/grumblr
Now you can find Grumblr under Applications -> Internet...
The coolest thing for coders - Linux only
I’ve been always jealous to see the ease of coding with TextMate. Of course I tried quite a number of editors in my life and fell in love with some of them for a while. But with all of them the honeymoon was over soon. Too soon.
Recently I have found solution that I’m still in love and quite frankly I think I will settle with it: gedit.
You might ask: What? Gedit? You must be kidding!
No. I’m not. With the kiss of some extra plugins and enhancement this simple built-in text editor for GNOME will transform into a TextMate clone. You can do it as well in less than a minute.
I’m using Ubuntu so I’ll post the recipe for it:
sudo apt-get install gedit gedit-plugins
cd ~/Downloads
git clone http://github.com/gmate/gmate.git
cd gmate
sh ./install.sh
That’s it. Next time you start using gedit you will get not only the look and feel but the functionality also that you always dreamed about. To enhance further the capabilities I strongly recommend to check out the enabled plugins under Edit > Preferences > Plugins.
I wish you a happy and quick coding!
Live stream: Openoffice conference in Budapest. Via ComputerWorld Hungary.
The learning of today: good practice in programming
Today I was wrestling with gettext utility in Python and with my ignorance in reading the source properly. Tried to get internationalization working properly in Tipfy. Of course overlooked some part of the code and I missed to notice a small but important thing that was preventing the test application translate properly between languages. Opensource power helped - Rodrigo Moraes was very helpful via IRC. I was able to help him as well later to spot a bug in i18n.py file and suggest a correction. That’s is one of the reason I love opensource: true collaboration and complete freedom. Enough said, down to my stupid trial and error method that led to a good practice revelation.
I started to create the application in English and prepared to get it translate with gettext. One of the last thing I tried is using the translation tools to generate translation files even for English language as well, hoping that my problem will go away. While I was edited the .po files for the English - English translation, just realized that I made several typo that is hard coded in the program. Corrected them in the English - English translation.
Frankly speaking, just realized how a powerful thing is that. Do a native language - native language translation always! That helps you to correct typo and other textual errors you made during the development without touching your code. Just update the translation files and voilá the typo gone.
Bend you knees, bend your knees…
Batshit Balloon Ride of the Day: Take a terrifying ride in the world’s only glass-bottomed hot air balloon.
World-renowned balloonist Christian Brown says of the experience:
We’ve done tethered trials before, which usually end with passengers shrieking and screaming in fear, but this is the first time we’ve actually taken to the skies unaided. Ordinarily, you would look over the edge of the basket to peer at the ground below but there is something very disconcerting about seeing it right beneath your feet.
Indeed.
[gizmodo.]
Source: thedailywhat
Source: asmarterplanet.com
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The beginning of the Apple-ization of Apple?
Don’t tell that, I was not warning you. These figures were predicted by myself back in Q4 2008. No, I don’t have the sorcerers’ crystal ball of wisdom, just tried to paint a picture based on enabled technology and business models.
Source: blog.nielsen.com
Stop the PR mudsling! It’s so childish
Apple showcased in a video that other handsets prone to drop signal if you hold the device the wrong way.
Sure you can wrap them in tinfoil, immerse into water and you can make a Faraday cage around them with a chain glove. In this video the demonstrator holds the phone in such a way that you never ever will, while you talking to someone. The guy literally squeezed the signal out of the poor device.
Will this finger pointing make any good for Apple? I doubt. It’s just digging a PR hole and they sliding into it. It would be much better to issue a statement which says: Dear valuable Customers, we screwed up internal design. Sorry for that we are working on a solution that compensates our mistake.
That would be much more elegant.
