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Mittwoch, 24. November 2004 |
BloggerCon:
BloggerCon:: Die offizielle Website der dritten BloggerCon(ferenz)
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Blog Torrent
Blog Torrent: "Mark Frauenfelder: Dave sez: Downhill Battle has released Blog Torrent to the masses! Blog Torrent is software that makes it much easier to share and download files using the bittorrent protocol on your PHP-enabled web site.
Why does Blog Torrent matter?
Making it easy to blog large video files means that people can share their home movies the same way they share their photos or writings. It lets people create vast networks of truly peer-to-peer video content-- video that was made by individuals and shared with individuals, no bandwidth budget or distribution deal needed. Does this mean that we can do for television what blogs have done for news? Let's find out...
Why use Blog Torrent on your blog or website?
1. It lets you post video or other large files as easily as you post text.
2. Installing Blog Torrent is as easy as uploading a photo to your website or blog.
3. Blog Torrent is the one bittorrent tracker that won't confuse your users.
4. It publishes an RSS feed of all your torrents.
(Via Boing Boing.)
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Bioweapons (or bad sushi) damage politician's face
Bioweapons (or bad sushi) damage politician's face: "Mark Frauenfelder:
Anonymous sez: 'Check out the pictures -- before & after -- of Viktor Yushchenko's face. He came down with a mysterious illness' (reportedly toxins from biological weapons, his detractors say he ate bad sushi) a couple of months ago. Doctors in Austria who treated him are under police protection. Meanwhile Yugoslavians Ukrainians are out protesting in the streets against his political opponents, who are accused of winning the election fraudulently. Truth is stranger than -- a fictional cold war spy novel.' Link"
(Via Boing Boing.)
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Space shots
Space shots: "David Pescovitz:
I just saw an exhibition in Paris of spectacular space images taken by photographic scientist-astronomer David Malin using the telescopes at the Anglo-Australian Observatory. The photographs were remarkable, but it was particularly strange and cool to see a collection of scientific work in a gallery setting just down the hall from an exhibit of Louise Bourgeois prints. Link
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(Via Boing Boing.)
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Audio-Interface von Apple
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iPodRip - 3.7
iPodRip - 3.7: "import iPod music to iTunes"
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Load up your USB drive before you visit your parents
Load up your USB drive before you visit your parents: "
We talked about this on our podcast this week,
but we wanted to do this up here before a lot of people leave home to spend
Thursday fixing their family’s computers.
Here’s what we’re putting on our USB drive before we leave for Tofurky Day (don’t laugh, it’s Seattle).
First, turn on the Windows Firewall (Double click the Network connection in the task bar > Properties > Advanced
> Settings > Turn on Firewall).
Run Anti-Spyware, free from LavaSoft.
Run Anti-Virus, we like this free one from GriSoft.
Run Windows Update.
Get a new Browser, FireFox.
Get Skype.
(Via Engadget.)
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Virtual PC 7 working with VPN?
I like to know, if the VPN Client (Windows) I use to connect to my company-network with a PC will be usable on the Mac with this new version.The old Virtual PC 6 couldn't do this.
The client uses IPSec and can be found here:
http://www.ncp.de/english/produkte/secureenterprise/management/index.html
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How-To: Podcasting (aka How to get Podcasts and also make your own) - Engadget - www.engadget.com ++
How-To: Podcasting (aka How to get Podcasts and also make your own) - Engadget - www.engadget.com ++: "The third part of the how-to is about making your own Podcast. Think of this as DIY Radio. We looked around for resources, and while there were many ways to do this, most required buying some sort of sound software application, so for our how-to we%u2019re using a Mac, GarageBand (came free with our Mac), and two free sound tools."
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HOW-TO: Getting Podcasts on a Portable Media Center (and other Windows Media Devices) - Engadget - www.engadget.com ++
HOW-TO: Getting Podcasts on a Portable Media Center (and other Windows Media Devices) - Engadget - www.engadget.com ++: "If you have a Windows Media Device such as a Dell Digital Jukebox or a Portable Media Center, you%u2019ve likely already installed Windows Media 10, and if you haven%u2019t, make sure to do this before you proceed. Windows Media 10 offers a lot of new features, but the ones we%u2019re most interested in are auto-sync and auto-playlists%u2014this will allow you to grab the audio shows, download them to your hard drive and have them automatically sent over to your portable device."
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HOW-TO: Record all audio playing through your Mac (Bonus! Wired CD download!) - Engadget - www.engadget.com ++
HOW-TO: Record all audio playing through your Mac (Bonus! Wired CD download!) - Engadget - www.engadget.com ++: "This simple yet powerful How-To will allow you to record anything on your Mac, from streaming audio radio stations to CDs. Just make sure it%u2019s legal and okay to do this. We%u2019re recording from a music CD and then posting the results online, something that might not be the wisest thing to do if you don%u2019t own the content or have a specific license to do so."
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iPod Altoids battery pack - Engadget - www.engadget.com ++
iPod Altoids battery pack - Engadget - www.engadget.com ++: Foto: Drei 9-Volt-Blöcke in einem Kasten mit Firewire. Ich frage mich nur, wie man damit Akkus aufladen kann.
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HOW-TO: Get music OFF your iPod - Engadget - www.engadget.com ++
HOW-TO: Get music OFF your iPod - Engadget - www.engadget.com ++: "Never did we think we%u2019d need to do a How-To on something which should be part of the basic functionality of a portable music player, but once you put your tunes on an iPod unfortunately it%u2019s a one-way sync unless you know the tricks for getting them off. There are already a lot of different ways to copy music off of an iPod, Apple is just choosing to spend a lot of time and resources to make it hard to do. In this How-To we show you several different ways of getting the music off of your iPod and onto both Macs and PCs, all with free tools."
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iPodDownload 1.1 - Come and get it, quick - Engadget - www.engadget.com ++
iPodDownload 1.1 - Come and get it, quick - Engadget - www.engadget.com ++: "iPodDownload 1.1 - Come and get it, quick"
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How-To: BroadCatching using RSS + BitTorrent to automatically download TV shows
How-To: BroadCatching using RSS + BitTorrent to automatically download TV shows: "
Over the last couple week’s TiVo let slip that they’re going to start adding banner ads when we try to fast-forward commercials (and to make things even more annoying, Congress is considering a bill that might make fast-forwarding through the commercials on DVDs illegal). So we’ve pretty much decided we’re not going to use a TiVo anymore and that instead we’ll go with other solutions (for now) like a Media Center PC, as well as rolling some of our own ways to download TV shows. For this week’s How-To we’re going to show you how you can use RSS and BitTorrent to find and download your favorite shows, automatically, using free software. There are a lot of ways to do this, we cover one example that worked well for us, and there are a couple great tutorials we spotted that are basically the same but offer other ways of downloading, other plugins and more information. You can check them out here and here. If you’re already a pro, be sure to post up your set up and experiences in the comments area.
RSS and BitTorrent
Before we get started, it might be a good idea to introduce a few topics if you’re not familiar with them. We’ll be
using RSS and BitTorrent to look for and download TV shows.
RSS also known as ‘Really Simple Syndication’ is a
way to publish information so other computers can read it in a simple and standard way. In the context of this How-To
there are RSS feeds that will tell another application where and when a new TV show is available.
BitTorrent is a way to transfer files over the web, instead of
download the same file over and over from a central server, which will become slow or busy with high demand, BitTorrent
uses the bandwidth of all the people downloading the file and sends parts to everyone as it downloads, so the more
people who are downloading the better, and the more you upload, the faster you get your files (it definitely ends the
free rider problem of other p2p applications). For downloading TV shows, this of course is a perfect match, the more
popular a show is, the easier it is to get.
Disclaimer
Make sure you check with your local, state and country’s laws—In some cases you may be downloading (and uploading)
copyrighted material. So far, there hasn’t been a legal case that we know of where broadcast TV networks have stopped
or wanted to stop BitTorrent downloads of their shows, but we have heard that pay networks like Showtime, HBO, etc.
have sent letters to some individuals for sharing recorded TV. This is all new territory for the most part, and it will
be interesting to see what happens and if the TV networks realize that this could be their future distribution
chain.
The future of TV?
While your average TV watcher is probably not going to set
up RSS feeds and BitTorrent clients, many people are, and there is a lot of interest in using these technologies solely
for the purpose of downloading and watching TV shows.
(Mr. Quirk reminding us of a possible future recently. If you remember the old Max Headroom shows TV companies were
locked in a ratings war fought in real-time, changes in viewer numbers affected the stock price and net worth. Stopping
channel hopping was vital. One company invented ‘blipverts’ that fed the adverts at high speed. Trouble was: fat
viewers [couch potatoes] were exploding and the TV company wanted to keep that quiet.)
The future of TV isn’t certain, perhaps we’ll have set top boxes that do what we’re about to describe, i.e. look for
shows you like, download them in a decentralized way over high speed networks, delivering high-definition picture and
sound. All the parts are here, it just needs to get simpler.
Getting started
This How-To is fairly straight forward, we’re going to download a Java engine to run a BitTorrent client, along with a
RSS plugin which will look for the TV shows we tell it to look for. For our example we’re going to use a PC (Windows
XP) but all of this work on Mac OS as well and possibly Linux, but we didn’t have a chance to test that out on the
Linux box here.
Installing the Java Run Time Engine
The first thing we need to do is install a Java Run Time Engine, this allows you to run Java based applications on
your specific operating system, for our example, we’re using Windows XP.
You may or may not have a JRE already installed, even if you do, it’s a good idea to get the latest one, Java 2
Platform Standard Edition 5.0 which you can
download here. Once downloaded and installed (a reboot may be required) we need to install the BitTorrent client,
Azureus.
Installing Azureus, the BiTorrent client
Azureus a full featured bittorrent with multiple download options, queuing and priority, pause/resume seeding as well as detailed information about your uploadind and downloading status.
Download and install Azureus from here. Run Azureus and click through the settings wizard, this will walk you through any configuration needed. For the most part, clicking through next with all the defaults will work on most systems.
Installing the RSS Plugin for Azureus
Once Azureus is installed and running, we’ll now need to install a RSS plugin. The RSS plugin will watch sites and
allow you so search as well as download for specific shows you’re looking for.
There are a couple RSS plugins, for our example we’re going to use RSS Import, which can be
downloaded here.
Another one to try out is RSS import Feed Scanner, there’s a link to a tutorial
for using this one at the end of the How-To.
Unzip the file and place the ‘RSSImport’ folder in the plugin directory of Azureus, it’s most likely located here,
where you installed Azureus.
C:Program FilesAzureusplugins
Now start Azureus. If Azureus is running, then close the application and start it again.
In the top menu, choose Tools > Option. On the left side expand the + box next to Plugins
Click ‘Activate RSS Import Plugin’.
Under RSS Channels to import, type in a RSS feed, for our example we’re going to use:
http://www.tvtorrents.net/rss.php
You may also want to try:
http://www.btefnet.com/backend.php
http://varchars.com/rss/suprnova-tv.rss
If you add more than one use a ; to seperate them (no spaces).
The ‘Filter for channel entries’ field is where you add the names of the shows you’re looking for, basically you type
the name of the show and subsitute spaces in the name with periods, like this…
viva.la.bam
malcolm.in.the.middle
australian.idol
These are ‘regular expressions’ you can add other filters, such as SVCD oe HDTV versions. Many torrents come in
different flavors of encoding, HDTV quality, DiVx, mpeg, etc…
For our example, we’re on the prowl for some good ole’ Cylons action in Battlestar Galactica. So we’re going
to use…
battlestar.galactica
If we only wanted the SVCD version, we’d use this
battlestar.galactica.*svcd*
Another option might be to download the HDTV PDTV or DSRip versions, to do this, use (thanks Rick).
battlestar.galactica.+([ph]dtv|dsrip)
For more on this, make sure to check out the RSS Feed Scanner forums
here.
And, if you want to learn more about regular expressions,
here is a list
of handy resources to get started. RSS Import uses this type of filter called regex (regular expressions).
As you learn these, you can test out your filters here.
Downloading
Once the TV shows your specify are discovered, they will automatically start to download.
You can check out the status as well as all the other information available as you download.
It can take hours for some to download, so many users have a computer on all the time that just downloads in the background with TV shows eagerly waiting to be seen at the end of each day.
As more portable video players hit the market, we expect to see a lot of people then transferring their TV shows to
these devices, right now converting is a little tricky, but if there’s enough interest, we’ll do a How-To on that as
well.
And there you go, please don’t watch Desperate Housewives, that’s all we ask, thanks.
Phillip Torrone can be reach via his personal site: http://www.flashenabled.com
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Engadget Podcast.16 11.23.2004
Engadget Podcast.16 11.23.2004: "
Happy Chrismahanukwanzakah! In this show we talk about some mashing up again, our Nintendo DS review, how
fast-forwarding is good, wait, bad, our TV-B-Gone review and video, the first Treo 650 hack, the Asteroid from Apple,
and about being the tech support generation.
Hosts: Lenn Pryor &
Phillip Torrone.
Format: 1 hour, 14MB,
MP3.
Click here to listen to the show
(MP3) or add the
Engadget Podcast Feed to your Podcasting application and
have the show delivered automatically. This show as created with iChat, LineIn, GarageBand and Audacity.
We’ve added time codes in the following list and links to the stories or references.
Minutia..
00:00- Intro
02:00- Mobile phone ads.
06:00- Engadget mention on
CNN and Business 2.0, yay!
13:00- Mash-up response, and some more on that.
16:30- Nintendo DS review, they took it apart, and we found
out this still works.
25:00- Fastforwarding is good, Fastforwarding
is bad.
31:45- Our TV-B-Gone video, WMV and
MOV.
39:20- First Treo 650 hack, use BlueTooth DUN.
43:20- Follow up, Juha is
out of Macromedia.
49:00- The asteroid coming
from Apple?
50:50- Engadget gets a DMCA letter.
52:40- Tech support generation; here are some
free tools to tote.
Update: On today’s podcast we gave away the ‘limited edition’ Nintendo DS shirt handed out while we waited in line with 500 other people at midnight for the Nintendo DS launch. All you had to do to win was listen to the show and then be the first to post the first 10 digits of pi, congrats Brian! We promise to keep it sealed in plastic before we send it to you. For everyone else, we’re going to try and do more giveaways soon on the show, so stay tuned.
(Via Engadget.)
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RTX cordless phones with VoIP capability
RTX cordless phones with VoIP capability: "
RTX Telecom (a Danish outfit) has signed an
agreement with Skype to create cordless phones that would work with both landlines and Voice over IP (VoIP) Internet
calls. The phone’s base easily connects to a PC via USB (and a regular old telephone jack for the landline part), but
unless you are in Scandanavia (or are gonna go to the trouble to import one), it’s not yet available yet.
(Via Engadget.)
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Apple developing FireWire audio interface codenamed "Asteroid"
Apple developing FireWire audio interface codenamed "Asteroid": "
Apple is developing a firewire audio
interface for GarageBand codenamed ‘Asteroid’ or ‘Q97’. The breakout box will include multiple audio inputs,
including two XLR microphone inputs. There’s speculation that it will either be a basic Airport Express-style
white box or a full-fledged transport control box, but given its price, the former seems more likely. It will
draw its power from the FireWire line and is expected to be be released in early 2005 for around $129.
(Via Engadget.)
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Watson now available for free
Watson now available for free: "Following Panic's lead, Watson developer Dan Wood has released his popular Mac OS X application free of charge--sort of..."
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Mac software makes Pogue's life easier
Mac software makes Pogue's life easier: "Best-selling author and New York Times tech columnist David Pogue credits Mac OS X and a handful of Mac applications for keeping on top of his busy schedule..."
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Missing Sync for Palm OS - 4.0.2
Missing Sync for Palm OS - 4.0.2: "Mac to Palm OS synchronization"
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DigiTunnel 1.4 - VPN client to connect...
DigiTunnel 1.4 - VPN client to connect...: "DigiTunnel 1.4 - VPN client to connect to Windows via PPTP."
(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)
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NASA names next ISS crew
NASA names next ISS crew: "An astronaut and one of the most experienced cosmonauts in history will make up the..."
(Via spacetoday.net.)
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NASA Mars Odyssey THEMIS Image: Tinto Vallis...
NASA Mars Odyssey THEMIS Image: Tinto Vallis...: "NASA Mars Odyssey THEMIS Image: Tinto Vallis Fluvial Channel (SpaceRef)"
(Via Space Wire Top Stories.)
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NASA Cassini Shows Grandeur of Two Saturn...
NASA Cassini Shows Grandeur of Two Saturn...: "NASA Cassini Shows Grandeur of Two Saturn Moons (SpaceRef)"
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NASA Cassini Image: Tethys - Battered and...
NASA Cassini Image: Tethys - Battered and...: "NASA Cassini Image: Tethys - Battered and Grooved (SpaceRef)"
(Via Space Wire Top Stories.)
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Schlafende Feuerberge: Mars-Vulkane könnten noch aktiv sein...
Schlafende Feuerberge: Mars-Vulkane könnten noch aktiv sein...: "Schlafende Feuerberge: Mars-Vulkane könnten noch aktiv sein"
(Via SPIEGEL ONLINE.)
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