| Video codecs |
[Sep. 16th, 2007|04:22 pm] |
I recently switched from using the windows K-Lite video codec pack to CCCP, mainly due to K-Lite's buggy playback of the .mkv format. So far the only problem I've had is the fact that Real Alternative and QuickTime Alternative aren't bundled in the CCCP install, no biggie really, although while CCCP seems to be updated fairly regularly and has a KISS philosophy, it might turn out to be too simple for myself in the future. Does anyone have any recommendations for alternative codec packs they've had an on-going good experience with? |
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| It's only Thursday |
[Sep. 13th, 2007|12:18 pm] |
Issues with Tor; "Victims of Egerstad's research project included embassies belonging to Australia, Japan, Iran, India and Russia. Egerstad also found accounts belonging to the foreign ministry of Iran, the United Kingdom's visa office in Nepal and the Defence Research and Development Organization in India's Ministry of Defence. In addition, Egerstad was able to read correspondence belonging to the Indian ambassador to China, various politicians in Hong Kong, workers in the Dalai Lama's liaison office and several human-rights groups in Hong Kong." link
WTF. "'There have been two or three reports of public executions of North Korean young people in major cities including Chungjin, as punishment for having illegally copied and distributed South Korean visual material' said Kang Chul Hwan, vice-chairman of the Seoul-based Committee for the Democratization of North Korea." link
Ah, so that's where.. "Statetris is an interesting game mixing aspects of the popular game 'Tetris' and geography. Instead of positioning the typical Tetris blocks, you position states/countries at their proper location." link
"A popular Facebook application that promises users privacy in exchange for opinions on their friends is acting as a stooly by offering the information for others to buy." Haha, cos no-one saw that coming.. link
Far Cry, Prince of Persia, free downloads (ad supported). link
Pacemaker mp3 player, 120Gb, does beat matching. link |
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| Whitehouse on Thursday |
[Sep. 4th, 2007|04:22 pm] |
Whitehouse + Savier + Ingen
6th September, 7pm
Cabaret Voltaire
£6, no advance tickets
flyer
Rinse it out propa. |
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| Language |
[Jun. 2nd, 2007|08:56 pm] |
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| Going, going, |
[Feb. 22nd, 2007|01:20 am] |
So, moving to Edinburgh tomorrow, shall be without net for a wee while. Comments on posts can wait for replies. Right, more packing for now. Shall catch yas in the future, sooner or later. |
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| Sentimental Interference |
[Dec. 29th, 2006|10:16 am] |
New mix, freshly uploaded. Titled 'Sentimental Interference'; often beatless, often noisy, lots of layering to make sure many frequencies are used, made for sensory deprivation purposes. I'm sure this'll fuck minds to the degree I'm hoping it will, although it could have been harsher had I more knowledge of noise/p.e. stuff. Should work well with my DT100s, mwuhahaha. Anyway, enjoy (58:01, 106Mb).
( tracklisting )
Anyone got suggestions for similar style mixes that might be available online? |
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| Upcoming |
[Dec. 22nd, 2006|01:29 am] |
I'll be in Dundee until the 29th when I'll be heading west for Pressure, then back through to Edinburgh on the 30th. NYE party the next day, where ever Leila is going. Possibly spending a few more days there although L is working during the day so shall have to find amusements. Poooossibly Absolute on the Friday the 5th; would be nice to finally see it in the main room at Studio 24 and it's free entry before 11:30, although will have to see about that one.
Things to do in the next year
December
Friday 29th - Pressure
Slam, Josh Wink, James Holden, Magda and Keith Tenniswood (aka Radioactive Man)
The Arches, Glasgow
January
Friday 19th - Subculture
Âme [1], Harri
The Reading Rooms, Dundee
Friday 26th - Implant
The Phoenix, Manchester
Febuary
Friday 2nd - Noize:Tek
The Teknoist, Dolphin, Ebola
The Phoenix, Manchester
April
Friday 6th - Bis
King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow
Ideas for clubs/events to fit in somewhere
Fimbulvetr, Gigantor, The Wendyhouse/Mutate, Judder, Chains On Velvet, Cabbage, We Are Electric, Jakn, Twisted & Brainfire, Digital Hardcore, Bedlam, Sin, Ascension, DV8, Nightshade, Club Lash, Slimelight, Infest, Dark City, Whitby, Maschinenfest?
I made a right hash of getting down south more this year, and I've no illusions of getting everywhere I'd like to in the next, but I'll see what I can do.
Âme's Rej has been voted release of 2006 in the latest Mixmag. This track has been so hyped in it's scene that Âme made their recent mix album look like this. I have a suspicion it'll be the One More Tune though.
P.S. Go download Hexstatic's Exactshit bootleg album as it is very good. |
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| New Portal in-game video |
[Aug. 24th, 2006|01:24 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | gaming, video, youtube | ] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Dundee | ] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| |  okay | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | Depeche Mode -- The Darkest Star | ] |
From GC 2006, Leipzig;
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| Quality |
[Jul. 20th, 2006|09:43 pm] |
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| |  chipper | ] |
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| | OOGA CHAKKA HOOGA HOOGA | ] |
P.S. FAQ Question #268 |
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| Posted using LJTalk... |
[Jul. 11th, 2006|01:41 am] |
right, lets see if this can handle line breaks
yes, apparently it can. but can your jabber client? |
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| Some more links 29 |
[May. 6th, 2006|06:19 pm] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| |  bored | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | Crash Bass -- Hardshake (Original Mix) | ] |
News
Russian Thieves Break Into Soviet-Era Missile Silo to Find it Filled With Money Bills - Nuff said.
Berlusconi silent after Prodi declared Italian election victor - Hahaha, schadenfreude time!
Op-ed & discussion
One Big Bang, or were there many? - "People have inferred that time began [with the big bang], but there really wasn't any reason for that inference"
10 rules to manage your boss - Some handy tips for working with rather than around your boss.
The Culture War - Traditional values vs. the changing world throughout the years.
Ghost Speakers - I am a 'ghost speaker' to some extent, although I'm more just sharing the links I'm interested in for you n00bs who might also be interested but can't be arsed with RSS or don't know where to look.
FUCK - Exploring fuck.
Technology
Boot Camp First Look: Half Life 2 Video + More - A bit old now, but interesting none-the-less.
Google Talk now does avatars and themes - Maybe I should give it another look. Or maybe I'll stuck with a pure Jabber client.
TDK Shipping $19.95 Blu-ray Blanks - Some expensive potential coasters.
Windows Vista installed on an iMac - Just to show it can be done.
Retro stylee microphone case mod - Good, but not as good as the anime doll mod.
Hard Drive Interface for 360 - For anyone that cares.
Developers React To 'Wii' - Weeeeeeeeeeeee!
Silver Wallet #1 - I think I've found my new wallet.
Simply Google - Easy access to the different functions of Google, still doesn't beat Googlex though.
DVD+RW DL (8.5Gb) - Does anyone use RW discs that much though?
Army of Two - Interesting sounding "principally co-operative [360] action game" from EA.
Humour
Replace ordinary eggs in cake recipe with Cadbury Creme Eggs and observe results. - "Hypothesis: THIS IS GOING TO BE SO AWESOME"
10 reasons why gay marriage should be illegal - God damn homos.
Age of Umpires II: Age of Cricket. - I'm loving the screenshot ;D
In-tro-ducing... flamewar - "Trolls Masquerading as Legit LJ Users: have a field day"
Conversational Ebonics - Learn such helpful phrases as "Shut up bitch!" and "Once you go black, you never go back" in Japanese
The Incredible Sega Rap - Oldskool.
Coming Attractions - "Sending text messages from your cellphone or PDA to a scrolling comments bar, soon to be present at the bottom of every movie screen, will allow you to critique films like a regular cyber Ebert and Roeper."
bash.org/?240849 - For all those into robotics out there.
Misc
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Webcomic along the lines of The Far Side but somewhat cruder. ([1], [2], [3], [4])
Hacking MySpace layouts - For all of us sad enough to have a MySpace.
Armchair bookcase - Sweet.. If only I had the room/money.
Paper Sculpture - Pretty and intricate foldings.
Mucho icons! - In-case you need any.
Video
YouTube and the neglected art of lip-syncing. - Links to various weird and wonderful vids.
Captain Picard doing something very unusual - S'like, wtf? :D
Descent of Huygens onto Titan - Shows a shot from below the NASA lander plus loads of stats at the side and audio derived from said stats.
Windows Vista presentation - Audio from a Vista demonstration to video of Mac OS X
They're Made Out of Meat - A nice wee sci-fi short. If you like that, check the original story.
Titanic: Two The Surface - It's hard to tell at first as you wouldn't put it past them..
Otaku from USA - A quick Japanese documentary on American anime/manga fans in Japan.
Pink - Part of a series of films comissioned by Adidas. See the links at the top left for more. |
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| Things to do! |
[Apr. 25th, 2006|12:12 am] |
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| | FC Kahuna -- Hayling | ] |
This Friday I shall be heading through to Edinburgh to see ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) leila_child and to go to the Rose McDowall and blackwavesid at Fimbulvetr, then to attend the Beltane Fire Festival on Sunday. There's also the possibility I'll be at Cyberia on Saturday but that's unconfirmed, as Leila will be staying in to get a good nights sleep.
Next month, not only will Dave Clarke (who I saw DJ a while back in Edinburgh) be in Dundee, but so will drum and bass phenomenon Pendulum! noize_pollution noted that Ticketweb has them listed as playing Dundee, then some kick ass sounding dnb fest, then Fabric! No doubt it's due to Radio1's Big Weekend event the same weekend (with Pendulum playing on the Friday). I've signed up to the mailing list but amn't placing any hope in actually getting tickets (although Primal Scream and a few other interesting (and not so interesting) acts will be playing), not that I care really with Headway on both Saturday and Sunday evening, the first night featuring a two hour set by FC Kahuna!! S'like, OMG.
The only problem with this amazing weekend is that it's the same one I was planning to go down to Judder, a night I've been wanting to check out for quite a while now. And it's the one that asw909 and co are DJing at >_<. Apologies to lee_chaos and all involved but I'm sure you'll understand ;)
Two weeks after what will surely be a crazy weekend and it's Dark City time which should be good fun. There's nothing in the line-up that really grabs my attention but that means even more time for doing that whole talking to people social thingy.
The month after that and there's the slight possibility of going to see Venetian Snares somewhere down south, plus there's the dead certainty of Implant on the 30th. Bring it on. |
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| At Andy and Jos |
[Apr. 20th, 2006|10:45 pm] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | Infected Mushroom -- I Wish | ] |
Is it just us, or does the hook in the menu music for Project Gotham Racing 3 sound like J.Viewz's "Muse Breako", the track remixed by Infected Mushroom which is on IM The Supervisor? And the very start of the race results music sounds like the very start of Gwen Stefani's "Rich Girl"?
Also, does anyone know of a track that samples a washing machine going into it's final spin in the bridge (bridge of the track that is)? This question was inspired by "The Terminal" by Pendulum. |
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| Buzzzzzzzzz |
[Apr. 20th, 2006|09:13 am] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| |  bouncy | ] |
One can after work last night and 16 hours later I can still feel the caffine coursing through my veins. Damn you Relentless and your laughable marketing. |
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| Glowstringing |
[Apr. 20th, 2006|01:35 am] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| | still tired | ] |
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| | Missy Elliot -- Get Ur Freak On (DJ Echo Pie Dance mix) | ] |
Hazaa! After following this handy tutorial for the last couple of days, I can now do a basic weave. I decided long ago after seeing this breath-taking video that if I was ever to take up poi/glowstringing that I would not do it out until I was at least of intermediate proficiency, so it'll be a while before I showcase my mad skillz to the world. I find it strange and annoying that you sometimes see glowstringers out at events like Infest who only seem to be able to do basic moves that pale in comparison to the abilities of many of the videos you can get from glowsticking.com (that is after you register). My style of glowsticking/liquiding is different from most other glow enthusiasts I've seen out and about in that I prefer a slower kind of grace, peppered with elements of locking, moshing and the goth 2-step over speed and more technical mores like hand flows, splits, etc (although catch me when I'm rolling and it can be a whole other ball game), so I'm wondering how my stringing style will turn out. *does the pie dance* Right, bed time. |
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| Implant |
[Apr. 19th, 2006|11:37 pm] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| | tired | ] |
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| | Evil Activities -- X-tinction | ] |
An attempt at off-loading some thoughts into my external memory bank.
A few weekends ago I was down in Manchester for the resurrection of Implant, featuring Mono No Aware. Arrived 3pm-ish after a Megabus down then wandered 'round the centre aimlessly looking for glowsticks before meeting up with techno_muppet. Got 'train to his home in Ashton, was introduced to his mum, dumped stuff and prepared. Back to the centre again where we met up with with some of P0rl's mates and sipped a few cocktails in some bar. Gav and Claire arrived after a while then we all headed to The Zoo (which was a very sweet venue). Met, chatted with and bumped into many peeps including megashrike, phuturatica, mz_pink, kazsinlos, Rachel, asw909, echo_echo, diffrentcolours and tonysatorii. The music was just as amazing and varied as I remember it from the Implant room at Dark City last year, but this time with added hardcore (which is good seeing as I've been on a massive hardcore/gabber/hardstyle bender recently), and although I don't usually listen to proper noise/power electronica unless I'm in a certain mood, it was an amazing sensation to just stand at the edge of the dancefloor and have your ears assaulted by a total onslaught of randomness. dj_matt's set as TriaX was pretty blistering (sparks flew!) and Leif's set was awesome. He really knows how to build up a track, making it a delight to dance to, although I thought it was rather noisier and a bit more sparse than his Infest set in 2004. Oh yeah, and the visuals were tops too. I couldn't help grinning at the distorted clip from The Second Renaissance and when the logo swept in and out in time to the slowly pulsating white noise nearer the end of the set. After it all finished, P0rl, Rachel and I headed to Jillies for a bit where I stomped around to metal with glow before we headed to crash. All in all, a great night out, but I am rather annoyed with myself that I didn't take the time to chat more with peeps I hadn't seen in ages. I should probably be less bouncy in future, if you catch my drift. As for missing Ophidian and Laurent Garnier/James Holden/Natan Fake in Glasgow, ach, well, they'll be around again at some point.
P.S. Check the lovely pic of P0rl in the background here (enlarge for the closeup ;) |
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| Update, Birmingham, IM |
[Apr. 13th, 2006|11:50 am] |
| [ | Current Mood |
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The proper update is in the mail.
I'm catching the National Express to Birmingham this evening to spend a long weekend with scratchmeharder, should be good :D
Also, I'm going through a can't-be-arsed-with-IRC phase atm and I've never really liked using e-mail, but I do get a bit bored and lonely at times so if anyone wants to talk to me or just have a general natter or catch up, add me on Jabber or MSN so we can talk. Usernames are available on my userinfo page to friends. |
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| Some more links 28 |
[Apr. 12th, 2006|07:18 am] |
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| | tired | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | The Dresden Dolls -- Coin-Operated Boy | ] |
News
The strange case of the man who took 40,000 ecstasy pills in nine years - Heh, crazy dumb-ass.
The UK's first number one song based on download sales alone. - Nuff said.
Health insurance may be mandatory in Mass. - That's, um, one way of doing it...
Fish not as amazing as previously thought? - Yay, less guilt to feel for not eating as much fish as I should have.
Paperweight Severs Teacher's Hand - Woopsy shit.
Discussion
Discovering asteroid impacts using Google Maps/Earth - Accidental usages for new technology rock.
Why is it OK to show a man's breasts on TV? - Too fucking right. See also.
This Boring Headline Is Written for Google - On the thought behind headlines in the age of google news.
Why IT and Users Hate Each Other - An analysis of business and geeks through comments made on a Slashdot post.
Death to User-Generated Content - Junkie robot peanuts.
American regional stereotypes - What do they think of each other? See also
Technology
XCute S50: Impossibly Thin Handset with 6-Megapixel Camera - Want.
Sweet wall mounted data projector from LG - Ooh, another want.
Boot Camp Public Beta (installation video) - Official dual booting into Windows on a Mac from Apple.
The Top 100 sites in the Web 2.0 world - Analyses RSS feeds for it's ratings.
The Top 10 weirdest keyboards ever - Insert reference to breasts and The Orbitouch here.
NAT traversal for the SIP protocol - Makes my head boggle..
Catapulting materials to the moon - Wheeeeeeee!!!
Upgrade your Robosapien's brain - Make it do something useful? :p
USB heated gloves, Lightup rug - More wantage... (even though it would help to have a laptop for the former.)
World's Largest HDTV Unveiled - "The monster is 50 feet high by 137 feet across; it's a 1750-inch screen."
Kanguru 64GB Flash Drive Max - Fucking hooge! A snip at only £1600.
Custom Appliance Panels - As the comments ask, when's the goatse version coming?
Charlotte van der Waals - "Desk clocks with 12 slides, each with the name of two major cities. To find the local hour in another time zone, simply roll the clock so the city representing that time zone is on top."
Sony Network Walkman - Top size of 2Gb, looks like a USB key fob, comparable to the iPod shuffle.
8Gb USB 2.0 Microdrive - WANT!
Blu-ray, coming soon.. - Samsung to release first player
Analyse those EULAs - Here's the WinXP EULA for an example.
Chilled in 60 Seconds - Mmm... chilled glass bottle Irn-Bru...
Quad-core processor - Available from Intel next January (or so they hope).
Black Ops of DNS - Weird shit you can do with DNS
GMC PAD - Waaannnt.. need to learn to drive first though.
1999: 90-Gigabyte Solid-State "Hard Drive?" - "This sounds like it's too good to be true and the article excludes a lot of important information"
2006: 32 GB Flash Storage Drive Announced - "1.8" form factor, read speeds more than twice that of a normal hard drive, and the promise of 95% less power use.
Funny how times change..
Humour
Breyers And USA Gymnastics Subject of Sick, Twisted Spoof - Don't forget to RTFA ;)
Playstation3 - Putting The Magic Back In Gaming! - ¥€$!
Jak hates you for throwing out his vintage porn. - Aww, he really hates you.
Watch what kind of free CNN videos? - Heh, woopsy.
JEP-0183: Jingle Telepathy Transport - Hohoho, those Jabber guys...
How to eat sushi - This is a must see. Think Look Around You but better.
Firefox Flaw Wrecked My Relationship, where a woman finds her partners browser history, makes the assumption he's been cheating and dumps him, then files a bug report about the privacy flaw, and Mozilla Thunderbird Wrecked My Relationship where some stupid eedjit didn't check his spam folder and missed mail from gf who then breaks up with him.
Misc
Skin, good enough to eat. - I'm hungry..
More peeps good enough to eat. - So hungry..
Acoustica: Alarm Will Sound Performs Aphex Twin by Alarm Will Sound
Messy desk, Manage your boss - Tips for work.
Interview with Ophidian - "Have you ever drank Buckfast?"
ISS012-E-21351 - A total solar eclipse, viewed from the ISS.
Grass Armchair - Now, I just need a lawn...
tunnelbana - Some nice pics taken from the cab at the front of a train.
Goth it up! - As a friend of mine used to say.
Limojet - "A one-of-a-kind custom jet converted into the utmost unique limo experience."
P.S. A proper update soon, I promise. |
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