Episode Six The IT Crowd is downloadable

Boing Boing: Episode six of awesome sysadmin sitcom The IT Crowd is downloadable - various sources there. you can get it directly from channel4, and you may be able to get it here in the future. Bittorrent may be the quickest?

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If you would like free KFC (I'm a vegetarian but I still can't imagine why anyone would eat it) then you must decipher the hidden messages in their adverts.

google pages..

yeah. new. exciting. haven't tried it yet: Google Pages (beta)
Matt.

This is a trip, This is not music

If you remember the tune, then you might be interested to know that the original lyrics are from 1988. The version I know is from '92 - it's by Acen, Trip II to the Moon (pt 3)

science : next generation.

hey. was spending too much time online today. so on the bbc you'll see that ibm have managed to do the etching on the silicon to about 20nm.. well anyway 3x better than what we have now. i could say what that all means but as far as i understand it, just means faster processors, maybe more memory in the same space.. you know.. progress progress progress (ie; cheaper smaller mp3 players, better 3d and video for mobile phones..)
and also (separate topic).
they (sorry, the police/investigators at crime scenes) can figure out what your last name from your dna (so long as you have the last name of your father), and that will help them narrow down who done it.
So if your name's smith, this won't affect your life in the slightest.

Boing Boing: Video explains the world's most important 6-sec drum loop

Boing Boing: Video explains the world's most important 6-sec drum loop - very good well worth listening too. (not much to watch!)

blogger went wrong

blogger seems to have deleted a couple of posts from their database.

i spent a good while editing this post only to find that it reverted back to the way it was 8 months ago.

Adam added this post only to find it vanish the next day.

Whats really weird is that the web page is actually there on the blogspot server, but the edit posts database shows the old version (in my case) or no post at all (in adam's case). Very annoying none the less! And now that I've posted this, another post about the 5th episode of the IT Crowd being online now, has vanished!

Blogger Status has the details...

Spaced (Quotes)

Right, I frikkin love Spaced (box set series 1 and 2 used to be around £20), best comedy ever. There's some great quotes online at IMDB. There's been rumours that they may do a 3rd series - although I'm not so sure. Anyway, buy it! You can get it from Play (£18) if you're lucky. You may be able to find it on ebay as well.

PS - If you're a fan of "The Peep Show", then checkout The Mitchell And Webb Situation, out on the 20th Feb, it's got the same guys from The Peep Show doing stuff before The Peep Show exsisted.

Switch from Firefox to Opera

So Firefox 1.5 - it's slow, uses lots of memory (currently 87mb), always trys to save stuff to your desktop*, crashes more than previous versions, and is using 45-71% of my CPU simply because I'm trying to download 4 things at the same time!

It's known to have memory leak problems, and people have even written articles on how to fix the problems. But I think I'd rather switch to opera for it's tabbed browsing goodness, it's nice download manager, and it's lovely "I remember where you were last time you used me" feature.

* yes I know you can get round this, but I don't like how it defaults to your desktop

Will Apple Adopt Windows?

Column from PC Magazine: Will Apple Adopt Windows? - Interesting speculation that could put Apple in direct competition with Dell (World's no.1 PC seller).

Free 3D game - Rumble Box

"Rumble Box is a fast paced 3D action beat-em-up with a unique premise: all of the characters are made of simple objects which stay around in the level even after the character is defeated. The objects pile up, changing the gameplay landscape and altering your combat tactics. This is the most fun I've had with a PC game in quite a while..." Apparently this games great, it's free, and it's a fairly small download (11.5mb), works for me :)

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14+ money saving computer user ideas

"Below are some money saving ideas focused on the internet and computing. All of these are ones we've tried ourselves or are in the process of trying. Some really good tips here, I just saved myself $30 per month." (working link)

Here's some more, from the comments on Digg.com:
"1. Build your own computer
2. Use freeware/open source software
3. Split the cost of the internet with your neighbors using wireless (And screw the cable company if this is against their TOS)"

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Awesome Good free Simcity clone

"LinCity-NG is a City Simulation Game. It is a polished and improved version of the classic LinCity game. We have created a new iso-3D graphics engine, with a completely redone and modern GUI. For windows, linux and in source." Windows people can download it here. (39mb)

read more | digg story - It seems good, but if you already own SimCity 2000 or SimCity 3000 why not just stick to them?

Best Thing in the World EVER!

Video of Quad-Bike / Transformer (Robots in disguise) Real life, working robotic transformer, that turns into a walking robot! This thing is FREEKIN AWESOME! (Sorry exclamation marks are justified this time!)

Atari At Death's Door (again)

"35% decline in sales, the CFO just resigned, the bank ended its credit, the stock plummeted. This looks like the end for Atari." (again - note this isn't really Atari, this is Infogrames, who bought Atari from Hasbro simply to use the name)

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Intel 64 bit Chips - Intel Shows Off Its Quad Core

Intel Core Duo is 64bit apparently and Intel gave the first glimpse of a quad-core chip coming next year! (link below)

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THE IT CROWD!

Episode Four Online! (argh! using exclamation marks is contageous!) I don't want to spoil the surprise but highlight this if you don't care too much: the smiley one out of the mighty boosh is in this episode / episode 4,.

Interesting Links from Digg and Boing Boing:

I so want one of these, check out this video of it in action.

Matrix based on Dark City?

"Antitrust Case Against Apple Approved!!!" - A new ruling has paved the way for an antitrust lawsuit against Apple. (too many exclamation marks again) Link: read more | digg story

this is rude but makes me laugh everytime the little dudes pixelated wang flicks the bread up!

Top 30 mistakes made by new Mac users

"So Macs are easier to use than PCs? Bouncing off a post from The Unofficial Apple Weblog, Dan Warne has summarised the top 30 mistakes made by new Mac users. Surprisingly, quite a number of the mistakes can be traced back to usability problems in Mac OS X itself."

Why do people think that Mac OS X is flawless?! Why is it so surprising that it's not perfect?

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Helicopter shots of Mexico City neighborhoods - stunning and unreal.

A former Mexico City helicopter pilot has posted a stunning gallery of his aerial photos of the city and environs. Some of these photo's are amazing! Found at Digg, the only problem I've spotted with digg headlines is excessive use of exclamation marks - this one had two, which is two too many.

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Indonesia Lost World With PICS!

Pictures of the new species found in Indonesia. (Background: They found a hidden "lost" world with 100s of new species) Pretty amazing! There's some good pictures at the national geographic site, but MSN seem to have even more photos... including this cute, cool looking hedgehog thing!



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Me waffling...

If you're interested, I've written a long waffley post about "the death of film" and people's views on film versus digital cameras.

IBM Unveils 4 - 6 GHz Power6 Processor

This sounds very nice - but expensive - and it almost sounds like a shame that IBM and Apple couldn't work together. (Slightly related) The XBOX 360 makes me wonder why Microsoft don't release an awesomely powerful MS PC based on the XBOX360 insides... that would be a funny switch over, Apple switch to Intel, the Windows PC world then switches over to IBM Power6, and Dell switch to AMD... the computer world goes topsy turvy, but you can still open JPEGs!

"Bucking a trend in the chip industry, IBM Corp. said Tuesday its upcoming Power6 microprocessor for servers will run at unprecedented speeds while keeping a lid on power requirements and heat."

read more | digg story (some interesting comments here)

Intel, Apple and the IT Crowd (all via digg)

Intel Game, apparently Apple are abusing Intel, Why Apple really switched to Intel (in favour of PowerPC), and you can now watch the 3rd episode of The IT Crowd*.

* Although I just tried and it wouldn't work for me. Maybe I'll have more luck later.

Opera 9.0 TP2 is out - looks sweet

Opera 9.0 TP 2 supports bittorrent, widgets, and the ability to block content (similar to firefox ad-block), better css support, and many more

read more | digg story

Firefox 2.0 Alpha 1 Comes Out Friday!

The Mozilla Organization is set to release a public version of Firefox 2.0 Alpha 1 for public testing this Friday! (will it support bittorrent I wonder?)

read more | digg story

Looking for your soul mate?

I've always been of the opinion that yes there is a perfect person out there for you, ie the right person for you is out there, but it doesn't mean they're perfect (because nobody is). Normally seeing Dr. Phil (just the name alone annoys me!) makes me turn away, but for some reason I was reading this, and it's turned out quite interesting:

"What's a soul mate? It's just a term somebody made up, and with it comes some pretty mystical expectations. I've long believed that if you're looking for that perfect partner you're making a big mistake. If you can find an 80 percent fit and hope that you'll grow together on the other 20 percent, you'll find happiness a lot quicker. You wait for a 100 percent partner and you're going to be looking a long time, maybe forever. But if you're okay on the core issues -- children, careers, division of labor, religion, handling in-laws -- then you jump in and handle the other things as they come along." Read it here.

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Lego is on the case...

modern worship

Queensgate on the BBC:
hillsongs meet at the dominion theatre, tottenham court road. Queensgate have a new building, which is news to me.

5 things Steve Jobs (apple) has mislead us about. opinion here.

ps - second episode of IT crowd can now be watched here.