Archive for October, 2006
MySpace To Trap Copyrighted Material With Audio-Fingerprinting
Macworld is reporting that MySpace will use ‘audio fingerprinting’ technology to automatically identify copyright infringing material at the point at which it is uploaded. The system is provided by Gracenote, and appears to be a mixture of ID3 tag recognition and audio waveform matching. Of course, there are many valid reasons to upload material that [...]
Optimising Web Sites With A Separate Static Content Server
I’ve been playing around over the weekend with speeding up this website a little. It runs on a virtual server with not much RAM, so it’s important that I keep the number of Apache processes as low as possible. I’ve installed lighttpd another IP to serve static content such as images and stylesheets. This means [...]
Nokia E60/E61/E70 Codes
Nokia’s E-Series phones have a few codes you can key in to access various hidden features: *#06# – Show the serial number (IMEI) *#0000# – Show the software version *#7370# – Factory reset (the default lock code is 12345) *#62209526# – Show the WLAN MAC address *#2820# – Show the bluetooth address Also, if the [...]
Ubuntu 6.10 Released
Ubuntu 6.10 ‘Edgy Eft’ was released today. It’s available for Intel x86, AMD64, UltraSPARC T1 and PowerPC architectures. You can get a copy from the download pages, or via their Shipit service.
Firefox 2.0 Is Out
The great open source browser, Firefox, has reached a new milestone with the release of version 2.0. I’ve been using it for the last day or so and I’m impressed. There’s a spell checker for forms, which makes writing blog posts like this much nicer, there are also new tools for reporting phishing sites and [...]
So that’s where my flying car is
Moller International are auctioning a prototype of their M400X VTOL flying car. Current bidding is up to $2,501,500.00, which is a bit out of my price range. The bidders questions and answers are hilarious! Q: Does it come with a Flux Capacitor or similar? A: The M400X prototype is powered by eight, internal combustion rotary [...]
Twitter: jamesholden
- Grr... bank just cancelled my credit card because they can't comprehend recurring transactions in different countries >:-(
- Morning all! I'm back after a lazy, net-free week off. 'Sup everyone?
- "Mugging benefit... up to £40 per day?" ... I know they're laid back in the Caribbean but how long should it take to mug somebody?
- Should note that I've not been robbed, just appalled by the small print.
