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Archive for April, 2004



Updated DVD shrinking solution

I’d just wanted to make a note of the fact that I’ve switched software solution in this department. I have used DVDShrink in the past but after recent objections I decided to go with Intervideo DVD Copy.
Now, the problem is that Intervideo DVD Copy will not copy CSS encrypted movies. But that is easily overcome [...]

Gates dethroned as world’s richest person

Quirky news but still. The Register: Microsoft’s Gates dethroned as world’s richest person by cheap furniture magnate.
The Swedish founder of the IKEA furniture chain has passed Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates as the world’s richest person, according to reports out of Sweden. Business weekly Veckans Affarer is set to report that Kamprad holds a fortune of [...]

Dawning of a new day

Wild cherry blossoms.

Nightwish Nemo Radio Preview

Someone was kind enough to record and upload the Nightwish feature on YleX’s Metalliliitto radio show from earlier today. The feature contains Nemo, Planet Hell and White Night Fantasy, all from the latest album, Once.
A torrent for download can be found on the Pirate Bay. Quality is obviously low but at least you’ll be able [...]

Agonist: Sorrows Of Empire

Recommended reading from the Agonist: Sorrows Of Empire. A brief introduction to Chalmers Johnson’s new book “The Sorrows Of Empire”. Some thoughts on the matter and why it might be so hard to see the truth for what it is.
I’ve been struggling for several days trying to find a suitable introduction to Chalmers Johnson’s new [...]

Contractors vs Paramilitaries

Someone once said that one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter. And it has never been proved to be more true than during the last couple of years. Now consider this …
US outsources war to its private armies in Iraq –
While the US is still seething at the killing of four American ‘contractors’ in [...]

US Airport Biometrics

BBC NEWS: US fingerprints ‘allied’ visitors
A US requirement for visitors to be fingerprinted and photographed is being expanded to include citizens from America’s closest allies.
The move will affect visitors from 27 countries - including the UK, Japan and Australia - whose nationals are able to visit the US without a visa.
The change in [...]

Social Yokes

From the StoryBox, related to and covering:
- Newfound social norms.
- A touch of reality.

Ever waning, ever waxing, and always addictive. Such is the influence of the social world.
I cannot and should not obscure the fact that I am a reclusive person by anyone’s standards. It is who I am. Renouncing that would be like renouncing [...]

Google reflux?

Call me crazy but I think that something has changed with Google’s indexing. It appears this site is now almost entirely spidered. Weird. Though I do not know whether the indexing algorithm has evolved or if it was something I changed recently. It also appears that page rank has increased slightly.
Lets wait and see before [...]





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