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January 30, 2006

Google Bookmarks bookmarklet

Filed under:Markup, Technology, Google — sps @ 6:11 pm

According to Digg google has released a del.icio.us‘esque bookmarking service

Access your bookmarks from any computer. Supports labels, stars, and notes.

I love del.icio.us and dont plan on switching anytime soon, but for the heck of it I created a bookmarklet to add the current page to your google bookmarks.

drag this link to your toolbar (works in safari, dont know about others):

Add To Google Bookmarks

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January 22, 2006

despite illegal downloading, RIAA profits triple in last 2 years

Filed under:Misc, Technology — sps @ 1:21 pm

accroding to this article (use bugmenot for login):

The IFPI said digital music sales tripled to $1.1bn from $380m in 2004 and predicted “further significant growth” this year.

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January 8, 2006

script for adding EXIF camera info for flickr

Filed under:Development, Perl, Technology, photography — sps @ 12:29 am

So, I’ve been going a little crazy with the analog photography lately.

I like that flickr displays the EXIF metadata to let you know what kind of camera took that photo. Obviously pictures that are a scan of photo taken with a non-digital camera do not contain that information. so, i did a quick search on the cpan and found Image::MetaData::JPEG

after reading some docs and using Data::Dumper i was able to come up with this script that sets the make and model info. here is an example I took with my Kodak Jiffy Six-20. if you find this useful, let me know…

download exif_makemodel.pl

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January 7, 2006

Use Your iPod as a Phone Phreaking Device

Filed under:Apple, Technology — sps @ 10:54 pm

Use this tutorial to turn your iPod into a blue box-like phone dialer. It’s as simple as adding tones and creating a playlist.

http://www.oldskoolphreak.com/tfiles/phreak/phreakingoutyour_ipod.txt

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December 19, 2005

Photography on a geranium leaf

Filed under:Technology, photography — sps @ 3:54 pm

via Digg:

This may be one of the oldest methods of photography, it uses a geranium leaf as the film which gets exposed to light and chemically treated to reveal the image.

read Why didn’t the Romans invent Photography?

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December 17, 2005

Make your own soap

Filed under:Misc, Technology — sps @ 8:54 pm

via Make:

Its easy to make your own soap! Teachsoap.com has tons of soap makin’ recipies from easy to advanced, including how to make body scrubs and lip balm.

make your own soap

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December 15, 2005

access your gmail from your cell phone

Filed under:Technology, Google — sps @ 9:09 pm

just saw this

from: http://mail.google.com/mail/help/about_whatsnew.html

Gmail Mobile
Now you can access your Gmail account from your mobile phone or device. Just point your phone’s web browser to http://m.gmail.com. Your Gmail account stays synched, whether you access it from the web or the mobile interface. It’s easy to use and it’s free (but yes, your wireless plan could still charge you).

It also has these cool features:
• Automatically optimizes the interface for the phone you’re using
• Opens the attachments you receive in messages, including photos, Microsoft Word documents and .pdf files
• Lets you reply by call to people whose phone numbers are in your Gmail Contacts list
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Designers: How Much To Charge

Filed under:Misc, Markup, Technology — sps @ 4:30 pm

Found this via NSLog();

Designers: How much to charge

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June 25, 2005

Make PCR out of a VCR - The VCRVO

Filed under:Misc, Technology — sps @ 9:40 pm

Make PCR out of a VCR - The VCRVO: ” Dscf0155 (2) Neat project, uses a VCR as a computer case. I decided gut the VCR and use it as a computer case. This would replace the functionality of the DVD player and video recorder with one unit that looks more like a VCR than a computer (thus keeping the wife happy). My initial goal was to get Freevo running on it, so during the build I affectionately referred to it as my ‘VCRVO’ project. Here are the steps I took… Link. “

(Via MAKE: Blog.)

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June 21, 2005

Underground Tokyo Produce Farm

Filed under:Misc, Technology — sps @ 10:29 am

Underground Tokyo Produce Farm:

tokyo_farm.jpg

Urban Underground Farming [FutureFeeder]

(Via Gizmodo.)

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