<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16897947</id><updated>2023-11-15T14:02:24.655+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Spaghetti Tech</title><subtitle type='html'>A mouthful of technology</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default?alt=atom'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default?alt=atom&amp;start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Carlo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14531099386948236797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>112</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16897947.post-115473676200319409</id><published>2006-08-05T00:27:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-08-05T02:12:42.086+02:00</updated><title type='text'>italia.it?</title><content type='html'>After &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;more than 40 millions euro&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.italia.it&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; is what &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;italia.it&lt;/span&gt; (an ambitious, multilingual portal supposed to become the institutional reference point for the tourism in Italy, which was expected to be online by March of 2006) looks like; by now, the words &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&quot;the Italian Tourism Portal is Coming Soon&quot;&lt;/span&gt; mean that the site will be ready by 2007, as the Vice Prime Minister recently declared.&lt;br /&gt;Meanwhile, the Government launched a new online campaign, called &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.turistiprotagonisti.it&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Turistiprotagonisti&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, consisting of &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;another&lt;/span&gt; page (the proper site &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;will&lt;/span&gt; be available on August 21) meant to collect impressions, suggestions, ideas and pictures from Italian tourists, which will help improve the national tourism industry.&lt;br /&gt;Should the average Italian taxpayer interpret this web-prolificacy as a positive attitude of the Government towards tourism and technology or rather as a worrying symptom of confusion? I guess we&#39;ll find out in 2007.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;http://punto-informatico.it/p.aspx?id=1601247&amp;amp;r=PI&quot;&gt;Punto Informatico&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;technoratitag&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Tags/Categories: &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Italy&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Italy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/web&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;web&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/feeds/115473676200319409/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16897947&amp;postID=115473676200319409&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/115473676200319409'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/115473676200319409'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/2006/08/italiait.html' title='italia.it?'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16897947.post-115471046814721461</id><published>2006-08-04T18:22:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-08-04T18:57:18.206+02:00</updated><title type='text'>The Skeleton Mod</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/1600/mod.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/200/mod.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This gigerish pile of bones and cables isn&#39;t coming from the set of EXistenZ: it&#39;s one of the winners of the  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1978006,00.asp&quot;&gt;annual case mod contest&lt;/a&gt; promoted by ExtremeTech.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;From the same contest: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.extremetech.com/slideshow_viewer/0,1205,l=181212&amp;s=26633&amp;amp;a=181233&amp;po=2,00.asp&quot;&gt;the TIE Fighter&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.extremetech.com/slideshow_viewer/0,1205,l=181212&amp;amp;s=26633&amp;a=181233&amp;amp;po=12,00.asp&quot;&gt;RD-D2&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.extremetech.com/slideshow_viewer/0,1205,l=181212&amp;s=26633&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;a=181233&amp;amp;po=23,00.asp&quot;&gt;800 Mhz Teddy Bear&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1998848,00.asp&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; [&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/08/the_skeleton_case_mod.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890&quot;&gt;via&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;technoratitag&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Tags/Categories: &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/modding&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;modding&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/hardware&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hardware&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/diy&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;diy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/feeds/115471046814721461/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16897947&amp;postID=115471046814721461&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/115471046814721461'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/115471046814721461'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/2006/08/skeleton-mod.html' title='The Skeleton Mod'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16897947.post-115461773565183443</id><published>2006-08-03T16:44:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-08-03T17:08:55.666+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Startup Review</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/1600/SR.1.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/320/SR.1.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;There&#39;s a new feed in my reader: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.startup-review.com/blog/index.php&quot;&gt;Startup Review&lt;/a&gt;, a weblog by Nisan Gabbay, keeps track of the latest US-based Internet-startups, providing an in-depth case study per week (the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.startup-review.com/blog/craigslist-case-study.php&quot;&gt;Craiglist Case Study&lt;/a&gt; is the first available review).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From the first post, &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Long Introduction&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Startup Review will be a blog that profiles successful Internet start-ups in a case study format. The case studies will be fairly detailed, analyzing the key factors that made the companies successful, with an emphasis on strategy and product decisions. Each case study will also have sections discussing launch strategy, exit analysis, and links to other good analysis on the company.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[via &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nevillehobson.com/2006/08/03/new-blog-about-web-startups/&quot;&gt;NevilleHobson&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;technoratitag&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Tags/Categories: &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Web&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;web&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/blogs&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;blogs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Startup+Review&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Startup+Review&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/feeds/115461773565183443/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16897947&amp;postID=115461773565183443&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/115461773565183443'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/115461773565183443'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/2006/08/startup-review.html' title='Startup Review'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14531099386948236797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16897947.post-115453628617296011</id><published>2006-08-02T18:06:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-08-03T01:47:55.460+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Copyscape</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/1600/Copyscape.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/320/Copyscape.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Is someone plagiarizing the fruit of your hard work?&lt;br /&gt;Now bloggers can unmask their less creative &#39;colleagues&#39;, thanks to &lt;a href=&quot;http://copyscape.com&quot;&gt;Copyscape&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Copyscape is dedicated to defending your rights online, helping you fight against online plagiarism and content theft.     Copyscape finds sites that have copied your content without permission, as well as those that have quoted you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(I guess I&#39;m going to be &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;copyscaped &lt;/span&gt;for this quote...)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Copyscape is free, but the most demanding users might want to consider the &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Premium&lt;/span&gt; service, with unlimited searches and a tracking feature, and &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Copysentry&lt;/span&gt;, which scans the web on a daily basis and sends e-mail alerts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And if you&#39;re looking for a deterrent, you can put the &lt;a href=&quot;http://copyscape.com/banners.php?o=f&quot;&gt;Plagiarism Warning Banner&lt;/a&gt; on your page.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;technoratitag&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Tags/Categories: &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Web&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;web&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Search&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;search&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Copyscape&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Copyscape&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/free&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;free&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/feeds/115453628617296011/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16897947&amp;postID=115453628617296011&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/115453628617296011'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/115453628617296011'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/2006/08/copyscape.html' title='Copyscape'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14531099386948236797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16897947.post-115438103331818232</id><published>2006-07-31T22:55:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-08-01T15:57:36.833+02:00</updated><title type='text'>My Windows-to-Linux software conversion table</title><content type='html'>On my laptop I&#39;m running only Linux (Ubuntu 6.06 &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Dapper Drake&lt;/span&gt;), without regrets.&lt;br /&gt;After a few experiences with dual-boot systems, I realized that I could kiss Windows goodbye and simply enjoy the vast choice of Linux applications available out there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is my (small) Windows-to-Linux software conversion table, for a happy &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Linux-monogamy&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;* = My choice on Windows.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Instant Messaging&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Pop Win Software&lt;/span&gt;: MSN Messenger, AIM, Y! Messenger, Trillian, GAIM, Miranda*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 255);&quot;&gt;My Lin Choice&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gaim.sourceforge.net&quot;&gt;GAIM&lt;/a&gt; (multi-platform); &lt;a href=&quot;http://amsn.sourceforge.net/&quot;&gt;aMSN&lt;/a&gt; (an excellent MSN messenger clone, with full support of the original features)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Browser&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Pop Win Software&lt;/span&gt;: IE, Firefox, Opera&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 255);&quot;&gt;My Lin Choice&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://mozilla.org/products/firefox&quot;&gt;Firefox&lt;/a&gt;*, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opera.com&quot;&gt;Opera*&lt;/a&gt; (click &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OperaBrowser&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; for a guide on how to install and configure Opera in Ubuntu)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Email client&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Pop Win Software&lt;/span&gt;: Thunderbird, Outlook Express, Eudora, The Bat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 255);&quot;&gt;My Lin Choice&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/&quot;&gt;Evolution&lt;/a&gt; (of course &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird&quot;&gt;Thunderbird&lt;/a&gt; is available too, but I really like Evolution)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Ftp client&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Pop Win Software&lt;/span&gt;: FileZilla*, CuteFTP&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 255);&quot;&gt;My Lin Choice&lt;/span&gt;:  &lt;a href=&quot;http://gftp.seul.org/&quot;&gt;gFTP&lt;/a&gt; (a Linux version of &lt;a href=&quot;http://filezilla.sourceforge.net&quot;&gt;FileZilla&lt;/a&gt; will be available in the future)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Feed reader&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Pop Win Software&lt;/span&gt;: FeedReader*, Sage FF extension&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 255);&quot;&gt;My Lin Choice&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://liferea.sourceforge.net/&quot;&gt;Liferea&lt;/a&gt; (one of the best feed readers I&#39;ve tried so far)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;VoIP&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Pop Win Software&lt;/span&gt;: Skype, X-Lite&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 255);&quot;&gt;My Lin Choice&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.xten.com/&quot;&gt;X-Lite&lt;/a&gt;*, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gnomemeeting.org/index.php?rub=1&quot;&gt;Ekiga&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;IRC client&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Pop Win Software&lt;/span&gt;: mIRC, Xchat*, Chatzilla ext. for FF&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 255);&quot;&gt;My Lin Choice&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://xchat.org/&quot;&gt;Xchat&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/16/&quot;&gt;Chatzilla&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Music player&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Pop Win Software&lt;/span&gt;: Winamp, QMP,  MediaMonkey*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 255);&quot;&gt;My Lin Choice&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.xmms.org/&quot;&gt;XMMS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;ID3 Tag editor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Pop Win Software&lt;/span&gt;: The GodFather, Mp3Tag, MediaMonkey*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 255);&quot;&gt;My Lin Choice&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://kid3.sourceforge.net/&quot;&gt;Kid3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Video&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Pop Win Software&lt;/span&gt;: VideoLAN, WMP&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 255);&quot;&gt;My Lin Choice&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.videolan.org/&quot;&gt;VideoLan&lt;/a&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Ripper/Encoder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Pop Win Software&lt;/span&gt;: EAC*, Audiograbber, Audiocatalyst, CDex, LAME*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 255);&quot;&gt;My Lin Choice&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://nostatic.org/grip/&quot;&gt;grip&lt;/a&gt; (really similar to EAC, doubles as a nice player too), LAME*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Audio editor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Pop Win Software&lt;/span&gt;: Audacity&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 255);&quot;&gt;My Lin Choice&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://audacity.sourceforge.net&quot;&gt;Audacity&lt;/a&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Image manipulation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Pop Win Software&lt;/span&gt;: Photoshop, PSP&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 255);&quot;&gt;My Lin Choice&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gimp.org&quot;&gt;GIMP&lt;/a&gt;*/ &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gimpshop.com/&quot;&gt;Gimpshop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Image viewer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Pop Win Software&lt;/span&gt;: IrfanView*, ACDSee, Picasa, FastStone, ThumbsPlus&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 255);&quot;&gt;My Lin Choice&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.xnview.com/&quot;&gt;XnView&lt;/a&gt; (I really like the Win version too)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Office suite&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Pop Win Choice&lt;/span&gt;: MS Office, OpenOffice&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 255);&quot;&gt;My Lin Choice&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.openoffice.org&quot;&gt;Open Office&lt;/a&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Blog editor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Pop Win Software&lt;/span&gt;: Performancing, wBloggar, Ecto, Qumana&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 255);&quot;&gt;My Lin Choice&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://addons.mozilla.org/addon.php?id=1730&quot;&gt;Performancing&lt;/a&gt; extension for Firefox&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Password manager&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Pop Win Software&lt;/span&gt;: AI Roboform, KeePass, PasswordSafe&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 255);&quot;&gt;My Lin Choice&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://keepass.sourceforge.net&quot;&gt;KeePass&lt;/a&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Cryptography&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Pop Win Software&lt;/span&gt;: PGP, TrueCrypt, GnuPG, AxCrypt&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 255);&quot;&gt;My Lin Choice&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gnupg.org&quot;&gt;GnuPG&lt;/a&gt;*, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.truecrypt.org/&quot;&gt;TrueCrypt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Cd burning:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Pop Win Software&lt;/span&gt;: Nero*, Easy Cd Creator&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 255);&quot;&gt;My Lin Choice&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://gnometoaster.rulez.org/&quot;&gt;Gnome Toaster&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be sure to check also &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.linuxrsp.ru/win-lin-soft/table-eng.html&quot;&gt;this huge list&lt;/a&gt; of Linux equivalents.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;technoratitag&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Tags/Categories: &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Linux&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Linux&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Software&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Software&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/feeds/115438103331818232/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16897947&amp;postID=115438103331818232&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/115438103331818232'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/115438103331818232'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/2006/07/my-windows-to-linux-software.html' title='My Windows-to-Linux software conversion table'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14531099386948236797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16897947.post-115416901424664516</id><published>2006-07-29T12:14:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-07-29T12:40:46.743+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Google Toolbar 4 + Custom Buttons</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/1600/toolbar_sm.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/320/toolbar_sm.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Good news&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://toolbar.google.com/T4/?rd=f&amp;utm_source=en-et-IET4&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;utm_medium=et&amp;utm_campaign=en&amp;amp;utm_content=blog_072706&quot;&gt;Google Toolbar 4&lt;/a&gt; (for IE) is available and out of beta.&lt;br /&gt;One of the most interesting features are the &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Custom Buttons&lt;/span&gt;: to add your own button to the toolbar, just open the desired web page, right click on the search box and chose &quot;Generate custom search&quot;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Buttons can navigate to and search a site, display an RSS feed in a menu, and change their icon dynamically&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you&#39;re too lazy, check the official &lt;a href=&quot;http://toolbar.google.com/buttons/gallery&quot;&gt;Gallery&lt;/a&gt;, with more than 600 buttons ready for you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Bad news&lt;/span&gt;: Firefox users will have to wait.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/07/make-your-own-buttons.html&quot;&gt;[from]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;technoratitag&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Tags/Categories: &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Google&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Google&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Software&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Software&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/feeds/115416901424664516/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16897947&amp;postID=115416901424664516&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/115416901424664516'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/115416901424664516'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/2006/07/google-toolbar-4-custom-buttons.html' title='Google Toolbar 4 + Custom Buttons'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14531099386948236797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16897947.post-114312937574302790</id><published>2006-03-23T16:39:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-03-23T17:01:34.066+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Italian ISPs Association: Proposals for the next legislature</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/1600/http.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/320/http.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;During a recent convention, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.assoprovider.it/&quot; title=&quot;Assoprovider Home Page&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Assoprovider&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, the Italian association of independent ISPs, introduced a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.assoprovider.it/page-news-on-line.phtml?ID=226&quot; title=&quot;Assoprovider&#39;s list of proposals for the next legislature&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;list of proposals&lt;/a&gt; addressed to whichever coalition will win the upcoming elections:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;To encourage competition and market liberalization, by splitting &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.telecomitalia.it/cgi-bin/tiportale/TIPortale/ep/start.do?tabId=1&amp;LANG=EN&quot; title=&quot;Telecom Italia Home Page&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;TelecomItalia&lt;/a&gt; into two companies and encouraging &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.en.sviluppoitalia.it/&quot; title=&quot;Sviluppo Italia Home Page&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Infratel&lt;/a&gt;-like initiatives;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Creation of a cadastre of communication resources; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use of standard wireless infrastructures and promotion of wireless broadband based on non-proprietary technologies;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Aperture of the mobile market;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Encourage the convergence of telecommunications and radio broadcasting;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Strengthening and rationalization of the Authorities involved in Internet-related matters;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Institution of an Internet parliamentary commission, aimed to safeguard the individual and fundamental freedoms;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.consip.it/scd/index.jsp&quot; title=&quot;Consip Home Page&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Consip&lt;/a&gt; Marketplace: creation of a telecommunications division;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Support to the Venture Capital development and creation of a low-cost stock market for the sector;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Complete revision of the current e-government and ecommerce philosophy;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.zeusnews.it/index.php3?ar=stampa&amp;amp;cod=4684&quot;&gt;via&lt;/a&gt;] &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.assoprovider.it/page-news-on-line.phtml?ID=226&quot; title=&quot;Assoprovider&#39;s list of proposals for the next legislature&quot;&gt;Link&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;technoratitag&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Categories: &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Internet&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Internet&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Web&quot; 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href=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/1600/Zfone-GUI.1.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/200/Zfone-GUI.1.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.philzimmermann.com/&quot;&gt;Philip Zimmerman&lt;/a&gt;, well known amongst the security savvy users for the renowned encryption software PGP (Pretty Good Privacy), just released a public beta version&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt; (currently for Mac OS X and Linux: the XP version will be released in April) of &lt;a style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot; href=&quot;http://www.philzimmermann.com/EN/zfone/index.html&quot;&gt;Zfone&lt;/a&gt;, a VoIP software based on a new protocol called  &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;ZRTP&lt;/span&gt;, which &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-size:100%;&quot; &gt;has some nice cryptographic features lacking in many other approaches to VoIP encryption.&lt;/span&gt;ZPhone currently works as an addon to your VoIP client, adding a new layer of security to VoIP calls:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;The current Zfone software runs in the Internet Protocol stack on any Windows XP, Mac OS X, or Linux PC, and intercepts and filters all the VoIP packets as they go in and out of the machine, and secures the call on the fly. You can use a variety of different software VoIP clients to make a VoIP call. The Zfone software detects when the call starts, and initiates a cryptographic key agreement between the two parties, and then proceeds to encrypt and decrypt the voice packets on the fly. It has its own little separate GUI, telling the user if the call is secure.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the future, Zimmerman plans to integrate Zfone into a dedicated and standalone VoIP client.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;technoratitag&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Categories/Tags: &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/software&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/security&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;security&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/privacy&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;privacy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/VoIP&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;VoIP&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Zimmerman&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Zimmerman&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Zfone&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Zfone&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/feeds/114260596030509851/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16897947&amp;postID=114260596030509851&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/114260596030509851'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/114260596030509851'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/2006/03/zfone-encrypted-voip-from-makers-of.html' title='Zfone, encrypted VoIP from the makers of PGP'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14531099386948236797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16897947.post-114251980323382890</id><published>2006-03-16T15:16:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-03-16T15:49:16.330+01:00</updated><title type='text'>FastStone Capture</title><content type='html'>A good tool for taking screenshots is one of those programs that will always be on my quick launch bar (and believe me: it&#39;s a lot better than the PrtScr key).&lt;br /&gt;In my endless search for the &quot;perfect tool&quot;, I&#39;ve tested many programs out there, as you can see in my &lt;a href=&quot;http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/2005/09/hot-dish-of-freebies.html&quot;&gt;Free software list&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This time, it&#39;s &lt;a style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot; href=&quot;http://www.faststone.org/FSCaptureDetail.htm&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;FastStone Capture&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; time: this little, light (and free for home users) application, from the authors of the well-known &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;FS Image Viewer&lt;/span&gt;, is well worth a try.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/1600/panel.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/320/panel.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Once the program is launched, a small panel will appear on top of your window: four little icons will provide quick access to the main features (note that if you don&#39;t like the panel, the same functions can be accessed through an icon on the system tray):&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;first icon&lt;/span&gt; shows a menu of the available capture modes:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Capture Window/Object;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Capture Rectangle Region;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Capture Freehand Region;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Capture Full Screen;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Capture Foreground Window;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Capture From Webcam/Scanner;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Pick Screen Color;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From the same menu, you can chose where to send the acquired image:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;To Image Viewer;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;To Clipboard;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;To File;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;second icon&lt;/span&gt; allows you to open image files from any location on your computer;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;third icon&lt;/span&gt; can be customized with a &quot;Favorite Folder&quot;;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;fourth button&lt;/span&gt; allows to paste images from the clipboard;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The lower part of the panel is occupied by a big eye, the symbol of FastStone: in this area you can &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;drag and drop&lt;/span&gt; images from windows, browsers or other programs, to be captured.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The captured images can be &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;edited&lt;/span&gt; with some basic functions, such as &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Resizing&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Flipping&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Rotating&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Cropping&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Color Adjusting&lt;/span&gt;, by right-clicking on the image window or using the tool bar activated by the passage of the mouse cursor near the bottom of the window;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By pressing the &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;T key&lt;/span&gt;, you&#39;ll access the &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&quot;Text Board&quot;&lt;/span&gt;, which will allows to add some effects to the image &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;(click on the picture below to enlarge it)&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Text;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Freehand Lines;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Arrows;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Rectangles;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ellipses;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Markers;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Watermarks;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/1600/sample.0.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/320/sample.0.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For each element you can fully &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;customize&lt;/span&gt; color, dimensions, transparency and dropshadow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FS Screen Capture supports several &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;image formats&lt;/span&gt;: JPEG, JPEG2000, GIF, BMP, PNG, PCX, TIFF, WMF, ICO, TAG, EMF, PXM, WBMP and saving to TIFF, GIF, PCX, BMP, ICO, PNG, TGA, PXM, WBMP, JPEG, JPEG2000, PS, EPS, PDF;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some other interesting features include: &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;magnifier&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;EXIF&lt;/span&gt; metadata support and &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;undo/redo&lt;/span&gt; through the mouse wheel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;technoratitag&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Categories/Tags: &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/FastStone+Capture&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;FastStone+Capture&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/freeware&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;freeware&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/software&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/graphics&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;graphics&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/utilities&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;utilities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/feeds/114251980323382890/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16897947&amp;postID=114251980323382890&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/114251980323382890'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/114251980323382890'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/2006/03/faststone-capture.html' title='FastStone Capture'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14531099386948236797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16897947.post-114246135525771483</id><published>2006-03-15T22:45:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-03-15T23:22:35.303+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Performancing Metrics</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; 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You&#39;ll gain access to a detailed report of your statistics, ordered into three groups:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ol style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Visitors&lt;/b&gt;: &lt;i&gt;visitors stats&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;(with a detailed report of new visitors, &#39;repeat visitors&#39;,  single sessions and Average visit length)&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;i&gt;geography&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;languages&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;browsers&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;platforms&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;screen resolution&lt;/i&gt;;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Activity&lt;/b&gt;: &lt;i&gt;post views&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;(with a &#39;top &lt;i&gt;n&lt;/i&gt;&#39; of your most viewed entries)&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;i&gt;comments summary&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;(with per day and per post averages)&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;i&gt;comments by post&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;(with a list of the most commented articles)&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;i&gt;categories&lt;/i&gt;;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Marketing&lt;/b&gt;: &lt;i&gt;AdSense clicks&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;(with ranking and avg per day)&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;i&gt;referrers&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;search engines&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;outbound links&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;The overall speed (it&#39;s Web2.0, after all...) and ease of use, the clean interface, the simple graphs that illustrate the statistics and the rationally organized dashboard (which grants an easy and complete access to the features and the time span settings) make the whole experience even more enjoyable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;technoratitag&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Categories/Tags: &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/statistics&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;statistics&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/blogging&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;blogging&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/free&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;free&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Performancing+Metrics&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Performancing+Metrics&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Web2.0&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Web2.0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/feeds/114246135525771483/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16897947&amp;postID=114246135525771483&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/114246135525771483'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/114246135525771483'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/2006/03/performancing-metrics.html' title='Performancing Metrics'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14531099386948236797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16897947.post-114236076317661577</id><published>2006-03-14T18:40:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-03-14T22:39:52.326+01:00</updated><title type='text'>(11) Photographic DIY tutorials roundup</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/1600/lens.4.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/320/lens.6.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Well, this post is basically a &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;memo to self&lt;/span&gt;, but I&#39;m sure that a few of you will find it useful.&lt;br /&gt;Here are some hacks and Do-It-Yourself photography-related tutorials I&#39;ve collected around the web in the last few months:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.deviantart.com/view/8093995/&quot;&gt;Macro flash prototype&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;an extendable, adjustable all-mirrored cardboard construction guiding the light from the hotshoed flash close to the target through a diffuser ;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.instructables.com/ex/i/BEFDA1F002CB102985CB001143E7E506/?ALLSTEPS&quot;&gt;Super simple light tent&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;step by step guide on&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;how to build an inexpensive light tent with a cardboard box;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jyoseph.com/extras/2006/02/diy_lightbox.php&quot;&gt;DIY LightBox&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;great still photos with 5 sheets of foam board;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pbase.com/wlhuber/light_box_light_tent&quot;&gt;Light Box/Light Tent&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;with CPVC&lt;/span&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lecarnetdemartineau.com/view.php/page/diy_lightbox&quot;&gt;Caisson Lumineux&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;another light tent tutorial (in French)&lt;/span&gt;;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jyoseph.com/extras/2006/02/diy_ring_light.php&quot;&gt;DIY Ring light&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;add some homebrew lights to your studio;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cyberbeach.net/%7Edbardell/ringlight.html&quot;&gt;DIY Ring light 2&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;another homemade ring light tutorial;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.photocritic.org/2005/macro-photography-on-a-budget/&quot;&gt;Extreme Macro Photography on a budget&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;turn a &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Pringles&lt;/span&gt; can into an effective macro extension tube&lt;/span&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dennisonbertram.com/hackmaster/2005/02/build-your-own-ring-flash.htm&quot;&gt;Build your own Ring flash&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;build an otherwise expensive flash for macro photography;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://homepage.mac.com/geerlingguy/jeffscomputersupport/tech_help_articles/photography/homemade_greenscreen.html&quot;&gt;Making Your Own Backdrops, Bluescreens and Greenscreens&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;build a nice and portable backdrop frame;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.philohome.com/legophoto.htm&quot;&gt;LEGO accessories for photographers&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;cool photographic gear made out of LEGO bricks (with step-by-step instructions);&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;technoratitag&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Categories/Tags: &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/photography&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;photography&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/hacks&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hacks&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/DIY&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;DIY&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/feeds/114236076317661577/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16897947&amp;postID=114236076317661577&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/114236076317661577'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/114236076317661577'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/2006/03/11-photographic-diy-tutorials-roundup.html' title='(11) Photographic DIY tutorials roundup'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14531099386948236797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16897947.post-114224554349787153</id><published>2006-03-13T10:52:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-03-13T11:34:07.726+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Google Mars</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/1600/GoogleMars.0.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/200/GoogleMars.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;If discovering impact craters with Google Earth isn&#39;t enough for your inner scientist, maybe it&#39;s time to try &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.com/mars/&quot;&gt;Google Mars&lt;/a&gt;: the guys at Mountain View just launched a new tool meant to be a window on the Red Planet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The usual &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;markers&lt;/span&gt; are organized into categories: Regions, Spacecrafts (it&#39;s a dump, down there!), Stories, Mountains, Canyons, Dunes, Plains, Ridges, Craters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Planet can be explored in three modes: &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Elevation&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;a shaded relief map, generated with data from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) on NASA&#39;s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft. This map is color-coded by altitude, so you can use the color key at the lower left to estimate elevations&lt;/span&gt;), &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Visible&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;a mosaic of images taken by the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) on NASA&#39;s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft. MOC is like the digital camera you have at home. Basically, this is what your eyes would see if you were in orbit around Mars&lt;/span&gt;) and &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Infrared&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;a mosaic of infrared images taken by the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) on NASA&#39;s Mars Odyssey spacecraft. Warmer areas appear brighter, and colder areas are darker. Clouds and dust in the atmosphere are transparent in the infrared, making this the sharpest global map of Mars that&#39;s ever been made&lt;/span&gt;).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S.: currently, the Google Earth client doesn&#39;t support it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/?p=128&quot;&gt;via&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;technoratitag&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Categories/Tags: &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Google&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Google&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Google+Mars&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Google+Mars&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/space&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;space&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Web2.0&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Web2.0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/feeds/114224554349787153/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16897947&amp;postID=114224554349787153&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/114224554349787153'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/114224554349787153'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/2006/03/google-mars.html' title='Google Mars'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14531099386948236797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16897947.post-114203180991416197</id><published>2006-03-10T23:40:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-03-11T00:07:11.753+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Desmoblog - Ducati&#39;s Weblog</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/1600/ducati.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/320/ducati.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It&#39;s always a good sign, when large companies experiment new ways to communicate with their customers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Federico Minoli, President and Managing Director of &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A.&lt;/span&gt;, just started &lt;a style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot; href=&quot;http://blog.ducati.com/&quot;&gt;Desmoblog&lt;/a&gt;, a brand new weblog named after the &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Desmosedici&lt;/span&gt;, Ducati&#39;s &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;desmodromic valve technology&lt;/span&gt; (and the GP racing bike).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Minoli writes:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This new space online gives me a new way to communicate with colleagues, fans and bikers about my life, my experience with Ducati, the company, the motorcycles and of course Ducati Corse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Welcome to the blogosphere!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;technoratitag&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mantellini.it&quot;&gt;Via&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Categories/Tags: &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Ducati&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Ducati&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Desmoblog&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Desmoblog&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/blogs&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;blogs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/blogosphere&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;blogosphere&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/web&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;web&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/feeds/114203180991416197/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16897947&amp;postID=114203180991416197&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/114203180991416197'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/114203180991416197'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/2006/03/desmoblog-ducatis-weblog.html' title='Desmoblog - Ducati&#39;s Weblog'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14531099386948236797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16897947.post-114200058959696453</id><published>2006-03-10T15:13:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-03-10T15:37:13.423+01:00</updated><title type='text'>del.icio.us unavailable</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;If you&#39;re wondering what on Earth happened to my &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;categories&lt;/span&gt;, here&#39;s the answer: they&#39;re (temporarily) gone... with &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;del.icio.us&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Our beloved social bookmarking service is, in fact, currently unavailable for maintenance:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Just after midnight on Thursday, we&#39;ll be bringing down the site to roll out some database changes, which will allow us to release private saving and a few related features in the following week. The site will be down for about four hours; announcements will be made here as we go.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;I&#39;m really curious about the new features... in the meantime, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;check for updates at del.icio.us &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.del.icio.us/&quot;&gt;official blog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#FF0000&quot;&gt;Edit&lt;/font&gt;: no wait, they&#39;re back. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;technoratitag&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Categories/Tags: &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/categories&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;categories&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/del.icio.us&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;del.icio.us&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/feeds/114200058959696453/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16897947&amp;postID=114200058959696453&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/114200058959696453'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/114200058959696453'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/2006/03/delicious-unavailable.html' title='del.icio.us unavailable'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14531099386948236797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16897947.post-114199023012338933</id><published>2006-03-10T11:34:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-03-10T13:11:39.993+01:00</updated><title type='text'>FeedYes</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/1600/logo.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/320/logo.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Every now and then, it happens that you want to stay updated on the latest posts of a site, which - for some reason - doesn&#39;t have feeds: in this case, the solution is called &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.feedyes.com/&quot;&gt;FeedYes&lt;/a&gt;: all you have to do is type the URL of the page, and FY will create a feed for you (it can also create a feed for your own site).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;In depth: what can you do with FeedYes.com?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;- Generate feeds for any website or specific page &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;- Save those feeds, so you can read them in any rss reader. One click adding. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;- Syndicate those feeds: put the headlines on your own website &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;- Monitor websites realtime: always know the latest news from any webpage&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;technoratitag&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lifehacker.com/software/rss/create-an-rss-feed-without-an-rss-feed-159455.php&quot;&gt;Via&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Categories/Tags: &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/feeds&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;feeds&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/feed-reader&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;feed-reader&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/web&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;web&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/free&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;free&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/FeedYes&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;FeedYes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/feeds/114199023012338933/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16897947&amp;postID=114199023012338933&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/114199023012338933'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/114199023012338933'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/2006/03/feedyes.html' title='FeedYes'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14531099386948236797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16897947.post-114191618885709731</id><published>2006-03-09T15:33:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2006-03-09T16:06:30.390+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Goowy</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/1600/goowy.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/200/goowy.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot; href=&quot;http://www2.goowy.com/&quot;&gt;Goowy&lt;/a&gt; is a new way to bring different activities on a single browser window, through an ajax and flash-based &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;virtual desktop&lt;/span&gt;: with a free subscription, users have access to a &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;mailbox&lt;/span&gt; (2 Gigabytes, without POP/IMAP/SMTP access) with a &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;contact manager&lt;/span&gt; compatible with CSV files from Outlook, Outlook Express, Yahoo, Thunderbird and the vCard standard; third party addresses (Yahoo!, Gmail, Hotmail and MSN) can be as well managed via Goowy along with the new mailbox.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Amongst the upcoming features, a multi-protocol &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;instant messenger&lt;/span&gt;, a virtual &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;file storage&lt;/span&gt; service, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;personal pages&lt;/span&gt; and a &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;blogging platform&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Goowy&#39;s frequently used features (such as RSS, notes, bookmarks, search, Windows) can be accessed through &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;minis&lt;/span&gt;, small specialized applications similar to the popular widgets: the eye candy interface implies a price in terms of system resources, which can be saved - when using older and slower machines - by using the &#39;lite&#39; client.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/200/hello.0.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/200/desktop.0.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/08/goowy-to-add-web-im-file-sharing/&quot;&gt;via&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;technoratitag&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Categories/Tags: &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Goowy&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Goowy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Web2.0&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Web2.0&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Ajax&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Ajax&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/email&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;email&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/IM&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;IM&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/free&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;free&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/software&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/feeds/114191618885709731/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16897947&amp;postID=114191618885709731&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/114191618885709731'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/114191618885709731'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/2006/03/goowy.html' title='Goowy'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14531099386948236797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16897947.post-114177674738276931</id><published>2006-03-08T00:32:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2006-03-08T02:42:33.060+01:00</updated><title type='text'>PC cooled with 8 gallons of cooking oil</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/1600/oil.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/320/oil.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/01/09/strip_out_the_fans/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Strip Out The Fans, Add 8 Gallons of Cooking Oil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, Frank Völkel, from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tomshardware.com/index.html&quot;&gt;Tom&#39;s Hardware&lt;/a&gt;, explains - step by step - how to build a DIY oil-cooled $2000 Personal Computer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;After some failed trials with distilled water, they filled a modified plexiglas case with cooking oil (although they recommend motor oil) while performing a benchmarking test (!): the result is a perfectly working, silent and &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;cool&lt;/span&gt; machine.&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;m daydreaming about a notebook version of the project, and yet watching &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/01/09/strip_out_the_fans/page2.html&quot;&gt;video&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; that yellow fluid slowly reaching and submerging the running components is quite creepy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;[Thanks, &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Marco&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Giorgio&lt;/span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;technoratitag&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Categories/Tags: &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/modding&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;modding&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/cool&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cool&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/hardware&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hardware&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/hacks&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hacks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/feeds/114177674738276931/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16897947&amp;postID=114177674738276931&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/114177674738276931'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/114177674738276931'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/2006/03/pc-cooled-with-8-gallons-of-cooking.html' title='PC cooled with 8 gallons of cooking oil'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14531099386948236797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16897947.post-114169070236328050</id><published>2006-03-07T00:38:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-03-07T01:23:44.760+01:00</updated><title type='text'>AJAXPress</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/1600/AjaxPress.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/200/AjaxPress.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ajaxpress.org/&quot;&gt;AJAXPress&lt;/a&gt; is a free and open-source Web 2.0 blogging platform &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;written in Javascript with a PHP backend&lt;/span&gt;; it requires a server with PHP and MySQL installed and you can import your WordPress database.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;A demo version is available &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ajaxpress.org/demo/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; : I&#39;m not really impressed with the (quite basic, unlike the WordPress one) user interface of the &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;admin&lt;/span&gt; section (see screenshot), but maybe the equation &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Ajax = Eye-candy&lt;/span&gt; is just a misunderstanding of mine.&lt;br /&gt;According to the home page, in order to properly see/run AJAXPress the browser must be IE 6.0 or Firefox 1.5 (or greater): the funny thing is that I&#39;m experiencing some issues with IE 6.0, while the platform seems to work like a charm with the unmentioned Opera (8.53).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;[Via &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.digg.com&quot;&gt;Digg&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;technoratitag&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Categories/Tags: &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/AJAXPress&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;AJAXPress&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Web2.0&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Web2.0&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/blogging&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;blogging&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/freeware&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;freeware&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Open-Source&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Open-Source&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Ajax&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Ajax&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/software&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/feeds/114169070236328050/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16897947&amp;postID=114169070236328050&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/114169070236328050'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/114169070236328050'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/2006/03/ajaxpress.html' title='AJAXPress'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14531099386948236797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16897947.post-114138949345555473</id><published>2006-03-03T13:38:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-03-03T17:02:49.093+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Feedwhip and FeedShow</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/1600/feeds_SpaghettiTech.2.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/320/feeds_SpaghettiTech.1.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;Here&#39;s a couple of new online feed-readers I discovered in the last few days:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/1600/feeds_SpaghettiTech.1.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.feedwhip.com/&quot;&gt;Feedwhip&lt;/a&gt; keeps track of your favorite site updates, no matter if they support RSS or not: whenever new contents are published,  feedwhip sends you the updates via email. The &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Feedwhip Me!&lt;/span&gt; button (a bookmarklet) makes the whole process easier, allowing to subscribe to a site with a simple click.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.feedshow.com/&quot;&gt;FeedShow&lt;/a&gt; is still in its beta-stage, but looks quite promising: not only - like other readers - it supports OPML (import/export of feed lists) and folder categories (&amp;agrave; la Bloglines),  but it introduces Feed-to-PDF (or other printable formats) conversion  and an interesting system of  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.feedshow.com/monetize-rss&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;revenue syndication&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, based on AdSense. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#FF0000&quot;&gt;Update&lt;/font&gt;: I must admit that I&#39;m loving FeedShow more than I thought. &lt;br /&gt;After a quick registration (just a valid email address and a password) and a painless OPML import, it&#39;s a pleasure to use this little tool: it has a clean and simple interface, it&#39;s fast (really), pictures are displayed correctly (believe me, don&#39;t take it for granted) and I love the del.icio.us button  at the bottom of every post. &lt;br /&gt;The feed/folder management is as easy as it gets, and the optional &lt;i&gt;three panels layout&lt;/i&gt; is a pleasure to use: LEFT: feeds list; TOP: posts list; BOTTOM: selected post content. &lt;br /&gt;By now, In my FeedShow wishlist I&#39;d put some hotkeys and a &quot;display only the updated feeds&quot; option.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;technoratitag&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Categories/Tags: &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/free&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;free&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/web&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;web&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Web2.0&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Web2.0&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/feeds&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;feeds&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Feedwhip&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Feedwhip&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Feedshow&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Feedshow&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/feeds/114138949345555473/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16897947&amp;postID=114138949345555473&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/114138949345555473'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/114138949345555473'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/2006/03/feedwhip-and-feedshow_03.html' title='Feedwhip and FeedShow'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14531099386948236797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16897947.post-114122618545326012</id><published>2006-03-01T14:55:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-03-01T16:26:45.156+01:00</updated><title type='text'>My ideal freeware-only machine</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/1600/cd.0.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/320/cd.0.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I keep an &lt;a href=&quot;http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/2005/09/hot-dish-of-freebies.html&quot;&gt;updated list&lt;/a&gt; of my favourite free tools, with some valuable options per category.&lt;br /&gt;Today, I&#39;ll share with you my (current) choices, an &#39;ideal fresh-install setup&#39; for a &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;freeware-only&lt;/span&gt; machine:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. &lt;/span&gt;Security and privacy:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Anti virus: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.free-av.com/&quot;&gt;AntiVir Personal Edition Classic&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Anti trojan: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.emsisoft.com&quot;&gt;A-squared&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Firewall: Kerio 2.1.5;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Anti spyware: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lavasoft.com&quot;&gt;Ad-Aware&lt;/a&gt; + &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.safer-networking.org/&quot;&gt;Spybot S&amp;D&lt;/a&gt; + &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.javacoolsoftware.com&quot;&gt;Spywareblaster&lt;/a&gt; + &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.javacoolsoftware.com&quot;&gt;Spywareguard&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;HIPS: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.winpatrol.com/&quot;&gt;Winpatrol free&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;HOSTS file: &lt;a href=&quot;http://bluetack.co.uk&quot;&gt;Bluetack&lt;/a&gt;, managed via &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.funkytoad.com/hoster.htm&quot;&gt;Hoster&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Encryption: &lt;a href=&quot;http://axcrypt.sourceforge.net&quot;&gt;AxCrypt&lt;/a&gt;; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.truecrypt.org/&quot;&gt;TrueCrypt&lt;/a&gt; (if on Xp/2000);&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Passwords management: &lt;a href=&quot;http://keepass.sourceforge.net&quot;&gt;KeePass&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Miscellaneous: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.spywareinfo.com/%7Emerijn/downloads.html&quot;&gt;HijackThis!&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Internet:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Browser: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opera.com&quot;&gt;Opera&lt;/a&gt; + &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mozilla.org/&quot;&gt;Firefox&lt;/a&gt; + &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.maxthon.com/&quot;&gt;Maxthon&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Instant Messaging: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.miranda-im.org&quot;&gt;Miranda&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ftp client: &lt;a href=&quot;http://filezilla.sourceforge.net&quot;&gt;FileZilla&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;VoIP software phone: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.xten.net/&quot;&gt;X-Lite&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Download Manager: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/&quot;&gt;Free Download Manager&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Email: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.poptray.org&quot;&gt;PopTray&lt;/a&gt; + &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/&quot;&gt;Thunderbird&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Weather: &lt;a href=&quot;http://tropicdesigns.net/weatherpulse.php&quot;&gt;Weather Pulse&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Misc.: &lt;a href=&quot;http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/NetMeter/1058844763/1&quot;&gt;NetMeter&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3.  &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Multimedia:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Player: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mediamonkey.com&quot;&gt;MediaMonkey Free&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ripper/Encoder: &lt;a href=&quot;http://eac.sourceforge.net&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.exactaudiocopy.de&quot;&gt;EAC&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Editor: &lt;a href=&quot;http://audacity.sourceforge.net&quot;&gt;Audacity&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Misc.: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Codec_Pack.htm&quot;&gt;Klite-Mega Codec Pack&lt;/a&gt;; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.screamer-radio.com/&quot;&gt;Screamer Radio&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Graphics:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Photo editing: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gimp.org&quot;&gt;GIMP&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Viewer: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irfanview.com&quot;&gt;IrfanView&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Screenshots: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/screenshotcaptor/&quot;&gt;Screenshot Captor&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Utilities:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cleaner: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hoverdesk.net/&quot;&gt;RegSeeker&lt;/a&gt; + &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/&quot;&gt;Eraser&lt;/a&gt; + &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/screenshotcaptor/&quot;&gt;CCleaner&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Defrag: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wilders.org/downloads.htm&quot;&gt;New Defrag&lt;/a&gt; (if on W98);&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Task manager: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sysinternals.com/&quot;&gt;Process Explorer&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;File Manager: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freecommander.com&quot;&gt;Free Commander 2005&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Archiver: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.izarc.org/&quot;&gt;IzArc&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Notepad Replacement: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pspad.com/&quot;&gt;PsPad&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;System information: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www3.sympatico.ca/gtopala/&quot;&gt;SIW&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;File recovery: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blogger.com/pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm&quot;&gt;Pc Inspector&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Misc.: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.analogx.com/&quot;&gt;Dll Archive&lt;/a&gt;; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.brooksyounce.com/&quot;&gt;Timer&lt;/a&gt;; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.worldtimeserver.com/atomic-clock/&quot;&gt;Atomic Clock Sync&lt;/a&gt;; &lt;a href=&quot;http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/&quot;&gt;Unlocker&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Office and productivity:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Suite: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.openoffice.org&quot;&gt;OpenOffice&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;PDF reader: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php&quot;&gt;Foxit Reader&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;PDF creator:  &lt;a href=&quot;http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/&quot;&gt;PDF creator&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Blogging: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wbloggar.com/&quot;&gt;w.Bloggar&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Notes: &lt;a href=&quot;http://atnotes.free.fr/&quot;&gt;ATnotes&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Html Editor: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nvu.com/&quot;&gt;NVU&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;CSS Editor: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bradsoft.com/topstyle/&quot;&gt;TopStyle Lite&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;technoratitag&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Categories/Tags: &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/software&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/freeware&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;freeware&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Open-Souce&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Open-Souce&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/tips&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;tips&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/feeds/114122618545326012/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16897947&amp;postID=114122618545326012&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/114122618545326012'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/114122618545326012'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/2006/03/my-ideal-freeware-only-machine.html' title='My ideal freeware-only machine'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14531099386948236797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16897947.post-114113976171107091</id><published>2006-02-28T16:04:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-02-28T16:56:55.056+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Wikipedia on your iPod</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/1600/screenshot2.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/320/screenshot2.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;There&#39;s only an online source of information which is better than &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;: a portable Wikipedia.&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://encyclopodia.sourceforge.net/en/index.html&quot;&gt; Encyclopodia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, a free, cross-platform software for Windows, Linux and Mac, brings the most famous online encyclopedia on your iPod (tested on 3rd generation iPod and iPod Mini).&lt;br /&gt;More infos about the &lt;a href=&quot;http://encyclopodia.sourceforge.net/ebookformat.html&quot;&gt;ebook format&lt;/a&gt; and some screenshots are available on the official project page.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;[via &lt;a href=&quot;http://digg.com&quot;&gt;Digg&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;technoratitag&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Categories/Tags: &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Wikipedia&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Encyclopodia&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Encyclopodia&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/iPod&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;iPod&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/hacks&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hacks&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/software&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/free&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;free&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Open-Source&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Open-Source&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/gadgets&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gadgets&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/audio&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;audio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/feeds/114113976171107091/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16897947&amp;postID=114113976171107091&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/114113976171107091'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/114113976171107091'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/2006/02/wikipedia-on-your-ipod.html' title='Wikipedia on your iPod'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14531099386948236797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16897947.post-114109310734465170</id><published>2006-02-28T02:01:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-02-28T03:18:27.573+01:00</updated><title type='text'>M4 Project: Celeron Vs WWII Enigma</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/1600/Enigma-logo.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1720/593/320/Enigma-logo.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The &lt;a style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot; href=&quot;http://www.bytereef.org/m4_project.html&quot;&gt;M4 Message Breaking Project&lt;/a&gt; is maybe the creepiest and yet fascinating  &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;distributed computing project&lt;/span&gt; you could devote your processor to (well, maybe after S.E.T.I.).&lt;br /&gt;As you might know, during WWII Nazis used to encrypt their communications through a device called &lt;a style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enigma_machine#Description&quot;&gt;Enigma&lt;/a&gt;, consisting in a series of rotors activated by a keyboard.&lt;br /&gt;In 1942, three encoded signals were intercepted in the North Atlantic, and their content remained unknown, until now.&lt;br /&gt;The project, started on January 2006, is called M4 after the rotor which was presumably used  for the encryption; the software is an open-source, cross-platform client written in Python, and the method used for the decryption is a mixture of brute force and a &#39;hill climbing algorithm&#39;: it has been estimated that 100 users, running the client 24/7 on Celeron 1,2 GHz processors, should cover the &#39;search space&#39; in 4 days, with a successful result every 10 completed searches.&lt;br /&gt;The first message has been broken last week (as the project &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bytereef.org/m4_project.html&quot;&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt; reports), so if you want to take part in this geeky spy story you&#39;d better hurry up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;[Via &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.diyhappy.com/enigma-in-the-21st-century/&quot;&gt;DIY: happy&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;technoratitag&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Categories/Tags: &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Enigma&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Enigma&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/M4&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;M4&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/encryption&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;encryption&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/software&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/distributed+computing+project&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;distributed+computing+project&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/feeds/114109310734465170/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16897947&amp;postID=114109310734465170&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/114109310734465170'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/114109310734465170'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/2006/02/m4-project-celeron-vs-wwii-enigma.html' title='M4 Project: Celeron Vs WWII Enigma'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14531099386948236797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16897947.post-114070347325506791</id><published>2006-02-23T13:40:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-02-23T15:10:55.996+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Cleaning my filthy keyboard</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Inspired by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thetechzone.com/?m=show&amp;id=431&amp;amp;page=1&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; tutorial from The Tech Zone, I finally decided to give my keyboard a well-deserved and long-waited cleaning.&lt;br /&gt;The process required some extra work (more than the 45&#39; needed to clean a regular keyboard, according to the guide) and a few adaptations, mainly due to the different structure and the tiny, fragile key &lt;a href=&quot;http://users.adelphia.net/%7Ejimbryant/key_retainers/t7_retainer.jpg&quot;&gt;retainers&lt;/a&gt; of my laptop, which made the removal phase slightly unnerving. But let&#39;s consider it as a sort of &#39;zen exercise&#39;.&lt;br /&gt;Believe me when I say that &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;you do not want&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt; to know&lt;/span&gt; what I found under the keys, waiting   for some creature to spring out of that indistinct mass of hair and crumbs and call me &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Dad&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;It&#39;s amazing what you can do with a screwdriver, a vacuum-cleaner and an old toothbrush...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Disclaimer&lt;/span&gt;: no keyboards, nor tiny laptop-dwelling folks were injured during this  project.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;technoratitag&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Categories/Tags: &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/hardware&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hardware&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/hacks&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hacks&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/laptop&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;laptop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/feeds/114070347325506791/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16897947&amp;postID=114070347325506791&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/114070347325506791'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/114070347325506791'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/2006/02/cleaning-my-filthy-keyboard.html' title='Cleaning my filthy keyboard'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14531099386948236797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16897947.post-114069808052372761</id><published>2006-02-23T13:12:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-02-23T13:40:27.926+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Web Office Suite: best of breed products</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Everybody loves lists, and so I do. Especially when they feature some of my favourite apps: Richard MacManus, from ZDNet&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.zdnet.com/web2explorer&quot;&gt;Web 2.0 Explorer&lt;/a&gt;, published &lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.zdnet.com/web2explorer/?p=123&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Web Office Suite: best of breed products&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, a roundup of some of the most important web-based office tools.&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;m not surprised to see Google&#39;s &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Gmail&lt;/span&gt; still at the first place in the &quot;Web email&quot; category for the year 2006 (even if it was released in 2004), for its load of innovations and its unique - truly &#39;Web2.0&#39; - approach to mail hosting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;technoratitag&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Categories/Tags: &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Web2.0&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Web2.0&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/list&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;list&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/office&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;office&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/software&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/feeds/114069808052372761/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16897947&amp;postID=114069808052372761&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/114069808052372761'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/114069808052372761'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/2006/02/web-office-suite-best-of-breed.html' title='Web Office Suite: best of breed products'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14531099386948236797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16897947.post-114060119526528529</id><published>2006-02-22T10:29:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-02-22T10:59:44.086+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Technorati launches Favorites</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Technorati added a new feature to help you not to get lost in the constantly increasing number of blogs (T. is currently tracking 28.4 million weblogs): now you can add up to 50 blogs to your &lt;a style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot; href=&quot;http://technorati.com/weblog/2006/02/84.html&quot;&gt;Technorati Favorites&lt;/a&gt;,  either by typing the URL in the Favorites &lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/faves/&quot;&gt;page&lt;/a&gt;, clicking a star icon all over Technorati, or through a bookmarklet during your surfing. Older subscriptions from other services can be imported via the Favorites Importer.&lt;br /&gt;A widget allows you to display new posts from your Favorites on your blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;If you&#39;re curious about this new service, just click here&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/faves?add=http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://static.technorati.com/pix/fave/tech-fav-1.gif&quot; alt=&quot;Add this blog to my Technorati Favorites!&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;and add SpaghettiTech to your Favorites list!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;technoratitag&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Categories/Tags: &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Technorati&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Technorati&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/blogging&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;blogging&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/web&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;web&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://del.icio.us/spaghettitech/Technorati+Favorites&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Technorati+Favorites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/feeds/114060119526528529/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16897947&amp;postID=114060119526528529&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/114060119526528529'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16897947/posts/default/114060119526528529'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spaghettitech.blogspot.com/2006/02/technorati-launches-favorites.html' title='Technorati launches Favorites'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14531099386948236797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>