Friday, September 19, 2008

XBMC - Atlantis goes beta 1.

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I love this project. It's so well maintained.
There's a couple of new improvements to the GUI and other stuff.

"After so many months after the last release finally it’s time!

XBMC Live Atlantis Beta1 has been released and is available at sourceforge.

Lots of changes since last release, the major ones:

* it’s a live CD, hoping it would be easier to try it!
* It supports NVIDIA, ATI/AMD and Intel via a boot menu
* it now contains a Live USB creator
* it automounts the local hard disk partitions, ie you can have access your media files
* it is configured automatically to get an IP address via DHCP (network card must be supported by the kernel)
* it runs sshd by default, so it supports incoming sftp/scp as well
* it is configured by default to use any connected MCEUSB2 remotes

It still has some rough edges, but with your feedback on the forum we will definitively improve and let the next release be a better one!

Cheers

Luigi
"

SCREENS



XBMC - Media Stream Skin

Here's some Screen Caps.. .







The best skin that i have seen so far.
I will try it at home tonight.

TeamRazorFish LINK

Billy Preston

Billy Preston

A legend. He's so soulful.. And i love the Fro in the 70's

Check this classic link for Nat king cole duo..
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B3 - Summertime.




Buy a ticket to space?





So for only $300,000.00 you can go up into space with Richard Branson's program.
Official fights start in 2010.

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International Talk Like A Pirate Day..



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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

World's shortest man, leggiest woman meet in London's famed Trafalgar Square



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Bike Design Contest.

Some really interesting ideas here.

Expensive Pizza!


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"
Dough! Alberta family charged $2,600 for pizzas
Canwest News Service
Published: Tuesday, September 16, 2008

An Alberta family's recent trip to the Philippines ended up being a slice more expensive than they had planned -- after they were charged $2,600 for two pizzas.

The Heigh family from St. Albert, just outside of Edmonton, was travelling in the Philippines over the summer when they spotted a Pizza Hut.

They ordered pizza two different days, said Shannon Heigh, who paid with her MasterCard.

But instead of being charged in local pesos, the bill went through in U.S. dollars.

"Combined, the two pizzas ended up being over $2,600," said Heigh.

Because it was such a large amount, Shannon went over her credit limit, prompting MasterCard to freeze her account.

The charge has left the family's finances depleted.

"There was a trip we were planning on doing the last weekend, a trip to an island for three or four days that we had promised the kids, and we had to cancel that," Heigh said.

She phoned Pizza Hut, which put her in contact with its bank, which reversed one of the charges.

But four weeks later, the other pricey pie still hasn't been refunded.

"[The bank] has told me continually that it has been reversed and that 'Tomorrow, tomorrow ma'am,' [but] it still has never been done," she said.

Heigh also filed a complaint with MasterCard."

Cool Photoshop Pictures.





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FuckFlickr - Host your own Gallery.


I love controversy and contreversial titles

FuckFlickr

"FuckFlickr is open-source image gallery software that won’t narc you out. We created it as an alternative to hosting your photos on a certain Yahoo-owned photo sharing site."