Geek: Finding mp3's on Google

Here is a handy tip. If you want to find and download your favourite Artists songs from google, type the following into google search:-

intitle:index.of "mp3" +"Artists Name" -htm -html -php -asp "Last Modified"

where Artists Name is the name of the artist you wish to get mp3s from.

Geek: Viruses leap to smart radio tags

Computer viruses could be about to take a giant leap and start spreading via smart barcodes, warn experts.

Is this shit for real??? You decide.

Geek: Fold.com

Fold is a portal service that allows you to add rss, flickr, weather and a host of other pockets of information all on one page in a nice UI.

Currently in beta (are there any web2.0's that arent??) here.

Geek: Windows XP Bootloader for Intel Mac

Earlier I posted details of the Windows XP on Intel Mac Competition being won.
Not even a day has passed and the bootloader has already been made available to anyone!

Go here to get the Windows XP Bootloader

Geek: Windows XP on Intel Mac - Competition Won

Following my previous posts about Narf's apparent success at getting Windows XP running on the Intel Mac, it now seems 100 percent true as the now $13,000+ competition prize has been won (which I can only presume has been won by Narf and his team).

Big respect to you Narf. You deserve every penny.

Geek: Windows XP Running on Intel IMac - The Video

Here is video proof of Narfs Imac running windows xp albeit in pretty poor quality.

Windows XP On Imac Video

Geek: Windows XP Running on Intel IMac

For sometime now there has been a contest online to get Windows XP running on a new Intel Mac. The contest was a donation based affair which yours truly contributed to.

Currently the prize money stands at over $12,000 dollars and now finally it seems a very clever guy known as Narf has managed said task.



Buzz around this has bought most of the servers to a grinding halt so its currently difficult to verify 100 percent but it seems pretty authentic to me.
Check out the following links for more information:-

Narfs Flickr Gallery

Windows on Mac Contest Page

Windows on Mac Forum Post

Stuff: Black Diamond Concept from Sony Ericsson

Move over Razr. A new champion is about to immerge.



Full article here.

Stuff: Terminator - A near reality?

I have been convinced for sometime that intelligent human like robots will be a reality in our lifetimes. The fact that Sony's Ps3 has a new IBM developed processor called "cell" only reinforced my view (cell processors were part of the T-1000 in the Terminator films).

For those who are still doubtful, check out this video of ASIMO. Honda's literally running robot. I can almost hear it saying "Sarah Conner?" in the background.

Film: Chasing Ghosts

Do not ask me why, but it is the norm in London to go out on what has now been termed “Thirsty Thursday”. This phenomenon sees all walks of life going out and getting completely trashed and then doing no work at all on Friday.

This week I have most definitely had Fridayitus, so instead of doing something liking getting hammered again to dull the pain. I decided to watch a film instead. In retrospect, I wish that I had attempted to lower my serotonin levels further by possibly drinking several pints followed by perhaps 3 litres of meths. Why I don’t hear you cry?! Possibly because Chasing Ghosts is the most transparent and weak film I have endured in my time on planet earth.

I have vowed in this very blog to sum up films in a few sentences, especially if they are crap. On this occasion, I simply couldn’t. Chasing Ghosts combines the worst bits of CSI, Se7en and the Usual Suspects and combines them with a fusion of horse poo and claggy arse hair.

*If you are going to watch the film, do not read the next paragraph as it will give away the ….plot*

The film started off OK but then I suspected a bit of the old Kaiser Soze routine with one of the cops. As the film progressed I started to feel insulted by the clues that the director was giving the viewer, stopping just short of bright flashing neon signs with arrows pointing at the said policeman’s head. I was hoping that this was a double bluff and that sooner or later “the twist” would dazzle me into realising how mislead and foolish I had been to trust my instincts. Sadly, this twist never appeared and I was left feeling like I had wasted 2 hours of my life.

What annoys me about films like this is that if the director had credited the viewer with a little intelligence and not been so blatant with the clues, it wouldnt have been a bad film.

NewSchoolDB Rating: 3/10

Game: Quake 3 on steroids

Now this is what I call a decent Quake 3 setup!

http://www.plastk.net/

NewSchoolDB - Real film reviews

Due to the sheer volume of utter cack films I have endured recently, I have decided to add a rule set to my firewall that stops me ever going to imdb.com again.

Instead, I bring you NewSchoolDB that summarizes in true cynical Brit fashion, what to watch and what not to in a few sentances.

Aeon Flux
20 or so minutes of Charlize Theron looking pretty fit in her futuristic cat suits are the highlight of this weak plotted film.
Verdict: 4/10

London
A film about two blokes snorting cuff in a nice bathroom. Badly executed and pretty poor really.
Verdict: 4/10

Dear Wendy
First hour wasn't bad and then someone decided that plausible endings were "so last year" and ruined it.
Verdict: 3/10

Waiting
Suprisingly funny film about a bunch of young Americans working in a restaurant.
Verdict: 8/10

Revolver
Guy Richies latest. If you were expecting another Snatch then best move on. Seemed very much like a less profound version of Lynch's Lost Highway to my eyes. If you thought that was shit, best not bother.
Verdict: 6/10

The posession of Emily Rose
I have always thought the Exorcist was crap. This however, is a pretty disturbing and pant filling afair with very subtle use of horror visuals that plays more on the imagination.
Verdict: 8/10

Batman Begins
Never really liked any of the Batman films, so I was pretty happy to find this one was ney bad. There was a pretty bad flaw at the end where the antidote was magically forgotten about, but it still didn't manage to ruin it.
Verdict: 7/10

Brokeback Mountain
This film started off a little slowly for me but once I settled into the pace I found myself enjoying it. I can see why it was nominated for 8 oscars.
Verdict: 8/10

Jarhead
A poor mans Platoon set in Kuwait instead of Vietnam. I had high hopes for this film, but poor character development seemed to stop this film being anything but average.
Verdict: 5/10