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Jupiter Broadcasting

January 19, 2011 in Film, Internet, Linux, Youtube | No comments

Juper BroadcastingUmmm… Lets see if I can explain what Jupiter Broadcasting is. The sub-title on their website is “independent entertainment, on demand”, and I think that pretty much sums it up. What I have seen, there are three persons making the videos, or at least I have only seen three in the videos. Maybe there are more behind the scenes, I don’t know. However, they have five shows (according to their homepage), where I find their show Linux Action Show the best. It’s broadcasted live every Sunday on their website, and then uploaded online for downloading and streaming. It’s usually about one hour long, and it’s fun and informative. But they don’t have that many viewers, according to the numbers below the videos on their Youtube Channel. Maybe many watch them live, or watch the episodes on their official website instead, or maybe download the episodes, I don’t know. But I really want more people to check these guys out, because they are doing a great work on their spare time – which they are providing to us completely free of charge.

So, check them out. :) I have added some links below. I hope you will like their work as much as I do.

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Anime, Manga & Merchandise Online Stores

December 12, 2010 in Anime, Film, Internet, Manga | No comments

AnimeOkay, I’m not going to buy anything. But I was interested in what kind of anime merchandise there was online, so I searched a bit and found some websites that I want to share here.

Maybe you will find something interesting on those sites. :) If you know any other good websites from the top of your head that fits the description, you are very welcome to leave the addresses in a comment below.

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Internet War Against WikiLeaks Opponents

December 10, 2010 in Internet, Politics, Security | No comments

WikiLeaks

Right now is the secret “organization” Anonymous fighting a war against opponents to WikiLeaks, as you can read in many newspapers. They are angry because Julian Assange was arrested two days ago, and now they are seeking revenge. The main targets have until now been VISA, Mastercard, Amazon and Paypal, since they disabled the ability to donate money to WikiLeaks. And donations are WikiLeaks’ only income source, so it definitely hurts them.

The attack actually seems pretty organized just for this once. There are plenty of websites where you can get information about the attacks and how you can help in the fight. For an example: http://pastehtml.com/view/1c8i33u.html. The attacks are also being discussed on web forums, like 4chan, and Flashback if you understand Swedish.

Here are three links to their Twitter feeds where you can read news about the attacks and which site that is the current target:

If you want to get involved – I really recommend you to join the IRC server. There are a couple of thousands users logged in and discussing attack related stuff.

The attackers also have a radio channel, which a guys broadcasted live on yesterday. He was playing music and calling VISA and Mastercard, asking them what was wrong with their sites. You can find the URL to the stream on their IRC. But here are two links to the stream, don’t know if they still work tho:

Apparently they have created a new Facebook too, since their first one was deleted:

See ya on the battlefield! I believe this can evolve into something really interesting. At the moment there are about 9000 computers performing DDoS attacks.

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Hatsune Miku live concert 39′s Giving Day

December 9, 2010 in Film, Internet, Music, Youtube | No comments

Some weeks ago I stumble across a really cool video where Hatsune Miku performs live at the 39′s Giving Day concert in Japan. There are also three other characters performing, but I don’t know their names. ^^

Check out Miku’s performance below:

The first time I watched the video I saw it in very low resolution, so I couldn’t really tell how the technology to show her worked. At first I thought that maybe it was a real actor in a costume or a robot, since Japan is a really robot friendly country. Then I googled to find answer and I found this article – stating that Miku on the concert was a 3D hologram. But I wasn’t sure if the article was right, which it wasn’t. Because I thought it sounded a bit too advance with 3D hologram.

If you watch the performance in higher resolution you can easily see that she is very pixely at close distance, which proves that she isn’t real or a robot. It is also possible to see that there is a huge frame on the stage with a net, that Miku is projected on with a camera from behind. So in reality it is only a 2D image on a net. However, it still looks awesome and the spirit on the concert is fantastic. :)

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Why Speedtest.net sucks

August 30, 2010 in Internet | No comments

I live pretty close to Göteborg in Sweden, and from here it’s almost the same distance to Malmö as it is to Stockholm, as you can see on the images below. But that doesn’t prevent me from getting these shitty results with this HUGE speed difference:

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What is the point with a internet speed testing server that isn’t able to upload more than 5-6 Mb/s?!

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If today’s games were made in 8 and 16 bits

August 30, 2010 in Games, Internet | No comments

Mirrors EdgeI stumbled over a funny website were you can see how our modern games would look like if they were made during the 8 and 16 bits eras.

Check it out on the link below:

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Awesome shirts on Threadless.com

August 23, 2010 in Internet, Stuff | No comments

I found a really awesome t-shirt store on the internet – Threadless.com. Currently they have a special offer on all of their shirts, which makes the 18 $ shirts cost only 10 $!

Here is a list of the shirts that I think I’m going to order:

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AW3SOM3 F1GHT!!1!

Geekology

Alien Assault

LightSaver

The Great Animal Hunt

Let Go

All Alone

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Good Anime Streaming Sites

August 20, 2010 in Anime, Film, Internet | 2 comments

Here is a nice list of good anime streaming sites:

Do you miss a link that fits in this list? Write a comment! :)

EDIT 1: Added JustDubs.net (thanks Timmy) and AnimeSeason.com to the list.

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Some podcast recommendations

August 11, 2010 in Internet | No comments

podcastWith my summer work I got like 4-6 hours each working day when I’m working alone and got time to listen to podcasts and music. And with that much time to listen to podcasts, I have a pretty neat list of nice podcasts, which I’m going to list down below:

I think that you can find all of this series on iTunes too.

EDIT 13 Aug. -10: Added three podcasts that I forgot.

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How to Watch Restricted YouTube Videos

April 2, 2010 in Internet | 2 comments

Yesterday I wanted to watch an age restricted video on YouTube, but I got the following well-known message:

This video or group may contain content that is inappropriate for some users, as flagged by YouTube’s user community.
Sorry, you must be 18 or over to view this video or group.

So I googled the problem and found a website that described how to bypass this restriction. For an example, if I want to watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW17DpaJz40, I will get the restriction message. But if I use the URL that the embed code uses, it will work perfectly. Because if I watch an embedded video on someone else’s website, YouTube will not be able to check if I am logged on, and therefore are the embedded videos always watchable that way.

Instead of typing the URL that I wrote earlier, type http://www.youtube.com/v/IW17DpaJz40, with /v/ instead of /watch?v= in the address type http://www.youtube.com/embed/IW17DpaJz40, with /embed/ instead of /watch?v= in the adress. Whoila, it works!

EDIT (May 15, 2011): Youtube has changed the way you embed videos since I wrote this post, and therefore did not the method above work any longer. However, the post has been updated with new, working instructions.

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