launchy

Last year Gina pointed to launchy as a spotlight/quicksilver alike tools for windows.
Now launchy has reached version1.0.3 with even more feature.
So gentlemen/woman start your engines and download this one.

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testing themes

For the sake of testing, I created a second (test only)blog here on wordpress. This gives me the opportunity to try other themes, layout changes, etc. without damaging the existing layout.
A presentation change on wordpress results in loss of all previous settings on presentation and before I want to do something so drastically I [...]

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patent wars ?

Following a series of lawsuits launched by former Lucent (the Bell Labs guys), former Alcatel and now also the newly formed Alcatel-Lucent, now we have in a San Diego court one woman and eight men to decide on the fate of mp3.
The technology behind mp3 (MPEG1 layer 3), although originating from the German based Frauenhoffer [...]

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hamster tumbles

Following the good news of Richard Hammond’s wonderful recovery we could see this sunday on the first episode of a new series of Topgear the video footage (UK viewers only) of his crash.
Topgear.com features an entire special on the topic including a step by step animation based on the telemetrics of the crashed dragster.
In his [...]

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we have clone

Following through on the iPhone there is now the iCloneMeizu M8 PMP/Phone.
Curious how long before the next lawsuit.
(via Gizmodo)

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i’m asimov

No really, I am …
That is, if you can believe the outcome of this quiz.
I am:
Isaac Asimov
One of the most prolific writers in history, on any imaginable subject. Cared little for art but created lasting and memorable tales.
Which science fiction writer are you?
(via Robert A Heinlein … euh .. Cory)

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the sound of the police

If this isn’t going to work …
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department recruits for new police officers in a very stylish way.
Their site is completely set up to mimic Roberto Rodriguez version of Frank Miller’s Sin City (trailer).
(via boingboing)

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iptv – the math

IPTV and it’s likes are the talk of the town for more than a year now and everybody bustling about it being the future of TV (as well as the TV of the future, completely forgetting it is already here today).
Thereby it seems the biggest drive of them all is left untouched : who’s going [...]

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flickr blog this button

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.
Well this seems to work so maybe some more  will follow. That is, if I do make more photo’s worthwile posting and put them on flickr of course.

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true love

This guy must have a true love for mac’s just check out his flickr account.
A basement full of Apple, first gen consoles, … draped in a sauce of ikea.
(Via Macworld)

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midi soundz iz da bomb

Well, I may be a bit exaggerating and the fun may wear off quickly, but I really enjoyed the stretch of pop midi midijayski brought us @ De Nachten.
Despite being a bit ill and intending to go home I really enjoyed dancing to the midi sounds (remember the good old Atari 2600 ?).
As [...]

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talk of the town^H^H^H^Hworld

Too stupid to explain, just read for yourself …
update (29/01/2007) : and even on boingboing!

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tag ze machine

I just learned from Nicodemus that a new feature is active in the flickr API : machine tags
You first define a namespace, then you attach a key/value pair to it.
Jus an example (namespace:key=value) :
people:firstname=”Joe”
people:lastname=”Di Magghio”
At the moment this is quite hot in the geoblogging scene as this allows their tools to integrate with flickr [...]

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i am del.icio.us

Couldn’t resist it. Finally I registered with del.icio.us
Like last.fm was a real hit for me I hope this one will be too.
We’ll see …

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R.E.P.S.P.E.T.C.

Belgium is a kingdom.
Well, actually, Belgium is a country with a king who is a little more than a figure of protocol.
His son however has no real function. OK, he is the crownprince but this gives him really no legal standing hus far. As a missionary for Belgium he does quite a lousy job (repeating [...]

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