Tag Galaxy - Fun with Flickr

Tag Galaxy is fun with flickr. You can select a keyword and then you will see a solar system with the keyword at the center. Select one of the revolving planets to narrow the search. Then click on the sun to see a photo-sphere of images from flickr.

ubuntu - ushare - xbox360

Here's how to get ushare to work with your xbox360:

This will allow you to stream video (movies) form your ubuntu box to your xbox360.


sudo apt-get ushare

sudo gedit /etc/ushare.conf

Verify (or change 3 things):

(your interface)
USHARE_IFACE=eth0

(the directory with your media)
USHARE_DIR=/home/user/media

(enable xbox support)
USHARE_ENABLE_XBOX=yes


Save the file...

We need to add -x to the ushare daemon when it is launched...
so edit:

sudo gedit /etc/rc3.d/s20ushare

Near the top, add the following line:

USHARE_OPTIONS=-x

save the file...

then bounce the service.

sudo invoke-rc.d ushare stop
sudo invoke-rc.d ushare start

(in my experience, if your use sudo invoke-rc.d ushare restart, it will respawn too quickly... you can add a sleep statement in the restart script... or just to what I did above)

Restart your xbox360... enjoy.

Princess Bride

The Princess Bride is a 1987 film, based on the 1973 novel of the same name by William Goldman, combining comedy, adventure, romance and fantasy.





The movie was directed by Rob Reiner from a screenplay by Goldman. The story is presented in the movie as a book being read by a grandfather (Peter Falk) to his sick grandson (Fred Savage), thus echoing the book's narrative style.

This film is number 50 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies" and number 88 on The American Film Institute's (AFI) "AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions" listing the 100 greatest film love stories of all time.

The Simpsons

The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its eponymous family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. The show is set in the fictional town of Springfield, and lampoons many aspects of the human condition including American culture, society, and television.

The family was conceived by Groening shortly before a pitch for a series of animated shorts with the producer James L. Brooks. Groening created a dysfunctional family and named the characters after members of his own family, substituting Bart for his own name. The shorts became a part of The Tracey Ullman Show on April 19, 1987. After a three-season run, the sketch was developed into a half-hour prime time show and was an early hit for Fox, becoming the first Fox series to land in the Top 30 ratings in a season (1989–1990).

Since its debut on December 17, 1989 the show has broadcast 434 episodes and the twentieth season began airing on September 28, 2008.[1] The Simpsons Movie, a feature-length film, was released in theaters worldwide on July 26 and July 27, 2007, and has grossed approximately US$526.2 million worldwide to date.

The Simpsons has won dozens of awards since it debuted as a series, including 24 Emmy Awards, 26 Annie Awards and a Peabody Award. Time magazine's December 31, 1999 issue named it the 20th century's best television series, and on January 14, 2000 the Simpson family was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Simpsons is the longest-running American sitcom, the longest-running American animated program and as of 2008 is tied with Gunsmoke as the longest running American primetime entertainment series. Homer's annoyed grunt "D'oh!" has been adopted into the English lexicon, while The Simpsons has influenced many adult-oriented animated sitcoms.

Format Wars of the 20th Century and beyond

A format war describes competition between mutually incompatible proprietary formats, typically for data storage devices and recording formats for electronic media. It is often characterized by political and financial influence on content publishers by the developers of the technologies. Developing companies may be characterized as engaging in a format war if they actively oppose or avoid interoperable open industry technical standards in favor of their own.

How Google Streetview Works

Here's a great illustration on how Google Streetview works.

The article goes on to say how google has been forced to alter images amid privacy protests.

Make a Mixtape

Mixtape.me keeps the mixtape alive. Create that perfect playlist of songs to tell that special someone exactly how you feel. Share your mixtape... just like high school.

Pink Elephant

A pink baby elephant has been caught on camera in Botswana.

A wildlife cameraman took pictures of the calf when he spotted it among a herd of about 80 elephants in the Okavango Delta.

Experts believe it is probably an albino, which is an extremely rare phenomenon in African elephants.

They are unsure of its chances of long-term survival - the blazing African sunlight may cause blindness and skin problems for the calf.

Mike Holding, who spotted the baby while filming for a BBC wildlife programme, said: "We only saw it for a couple of minutes as the herd crossed the river.

Source: BBC News

Steven Seagal

Cracked.com takes a pretty accurate stab at explaining the success of Steven Seagal's career.

Bailout Bonuses

XKCD makes a very valid point. Yes, the Bonuses are bone-headed. But this illustration puts things in perspective.

XKCD Bailout Bonuses