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barnskiblog

Barney's blog. Just a load of old shite really.

Friday, October 31, 2003
The iCar - taking mac geekdom to extremes.

Wednesday, October 29, 2003
It's malloween for homestar.......

Saturday, October 18, 2003
sofake web design.
These guys are responsible for wefail and other cool melanges.

Thursday, October 16, 2003
WEFAIL.
Spectacularly, beautifully, strangely and slowly.

MusicBrainz Tagger - tidy up your mp3 tags automatically (windoze only at the moment, but a Mac OS X / iTunes version is promised). Haven't tried it out yet though.
blagged from dutchbint

gaim.
I have used gaim on an occasional basis for some time now, as it lets me talk to my iChat and AIM buddies from Linux. However, I didn't realise just how much the recent version can do:
"Gaim is a multi-protocol instant messaging client for Linux, BSD, MacOS X, and Windows. It is compatible with AIM (Oscar and TOC protocols), ICQ, MSN Messenger, Yahoo, IRC, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, and Zephyr networks".
Looks like Trillian have a competitor.......

Tuesday, October 14, 2003
Silicon's Agenda Setters 2003. Nice to see Steve Jobs at No.1 and Linus Torvalds at No.5 :)

Friday, October 10, 2003
Napster is making a return on October 29th, apparently. Looks like an iTunes music store kind of a deal for windoze PC users, although Apple might beat them to it by getting iTunes for windoze out first.

Monday, October 06, 2003
Boring3D Daily Archive.

Palm have released the Tungsten T3 - more tasty tech. What the hell is with that new name though? - pa1m0ne. What a bunch of arse.

Sunday, October 05, 2003
One for the geeks; some very interesting developments in the computing world recently. I've been trying to find time to get through some of Sun Microsystems webcasts from their NC03-Q3 launch event, which is a couple of weeks old now. Anyway, I watched Jonathan Schwartz' keynote on Sun's Software Strategy (if you want to watch, you'll have to navigate the menus yourself from the previous hyperlink) and towards the end, he demos a new technology that they have in development that they are calling Project Looking Glass. This is a new desktop environment that will run on the Sun Java Desktop System.
As a quick overview, the Sun Java Desktop System is a desktop environment with applications that is intended to offer a viable alternative to Windows on the desktop. It will be available running on either Solaris or SuSE Linux, and has its roots in the open source community, and especially with the Gnome desktop environment.
Anyways, the real jaw-dropper was the in-development stuff in Project Looking Glass - it rocks! There is a short article here at Infoworld describing how there is a possible link with Apple, as some elements are similar to those found in OS X. However, Project Looking Glass does some stuff that is even cooler, with the desktop being a truly 3-dimensional space in which you can manipulate windows in all directions. If this stuff is interesting to you, I strongly suggest you have a look at the video of Schwartz' keynote at NC03-Q3 - just watch the last fifth or so of the video (just after the failed IP phone demo!).
The Sun Java Desktop System will be available for production use at the end of the year, but Project Looking Glass is still in development.

Friday, October 03, 2003
Bloglines | Free, Web-Based News Aggregator - what a great idea. No need to use a local app for your RSS feeds any more - get them wherever you are! I've only just signed up, but it looks pretty cool.

The world continues to exhibit general messed-upness; St. Petersburg city council have had to pass a new, emergency ordinance to prevent a public suicide by a terminally ill fan at a rock concert. The Yahoo! News story gives details, but the band, Hell on Earth say that they're going to do it anyway, and broadcast the event on the web.
The band's website is, unsurprisingly, currently offline.