I recently had the opportunity to review the new Panasonic Lumix G1 Digital SLR. As there are other more detailed reviews out there, I decided to write about my impressions of using it, rather than trying to list statistics about the camera.
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I have started doing some photography for other people, so decided I should really put some effort into how I present the photos. I thought about buying an inkjet for printing labels, but they weren’t all that cheap and from my experience with inkets in the past the ink dries out and is rather expensive to replace.
I also had problems finding inkets that could print direct to cd from linux… Then BlueMonki suggested a LightScribe drive. LightScribe is a technology where you put the disk in the burner upside down and it etches a label onto it. Of course you need a new drive and specific media, but the drives are available for £20 and media is less than 30p each, which is more expensive than a normal dvd+r but not a problem for occasional use.
Continue reading ‘LightScribe on Debian - burn your cd/dvd labels!’
I recently was pointed towards Ubiquity, which is a cool little firefox 3 plugin that gives you a pop-up query window to have clever web shortcuts.
The video below explains a bit how it works (once you get past the intro).
Ubiquity for Firefox from Aza Raskin on Vimeo.
If you are too busy to watch the video, some of the things they do are translate a chunk of a webpage, email selected text, lookup up a selected address (and multiple addresses) on google maps, etc.
Most of it is centered around google tools (gmail, calendar etc) but many are just useful tools (builtin tiny-url lookup shortcuts, etc).
The best bit about it Uniquity is how quick it is to create plugins for it - I have already written a plugin that lets me do bluepages (IBM’s internal address book) lookups, as well as a plugin that lets me lookup defects and features for a few cmvc (the code/defect tracking tool used in my department in IBM) families
If you are an IBMer and want to try it, see my internal blog for details
Ubiquity is only an alpha release, but frankly it is rather cool already - I can’t wait to see where the next version takes it
EA Hit with Class Action Lawsuit over Spore DRM
…a class action lawsuit has been filed against Electronic Arts in federal court, which alleges the company defrauds its customers by not disclosing the installation of SecuROM copy protection as part of Spore’s installation.
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“Consumers are given no control, rights or options over SecuROM,” the complaint continues. “The program is uninstallable. Once installed, it becomes a permanent part of the consumer’s software portfolio. Even if the consumer uninstalls Spore and entirely deletes it from their computer, SecuROM remains a fixture in their computer unless and until the consumer completely wipes their hard drive through reformatting or replacement of the drive.”
I wonder if I can join the lawsuit? I only use my windows image for playing spore, so probably don’t care that the copy protection software is not removable. I am more bothered that I can only install Spore 3 times (ever), as I will likely delete windows (hard disk failure?) and then later decide I want to play spore again (at least I have with all other good games - Quake II, StarCraft, Diabo II, etc)
Isn’t SecuROM the same software that Sony had problems with? Or am I getting confused. Sony lost their lawsuit (though it was DRM on a music CD), so I wonder how much chance EA has…
It seems so obvious - how is a list of names going to stop terrorists? Surely after being told they cannot fly they will just change their name.
Schneier on Security: Change Your Name and Avoid the TSA Watchlist
Or the might just use a forged passport…
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