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Not enough Nickelback in your life? Become an Internet Explorer 8 user..

Think of one of the worst ways to browse the internet, then think of the biggest joke band on the net and combine them.

http://ie8-nickelback.com/

The Video Bay

http://thevideobay.org/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8123989.stm

“The world’s most high-profile file-sharing website, The Pirate Bay (TPB), has lifted the lid on its new video sharing website, The Video Bay. Billed as a rival to YouTube, the service will offer unrestricted video content, in violation of copyright law. “

Blu-ray (BD) is dead long live Holographic Versatile Discs (HVDs)

It will be soon be time to get all of your movies again this time in UHD (Ultra HD).
16 times sharper than HD and in 22.2 surround sound.

Remove all *.ext from inside the current dir

find . -name "*.ext" -exec rm -rf {} \;

My Book® Studio Edition™ II 4TB $649.99

HOSPITALITY - SICK LP LAUNCH

Altec iMT237 Orbit-M

Find 10 largest folders in the current dir on Mac / Linux

du -k . | sort -n | tail -10

Dnuos: Make a list!

dnuos ~/Music -S -o "[n,-90]| [t,-5]| [q]" -f ~/Desktop/music.nfo

Kojima Countdown

MySQL Correlated Subqueries

Example: Return the folders name, count the number of files inside and order by the amount.

SELECT folders.name, (SELECT COUNT(files.folder_id) FROM files WHERE files.folder_id = folders.folder_id) AS files_inside 
FROM folders
ORDER BY files_inside DESC

My Denons have returned!

Thanks to Zach @ enigma-audio.com and Mark @ lawtonaudio.com for the work!

iMac >
Pico USB DAC/Amp >
CryoParts Via Blue 3.5mm / Furutech FP-602F (R) >
Denon AH-D2000 (10ft 22g Jena / Furutech FP-601M (R) recable + Markl mod + Sheoak cups)

iTunes Costs a Lot, Zune Pass a Little

Microsoft have just beaten their last video, and not with the Songsmith one but this:

So $14.99 Zune pass for 10 tracks/month to keep, you can access more a month but as soon as you stop your contract you are left only with the downloaded tracks on your computer. If you did download the max 10 every month then it would be $1.49 each x 30,000 = $44,700

The other main point is if you could fit 30,000 tracks on it and could only get 120 tracks/year it would take 250 years of subscription to fill your Zune..

Microsoft - You find it, you keep it adverts

This has got me annoyed recently - Laptop Hunters $2000 - Sheila gets an HP HDX

There are a few more of these ads to be found and all will make you cringe even if you are a Windows user.

Laptop Hunters $1500 Lisa and Jackson get a Sony VAIO

Laptop Hunters $1500 - Giampaolo gets an HP HDX

LTJ Bukem - FABRICLIVE 46

Tracklist
01 Greg Packer – People’s Music – Good Looking
02 Tidal – Impressions – Good Looking
03 Furney – Eerie Indiana - Good Looking
04 Villem – Inflated Tear (Madcap’s Remix) - Good Looking
05 Paul SG Ft Eros – Forever - Good Looking
06 Paul SG Ft Caine – Lay Down - Good Looking
07 Paul SG Ft Andy Sim – Sweet and Fresh - Good Looking
08 Locksmith – 2 Minds - Good Looking
09 Specific – Time - Good Looking
10 Furney – Jambaleno - Good Looking
11 Phatplayaz – Fact Of The Unknown - Good Looking
12 Furney – Rhodeo Drive - Good Looking
13 Eveson – Kodama - Good Looking
14 Furney – Fearz - Good Looking
15 Tayla – Turn it Around - Good Looking
16 Locksmith – I’m Not Where You Are - Good Looking
17 Furney – Rhodes For D - Good Looking
18 Syncopix – So In Need - Good Looking