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Re: Simon Goudie » Maintenance Mode

Raduza — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:45:00 -0000

Thanks for the link to my video.As you know the wireless was nat as fast as we'd like, so that's part of hte reason for the poor quality of hte video.What I was doing was uploading the video from my GL2 over Firewire to my Powerbook and then up to audioblog.comWhen you stream live video like that to audioblog, some throttling takes place. So that combined with the EiFi in the hall lead to stutters and dropouts.BUT you did get to see the video of his speech just minutes after he finished, so for that, I think it was worth posting like that.
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I did it the old fashioned way and recorded direct to disk. The link to my video can be found at neterity.blogspot.com. Hand held so there are a few jitters etc. But good quality sound.Enjoy.
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You're right Steve, and I think you summed up the whole vibe right there. I got to watch and hear the keynote from Seattle in Melbourne minutes after the event and it was all user-to-user, no broadcasting companies etc. Thanks for work, it was good to see the hair in action.Neternity, I'll be checking out the video tonight, it's a little big to pull down at work. Thanks for the heads up.

Re: Simon Goudie » Maintenance Mode

Raduza — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:02:00 -0000

The Ipod Shuffle:

http://thelastminute.typepad.com/blog/2005/01/ipod_shuffle.html

I wonder if having no screen will suck?
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I think the no screen aspect won't be too bad, particularly if it's on shuffle.

It seems to be designed to pick up and go; kind of put it in your pocket (or on the lanyard) and forget about it while it mixes your music.

The only difficulty I can see is when you want to go to a specific track. The lack of scroll wheel means that you will have to click past songs individually and no screen means you have to keep listening to the start of each track, even in non-shuffle mode. Given that it holds up to 240 tracks, that could be a real pain. Still, I might have to track one down and have a play, but I don't think I will be purchasing. The mini-mac on the other hand...

Re: Simon Goudie » Maintenance Mode

Raduza — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:30:00 -0000

Greetings. Happy blogging (and yes to Mozilla, but around me, all the cool kids are running Firefox).
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Wow, a visitor! I never thought I'd even get one! Thanks for the comment, it's very much appreciated.

Re: Simon Goudie » Maintenance Mode

Raduza — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:21:00 -0000

We posted it on the 20th. foof has been overworked. You should get it soon. Any problems, let us know - dirtymouse
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Thanks Dirtymouse, I checked the order processing list and found it on there. Looks like you've been flat out! Looking forward to getting home tonight to see if it's there.

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Raduza — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:11:00 -0000

Cool that you set up your Lifeblog to post to Flickr. Just to clarify, we use the open ATOM protocol, so we're not really in bed with anyone. Typepad was just first on board, and is still the only one that has done the work required to accept all types of posts from Lifeblog (e.g. video). Let's hope Blogger do it soon too :)Dan, Nokia Lifeblog Team
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Hey Dan, thanks for the comment. I didn't mean that there was anything dodgy going on with LifeBlog and TypePad, more that I wish everyone else would jump on to such an awesome opportunity. I image that I will eventually move to Typepad (I'm already very keen on LifeBlog after only a week). Having just taken my first real video tonight at a bar, it would be great to post this online. Here's to Blogger catching on quick!
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Could you explain a little how you got the lifeblog software setup to post to flickr? I have many distant relatives and would love to post images and videos of my little daughters to share with my family using the Nokia 6682 + Lifeblog.
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No probs, Flickr have put up a page with the info you need at: Basically,">http://www.flickr.com/tools/lifeblog/Basically, you need to put these details in as a weblog account in Lifeblog (Tools>edit weblog accounts). There are two options: upload to flickr, and upload to flickr and your blog.Good luck, let me know how you go!

Re: Simon Goudie » Maintenance Mode

Raduza — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:26:00 -0000

Doyle is a pissa. Heard him on the radio trying defend why him breaking his promise is different then Bracks breaking his promiss about no tolls on the Freeway. If you ask me, there as bad as each other and the quicker that Cam Reilly (www.cameronreilly.com) gets his Party going, the better. And look at the %^#$V#@$ that the federal Liberal party is pulling over Telstra with no oppersition in the Senate (i.e. no debate on the Telstra bill). If you ask me, it could be there undoing. Anyway, Have a good weekend.Molly
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I caught the end of the 7.30 Report last night with John Clarke's skit on the sale of Telstra and it was hilarious. The whole thing is a bit of a joke I think and I seriously doubt that we'll see any rise in service levels or innovation regardless of whether it is sold or not. These days, I kind of tune out whenever it gets mentioned to be honest. I feel so dirty though, as I'm about to get a new mobile and it will be back on Telstra's network.

Re: Simon Goudie » Maintenance Mode

Raduza — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:27:00 -0000

Yeah I do remember Frontline. Thats why I say at the end of most of these reports:Hmmm... Martin Di Stasio with that report!Molly ">http://mollyzine.blogspot.com
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"Lesson here: when on drug charges in Indonesia, the best thing to do is just anything at all, as long as you stay in the news."Sorry if I'm being thick, but is this meant to be sarcastic too? Being in the news when on drug charges in Indonesia is absolutely disastrous. The best thing to do is absolutely nothing that might attract media interest. Australian Christopher Packer faced the death penalty there earlier this year for "arms smuggling", but got the Indonesian police to drop the charges & is back here now. Packer hasn't bothered to deny paying a bribe. He's kept a very low profile.Christopher Currell, another Australian, was arrested in Bali in 2004, for "planning to export 70,000 ephedrine tablets, a base ingredient in the manufacture of methamphetamine, to Australia in 2004 as well as ephedrine tablets that had been ground into powder.Currell (get this) was found guilty of the minor charge of acting as an unlicensed pharmacist [!], and given a six month sentence. Sentence commuted to time already served."These are only two of many, many obscure cases there have been before the Indonesian courts that show how misguided most people are about typical sentencing laws there. Because the Australian media trump up the "death by firing squad" angle, a great many people are still convinced Schapelle Corby "got off lightly" with 20 years. It's completely untrue. Her sentence was harsh enough to shock some of the Indonesian media. "Personally, I think it's fantastic that we are offloading these Australians to Balinese prisons. It's the Balinese I feel sorry for."Why? What's your reasoning? You think Balinese people don't take drugs too? Four other people were busted with drugs along with Michelle Leslie at that party. All of them were young Balinese guys. Don't get me wrong. I'm no "Boycott Bali" racist (far from it), but why "feel sorry" for the Balinese for something they have in common with Australians? (A percentage of people who use illegal drugs.) They aren't "noble savages" unlike we evil, decadent Westerners. They're just the same as "us". Some good, some bad, some merely stupid.
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There was definate sarcasm intended. The general point that I was trying to get across was two-fold. Firstly, that to take drugs into Bali, or obtain drugs over there is a stupid thing to do and that if there haven't been enough high-profile cases recently to illustrate the point, then I'm questioning the capacities of those continuing to do so.Secondly, I'm criticising the media (in this case Channel 7) for the same reasons I think you responded to the post. The hype that they inject into cases like these can blow everything out of proportion. You make a good point regarding this about Currell's sentence being quietly commuted while Corby apparently (and loudly) 'got off lightly'. Cases like Corby's, The Nine's and Leslie's offer the Balinese judicial system the opportunity to make a widely-heard statement to Australia and other countries about bringing drugs into Bali. While I would like to think that this would not influence a case, the Packer case raises the question of their dedication to the cause. Therefore, I have to agree: Having a publicised case is potentially dangerous.The 'offloading Australians' comment was a rather flippant reference a more Darwinian attitude. By removing people with the inability to see that drugs in Bali are a bad idea, then the average intelligence of the country must by rising. This isn't a Bali-specific statement though, feel free to send the majority of people who watch Today Tonight for the weight-loss tips and 'Australia's biggest dole bludger' stories wherever you like. I have no problem admitting this is an extremely arrogant frame of mind. I just get easily frustrated these days.And I whole-heartedly agree with your final statement. I am not necessarily pro- nor anti-Bali, but I do feel bad for the pasting their country has taken recently. They have their own issues to deal with and I think that the Australian media chasing people away by hyping stories like we have been discussing is not helping at all.In short, my issue is with Australians severly lacking common sense and those in the media who potentially do more harm than good in their chase for a controvesial story. While I do not 'pity' the Balinese (I am not that arrogant), I do regret the affect that these two groups have on their country.I realise sarcasm is not the best way to get a point across on the internet, but it was great to read your considered comment, thanks.
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"Secondly, I'm criticising the media (in this case Channel 7) for the same reasons I think you responded to the post. The hype that they inject into cases like these can blow everything out of proportion. You make a good point regarding this about Currell's sentence being quietly commuted while Corby apparently (and loudly) 'got off lightly'. Cases like Corby's, The Nine's and Leslie's offer the Balinese judicial system the opportunity to make a widely-heard statement to Australia and other countries about bringing drugs into Bali. While I would like to think that this would not influence a case, the Packer case raises the question of their dedication to the cause. Therefore, I have to agree: Having a publicised case is potentially dangerous.The 'offloading Australians' comment was a rather flippant reference a more Darwinian attitude. By removing people with the inability to see that drugs in Bali are a bad idea, then the average intelligence of the country must by rising. This isn't a Bali-specific statement though, feel free to send the majority of people who watch Today Tonight for the weight-loss tips and 'Australia's biggest dole bludger' stories wherever you like. I have no problem admitting this is an extremely arrogant frame of mind. I just get easily frustrated these days.And I whole-heartedly agree with your final statement. I am not necessarily pro- nor anti-Bali, but I do feel bad for the pasting their country has taken recently. They have their own issues to deal with and I think that the Australian media chasing people away by hyping stories like we have been discussing is not helping at all.In short, my issue is with Australians severly lacking common sense and those in the media who potentially do more harm than good in their chase for a controvesial story. While I do not 'pity' the Balinese (I am not that arrogant), I do regret the affect that these two groups have on their country.I realise sarcasm is not the best way to get a point across on the internet, but it was great to read your considered comment, thanks."Thank you. I want to apologize for leaving you that strident, humourless comment in the first place. It embarrasses me now, having reread what you wrote. I really appreciate your kind of flippant/glib "take" on Australians-in-trouble-in-Bali according-to-the-media-gaze.I think I understand the spirit in which you were writing and I found what you wrote very witty and funny, in a nice subtle, understated kind of way too. Mwah.
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No need to apologise at all. It's always nice to read and talk about issues like these. I appreciate you taking the time to read and comment. By the way, do you keep your own blog or site at all?

Re: Simon Goudie » Maintenance Mode

Raduza — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:32:00 -0000

Knew I should have voted a couple extra times....and too cute for words....wanted to see more of him every week
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Tell me about it, almost makes me wish I did actually vote!

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Raduza — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:37:00 -0000

Here's a quick comment to check that these are working too

Re: Simon Goudie » Maintenance Mode

Raduza — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:58:00 -0000

I have already watched a movie on my MP3 player! ;My iRiver does video and there is a cool tool, iRiverter that will not only take a lot of different video formats and covert them to the iRiver format, but they also have the ability to covert a DVD to the format. Way cool (not that I have used it much). I wouldn't give up my iRiver for an iPod video.JMTCMolly
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Same here with my Nokia 3230. Rip from DVD to watch on the PC and then a couple of minutes to covert to an 80meg avi file to watch on the phone. In widescreen.I think the iRivers have a lot going for them.

Re: Simon Goudie » Maintenance Mode

Raduza — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:14:00 -0000

"Hacks: Running the internet access through my broadband over Bluetooth rather than GPR$"How do you do that??? I had thought of doing that but didn't know it was possible!
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Hey Hugo. It was a right pain to setup, but it can be done. You need to play with Gnubox. I've lost all the sites that I used (I think I almost wore out Google) but here's one to get you started. The firmware has changed a bit since most of the guides were written, but keep hunting and you'll get it. Good luck!http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/mraento/symbian/bt-ap.html