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2007 September
Ustream.tv Widget 1.0 - Watch and monitor all of your favorite Ustream channels. (Free)
Ustream.tv Widget… Watch and monitor all of your favorite Ustream channels directly from your Dashboard.
- Live Streams List
- Favorite Streams List
- Save Favorites To Your Ustream Watch List
- Growl Notifications
- More to comeÉ
(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)
ASSHOLE OF THE WEEK: Guy who auto-uploaded pix of self turns in hot Mac
The fellow whose inked and un-shirted self-portrait flooded the web on Monday, after being uploaded unwittingly on a stolen laptop, has turned the pilfered Mac over to police in Victoria, BC, Canada. He says he’s innocent, and authorities are still sorting through the case. Snip from Vancouver Sun story:
The tattooed man, whose photo has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times around the world and who suddenly found himself famous from Iceland to Brazil, walked into the Victoria police station with the stolen machine at about 4 p.m. Tuesday, said gt. Colin Brown.
The man also contacted Global BC on Tuesday, telling the station he did not know the computer was stolen and that he had bought it from a friend who had bought it from someone else.
Link.
The guy’s self-portrait has now been viewed more than 252,037 times on the original Flickr page, and heaven knows how many thousands or millions more times on blogs and other websites.
Dane Brown from Workspace (the ‘office 2.0′ space from which this and other laptops were stolen) said Flickr dude was ‘known to police,’ and that while no charges were filed to date, the matter is ‘certainly under investigation.’
In other news, he’s been LOLled.(thanks, Pete Quily and many others!)
Previously on Boing Boing:
(Via Boing Boing.)
Top 10 Ways to Put Your Remote Server to Good Use
An always-on server can come in all kinds of handy for running automated tasks, syncing your data, remote controlling downloads and acting as a proxy. Lot of us have access to a remote computer, but most of us probably aren’t getting everything we can out of it. Check out our top 10 ways to put your remote server to best use
iRobot debuts ConnectR and Looj home bots
iRobot’s mission to create the ‘robot home’ got a whole lot more fleshed out this afternoon at the company’s DigitalLife keynote. The general idea is to get usable tech into any and every home — not just for the nerds, not like the Jetsons. ‘A little boring, but fantastically useful robots.’ Obviously iRobot has been attempting this a while with its Roomba and related lines, but the new ConnectR and Looj bots really flesh out that vision. On the boring end of things, the Looj is a remote-controlled bot that can clean up to 60 feet of gutter in 10 minutes. It rolls through your gutter tank-style and spits out the debris, and then rolls back to you. It’s waterproof for easy cleaning, and is available today for $99. The ConnectR takes a whole new angle for iRobot, offering telepresence instead of the usual drudgery removal. You can ‘virtually visit’ friends and family by controlling the WiFi-connected bot remotely, with live video, audio, controls and sensor data. The camera tilts and zooms, and has a zoom mode high resolution enough for reading text. You can transmit your voice through the bot, and control an LED light to convey mood. ConnectR launches next year for $499, and will be available in a pilot program for $199 to select beta-testing users.
(Via Engadget.)
Monitor Your Bandwith Usage with SurplusMeter
Mac OS X only: Donationware application SurplusMeter monitors and records your upload and download traffic volume and offers tons of useful bandwidth stats, like average daily use and bandwidth allowance tracking (if your ISP has a cap, that is). Keep in mind that the application doesn’t actually keep track of what traffic is from the internet and what traffic may be local network traffic (like transferring files from your desktop to your laptop), so it won’t be 100% accurate if you have much network traffic on your LAN. However, if you’re looking for a simple method for tracking your bandwidth, it’s a handy little utility. SurplusMeter is donationware, Mac only. Windows users, check out Freemeter.
(Via Lifehacker.)
100 (Legal) Sources for Free Stock Images
Staying legal as a designer or webmaster means you’ll have to either create your own images or buy them from stock sites. Fortunately, there are a number of sources for free images, and we’ve collected them here. So read on for 100 sources where you can find free stock images: and don’t worry — they’re all legal!
Shorten Your Cords with the Cableyoyo and CordHog
Shorten cords and reduce cable clutter with cheap cable management solutions Cableyoyo (pictured) and CordHog. Each device provides a simple method for wrapping up extraneous cable length when you don’t need the full length of the cord, but Cableyoyo’s sleek design is more geared for display while CordHogs are more of a simple behind-the-scenes option. Sure you could use your own ties or velcro straps in many situations, but if you really hate the look of extra cord length, these inexpensive solutions might be up your alley.
(Via Lifehacker.)
UPS Hack! Create your own secret external hard drive.
Hide your computer downloads in plain sight. Pictures, movies, music, files, whatever! Nobody will even know it’s there. Not your kids, your wife, a burglar - not even the RIAA!
Video Professor upset by criticism, sues 100 anonymous critics
Video Professor, a company that markets computer training videos through infomercials, is going after at least 100 anonymous online critics in federal court. The good professor believes that you can’t “be anonymous and bash people” on the Internet.
