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Turn Google into Napster

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 05:45:58 GMT

clipped by: alongcool
clipper's remarks: awesome!

Okay peeps, I’m sure most of you know how to use Limewire and Bittorrent these days. But, I’ll bet you haven’t used Google to perform a quick Mp3 search for the nagging song that’s been stuck in your head all day. The truth is that Google can be used to conduct a search for almost any file type, including Mp3s, PDFs, and videos. This functionality has been available for a long time, but most users haven’t caught on to it. So here’s a quick example of how to use Google to search for Mp3s. It’s like turning Google into the Napster of 2000.

The following is a Google search string for searching open web directories containing downloadable Nirvana music files. Substitute the term Nirvana in the search string for any other band of your liking. You can always bookmark the search result for future use.

-inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:”index of” +”last modified” +”parent directory” +description +size +(wma|mp3) “Nirvana”

With some very slight modifications the same search string can easily be used to search for ebooks in DOC and PDF format:

-inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:”index of” +”last modified” +”parent directory” +description +size +(pdf|doc) “george orwell 1984″

Or perhaps your looking for some specific video file:

-inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:”index of” +”last modified” +”parent directory” +description +size +(mpg|wmv) “towelie”

You can check the official Google Advanced Search Operators page for further details on editing this search string to meet your specific needs. Enjoy yourselves!

Now thry this http://www.briefli.com/ link it does exactly what we tought of doing above.

Shaastra Thamesportal

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Tags: google

Download usable Youtube videos

Sat, 02 Dec 2006 19:27:57 GMT

clipped by: n2sooners
clipper's remarks: Don't even have to download any software. Haven't extensively tested it yet, but it does look promising.

Clip Source: vixy.net

FLV Online Converter - ver.0.5.1202

Clip Source: vixy.homeip.net

URL (FLV file URL or web page*):

* Web page that embedded a YouTube Video.
* URL example:
- http://vixy.net/flv/vixy_net_podcaster_demo_director.flv
- http://youtube.com/watch?v=J7JmsMMIR4Y

You have used 0% of your bandwith for this one hour.

Details:

This service converts a FLV file (Youtube's movie,etc) to another format (AVI/MOV/MP4/MP3/3GP). The service is using a unique technologies (JP), and converts FLV to MPEG4 faster and losslessy than a typical transcoder.

When you submit an url, this service will download and convert the video format. Then you can download the converted file.

New!: FLV to MPEG4 Conveter engine is now OpenSource!

Tags: youtube, video, mp3, ipod

How to Tie the 10 Most Useful Knots

Sat, 05 May 2007 00:15:07 GMT

clipped by: gingembre
clipper's remarks: How-to guide for tying knots. Using different colored ropes when learning the knots is a good idea.

Clip Source: www.motherearthnews.com

How to Tie the 10 Most Useful Knots

Images

Mother Earth News editors

1: Overhand Knot
2: Figure-eight Know
3: Reef (Square) Knot
4: Sheet (Becket) Bend
5: Carrick Bend
6: Bowline
7: Clove Hitch
8: Timber Hitch
9: Taut-line Hitch
10: Sheepshank

Clip Source: www.motherearthnews.com

[1] OVERHAND KNOT: This one is easy ... just bitter end over and under the bight. The overhand is used as a temporary stopper to prevent a rope from unraveling or passing through a ring, eye, or pulley. It's also We starting point for other knots, including the reefor square-knot

[2] FIGURE-EIGHT KNOT: The figure eight is a better stopper knot than the overhand, because it's easier to untie after the rope has been pulled tight. Just form a bight with the working end over the standing part ... run the bitter end under the standing part to form a second bight ... then put the bitter end through the first bight. The result looks like a sideways numeral 8.

Tags: knots, ropes, tying, knotsmanship

The best FIREFOX add-ons (1)

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 14:14:40 GMT

clipped by: blusior
clipper's remarks: nice and useful,utile dulci

Clip Source: addons.mozilla.org

Gmail Space 0.5.3 by Rahul Jonna, tnarik

This extension allows you to use your Gmail Space (2.5 GB and growing) for file storage. It acts as an online drive, so you can upload files from your hard drive and access them from every Internet capable system. The interface will make your Gmail account look like a FTP host.

After the installation, you'll get an option called "GSpace" in your "Tools" menu, which opens the GSpace window.

It's great for storing/sharing files with your friends. Also very good to backup photos and music files (as you can view/listen to them from Gspace).

If you have any problems with the extension, please look at the FAQ page (http://www.getspace.com/faq.html). If your question is not listed or the solution doesn't apply to your specific question, please email the current developer (tnarik).

Let's do something interesting: send your suggestions about Gspace to tnarik until 23/11/2006. Let's see what we can we do to please you all.

Gmail Manager 0.5.3 by Todd Long

Allows you to manage multiple Gmail accounts and receive new mail notifications. Displays your account details including unread messages, saved drafts, spam messages, labels with new mail, space used, and new mail snippets.

Clip Source: addons.mozilla.org

Tab Mix Plus 0.3.5.2 by CPU, onemen

Tab Mix Plus enhances Firefox's tab browsing capabilities. It includes such features as duplicating tabs, controlling tab focus, tab clicking options, undo closed tabs and windows, plus much more. It also includes a full-featured session manager with crash recovery that can save and restore combinations of opened tabs and windows.

Clip Source: addons.mozilla.org

Firefox Showcase

More previews…

Clip Source: addons.mozilla.org

Fotofox

More previews…

Clip Source: addons.mozilla.org

yourminis.com HUD

More previews…

Tags: firefox

11 Rules of Writing

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 14:28:59 GMT

clipped by: wurdzgurl

Clip Source: www.junketstudies.com

1. To join two independent clauses, use a comma followed by a conjunction, a semicolon alone, or a semicolon followed by a sentence modifier.

2. Use commas to bracket nonrestrictive phrases, which are not essential to the sentence's meaning.

3. Do not use commas to bracket phrases that are essential to a sentence's meaning.

4. When beginning a sentence with an introductory phrase or an introductory (dependent) clause, include a comma.

5. To indicate possession, end a singular noun with an apostrophe followed by an "s". Otherwise, the noun's form seems plural.

6. Use proper punctuation to integrate a quotation into a sentence. If the introductory material is an independent clause, add the quotation after a colon. If the introductory material ends in "thinks," "saying," or some other verb indicating expression, use a comma.

7. Make the subject and verb agree with each other, not with a word that comes between them.

8. Be sure that a pronoun, a participial phrase, or an appositive refers clearly to the proper subject.

9. Use parallel construction to make a strong point and create a smooth flow.

10. Use the active voice unless you specifically need to use the passive.

11. Omit unnecessary words.

Tags: writing, grammar

Ten cognitive distortions that mess you up

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 16:45:26 GMT

clipped by: enbar
clipper's remarks: David Burns is a pioneer in popularizing the cognitive-behavioral approach to mood therapy developed by Aaron Beck. As someone who has struggled on and off with crippling depression my whole life, I have found this list of "cognitive distortions" pretty useful in reframing certain elements of my thinking.

Clip Source: www.spiritsite.com

The Ten Forms of Twisted Thinking

All-or-nothing thinking

You see things in black-or-white categories. If a situation falls short of perfect, you see it as a total failure. When a young woman on a diet ate a spoonful of ice cream, she told herself, "I’ve blown my diet completely." This thought upset her so much that she gobbled down an entire quart of ice cream!

Overgeneralization

You see a single negative event, such as a romantic rejection or career reversal, as a never-ending pattern of defeat by using words such as "always" or "never" when you think about it. A depressed salesman became terribly upset when he noticed bird dung on the windshield of his car. He told himself, "Just my luck! Birds are always crapping on my car!"

Mental filter

You pick out a single negative detail and dwell on it exclusively, so that your vision of all reality becomes darkened, like the drop of ink that discolors a beaker of water. Example: You receive many positive comments about your presentation to a group of associates at work, but one of them says something mildly critical. You obsess about his reaction for days and ignore all the positive feedback.

Discounting the positive

You reject positive experiences by insisting they "don’t count." If you do a good job, you may tell yourself that it wasn’t good enough or that anyone could have done as well. Discounting the positive takes the joy out of life and makes you feel inadequate and unrewarded.

Jumping to conclusions

Magnification

Emotional reasoning

You assume that your negative emotions necessarily reject the way things really are: "I feel terrified about going on airplanes. It must be dangerous to fly." Or "I feel guilty. I must be a rotten person." Or "I feel angry. This proves I’m being treated unfairly." Or "I feel so inferior. This means I’m a second-rate person." Or "I feel hopeless. I must really be hopeless."

"Should statements"

Labeling

Personalization and blame

Tags: psychology, depression, personal

The Importance of Having Friends Who Disagree

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 06:14:26 GMT

clipped by: pongba

Clip Source: ravimohan.blogspot.com

Paul Graham says, in one of his essays (emphasis mine) "....Why do you need other people? Can't you just think of new ideas yourself? The empirical answer is: no. Even Einstein needed people to bounce ideas off. Ideas get developed in the process of explaining them to the right kind of person. You need that resistance, just as a carver needs the resistance of the wood.

In my experience, this need for "friendly resistance" extends to far more than creating startups. Every time you have a new idea, you need people you can bounce it off. To get any real benefit out of this process you need people with a complex combination of characteristics.

They should

have firm (but not rigid) opinions on their own
have logical reasons for those beliefs and be able to articulate them clearly
are driven by ideas and not ideology
not attach their egos to their opinions.
be willing to concede a valid argument even if it forces them to possibly re-examine their beliefs
know how to listen

Tags: essay

Nice list of free (OSS) programs for windows

Sat, 02 Dec 2006 20:46:43 GMT

clipped by: l1wulf
clipper's remarks: The usual suspects are on this list, but there are a good number I never heard of or completely forgot about. Overall, it's a pretty good list.

Clip Source: www.thesimpledollar.com

30 Essential Pieces Of Free (and Open) Software for Windows

Recently, I received a fresh new laptop from Dell. Upon receiving it, I did the traditional “installation of Windows from scratch” on it to remove a lot of the garbage that is preinstalled on Dells. Then I got really busy installing tons of great software that takes care of pretty much every software need I have. Not only was all of the software free, every piece of it was open source, which means that the code is peer-reviewed; no spyware here!

What follows is a list of thirty pieces of software that are the cream of the crop of open source software for Windows. Not only is every piece of it free, almost all of them directly replace expensive software packages.

Tags: oss, open source, free, applications, list

Cheat Sheet Roundup - Over 30 Cheatsheets for developers

Tue, 13 Jun 2006 22:01:30 GMT

clipped by: BigBadWolf

Clip Source: www.petefreitag.com

Cheat Sheet Roundup - Over 30 Cheatsheets for developers

Lets face it, unless you have a photographic memory, no developer can remember all the different functions, options, tags, etc. that exist. Documentation can be cumbersome at times, thats why I like cheat sheets. They are quick references that feature the most commonly forgotten things on a specific topic. You can print them out and hang them on your wall, or just keep them handy in your bookmarks for quick reference.

I have rounded up over 30 cheatsheets that developers might find useful.

Web Development Cheat Sheets

Databases / SQL Cheat Sheets

Language Cheat Sheets

Version Control Cheat Sheets

Other

Commercially Printed CheatSheets

Visibone - javascript, browsers, colors, fonts, html.
TechnoChallenged - web dev, programming, os, software

Am I missing any good ones? Feel free to post any others in the comments.

Updates:

Perl - thanks Dom.
Regex - thanks bjhanifin
Perl - thanks Derek
Subversion - nice reference card, thanks Andreas
Debian - thanks again Andreas
UML - Andreas again, thanks
PostgreSQL - thanks for the suggestion frank.

Tags: javascript, css, html, xhtml, mysql, sql, jsp, python, java, php, ruby

A Field Guide to Critical Thinking - 6 Rules

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 19:10:40 GMT

clipped by: Djiezes

Clip Source: www.csicop.org

A Field Guide to Critical Thinking

The six rules of evidential reasoning are my own distillation and simplification of the scientific method. To make it easier for students to remember these half-dozen guidelines, I've coined an acronym for them: Ignoring the vowels, the letters in the word "FiLCHeRS" stand for the rules of Falsifiability, Logic, Comprehensiveness, Honesty, Replicability, and Sufficiency. Apply these six rules to the evidence offered for any claim, I tell my students, and no one will ever be able to sneak up on you and steal your belief. You'll be filch-proof.

Falsifiability

It must be possible to conceive of evidence that would prove the claim false.

Logic

Any argument offered as evidence in support of any claim must be sound.

Comprehensiveness

The evidence offered in support of any claim must be exhaustive -- that is all of the available evidence must be considered.

Honesty

The evidence offered in support of any claim must be evaluated without self-deception.

Replicability

If the evidence for any claim is based upon an experimental result, or if the evidence offered in support of any claim could logically be explained as coincidental, then it is necessary for the evidence to be repeated in subsequent experiments or trials.

Sufficiency

The evidence offered in support of any claim must be adequate to establish the truth of that claim, with these stipulations:

the burden of proof for any claim rests on the claimant,
extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence, and
evidence based upon authority and/or testimony is always inadequate for any paranormal claim

James Lett

Tags: thinking, knowledge, skeptic, skepticism, logic, evidence, science, philosophy, falsifiability

HTML Cheatsheet

Sun, 07 Jan 2007 03:21:39 GMT

clipped by: arifsali

Clip Source: www.ilovejackdaniels.com

Tags: technology, html, internet

Ten Habits of Highly Effective Brains

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:16:59 GMT

clipped by: Perkalicious11

Clip Source: www.sharpbrains.com

let's review some good lifestyle options we can follow to maintain, and improve, our vibrant brains.

Learn what is the "It" in "Use It or Lose It"

Take care of your nutrition. Did you know that the brain only weighs 2% of body mass but consumes over 20% of the oxygen and nutrients we intake?

Things that exercise your body can also help sharpen your brain: physical exercise enhances neurogenesis.

Practice positive, future-oriented thoughts until they become your default mindset

Thrive on Learning and Mental Challenges

Aim high. Once you graduate from college, keep learning

Explore, travel. Adapting to new locations forces you to pay more attention to your environment

Make your own decisions, and mistakes. And learn from them

Develop and maintain stimulating friendships. We are "social animals", and need social interaction. Which, by the way, is why 'Baby Einstein' has been shown not to be the panacea for children development.

Laugh. Often. Especially to cognitively complex humor

Tags: prepare, technique, tip, brain, organization, improvement, highly effective, habits

Coming to Bed?

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:34:49 GMT

clipped by: kmcolo

Clip Source: xkcd.com

Tags: humor

Top 10 Freeware Software Nobody Knows About, But Should

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 06:49:13 GMT

clipped by: bioplasmik
clipper's remarks: Some pretty cool software here.

Clip Source: www.bspcn.com

It’s always a shame when a great program is not heard about by most people - especially when it’s free. Here are the top 10 freeware software that many people still haven’t tried, but definitely should.

10. Sharepod

9. ConTEXT

8. IrfanView

7. Windows Live Writer

6. Foxit Reader

5. Snipping Tool

4. Blender

3. ImgBurn

2. MusikCube

1. AutoHotkey

Tags: software, news, popular

Why America Will Survive George W. Bush

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:53:01 GMT

clipped by: Kore7
clipper's remarks:

Otto von Bismarck saw how American blunders led to American power and allegedly said that God has a special providence for drunks, fools, and the United States of America.

Walter Russell Mead (of the Council on Foreign Relations) puts Bush's 8-year stint in the White House into proper perspective.

America's foreign policy has been short-sighted and often self-defeating from the get-go, alternately collaborative, passive, and interventionist. And, yet, miraculously, we always come out ahead.

With the unstoppable rise of a global capitalist economy, Mead makes the case that America, for all its past and current faults, will continue to be the inevitable leader of this new international buoyancy. Not even our latest mistakes (unprecedented though they may be) can derail such a powerful incentive that is the modern American world trade system.

Which means, more than ever, we're literally all in this together.

Clip Source: www.tnr.com

Failing Upward

Nothing in the field of international affairs is as scandalous and as perplexing as the fact of American power. From Revolutionary times to the present, virtually all observers foreign and domestic have agreed that Americans don't do foreign policy well.

Moralistic, uninformed, unsubtle, alternately isolationist and hyperactive, hamstrung by a clumsy constitutional process and a public that oscillates between fatuous idealism and ignorant bellicosity, U.S. foreign policy has been shocking the world for more than 200 years.

And, worse still, we win. For two centuries, the United States has astounded critics with its bad foreign policy--and, for two centuries, the United States has steadily risen to an unprecedented level of power and influence in the international system.

The spectacle is often surreal. The United States seems to wander nearsightedly but relatively unscathed past one hazard after another

like a version of the chronically oblivious cartoon character Mr. Magoo.

Tags: america, usa, bush, foreign policy, world, history, war, empire, trade, economy