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Free remarkable short sf from Paolo Bacigalupe – Boing Boing
April 5th, 2009
Free remarkable short sf from Paolo Bacigalupe – Boing Boing:
“Juliana sez, “Think Galactic, a Chicago-based reading group, is proud to announce that this month they’re reading three stories from from Pump Six and Other Stories by Paolo Bacigalupi. When asked nicely, Bacigalupi and Night Shade Books created a free PDF download of the stories available for book group members and random interwebs denizens to enjoy! The three stories incude the Hugo nominee ‘Yellow Card Man,’ and the Sturgeon Award-winning story ‘The Calorie Man.’ Think Galactic, which seeks to engage with speculative fiction from a radical left perspective, is hosting the file on their website, and hosting a convention in Chicago this June. They’re ecstatic that Bacigalupi and Night Shade Books are giving people a chance to taste cutting-edge works that Kelly Link describes as, ‘Ferocious, intelligent, and precisely rendered, these stories include some of my favorite contes cruels and cautionary tales for the twenty-first century. Paolo Bacigalupi is clearly the fifth rider of the apocalypse – you know, the one who writes science fiction in his spare time.’”
(Via boingboing.)
Download Twistori Desktop for Mac – Desktop Twitter visualizer client. MacUpdate Mac Newsreaders Software Downloads
April 5th, 2009
Twistori Desktop is the most beautiful way to explore Twitter.
Ever since we launched our popular Twitter visualizer, Twistori.com, people have been asking us for a way to have their own Twistori with their own keywords.
You asked, we answered. Twistori Desktop is your own personal Twistori, for any and all keywords and keyword clusters you might want to search for.
What can you do with it?
You can create temporary or ongoing searches for keywords on twitter: things you like, your brand name, your project’s names, things your group is interested in.
You can combine those search words in playlists (we call them clusters) to group them together.
You can watch in full screen, or display on a large monitor or projector.
And you can do all this with different themes.
WHAT’S NEW
Version 0.81: Bug fixes, better memory management, much better theme support (new themes coming!)
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.5.6 or later, Intel only.”
(Via macupdate.)
Desperation: A Cry for Help from Cranky Windows Guy
March 30th, 2009
Desperation: A Cry for Help from Cranky Windows Guy: ”
Yes, it’s true. I got a horrible virus on my beloved Dell laptop running Windows XP. My coworkers are having a field day. But seriously, I need some help. I’m willing to swallow my pride.
I don’t know how I got this thing, but it’s bad. I think it’s a variant of Vundo and something else, but it’s nasty and has made my computer near-unusable.
So who wants to help me out? Anyone in NYC consider themselves an expert on virus removal? If you can clear my computer of the nasties without needing to wipe the HDD and reinstall Windows (did I mention the DVD drive is fried?), you’ll become a minor internet celebrity when I do a post extolling my love of you right here on Giz. Anyone? Please? Email me.
Update: A lot of people have suggested MalwareBytes. I’ve tried to run it, but I think the virus is blocking it. Same with VundoFix and MultiFix.
Update 2: Making progress! Thanks to all the advice, everyone. I got ComboFix to run by renaming it, and after that I was able to get Malwarebytes to install. Now it’s scanning and I’ll throw some more scans at it from various suggested programs after that. I think I see a light at the end of the tunnel, knock on wood.
Update 3: Well, it seems pretty bad. I’ve resigned myself to a format/reinstall. Thanks for all your help, everyone! I’m still not switching to a Mac, despite this fucking horrible experience.
Sorry I couldn’t reply to all the emails, I got a shitload of them, but I seriously, seriously appreciate all the advice and help. Giz readers rule, for real.”
(Via gizmodo.)
Electrolux Mini Kitchen Includes Tablet PC and Probably Loneliness
March 28th, 2009
Making dinner for two? Then move along. The Electrolux Personal Mini Kitchen concept is designed to hold the bare essentials for one person: A small silicon hotplate, a tiny soda-can-sized fridge, and a tablet PC.
The Mini Kitchen is designed for the growing numbers of young and single people in China, and features an all-in-one design including tiny facsimiles of a fridge, stovetop, and silverware. The “cook box” is sort of like a compartmentalized bento box that can be used for both cooking and serving, which is actually pretty clever. The tablet PC is a small netbook-type that is mostly intended for chatting (as it features a webcam) and looking up recipes. Unfortunately for all you single-and-staying-that-way types, it is just a concept for now, but it seems fairly marketable if the price could be kept down. [Yanko Design]
via “gizmodo“
Download iFlicks for Mac – Easily import your video collection into iTunes. MacUpdate Mac Video Software Downloads
March 24th, 2009
Using iFlicks you can easily import your Video Collection into iTunes. This gives you the ability to watch your Videos directly in iTunes or transfer them to your iPod or iPhone. On top of that iFlicks downloads Metadata for your Videos and lets you tweak the Metadata manually. Managing your Video Collection in iTunes has never been this easy.
WHAT’S NEW
Version 1.0.2 build 251
Added Support for HD-SD combo Movies.
Added Support for daily TV Shows.
Added Unrated content rating options for Movies and TV Shows.”
(Via MacUpdate.)