links for 2006-02-17

Videos, and media distribution

So, I read this: ยป British Show Footballers Wive$ Premieres On Google Video. Sounds interesting.

Let’s check it out: Noop. Google Video informs me that “This video is not playable in your country”. Fuck! Did they ask me to pay and I said no? No. It’s just that my IP is in Greece. I hope this is not Google’s policy, it could be BBC’s, or the copyright holder of the video.

Who cares? Long live the torrentz…

Google index size increased?

I just noticed on g-metrics.com that most queries (with more than 100,000 results) displayed a significant jump (some by more than 100%). Is this a sign that Google added more pages to their index?

(highly speculative:) Is it possible that they integrated some other kind of “media” like feeds that they used to show only in blogsearch.google.com to the main search?

links for 2006-02-16

links for 2006-02-15

MAKE Magazine errata

MAKE Magazine is one of the coolest magazines arround. It’s about hackers and makers, people that DO stuff.

Today, I received an email alert from them that is an exelent example on how one can use the Internet to support and add value to a printed magazine:

Dear Panayotis Vryonis,

The “How to Build a Power Tap” page in MAKE 05, page 112, contains an error that could cause an unsafe wiring situation. Before attempting this project, please read the corrections posted at http://makezine.com/05/quickanddirty.

PLEASE DO NOT BUILD THE POWER TAP AS SHOWN IN THE ILLUSTRATION.

The illustration shows a dual plug receptacle, which, when wired improperly, can cause a short circuit. Do not attach the wires from the extension cord to the screws on the same side of the receptacle, because it will create a short circuit.

Once again, before attempting this project, please read the corrections posted at http://makezine.com/05/quickanddirty.

Additionally, we have corrected the illustration on the digital edition, which you have free access to as a subscriber.

Thank you for your time,

The MAKE Team
editor@makezine.com

Instead of waiting for the next issue to fix this error, they just sent an email to all (I guess) subscribers. Isn’t that smart, cool, useful?

BTW, if you do not want to subscribe, but are interested in buying an issue or two, you can do so at amazon.

links for 2006-02-13

links for 2006-02-11

Gmail for your domain

Google launched Gmail for your domain. It may be a great service.

Will they allow IMAP access too? There should be a way to export mails if this is a “busness service”, no?

links for 2006-02-10