Ant UK’s Neighbors

Trent Reznor's Geocache Adventure

nobody@vox.com(Al Pavangkanan) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:15:10 +0100

Under a rock
Originally uploaded by Dr Tran!

On July 4th at 2PM, nine inch nails updated their tour KML file for google earth.

Around 6PM, someone noticed something strange in the KML file. A question mark was placed in Burbank. The only info said "Under a Rock"

I was in the middle of barbeque and couldn't leave until 8PM. I drove to the location with help from my N82's Garmin application. I arrived around 9PM.

When I got there, I found the 2 rocks seen here. There was nothing under the one on the right. Under the left one, there was a lizard that freaked me out. I kept looking around, but it was no use, if something was there, it was gone.

I drove to the nearby park and watched the fireworks from the Rose Bowl. The show lasted about half an hour, so I went back to the rocks. I found an empty bank envelope and wrote down:

There's nothing here.

9:30 PM

7/04/08

Dr Tran

When I saw a coyote nearby, I left for my own safety. I used Google Maps to find a Starbucks, since they have wifi there. I got there and I turned on my N800 to participate in this thread at echoing the sound. I got in contact with the guy who got the tickets. He got there maybe 10 minutes before I did. When I came home, I posted the rest of my pictures here.

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Eclipse Mylyn

nobody@vox.com(osde8info) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:56:02 +0100

Mylyn is a Task-Focused Interface for Eclipse that reduces information overload and makes multi-tasking easy. It does this by making tasks a first class part of Eclipse, and integrating rich and offline editing for repositories such as Bugzilla, Trac, and JIRA.

Eclipse Video Tutorials

nobody@vox.com(osde8info) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:11:42 +0100

Eclipse Video Tutorials

and of course

Eclipse and Java for Total Beginners (Improved Format)

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Easy Eclipse for LAMP Web Developers IDE

nobody@vox.com(osde8info) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:09:47 +0100

Easy Eclipse for LAMP which is fully multi-platform compatible including GNU/Linux & Apple Mac OS X now has add-ons, extensions, plug-ins for :

and you can find even more Easy Eclipse plug-ins @

http://www.easyeclipse.org/site/plugins/index.html

to make it one of the best free libre open source IDEs for LAMP web developers !

easy eclipse ide

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Falling a bit behind...

nobody@vox.com(Whatleydude) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:10:07 +0100

Thanks to the complete and utter uselessness of some of the 'essential' gadgets I took away with me to Glastonbury this year, the blogging has fallen somewhat short! I shall endeavour to catch up forthwith...

Glastonbury from the ground

As you might imagine - there is a LOT to cover!

In the meantime - if gadgets are your thing - take a look at this post that I wrote for SMS Text News last Wednesday, (in the car, en route to the festival - in fact I believe it was somewhere between this video and this picture to be precise), outlining just a few(!) of the technological wonders that I was packing in my rucksack...

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Cross posted, with permission, from SMS Text News

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Evening readers, Whatley here, writing this on my laptop en route to Pilton for the festival that is known as Glastonbury.

As you know from my last post, the multitude of tools available to the modern day, festival going mobile geek really is quite something... So here, for your pleasure, is a quick rundown of what I am taking with me, starting with the hardware...

Handsets:

I’ve packed my N95, my N95 8GB and my E61i. The E61i is perfect as an ‘emergency’ as the battery on that baby is HUGE and it lasts FOREVER, (well – about 5 days). So if it all goes pear-shaped I can resort to using that. The N95s I’m going to tag-team throughout the day/festival. One to carry with me and one to charge. Speaking of chargers...

Power:

When it comes to keeping the batteries fully topped up, I’ve covered all bases with this one. I’ve got a Nokia DC-8 battery charger, bought this today, £25. Steep, but I’m a sucker for the branded stuff. :-) It’s worked ok so far.

I’ve also got a Free Loader Solar Charger – this thing gets kudos just for the fact that out of all of the chargers, this was the only one that came with a Nintendo DS adaptor. Which made my girlfriend very happy indeed; Mario Kart for her while I type this passing Stonehenge, (fact).

Finally I have a ‘GoHello’ wind-up charger and, as Ben Smith so rightly said in the last podcast, "they ain’t called 'wind-ups' for nothing" ...seriously, I’ve got nothing out of this thing yet. Nothing. Boo.

On top of all that lot, I’ve got four N95 batteries. All (currently) fully charged. So we shall see how long they last!

Software:

Well, stuff like Qik, Google Maps, VOX, SpinVox, Moblog etc... I kinda covered this last time round. I want to talk about the new stuff. Since writing that original piece I’ve acquired two pieces of software; both of which have – so far – impressed me much.

First up is ‘ViewRanger’. I downloaded this in the week and first take I thought ‘What a load of rubbish’. However... THEN I downloaded the Glastonbury specific maps – aka ‘Worthy Farm’ – and WOW, was I impressed! Check out this screenshot:

You can see that they’ve pre-loaded the app with the relative ‘points of interest’ – heh – and if I hit ‘GPS’ it’ll tell me where I am. Rock on. Can’t wait to use this properly.

The other piece of software is from Orange. It’s called ‘GlastoNav’ and at first I really couldn’t get this to work..

..however, once they ironed out the gremlins etc this little app has turned out to be very handy indeed. Not only can I look at the (much richer interpretation) of the map, but also I can plan my schedule for the event... and THEN I can share that schedule with my fellow festival-goers!

That – so far – has again, really impressed me. :-)

For actual ‘mobile’ stuff, that’s all. But, I have also been given some other cool pieces of gadgetry to use/play with. One is the Flip, which I think Ewan has spoken about a fair amount – my only problem with this is that once my hour of recording is up, I can’t upload it until I get to a USB connection. Bah! We’ll see how I get on with that one... The other piece of REALLY COOL stuff I’ve been given is the Loc8tor which, hand on heart, is the best thing yet (in theory anyway).

I attach the small part to something I might lose (i.e. the other half) and then, if I do lose her, I switch the big part on and it beeps to tell me how close I am etc... I had a play before I left the house and it rocked my socks. So... again, we’ll see how we get on.

That’s it from me, I’m nearly at Glastonbury and my laptop is about to die. Thanks to Ben Smith for editing this for me and putting the media in etc... You can keep up with my exploits at http://www.glastonblog.co.uk.

See you soon!

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Speaking Freely

nobody@vox.com(Whatleydude) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:58:11 +0100

"Standing in the mud yet being burnt by the sun. Glastonbury, Glastonbury you are so much fun."

spoken through SpinVox

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When Saturday comes...

nobody@vox.com(Whatleydude) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:49:38 +0100

Morning all, it's 930am down here in 'sunny' Glastonbury. I'm yet to venture outside the tent but I'm assured it's actually 'not that bad'... But hey! You can't come to Glastonbury and moan about the weather! It's all part of the fun :)

So, here's a quick rundown of what I've seen so far:

- Vampire Weekend
- The Ting Tings
- Lupe Fiasco
- Fun Lovin' Criminals
- Xavier Rudd
- Kings of Leon

In that order..

Vampire weekend were fun. First dance of the day that was. The Ting Tings took AGES to setup and started half hour late so we only stayed a little while as we wanted to get back for Lupe Fiasco, (political as hell but good with it). The Fun Lovin' Criminals were damn cool, as expected and as for Xavier Rudd? Well let's just say I was pleasantly surprised... And I WILL be buying his album when I get back. ...
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And then, at long last, it was time for Kings of Leon...

They. Were. Amazing.

Similarly to Arcade Fire last year, these guys have completely made my festival..
Rock.

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LINKBOX QR codes

nobody@vox.com(osde8info) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:52:04 +0100

LINKBOX QR codes

You have questions about a point of interest, an exhibition or a historical building? You would like to receive current timetable information quickly? You would like to reserve tickets for a concert? Using the LINKBOX provides direct on-the-go access to all relevant information without having to type in internet links on your cell phone keypad. Plus: always get up-to-date information; be it changes to timetables and delays or availability of tickets in real time. And because you can easily bookmark the link in your mobile phone you can always access it later to show your family and friends or even send it to them through your phone.

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Yahoo! MyBlogLog Social Media Connector

nobody@vox.com(osde8info) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:11:44 +0100

Fill in the gaps in your flickr, del.icio.us, pownce, last.fm social media network mesh by just logging in to your MyBlogLog and goto your MyBlogLog Connector page http://www.mybloglog.com/user/connector

Connector helps you fill in the connection gaps with your friends across the services you use. If you're friends on MyBlogLog, you probably should be friends on the other services you use. This will help you do just that.

Click a green plus icon () below to connect to a friend at a service.

If you want to open all connections with a friend, click a green arrow icon () and multiple windows will open with your friend's profiles.

As oAuth becomes available, we will be able to make connections without opening a new window.

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Vampire Weekend, (NOT The Wombats)

nobody@vox.com(Whatleydude) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:00:09 +0100

Greetings from Glastonbury! Just been to see Vampire Weekend.. They were actually very good.. Then onto dancing at 'Guilty Pleasures' - 70s tunes - and later? Fratellis, Editors and THE KINGS OF LEON! :)

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