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		<title>Making Ubuntu Linux complete with media capabilities</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Herman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Starting with Linux used to be a drag. I tried it for the first time about ten years ago, and it did&#8217;nt work for me then.
Recently I build a new secondary computer and the new ease of use struck me. I installed Ubuntu 9.10 and it did nearly everything I needed right out of the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Starting with Linux used to be a drag. I tried it for the first time about ten years ago, and it did&#8217;nt work for me then.</p>
<p>Recently I build a new secondary computer and the new ease of use struck me. I installed Ubuntu 9.10 and it did nearly everything I needed right out of the box (the downloaded ISO that is..).</p>
<h3>The Legacy of Open Source</h3>
<p>Ubuntu is nice and primary things like web surfing were OK. However using Ubuntu I really had some problems with the media-capabilities. My iMac does like 99,9% right out of the box, Ubuntu sticks at about 90%.  I gave up on Windows a very long time ago so I could&#8217;nt tell anything about that.</p>
<p>One of the reasons that you can&#8217;t have everything working right away is that Linux distributions like Ubuntu want to keep their software license-free. Some drivers, pieces of software to run your graphics or sound processor, are &#8220;proprietary&#8221;. You can install them, but they are not included in the distribution.</p>
<p>All this is quite painless now, as Ubuntu shows you the way automatically when needed.</p>
<h3>Media capabilities</h3>
<p>For my multimedia monster to really work I had to do some extra work. After some online digging I found <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=766683" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/ubuntuforums.org');">a threat in the Ubuntu forums</a> that REALLY helped me. Step by step it lets you install the following things:</p>
<ol>
<li>&#8220;Essential packages&#8221; - these steps actually lets you hook your computer to the Medibuntu software repository</li>
<li>&#8220;Audio and Video streaming&#8221;- with the options of using the Gecko media player or the <strong>MPlayer</strong> plugin. Personally I prefer the MPlayer.</li>
<li>&#8220;Audio and Video conversion&#8221; - installs <strong>Sound</strong> <strong>Converter</strong>, <strong>Ogg</strong> <strong>Converter</strong> en <strong>Audacity</strong>. Audacity is the de facto standard in Linux audio recording and editing. It works quite well. For video conversion, it installs  <strong>ffmpeg</strong> front-end together with some tools to use it.</li>
<li>DVD playback and recording - makes sure you can play <strong>any</strong> DVD as you&#8217;re supposed to do</li>
<li>Some extra add-ons</li>
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<p>After following these steps, I really have a media-capable Linux machine that performs wonderfully!</p>
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		<title>Geen gratis internet voor scholen</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Herman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[De bureaucratie blijft altijd weer verbazen. Ook nu weer: de KPN levert scholen gratis internet in het kader van het maatschappelijk ondernemen. Een heel goed punt, zou je zo zeggen. Scholen staan over het algemeen niet bekend om instanties met geld teveel terwijl onze toekomst daar wel de opleiding geniet.
De regeltjes zeggen echter iets anders: [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" style="margin: 5px;" title="Opta" src="http://opta.nl/images/logo.gif" alt="" width="97" height="68" />De bureaucratie blijft altijd weer verbazen. Ook nu weer: de KPN levert scholen gratis internet in het kader van het maatschappelijk ondernemen. Een heel goed punt, zou je zo zeggen. Scholen staan over het algemeen niet bekend om instanties met geld teveel terwijl onze toekomst daar wel de opleiding geniet.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.telegraaf.nl/digitaal/4773997/__Geen_gratis_internet_meer_voor_scholen__.html" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.telegraaf.nl');">De regeltjes zeggen echter iets anders</a>: foei KPN! Zomaar iets gratis weggeven, dat mag niet! De <a href="http://http://opta.nl/nl/actueel/recente-publicaties/publicatie/?id=2996" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/opta.nl');">OPTA moet de regels toepassen</a>, en dit is het gevolg:</p>
<blockquote><p>De nieuwe regels verplichten KPN voor de eigen diensten altijd een bepaalde minimumopslag bovenop de groothandelsprijs in rekening te brengen. Dat betekent dat het telecombedrijf de internetverbindingen aan scholen niet meer gratis mag leveren.</p></blockquote>
<p>Dit betekent niets anders dan weer een extra kostenpost voor de scholen. Gelukkig buigt de KPN als grote organisatie niet zomaar voor de bureaucratie: <a href="http://tweakers.net/nieuws/62312/opta-dwingt-kpn-af-te-zien-van-gratis-internet-voor-scholen.html" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/tweakers.net');">er wordt al langer gewerkt aan een mogelijke oplossing</a>.</p>
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		<title>Radar met BOTER op het hoofd</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Herman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[De afgelopen dagen stond het consumentenprogramma Radar in de picture met hun scoop over voorlichting voor een aantal meer en minder ernstige aandoeningen. Het is echter niet een nieuw verschijnsel en bovendien keer op keer goedgekeurd door de rechter. Daarentegen heeft TROS Radar wél nauwe banden met de (ziektekosten-)verzekeringsbranche die hun uitgaven liever niet zien [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="http://www.iphoneplace.nl/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/trosradar.jpg" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.iphoneplace.nl');"><em><img class="alignleft" style="margin: 5px;" src="http://www.iphoneplace.nl/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/trosradar.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="201" /></em></a>De afgelopen dagen stond het consumentenprogramma Radar in de picture met hun scoop over voorlichting voor een aantal meer en minder ernstige aandoeningen. Het is echter niet een nieuw verschijnsel en bovendien keer op keer goedgekeurd door de rechter. Daarentegen heeft TROS Radar wél nauwe banden met de (ziektekosten-)verzekeringsbranche die hun uitgaven liever niet zien stijgen!</strong></p>
<p>De redactie van het programma had in samenwerking met het Nederlands Instituut voor Verantwoord Medicijngebruik DGV een &#8220;nep&#8221;-campagne over het onderwerp &#8220;winderigheid&#8221; gelanceerd, inclusief spotjes en voorlichtingsmateriaal. Het kennelijke doel was om te laten zien hoe farmaceutische fabrikanten geld spenderen aan patiënt-voorlichting.</p>
<h3>Spotjes niet nieuw</h3>
<p>Dat de farmaceutische industrie dit doet is <strong>helemaal niet nieuw</strong> en dat er ophef over gemaakt wordt ook niet. Dat het niet toegestaan zou zijn is geheel uit de lucht gegrepen:</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.bndestem.nl/algemeen/binnenland/4111258/Weg-met-die-medische-spotjes.ece" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.bndestem.nl');">Fulco Seegers van de Landelijke Huisartsen Vereniging in een artikel van BN De Stem van 27 november 2008</a>:</p>
<p> „Het leidt tot extra toeloop en extra werk, maar helaas zijn de spotjes toegestaan. Het is geen reclame, maar informeren van de consument. Dat heeft de rechter tot twee keer toe bepaald nadat een huisarts een procedure aanspande tegen het allereerste spotje: dat over de schimmelnagels.”</p></blockquote>
<p>Kortom, de rechter heeft al tot 2x toe gezegd dat sponsoring van patiënt-informatie gewoon toegestaan is. Er is dus niks mis mee.</p>
<p>Tevens <a href="http://www.medicalfacts.nl/2009/08/31/tros-radar-maakt-verkeerde-vergelijking-reclame-voor-zelfzorgmiddelen-is-niet-gelijk-aan-symptoomreclame/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.medicalfacts.nl');">haalt TROS Radar steevast reclame</a> voor zelfzorgmiddelen en informatieve informatie voor patiënten door elkaar.</p>
<p>Tenslotte ridiculiseert TROS Radar met de hele campagne patiënten die daadwerkelijk last hebben van winderigheid, flatulentie genoemd. Flatulentie is meestal alleen vervelend maar kán een aanwijzing zijn dat er een ernstig probleem in de darmen aanwezig is. Daarnaast komt het ook nog wel eens voor als bijwerking van diverse medicijnen. Het gevaar van deze nepcampagne is dat mensen minder snel naar de dokter gaan met deze klacht, met alle gevaarlijke gevolgen van dien.</p>
<h3>Wat heeft TROS Radar eigenlijk bewezen?</h3>
<p>Door een sterke mediacampagne is er een soort reclame gemaakt voor een klacht van mensen. Het enige dat de redactie bewezen heeft is dat een mediacampagne werkt. Maar dat is een bekend gegeven.</p>
<p>Wat TROS Radar óók bewezen heeft is dat het na het debacle met de statines nog steeds niets heeft geleerd. Hoeveel mensen zijn de statine om onjuiste reden gestopt (&#8221;Heb&#8217;t gezien op TV!&#8221;) en hebben daar de nadelige gevolgen van ondervonden? Ik ken er wel een paar! Nu is het wachten op de mensen die toch veel last hebben van flatulentie maar daar niet naar laten kijken: &#8220;Naar de dokter, nee hoor, winderigheid kan nooit kwaad, het was immers op TV!&#8221;</p>
<h3>Waarom dat die ophef?</h3>
<p>Er zijn een aantal factoren te vinden:</p>
<ol>
<li>Radar werkt samen met het Nederlands Instituut voor Verantwoord Medicijngebruik DGV.</li>
<li>Het Nederlands Instituut voor Verantwoord Medicijngebruik DGV wordt <a href="http://www.medicijngebruik.nl/over-dgv.html" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.medicijngebruik.nl');">onder andere gefinancierd door de <strong>zorgverzekeraars</strong></a></li>
</ol>
<p>Al eerder is TROS Radar op de vingers getikt wegens banden met verzekeraars. Het programma <a href="http://www.medianed.com/2009/05/15/antoinette-hertsenberg-verdient-bijna-3-ton-bij-tros/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.medianed.com');">levert presentratrice Antoinette Hertsenberg overigens geen windeieren</a> met haar inkomen van bijna 2x de Balkenende-norm!</p>
<p>TROS Radar gaat het er dus gewoon om om de zorgverzekeraars geld te besparen! Welke financiële belangen daar precies mee gemoeid zijn, daar komt natuurlijk niemand precies achter. Een eerdere campagne onder deze vlag heeft maatschappelijk veel problemen veroorzaakt.</p>
<p>Met informatie voor de patiënt is niets mis. Met het feit dat er farmaceutische industrie bestaat, die ons medicijnen kan verkopen, is ook niets mis! Dat een fabrikant van anti-schimmelmiddelen informatie over voetschimmel sponsort is niet gek - andersom zou des te vreemder zijn.</p>
<h3>Conclusie</h3>
<p><strong>TROS Radar heeft een berg boter op het hoofd. De praktijk van sponsoring van patiënt-informatie bestaat al lang en is keer op keer goedgekeurd door de rechter. Daarintegen is het TROS Radar die keer op keer schimmige samenwerkingsverbanden heeft. </strong></p>
<p><strong>Het enige dat hier een hype is, is de malafide hype tegen de farmaceutische industrie!</strong></p>
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		<title>Eating is healthy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Overweight can protect you reads an article in the New York Times. It refers to a large Canadian study that examined more than 10,000 people.
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		<title>Intel produces netbook OS</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 21:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to ZDNet, Intel drives a Linux project called Moblin that is aimed at netbooks.
By the looks of it, Intel has a winner. They are probably trying to create a well-established niche for their Atom processors. These Atom processors are in my opinion real winners. They are cheap, use just a few Watts of power. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=4414" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/blogs.zdnet.com');">According to ZDNet</a>, Intel drives a Linux project called <a href="http://moblin.org/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/moblin.org');">Moblin</a> that is aimed at netbooks.</p>
<p>By the looks of it, Intel has a winner. They are probably trying to create a well-established niche for their Atom processors. These Atom processors are in my opinion real winners. They are cheap, use just a few Watts of power. They are succesful too: somehow over the course of a couple of months I have already accumulated two of them in my household.</p>
<p>And Intel is right again to turn to Linux as well: one of my own Atom processors is on Linux already and the other will leave Windows as soon as I have time to install <a href="http://moblin.org/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/moblin.org');">Moblin</a> on it&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Lost RAID array after Ubuntu 9.04 upgrade?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 09:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This thread in the Ubuntu forum might give you some information about fixing the problem.
MDADM could correctly identify the RAID arrays in my system. In my case the solution was to issue the following command:
mdadm &#8211;examine &#8211;scan &#8211;config=mdadm.conf &#62;&#62; /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf
Somehow in the upgrade process the information about the arrays is lost, and this fixes it&#8230;
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<p>MDADM could correctly identify the RAID arrays in my system. In my case the solution was to issue the following command:</p>
<address><span style="color: #888888;">mdadm &#8211;examine &#8211;scan &#8211;config=mdadm.conf &gt;&gt; /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf</span></address>
<p>Somehow in the upgrade process the information about the arrays is lost, and this fixes it&#8230;</p>
<p><em>TinyURL: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/q5avj5" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/tinyurl.com');">http://tinyurl.com/q5avj5</a></em></p>
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		<title>How to Share Files With Mac OS X via Netatalk</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 22:22:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Again, a tutorial about connecting your sweet Apple Mac to an Ubuntu server box: Make Tech Easier - [Ubuntu Intrepid] How to Share Files With Mac OS X via Netatalk. This one is quite simple yet comprehensive.
UPDATE: Kremalicious.com has another very nice detailed walktrough!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Again, a tutorial about connecting your sweet Apple Mac to an Ubuntu server box: <a href="http://maketecheasier.com/ubuntu-intrepid-how-to-share-file-with-mac-os-x-via-netatalk/2008/11/05" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/maketecheasier.com');">Make Tech Easier - [Ubuntu Intrepid] How to Share Files With Mac OS X via Netatalk</a>. This one is quite simple yet comprehensive.</p>
<p><strong>UPDATE:</strong> <a href="http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/06/ubuntu-as-mac-file-server-and-time-machine-volume/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.kremalicious.com');">Kremalicious.com has another very nice detailed walktrough</a>!</p>
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		<title>Amazon S3</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How I automated my backups to Amazon S3 using s3sync
Amazon has made an effort in the past two years promoting their Amazon Web Services (AWS). They are unconventional but appeal through the sheer simpleness and power. Large web services like Smugmug.com use Amazon S3.
Introduction to S3
Honkiat.com has a nice detailed beginners guide to Amazon S3, and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How I automated my backups to Amazon S3 using s3sync</p>
<div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 174px"><img title="Amazon S3" src="http://media.amazonwebservices.com/logo_aws.gif" alt="Amazon S3" width="164" height="60" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Amazon S3</p></div>
<p>Amazon has made an effort in the past two years promoting their <a href="http://aws.amazon.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/aws.amazon.com');">Amazon Web Services (AWS)</a>. They are unconventional but appeal through the sheer simpleness and power. Large web services like <a href="http://www.smugmug.com" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.smugmug.com');">Smugmug.com</a> use Amazon S3.</p>
<h3>Introduction to S3</h3>
<p>Honkiat.com has <a href="http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/amazon-s3-the-beginners-guide/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.hongkiat.com');">a nice detailed beginners guide to Amazon S3</a>, and considering the benefits and costs, it might just be <a href="http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/007624.html" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/jeremy.zawodny.com');">the next replacement for your home server</a>. For more details, you can always check out <a href="http://aws.amazon.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/aws.amazon.com');">Amazon&#8217;s website</a> or this article on <a href="http://www.labnol.org/internet/tools/amazon-s3-simple-storage-service-guide/3889/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.labnol.org');">Digital Inspiration</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>So, storing about 30GB of files with a bandwidth consumption of 1TB a month on a highly scalable, durable hardware, maintained by experts at the cost of just about $25 a month; that’s just awesome.</p></blockquote>
<h3>What to use it for?</h3>
<p>Amazon S3 is just your storage facility on the web. It isn&#8217;t free but not expensive as well. Things to do with it:</p>
<ol>
<li>Backing up your data - getting a copy of your important data off-site is a no-brainer. But it has to be simple and straigtforward or you don&#8217;t use it. Even larger companies ignore the problems that can rise after some disaster happens.</li>
<li>Getting your blog&#8217;s media files somewhere else - if your blog grows you might run into bandwidth boundaries. One solution is to get your images on S3. There is even a <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tantan-s3/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/wordpress.org');">Wordpress plugin for Amazon S3</a> to make the effort seamless for WP users.</li>
<li>Scale up and up&#8230; as AWS is a flexible service you can actually grow larger and larger</li>
</ol>
<p>Companies like National Geographic, Oracle and many more are happily using Amazon S3.</p>
<h3>Further reading&#8230;</h3>
<p><a href="http://paulstamatiou.com/2007/07/29/how-to-bulletproof-server-backups-with-amazon-s3" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/paulstamatiou.com');">How To: Bulletproof Server Backups with Amazon S3 </a></p>
<p><a href="http://blog.eberly.org/2006/10/09/how-automate-your-backup-to-amazon-s3-using-s3sync/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/blog.eberly.org');">How I automated my backups to Amazon S3 using s3sync</a></p>
<h3>Software Mac OSX</h3>
<p><a title="Persistence" href="http://www.persistenceapp.com" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.persistenceapp.com');">Persistence</a></p>
<p>Persistence looks like a winner. The developer works at Apple and claims:</p>
<blockquote><p>
Persistence is a reliable and flexible online backup solution for Mac OS X Leopard that is compatible with most Internet servers: FTP, FTPS, SFTP, WebDAV, Amazon S3, iDisk&#8230; (it even supports offline backups to external drives).</p>
<p>Persistence is a true Mac product that preserves Finder info, resource forks, ACLs&#8230; and comes with an elegant user interface and a powerful assistant.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.jungledisk.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.jungledisk.com');">Jungle Disk</a></p>
<p>Jungle Disk is an already established name and seems to work well. However you actually can&#8217;t really buy the software, they require you to subscribe for US$2/month (=$ 24 a year, $96 for 4 years - that really sums up!). You <em>can</em> actually buy a crippled version for US$ 20 but for <em>all</em> features you are asked to subscribe (again..) for US$1/month.</p>
<p>Just sell me the damn software. It takes my accountant more than US$ 1 or 2 to actually process this tiny bill <em>every month!</em></p>
<p><a href="http://www.expandrive.com/mac" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.expandrive.com');">ExpanDrive</a></p>
<p>ExpanDrive has a good press, like <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2009/04/27/expandrive-2-0-expands-to-amazon-s3/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.tuaw.com');">a recent article on TUAW</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://cyberduck.ch/index.php" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/cyberduck.ch');">CyberDuck</a></p>
<p>CyberDuck is a your really good, &#8220;gold standard&#8221;, good-ole&#8217;  FTP client that handles all kinds of servers, S3 included.</p>
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		<title>World Digital Library of the UNESCO</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United Nations UNESCO has opened &#8220;The World Digital Library&#8221;. It has a substantial amount of original work of historic significance, and because it is funded by the UN (that means all of us) there are no issues with copyright.
One of UNESCO&#8217;s goals is to preserve historic and cultural monuments and to do so, opening [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_555" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 163px"><a href="http://www.wdl.org/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.wdl.org');"><img class="size-full wp-image-555" title="World Digital Library" src="http://www.idzerda.com/itek/wp-content/uploads/wdl-logo.jpg" alt="World Digital Library" width="153" height="70" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">World Digital Library</p></div>
<p>The <a title="UNESCO" href="http://www.unesco.org" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.unesco.org');">United Nations UNESCO</a> has opened <a href="http://www.wdl.org/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.wdl.org');">&#8220;The World Digital Library&#8221;</a>. It has a substantial amount of original work of historic significance, and because it is funded by the UN (that means all of us) there are no issues with copyright.</p>
<p>One of UNESCO&#8217;s goals is to preserve historic and cultural monuments and to do so, opening up important historic documents to everyone is a real nice one.</p>
<p>The mission statement is broad:</p>
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<h2>Mission</h2>
<p>The World Digital Library (WDL) makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world.</p>
<p>The principal objectives of the WDL are to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Promote international and intercultural understanding;</li>
<li>Expand the volume and variety of cultural content on the Internet;</li>
<li>Provide resources for educators, scholars, and general audiences;</li>
<li>Build capacity in partner institutions to narrow the digital divide within and between countries.</li>
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		<title>How to access your HUMAX digital PVR on OSX</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Andrew Smith has a nice solution to access your HUMAX PVR with Apple Mac OSX or Ubuntu Linux. The software that comes with the Humax PVR is Windows-only and actually not that superb. I haven&#8217;t had the time to check it out, it should be worth your while (as my Bootcamp partition with Windows [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" title="Humax PVR9200C" src="http://www.hebasat.nl/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/h/u/humax_pvr_9200c-1.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="139" />An Andrew Smith has a nice solution to <a href="http://www.andrewdsmith.plus.com/hummy/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.andrewdsmith.plus.com');">access your HUMAX PVR with Apple Mac OSX or Ubuntu Linux</a>. The software that comes with the Humax PVR is Windows-only and actually not that superb. I haven&#8217;t had the time to check it out, it should be worth your while (as my Bootcamp partition with Windows actually crashed beyond repair trying to get some results with the original software&#8230;).</p>
<p>Also you can check out <a href="http://www.breadedcod.com/2007/02/06/the-definitive-guide-to-humax-9200t-video-transfer-to-a-mac/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.breadedcod.com');">The Definitive Guide to Humax 9200T video transfer to a Mac</a> that talks about Andrew Smith&#8217;s software, with some extra tips.</p>
<p>On Wikispaces.com is <a href="http://h2d.wikispaces.com/Transfer+recorded+programmes+from+the+Humax+to+your+PC" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/h2d.wikispaces.com');">a small overview of software</a>.</p>
<h3>Links</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.andrewdsmith.plus.com/hummy/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.andrewdsmith.plus.com');">Andrew Smith&#8217;s solution</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.breadedcod.com/2007/02/06/the-definitive-guide-to-humax-9200t-video-transfer-to-a-mac/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.breadedcod.com');">The Definitive Guide to Humax 9200T video transfer to a Mac</a></p>
<p><a href="http://h2d.wikispaces.com/Transfer+recorded+programmes+from+the+Humax+to+your+PC">a small overview of software on Wikispaces<br />
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