Links of interest

This guy is amazing. 45 minutes in a helicopter and he can draw a detailled picture of the city of Rome from memory.

Normally I don't post very many videos here. I do that on my funny blog . And there, normally I would just post the video directly and give a link to the website with it. But this time I post a video as a link only, just to make sure you check out the website as well. This guy has truely earned the honor. Inspiring! Check it out: http://www.wherethehellismatt.com/ * credits for the title of this entry go to Matt , too.

Imagine the following: an experienced DJ sits down with you over his records. You name a song you like, he puts on a song he thinks you might also like. You listen, say if you like it or not, and, based on that, the DJ picks song after song closer, or in fact exactly to what you like. He even can tell you why he decided on a particular song. A brilliant service, www.pandora.com holds music for free, the best radio-ish webservice I experienced so far. I'm lazy right now and busy listening to this wonderful music, so please read here and try out here now. Just trust me, you won't regret it. If you wanna know what I listen to, check out the right side, below the "Feed Readers Digest " section. Edit: Pandora is closed for users outside the USA at the moment. I'll let you know when this sad time is over.

This program is really sweet. I will work on this post later, for now just a description from the website itself. Only so much: it is well worth exploring, I just know you WILL enjoy it. "Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. It is being used in planetarium projectors. Just set your coordinates and go." www.stellarium.org

Another astonishing piece of Shockwave media art. http://www.flyingpuppet.com/shock/legato.htm

Did you ever think it would be great to have a tool, just like the ones on your computer, to squeeze the little extra performance out of your life, to clean the registry, or even fiddle with the setup? Well, that don't exist, friend. But at www.lifehacker.com , you get the tips 'n tricks, the how-to's and walkthroughs you need to do just that. Hack your life. My recommendation: put it straight in your feed reader, and you will get a hack a day (or so). On an almost completely unrelated sidenote, and just because I didn't know where else to put it, if you just thought "well, what's a hacker anyway?", the "How to become a hacker" guide on Eric S. Raymonds website tells you just that . BTW: Although I disagree with the author in many ways not regarding these documents, I do like these documents. As we know now what a hacker is, the following tells you how to ask favours from them: For many people, Internet, technics an' all that is a bit much....

My other mp3 is a Mercedes Benz... Starring: Mercedes Benz Mixed Tapes. That's music for keeps. First of all, the web interface is a definite "yes". You can either listen to the latest Mixed Tape on the page straight away, or download the album for your collection (yes, its free!). Every two months a new edition. You can't access the ones from the past, so make sure to be on the newsletter to be alerted when the fresh music arrives. Now THAT'S a good deal - my next one is a Benz (just maybe - please go mainstream hybrid real soon, or I listen to your fine music in this nice car ).