Ultimative Power Tool - TV-B-Gone

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are about 250 million television sets in the U.S. and we can guess that the majority of them are turned on a lot of the time. All in all, this is not bad (heck, we enjoy a good movie as much as anyone else) but there are some occasions when you just need to do everyone a favor and turn the TV off. A certain portion of television content is just plain questionable and about as healthy as second-hand smoke.

Enter the TV-B-Gone, a small television remote that hangs on your keychain and turns off virtually any television with the press of button. "Now, what would be the purpose of such a device?" you may be asking yourself. Well, without revealing too much of our devious nature we can think of a few things. Imagine sports bars or annoying talking head shows that appear on monitors at the airport. Add to that your own creativity and we're pretty sure you'll come up with some ideas. All you need to do is press the button and keep pointing it at the TV until it turns off (which may take up to 69 seconds). The next 69 seconds will be spent quietly, or not so quietly, enjoying the perplexed expressions of the TV automatons.

The TV-B-Gone also has these great features.

• Turns off virtually any television
• Perfect for carrying on your keyring
• May take up to 69 seconds for the television to turn off (90% of televisions should turn off within 17 seconds)
• Range: 20 to 50 feet (7 to 17 m), depending on the make and model of the TV
  Contains 209 turn-off codes
• Regular Version works on TVs in US, Canada, Mexico, many Asian countries (European version also available!)
• Lithium batteries included (last about 3 months to one year depending on usage)
• Dimensions: 1.92" x 2.27" x .675"
• Weight: 26 grams with batteries
• European version is recommended for Australia

Western Digital Raptor WD360GD

I just got me a new harddisk (system drive)
the personal computer's answer to a formular 1 racer :)
A small but fast s-ata motherfucker

Western Digital's Enterprise Serial ATA hard drives are a new class of hard drives that matches SCSI reliability and performance while providing simplified connectivity – all at significantly less cost than Parallel SCSI drives. WD Raptor maintains the high standards, and lowers the cost of enterprise data storage.

• Designed for servers and NAS/SAN systems, the drive of choice for high-performance workstation and gaming systems, the WD Raptor hard drive is a new class of drive that matches SCSI performance and reliability while providing simplified connectivity.
• Killer Speed: World's fastest Serial ATA drive: 10,000 RPM, 4.5 ms seek
• Unsurpassed Reliability: 5-year warranty and 1.2 million hours MTBF
• Optimum Value: All the speed and reliability of SCSI without the wicked price tag.

Performance Specifications:
Rotational Speed 10,000 RPM (nominal)
Buffer Size 8 MB
Average Latency 2.99 ms (nominal)
Contact Start/Stop Cycles 20,000 (nominal)

Seek Times: (Average)
Read Seek Time (Average) 5.2 ms
Write Seek Time (Average) 5.9 ms (average)
Track-To-Track Seek Time 0.7 ms (average)
Full Stroke Seek 10.2 ms (average)

Transfer Rates:
Buffer To Host (Serial ATA) 1,200 Mbits/s (Max)
Buffer To Disk 72 MB/s (Sustained)

NEW ONLINE PAYMENT PROVIDER, GREENZAP, OPENS WEBSITE TO PUBLIC

La Jolla, California, June 1, 2005 – GreenZap, Inc., a new consumer-based, online payment provider, opened its website doors today welcoming nearly 200,000 pre-registered members to explore the GreenZap website and begin using its services. GreenZap began accepting account pre-registrations on April 2, 2005. Users of GreenZap can send and receive money online globally using email. GreenZap is similar to eBay’s® payment processor PayPal®, but touts lower transactions fees and superior customer service. GreenZap also unveils today its interactive, community tracking system, the ZapMap. The ZapMap enables users to dynamically view their friends and family that have opened accounts. According to GreenZap’s President Alex Sonkin, “the multi-dimensional ZapMap technology allows our members to interactively search and view the community they are transacting with. ZapMap is the eyes and ears of our community. By its mere existence, transactions conducted by individuals will be more secure and less susceptible to fraud because everyone can see their community. It’s like the Kevin Bacon 6-degress of separation phenomenon – everyone will know someone, who knows someone else.”GreenZap rewards account holders for telling their friends and family about GreenZap. Account holders are rewarded anywhere from $5 to $30 and receive their earnings as a combination of cash and WebCash. GreenZap’s WebCash can be used virtually anywhere online to purchase goods and services from hundreds of retail outlets offering thousands of brand names. From hotels, restaurants and travel to toys, electronics and attire.“WebCash can be used to pay for GreenZap transactions fees, used to send to anyone with an email address, or used at GreenZap Storez to purchase goods and services from GreenZap’s global network of preferred merchants,” says Sonkin. “The only difference between cash and WebCash is that WebCash can only be used, as the name says, on the web.”GreenZap launched its pre-registration website and marketing campaign on April 2, 2005, and within one week GreenZap was attracting over 3,000 pre-registrants each day. GreenZap anticipates capturing a large percentage of the existing online spending community, but sees its brand and messaging appealing to a new generation of online spenders. “The GreenZap brand is young, hip, and fun, but the site maintains a clean, professional design given the financial aspect of the products and services being offered,” said one of GreenZap’s brand managers.GreenZap offers two types of accounts, a basic GreenZap account and an upgraded Gold account. The Gold account offers reduced transaction fees, increased rewards, and a GreenZap Stored Value MasterCard® or Visa® for off-line spending.

Getting VDSL Soon

Just got a letter this morning saying that DiggiNet will soon install intranet in my appartment with the oppitunity to get VDSL for a low price and later on IP phone and IP TV.
I got ADSL at the moment through cybercity wich is expensive,
499 danish crowns for a 1024/256 Kbit/s connections.

With DiggiNet i can get following connections:
2Mbit/2Mbit for 129 kr. each month
4Mbit/4Mbit for 229 kr. each month
6Mbit/6Mbit for 329 kr. each month
8Mbit/8Mbit for 429 kr. each month
10Mbit/10Mbit for 529 kr. each month
12Mbit/12Mbit for 629 kr. each month
14Mbit/14Mbit for 729 kr. each month

BUT:
Can Digginet's new owner/staff deliver a stable connection ?
Will i be able to control wan ports if i buy an IP ?

New Computer

I Fanaly got myself a new computer :)
With a Soltek motherboard
3.2 GHZ Intel pentum 4
1024 mb ddram pc 3200
200gb maxtor harddisk (beside the 2 x 160 gb + 1 x 80 gb + 1 x 40 gb)
Geforce 6800 GT graphic card

Now iam able to play all the newest games again :)
So if you got the balls to challange me on a 3d shoot em up battle field
be prepaired to get your ass whooped and to shit size 11.5 the following week

Update to www.juicyhalftone.com

My first serious homepage project is www.juicyhalftone.com
I made that homepage in december 2003 for a friend of mine (Habtom Amanuel).
The concept was an online record producing for some juicyhalftone releated artists.
So if you are tirred of your old music collection go giv the site a visit and listen to artist online.
Or if you just wanna have a debate with the artists write posts in our forum based community.

But back to the case:
You will soon be able to buy cd's and other merchantdise from www.juicyhalftone.com
In the next few weeks i will use a couple of hours most days of the week
on making a shop with online payment through PayPal.

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