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Hiding the bird’s guts

October 11, 2010ambsLeave a Comment on Hiding the bird’s guts

Probably this is a stupid rant/question. If so, please clarify me. I can live without the insults. Really :) OK, on to the relevant stuff. Twitter has a new OAuth authentication mechanism. To write an application able to post on twitter your application need to be registered and have a consumer key. That key is […]

gadgets game

Using HDMI and external sound in XBox 360

October 5, 2010ambsLeave a Comment on Using HDMI and external sound in XBox 360

In a previous post I was wondering why I couldn’t get sound from my XBox using any kind of connector when the HDMI cable was plugged in. My doubts were funded on the design of my own cable, that shipped with XBox 360. It has two RCA for sound and one RCA for video but, […]

gadgets game

Using earphones in XBox360

October 3, 2010ambsLeave a Comment on Using earphones in XBox360

As I poster some weeks ago, I bought a new LCD, 21.5″, with HDMI. The idea was to use it as a second monitor on my Mac Book Pro (done that already) and to use it to play with my XBox 360. Tried to do this latter, but it was not possible. Why wasn’t it […]

movie

Iron Man 2 (2010)

October 3, 2010ambsLeave a Comment on Iron Man 2 (2010)

Iron Man 2 or 2 Iron Men, that is the question. Good movie on digital effects, some good acting, and good music. Probably you are asking, music? Oh hell yes, they play Queen, Another one bites the dust. Given that I do not want to tell the story, I can summarize the movie as Iron […]

Series

House (2004), S01E01

October 2, 2010ambsLeave a Comment on House (2004), S01E01

Yeah, it is quite old. Six years are gone, and this is my first House episode. You know, there is some limitations when you do not own cabled TV. Anyway, now that I got up-to-date on V and Castle and (almost) for Nikita, I decided to start another series. Yes, I still have a lot […]

C

DevC++ and their lack of discernment

October 2, 2010ambsLeave a Comment on DevC++ and their lack of discernment

If you know me, you know that I program mainly C and Perl, that my preferred editor is Emacs, and that I use mostly Mac OS X for that task. But, I teach programming, and sometimes I teach programming to students that never heard of Linux or, worse, that never used the command line of […]

music

Children’s songs and Machine Translation

October 2, 2010October 2, 2010ambsLeave a Comment on Children’s songs and Machine Translation

I threw the stick to the cat, (cat, cat) but the cat, (cat, cat) did not die, (die, die) Dona Chica, (ca) frightened, with the cry, with the cry, that the cat did. Meow.

Series

V (2009) – Season 01

October 1, 2010October 1, 2010ambsLeave a Comment on V (2009) – Season 01

There isn’t much fuss about this series. It is kind of a remake of another previous series. I did not watch it, therefore I can’t comment on whether this is better or worst. I saw the first four episodes in the public Portuguese television and that got me curiosity to know how it will end. […]

movie

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (2010)

September 28, 2010ambsLeave a Comment on The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (2010)

Went to the cinema to watch this movie. It was not bad, but probably not the kind of movie that is relevant to watch on the cinema. … erm, blue … The story is trivial, and highly related with Karaté Kid. … huh, blond … Also, as you can verify in the picture above, there […]

movie

Bart Got a Room (2008)

September 26, 2010ambsLeave a Comment on Bart Got a Room (2008)

The most interesting thing about Bart Got a Room movie,  is that is is not about Bart. It is about some other guy that wants a Prom date, but can’t get it. But even Bart, a strange looking nerd guy got one date… and a suite at the hotel. So, this is yet another teen […]

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