Archive for August, 2010

F1 this weekend (20100827 to 20100829)

Formula 1 returns this weekend to SPA, Belgium. I searched for SPA on Google Earth and the feedback focus was not the racing circuit, but the village. I got better results looking for some famous turns, like “Eau Rouge”. Once I found the racing circuit, I grabbed the snapshot below. Regarding the event’s live coverage, [...]

Misc URLs I visited during the last few days (2010-08-xx)

Very good and free Usenet search engine: http://search3.aeton.biz/ Interesting blog – got here after some F1 related search: http://doctorvee.co.uk/ Good explanation of rFactor’s player profile file: http://legends-league.com/wiki/RFactorPLRFile?show_comments=1 Microsoft’s Windows Server 2008 (I was surprised to learn that its 32 bits version can address up to 32 GB of RAM – indeed I am using it [...]

How to make and play Blu-Ray Double Layer content

If you have files that unpack to a Blu-Ray structure like \BDMV \CERTIFICATE but you don’t have a Blu-Ray recorder, you can easily still play the corresponding Blu-Ray disc: (1) use Nero Burning ROM to burn an image .nrg file of a Blu-Ray compilation consisting of the files. (2) mount the resulting .nrg file in [...]

Why I didn’t buy the Apple iPod Touch for reading papers and books

I nearly bought an Apple iPod Touch 64 GB version, from amazon.co.uk, using some gift certificates I had been offered. I had been considering the iPod since I saw at zinio.com that they now have an app for the iPhone and iPod, that can read Zinio content. This made me happy because I own (literally) [...]