Seen this on Engadget.
Basically these are small (16 and 32mb) flash drives.
A little too bulky to plug in to most USB ports and maybe too expensive (the article mentioned $20 for a 3-pack), but it’s a neat idea. Some people don’t need much more than the capacity of a floppy, even in this day and age. I wonder if saving backups in flash memory is more durable than storing them in CDs/DVDs.
Note to self, watch [Crash](http://imdb.com/title/tt0375679/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnx0dD0xfGZiPXV8cG49MHxrdz0xfHE9Y3Jhc2h8ZnQ9MXxteD0yMHxsbT01MDB8Y289MXxodG1sPTF8bm09MQ__;fc=1;ft=207;fm=1) again.
All I can say is **wow**. Well worth the Oscar.
Watched it today at Alvaláxia, and despite the poor picture quality (we were warned beforehand that the film was not in it’s best condition), it’s a superb film. Above all, an excellent atmosphere, helped by a beautiful soundtrack. Definitely one to watch again, and when the DVD gets to a reasonable price, to add to the collection too.
I received some spam^H^H^H^Hnewsletter from some portuguese computer store (no, I won’t link to them) and they had a very cheap Via C7 laptop. Upon looking at it’s stats, modest but still very capable machine, I saw this mentioned:
* Sound Blaster Pro compatible
And I wonder, this is some ridiculous claim to make today. Every sound card on the market, even this cheap onboard thingy can be compatible, in features, with a SBPro. How hard it is today to match a 8 bit stereo DAC/ADC at 22.05khz (44.1 in mono) with a OPL2 mono synthesizer? Listing it’s features would be enough. In this day and age as long as there are Windows drivers for it, it’s ok.
But just for kicks, I’d like them to say Gravis Ultrasound Max compatible…
MySQL upgraded to the latest (5 dot something), and everything seems to be much faster.
Finaly figured out how to check and specify version numbers with apt-get. Found some good guides [here](http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html), [here](http://www.laurenwood.org/anyway/archives/2005/02/24/upgrading-mysql-on-debian/) and [here](http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1257).
Pretty PHP code instantly
Have some ugly PHP code you need to beautify? Install the PEAR php_beautifier package and with Mac OS X’s pbcopy/pbpaste commands you’re ready to go.
Copy the source you’re dealing with to the clipboard, and on the command line do this:
$ pbpaste | php_beautifier | pbcopy
Tada! Paste it back into the editor and it’s certainly a lot prettier.
While you’re at the command line, do a man pbcopy for more information about this amazing utility on OSX.
And now, something different. Reading Russell Beattie’s feed today and came across box.net, a online storage thingy. Seemed cool, complete with some public features so you can share files with others (or other share files with you), and as such I’ll provide you with a link, complete with my email address on it so you can refer me on it. 
