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iPod shuffle without iTunes

November 29th, 2008 2 comments

I use an iPod Shuffle to listen to podcasts and music when doing sports, driving my bike etc. The iPod Shuffle is a bit different than most other iPod models since it does not have a display. The content browsing is therefore limited to skipping forward and backwards until you find the tune you want to listen to. In my opinion this eliminates the need for iTunes as a tool for organizing your music.

I have recently found an easy way to avoid using iTunes. Read on for more.

Every blogpost should have a nice image with some generic caption.

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TVtools – steam online tv for free

November 20th, 2008 No comments

I needed a simple, free, graphical Linux web tv and radio streaming program. In need of a better thing, I wrote TVtools, which uses mplayer and VideoLan VLC. Read on for more!

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Automatically dock / embed figures in MatLab

November 18th, 2008 1 comment

To automatically dock figures in Matlab, issue the command

set(0,'DefaultFigureWindowStyle','docked')

at the beginning of your script.

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My favorite things – Part I – Podcasts

November 18th, 2008 No comments

A podcast is a series of audio or video digital-media files which is distributed over the Internet by syndicated download, through Web feeds, to portable media players and personal computers. What follows is a list of some of my personal favorites. Some are in danish — some are not.
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Protect your privacy using Peerguardian in Ubuntu

November 10th, 2008 1 comment

PeerGuardian is a free, open source, IP address blocking software programs capable of blocking incoming and outgoing addresses. The application uses a blocklist of IP addresses to filter the computers of several organisations. The system is also capable of blocking advertising, spyware and government upon user preferences.

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