Category: Life hacks

Pidgin 2.0 released

Pidgin 2.0 (formerly GAIM) is finally out of beta. The long awaited update to GAIM is now available for download.

With Pidgin Windows and Unix users can talk with all these Instant Messengers from the same program/window:

  • AIM
  • Bonjour
  • Gadu-Gadu
  • Google Talk
  • Groupwise
  • ICQ
  • IRC
  • MSN
  • QQ
  • SILC
  • SIMPLE
  • Sametime
  • XMPP
  • Yahoo!
  • Zephyr

I’ve been a big fan of GAIM and look forward to Pidgin (the name was changed after a trademark agreement with AOL).
Check it out, drop me a message and let me know what you think.

Helmet saves man run over by truck

You can debate the coolness of a helmet or not, but I think it might be time to go buy myself one after seeing this story:

Ryan Lipscomb of Madison, Wisconsin is alive to tell of a truck running right over his head. “I didn’t see it coming, but I sure felt it roll over my head. It feels really strange to have a truck run over your head.” The truck just kept on going, as they so often do, usually saying that they didn’t know they hit anything. The police and Lipscomb think otherwise: “The truck driver definitely would have known. You know when you run over a curb and my head was definitely higher than a curb.”

My buddy Dave McHam has taken to riding his bike all over town with $3 a gallon gas prices. He said driving his truck just doesn’t make sense. So he rides his bike to Red Oak each day (about 12-15 miles one way).
Getting much better exercise and saving loads of money I’m sure. Sounds like a great idea but I’d definitely want a Giro first.

I scream you scream we all scream for free ice cream

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Next week…. May 15, 2007…. get your FREE ICE CREAM!

Whoooo.

Haagen-Dazs is offering free samples of their two new flavors, cinnamon dulce de leche & sticky toffee pudding.

Right on.

Find the nearest Haggen-Dazs to you and get ready for some free frozen goodness.

Thanks to Wisebread for the heads up.

Moby makes music available to Indie Filmmakers

This is HUGE! At least to me…

Moby has revamped his website (looks very cool by the way) and is starting a new feature called, “film music.”

and here’s the biggie(well, at least i think so)…there’s a new part of moby.com called ‘film music’. it’s essentially a function that allows independent and non-profit filmmakers to download and use my music for free. we’re starting with about 60 pieces of eclectic, unreleased, film music, but over-time i’ll continue to update it and add more music.
these 60 pieces of music can be downloaded and used for free by student filmmakers and indie filmmakers and, basically, anyone making a non-commercial* film, be it 2 minutes long or 400 minutes long.
if you’re a filmmaker(or are in need of free music for a non-commercial film or video)you can sign up and download and use this music for free.
i have a lot of friends in the independent film world, and their biggest complaint is that it’s either expensive or onerous to license music for their films.
so that’s why i’m making a lot of my music available for free use for non-profit, independent films.
i hope you find it useful.
i hope you enjoy the new moby.com.
please look below for the *.
-moby
*-yup, the asterisk. the music in the film-music part of moby.com is available for free use for student films and independent films and non-profit films and shorts and etc. the music is available so long as these films are not used for commercial(i.e-making money)purposes.
if you use the music in your film and your film goes on to make money: great, and congratulations.
before your film makes money, though, you’ll have to apply for a commercial license for the music. i PROMISE that the commercial licenses won’t be expensive or difficult to obtain.
and any money that this music generates from commercial licenses will be given to a charity.
this year that charity will be the humane society.
ok, i hope that’s clear. thanks.

Looks like encounter will be hearing a lot more Moby for the films/videos I make for Sunday morning. 🙂