Burn After Reading

The code to get to a free preview ticket to see Burn After Reading is 7594. Enter at ScreenBookings.com.

Tags: film

Macgyver problems

MacGyver was a tv series that many in their 20s and early 30s will remember fondly. I used to look forward to it so much! Admittedly it is very dated compared to say The Wire or The West Wing. But if you also were a fan, check out this inspired Wikipedia article that lists all the MacGyver inventions.

Related: MacGyver, science, West Wing, TV

Free HMRC workshops

Few people seem to know that HM Revenue & Customs offer free workshops around the UK on various subjects to do with tax, employment and other money matters. Here's a list of what they offer. From personal experience I can say that they're very good! For example, those who are self-employed and about to do self-assessment tax returns might benefit from checking out the relevant workshop before the deadline gets too close!

Remote control electronic scoreboard

Presenting a new piece of software - this time for Mac users! Scorer is an electronic scoreboard that can be controlled via the Apple Remote. Take your laptop to your next volleyball, basketball, table tennis, badminton game that you're playing in and let this keep the score for you. [Download]

Tags: Apple, Mac, Scorer, sport

T Mobile G1 and Android market

Details of Google's answer to Apple's iPhone, the G1, are emerging. Sounds like its camera will be 3MP (that's 50% more) and will also include a compass. Nothing to rave about yet but the price sounds like it could be reasonable too at around $200. No decision's been made yet but I'm glad I resisted and didn't buy the iPhone the other day! Android market will also surely be more open than the App Store... The manufacturers are HTC, a Taiwanese company - another thing in their favour!

Related: Google Android, G1, Apple iPhone, HTC

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Remove vocals from songs

"Only in Dreams" by Weezer is a terrific song, until about 52 seconds into it when the vocals come in. Unfortunately acoustic versions only seem to exist as low quality YouTube videos. However, the good news is that there's some free software called Wavosaur that will take an mp3 and do the required filtering. It's not perfect - some bass is lost and muted voices can still be heard, but at least karaoke fans can now rejoice!

Silent Disco

The Fun Lovin' Criminals played live at Koko in Camden last night to an audience of wireless-headphone-wearing fans and it was a lot of fun! Clearly it's the future. The neighbours can't complain, you can decide if you want to go deaf and you can actually talk to people. There were a couple of BBC camera crews hovering about so it may be (or already have been) on TV.

Tags: silent disco, Fun Lovin Criminals

Google Chrome

It's an internet browser. It's fast. It's made by Google. So great, why don't we all start using it? Well, Mac OS X users haven't got a version made for them yet and fans of the Google Toolbar won't switch because it simply isn't there in Chrome... an obvious omission!

Related: Google, Chrome, Firefox

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