yon Leveron blog

OK, severe bronchitis was not kind to me at all.  This is still alive, I just had other issues to attend to.  Ahem.

In that vein, I bring you The Specials.

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Now playing: The Specials – Enjoy Yourself
via FoxyTunes

Besides working with PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS today, there was something else fun – free HD

Despite the installer requesting for the popular Ask.Com toolbar (which I never install; BHO’s slow down my daily work, etc.) it is a great program; the toolbar from their sponsor is completely optional.

Miro is a free HD video player. It can play almost any video file and offers over 6,000 free internet TV shows and video podcasts. Miro has a simple, gorgeous interface designed for fullscreen HD video.

Since Miro downloads most videos, you can take your shows with you, even on an airplane (Ed: also good to preserve items that may be removed by others . . .) Quite simply, Miro is a better way to watch all the video you care about.

Best of all, Miro is 100% free and open source, developed by a non-profit organization and volunteers around the world.

Unlike your browser, Miro’s built for HD. The built-in Miro Guide connects you to thousands of free High Definition video shows. Miro downloads video fast and stores it on your local computer for a level of quality that is often impossible on streaming video websites (even the ones that call themselves ‘HD’).

Fullscreen, HD video on Miro is like nothing you’ve ever seen online. Can’t open a video? Now you can, with Miro. Miro can play virtually any type of video file – Quicktime, WMV, MPEG, AVI, XVID, and more. (Ed: Yes! No more installing crap-tastic programs for some specific video codec . . .)

When it comes to video podcasts, Miro goes far beyond iTunes by letting you subscribe to BitTorrent RSS feeds, with one of the fastest torrent downloaders in the world (it’s called ‘libtorrent’).

Search, download, and save videos… from YouTube, Google Video, Blip, and more. You can even save a search term and automatically get new videos as they are posted. With YouTube’s new HD support, the video quality can be incredible; Miro will save the highest quality YouTube version automatically, when you choose save.

Don’t miss Miro’s unique blog, as well, which like their Publisher section has some great bits for modern movie creators (hint, Joel!)

You can learn more about Miro, and download it from their site. Happy video-ing!

Useful web site monitoring tool : check for changes in a given web page : http://www.changedetection.com/

“I am governor Jerry Brown” (this is what happens when you blog while listening to ‘uppity muzak‘)

Trial account available at PingDom.com – great monitoring service, from geodiverse points

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain – awesome bits http://bit.ly/YHyWY

Don’t hesitate to add your favorites; hadn’t listed to this in some time. Primal. Early. Energy.