Showing posts with label AMAZING. Show all posts
Showing posts with label AMAZING. Show all posts

Monday, 14 January 2013

Adobe Flash Versus GNOME Totem Vegas on openSUSE 12.2 GNOME 3.4.2

Totem Vegas Flash Plugin
 Totem, the good old Multimedia player from GNOME stable has become the new superstar in Linux world after it has come out with its own flash compatible plug-in that allows Linux users to play flash videos from major video streaming sites like youtube and metacafe. Vegas servers as a good alternative to Adobe Flash for playing flash videos in the aforementioned sites.
 The new Totem plug-in is called (vegas) browser plugin. Totem is multimedia player for the GNOME desktop based on GStreamer framework. The "totem-browser-plugin-vegas" allows one to play  Flash videos with virtually any browser like Firefox, Seamonkey, Opera etc. The advent of Vegas is good news especially since Adobe has stopped providing Flash Player for Linux.
Vegas Pluses
  • Can be installed along side Adobe Flash.
  • Works on variety of browsers.
  • Supports fullscreen and non fullscreen modes.
  • Can be easily disabled and enabled as described below.
Install Vegas
Various things to do before installing Vegas on openSUSE 12.2 are:-
  • Configure "Community repositories" using YaST similar to what is described in this post.
  • Finish the Multimedia related steps described in this post.
Install Vegas using YaST
 To locate YaST installer on GNOME 3.X desktop you can use the left "win" key or "Alt+F1" key combination to open "Activities" window. In this window you can start typing a search query like "install" when YaST installer will show up grouped under "Applications" as shown below.
GNOME 3.4.2 YaST Installer
 After opening YaST installer you can type in the search query in YaST as shown below.  After locating Vegas you can select the required software using the relevant checkbox . To complete installation you can press the "Apply" button.
GNOME 3.4.2 YaST Installer Totem Vegas
Install Vegas using zypper.
 First we need to open command launcher using key combination "Alt+F2" . Then invoke the terminal using the command "gnome-terminal". After terminal opens, we can use the "zypper" command to install the relevant packages as shown below.
$sudo -u root zypper in totem*vegas*
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Resolving package dependencies...
The following NEW package is going to be installed:
  totem-browser-plugin-vegas
1 new package to install.
Overall download size: 56.0 KiB. After the operation, additional 71.5 KiB will
be used.
Continue? [y/n/?] (y): y
Retrieving package totem-browser-plugin-vegas-3.4.3-1.1.1.x86_64
                                           (1/1),  56.0 KiB ( 71.5 KiB unpacked)
Retrieving: totem-browser-plugin-vegas-3.4.3-1.1.1.x86_64.rpm[done (58.5 KiB/s)]
Installing: totem-browser-plugin-vegas-3.4.3-1.1.1 .......................[done]
Notes:- "sudo" is command to execute a command as another user , "-u" option specifies the user which is "root" in this case, "zypper" is the command for managing packages, "in" option stands for installation, zypper allows wildcards like "*" while specifying package names.
Configure Vegas as Flash player
 To configure Vegas as the default plugin to handle flash content on your browser of choice, you may need to disable the Adobe flash plugin. You can easily do this using "Add-ons Manager" in Firefox and SeaMonkey as shown below.
Configure Vegas Flash Plugin Addon Manager SeaMonkey Firefox
 Similarly in Opera you need to open the "opera:plugins" page through the location or address bar and disable the relevant plugin.
Configure Vegas Flash Plugin Opera opera:plugins
Screenshot of Youtube video in Opera played using Vegas
Youtube video in Opera played using Vegas
Screenshot of Metacafe video in SeaMonkey played using Vegas
Metacafe video SeaMonkey Vegas
Short Video Clip comparing the working of Vegas and Adobe Flash
 This is a short screencast comparing video playing capability of Adobe Flash plug-in (Opera) and Totem plug-in Vegas (SeaMonkey). Screen capture done on GNOME 3.4.2 desktop using built in Screencasting tool. Control+Shift+Alt+R keybinding starts and stops the recording. The screencast was generated in "*.webm" format and is readily compatible with youtube. The video first shows SeaMonkey playing Metacafe and Youtube videos in fullscreen and normal mode using Vegas plugin . Then we switch over to Opera which plays same videos using flash plugin. The Screencast proves beyond a doubt that Vegas has good video playing capability and can switch quite smoothly between normal and full screen modes :-)

Sunday, 23 December 2012

Rise of the Planet of the Birds

 Saw an interesting video in Dailymotion related to the intelligence and creative skills of Parrots(kea) and Crows (New Caledonian). I was amazed to find that the birds behave very smart when trying to get food from a closed box. They seem to exhibit high level of intelligence. Will there be a "Rise of the Planet of the Birds" in the near future ?
Parrots and Crows Show their Inventive Side WWW...

Friday, 21 December 2012

openSUSE AppStore is Awesome

openSUSE AppStore
 openSUSE is in the process of transforming it's software search site (software.opensuse.org) into a cool AppStore similar to that of "Google Play". It will be a one stop shop where you can get your favourite  games , Office tools, educational software, development tools etc . The AppStore caters to all of the officially supported desktops namely KDE, GNOME, XFCE and LXDE. The site is  currently in beta state. The AppStore is powered by openSUSE Build Service. The openSUSE Build Service is a system which allows one to build and distribute binary packages from sources for various distributions like openSUSE, Fedora and Debian.
 Users can browse through the AppStore and locate the  required software very easily and install it onto their machine using One Click install technology . All the software hosted at the AppStore is broadly classified into the following categories:-
Using the AppStore
 Once you click on any one of the images indicating various categories of software it will take you to pages where the respective categories of applications are displayed. When we choose Games category it takes us to a Games AppStore as shown below.
openSUSE AppStore Games
 Each application in category page is accompanied by a brief description of the application . Most of the applications also have a accompanying thumbnail. After deciding the game we want , we can click on the relevant image and it will take us to a page with a install button. I clicked on "Chess" game and it took me to a individual application page which has more details about the game and a "Install" button.
openSUSE AppStore Chess
 We can navigate to various sub category pages using the links in each application category page. Various "related category" pages like Logic Game, Board Game etc. are available under Games Appstore
openSUSE AppStore Sub Category
 On clicking the install button a YMP file is downloaded. The ymp file contains instructions about the repositories and packages that are required to install the relevant software.
openSUSE AppStore YMP
 The YMP invokes the YaST installer and provides a awesome wizard which enables users to easily install the required software. The AppStore fully harnesses the hidden potential of the famed SUSE One_Click_Install.
openSUSE AppStore YaST One Click
AppStore Tips & Tricks
Search for application
One can easily search for any application using the search  box in the top of the page as shown below.
openSUSE AppStore LibreOffice
Search for application for other distributions
 Once can search for applications built for distros other than openSUSE by turning on the "All Distributions" option when searching for an application.
openSUSE Software Search All Distributions
 The One-Click installation process is currently supported only for openSUSE and not for other distributions. Using the AppStore one can download the binary installation files(*.rpm, *.deb) for other distros .  Banshee Media player rpm for Fedora 17 can be downloade as shown below.
openSUSE Software Banshee
 If we click on the repository name ( refer above screenshot ), it will take us to the build service page which will display instructions for installation as shown below.
openSUSE Software Banshee OBS

Tuesday, 30 October 2012

Man is oblivious to the slugfest going on in the heavens above

 Man is oblivious to the slugfest going on in the heavens above. Here are the 3 forecasts for the ballet of the heavens courtesy our own IMD. Last image is an animation comprised of the three images.Animation is powered by ImageMagick. Command used to animate the images is as follows :-  convert -delay 20 -loop 0 24hrrain.gif 72hrrain.gif 48hrrain.gif animatespheres.gif
 
Image Source:- Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai

Friday, 23 December 2011

What every self Respecting kid needs ?

What does every self Respecting kid needs ?

A Magnetic Accelerator Cannon !!!!!!


Friday, 9 December 2011

Sehwag Steals Thunder from Sachin



Sehwag Steals Thunder from Sachin / Sehwag ,The god of records

 Why did Sehwag steal the thunder from Sachin ? Why did he choose to overthrow the Indian cricketing god from the position of highest run scorer in a single innings in ODI cricket? Why did Sehwag choose this day to break Sachin (his mentor's) record

==>He wants to replace Sachin / overthrow because he has had enough hearing about Sachin's 100'th hundred (OR) Dravid's rise in test cricket and hit a purple patch?

==>He wants to claim his rightful place in  hearts of India's cricket obsessed populace by putting together his own enviable set of records?

==>He has suddenly woken up from his English siesta?

==>He wants commentators to again start comparing him to ODI cricketing legends of yesteryears like Desmond Haynes,Richie Richardson?

==>He wanted to be interviewed again by Indian news channels ?

==>He wants to show up at the post match presentation and get the man of the match award from Ravi and co

==>He wants a documentary made out of him in cricinfo?

==>Like always he wants to throw a little surprise to the Indian cricket maniacs?

==>He doesn't want to get dropped from the team for the Australian Tour 2011/2012?

==>He wants to show Ashwin / Ojha their places in the Indian cricket team pecking Order by showing that he is batsmen supreme?

==>All he wanted to do is to play a captain's innings?

==>He wanted to put the West Indians in their place lest they get carried away by their victory at Motera?

==>He was losing a lot of advertisements to Dhoni that he has decided to score some runs and divert the attention of advertisers towards him ?

==>He was on a High?

==>He has just regained his form ?

==>He wanted to get a thunderous applause from the stands which he didn't for a long long time?

==>He was in a very bad mood that he wanted to belt the ball around the park?

==>He was seeing the cricket ball like a football ?

==>Did he have Boost / Bournvita / Horlicks / Complan early in the morning?

==>He wants one of the stands in In Indore, Holkar stadium to be named after him and commemorate this feat

==>He was just rockin to "why this kolaveri" tune?

==>Or he just wanted to surprise / amaze / bamboozle / the cricket fan in me ? and make me write this post (NAY)

Like always Sehwag is as unpredictable as ever.!!!!!!!! He is just being himself.

Stats

Batsmen:V Sehwag
Runs:219
Balls:149
Fours:25
Sixes:7
Strike Rate:146.97
More details here

After reading this post, you want to imitate Sehwag and hit a few fours and sixers ,then go ahead,help yourself here

Sunday, 25 September 2011

Satellite landed, exact site not yet known: NASA



A decommissioned NASA satellite, the biggest piece of US space junk to fall in 30 years, has crash-landed but the precise location is not yet known, the US space agency said early Saturday.
To know more :- Satellite landed, exact site not yet known: NASA

Saturday, 17 September 2011

"Faceboo" is also Facebook.com

 Recently when i mistyped facebook url as faceboo.com in my browser , to my surprise it took me to facebook.com.How uncool is that ?"faceboo" sounds like a fake facebook site. It also sounds like facebook is getting booed.May be facebook guys recognized this and bought the domain too to prevent misuse.From a layman perceptive it awesome as it reduced  my daily typing effort by one word :-).On the otherhand people who don't like facebook can hit faceboo.com and start booing it :-)
Update:- http://facebok.com/ is also "facebook" .Guess in future every url will lead to facebook just like "All roads lead to Rome"

Tuesday, 6 September 2011

Intelligent Monkey

 Recently when i was visiting Ahobilam in Andhra Pradesh,I saw this monkey gently opening a tap and drinking water out of it . It seemed to be a clever and intelligent animal,almost human


Click Last Picture To See The animation

Friday, 29 October 2010

World Beater

"A keen immigrant lad applied for a salesman's job at
London's premier downtown department store.
In fact, it was the biggest store in the world - you could get
anything there.
The boss asked him, "Have you ever been a salesman before?"
"Yes sir, I was a salesman in India", replied the lad..
The boss liked the cut of him and said, "You can start tomorrow and
I'll come and see you."
The day was long and arduous for the young man, but he got through it.
And finally 6:00 PM came around.
The boss duly fronted up and asked, "How many sales did you make
today?"
"Sir, Just ONE sale." said the young salesman.
"Only one sale?" blurted the boss.
"No! No! You see here, most of my staff make 20 or 30 sales a day. "If
you want to keep this job, you'd better be doing better than just one
sale.
By the way "How much was the sale worth?"
“300534.00 pounds" said the young Marwari.
"What"," How did you manage that?" asked the flabbergasted boss.
"Well", said the salesman, "This man came in and I sold him a small
fish hook, then a medium hook and finally a really large hook.
Then I sell him new fishing rod and some fishing gear.
Then I asked him where he was going fishing and he said down the
coast.
So I told him he'd be needing a boat, so I took him down to the boat
department and sold him that twenty-foot schooner with the twin
engines.
Then he said his Volkswagen probably wouldn't be able to pull it, so I
took him to our automotive department and sold him that new Deluxe 4X4
Blazer.
I then asked him where he'll be staying, and since he had no
accommodation, I took him to camping department and sold him one of
those new igloo 6-sleeper camper tents.
Then the guy said, while we're at it, I should throw in about 100
Pounds worth of groceries and two cases of beer.
The boss took two steps back and asked in astonishment, "You sold all
that to a guy who came in for a fish hook!!"
"No" answered the salesman,"he came in to buy a box of Sanitary
napkins for his wife and I said to him,
"Sir, Your weekend is screwed anyway, you might as well go fishing."
Boss - "You sit in my chair....... "

Saturday, 24 July 2010

Monday, 23 March 2009

Easy Way To Step Up Your Torrent Download Speed

This is a very simple trick to improve the speed of your current torrent download.The basic thing behind torrent downloading is that each downloader will in-turn be an uploader(in the strict sense offcourse,don't want to talk about leechers"worst scum on planet").

All you have to do is copy your torrent "hash" code and type in a search engine of your choice,and voila you get many trackers which logically must have more seeders.Then all you have to do is add the new trackers to your already downloading torrent.It is as simple as it gets.In case of "uTorrent",if you open the ".torrent" file with it it will ask you whether it can add the new trackers automatically,don't know much about other client where you may need to manually add the new trackers to your clients.

Friday, 20 March 2009

Frog Jesus

Today i saw Two interesting but completely unrelated things ,but had a common theme?
You ask what is it?
How apt is Frog+Jesus
While i was looking at these articles and video my brother commented as to how Jesus and frogs are related(Genuine Question).Well let us check it out

First Web-article:-

URL:-Frog Jesus

"He thought he could make a frog jesus... A nostalgic voyage takes a darker turn, exploring the naiveté of mankind through the eyes of a young boy. "

Second Web-article:- URL:-Crucified frog art returned to owner after Pope outcry "A modern art installation showing a crucified frog is to be taken down and returned to its Austrian owner after protests from the Pope. The work - by the German artist Martin Kippenberger, who died in 1997 - depicts a frog nailed to a cross with a mug of beer in one hand and an egg in the other. Curators of the "Museion" museum in Bolzano, Italy, are removing the work after Pope Benedict XVI condemned it as blasphemous. The sculpture will be returned to its owner, a Tyrol-based art lover In a letter written last month, Pope Benedict said that the sculpture "injured the religious feelings of many people who see in the Cross the symbol of the love of God and of our salvation, which deserves recognition and religious devotion." The museum, however, insists that the work is a self-portrait of the artist "in a state of profound crisis" and is not an attack on religion."

Now the answer,frog's look very similar to jesus when crucified.Well this is a very personal opinion.
Note:-No Frogs were harmed while writing this article :-)

Saturday, 25 October 2008

Portable Applications

Found this great site which has heaps of portable applications that can be extracted and used on flash drive.The software available range from browsers ,audio players to cool software like simulators.Get your portable apps here:- Applications

Friday, 17 October 2008

Really Liked playing this game,Simple game play


Who Says Graffiti Is Bad?


Pigeon by ~IvoryDrive on deviantART

Friday, 4 April 2008

Food For Thought?

Was random shifting through the web when this article where "Bon Appetit" was mentioned in 23 languages . Felt that it was interesting . So I am sharing it here .

How to say Bon Appétit in 23 other Languages

Food for thought:
Probably all languages have formulaic utterances which are said on certain occasions, e.g. French 'bon appétit!' – "good appetite" said to guests at the dinner table, or French 'bon voyage' – "good trip", said to travellers. The fact that some of these have been borrowed into English from other languages, like French, is indicative of the fact that English does not have ready-made concise equivalent formulas for these occasions.

Commonly used substitutes in English are: 'Enjoy your Meal!' or perhaps the host saying: 'Do start' or 'Don't wait'.

Here are some some equivalents in other Languages:



CatalanBon profit!
CroatianDobar tek!
DanishVelbekomme!
DutchSmakelijk eten!
FrenchBon appétit!
GermanGuten appetit!
Hebrew (transliterated)Bete'avon!
HungarianJó étvágyat!
ItalianBuon appetito!
Japanese (transliterated)Itadakimas!
Korean (transliterated)Mani deuseyo!
LithuanianGero apetito!/Skanaus!
Modern Greek (transliterated)Kale orexe!
NorwegianVær så god!
PersianNoosh-e jan!
PolishSmacznego!
PortugueseBom apetite!
Russian (transliterated)Priiatnogo appetita!
Serbian (transliterated)Prijatno!
Spanish¡Buen provecho!
SwedishSmaklig måltid!
TurkishAfiyet olson!
Yiddish (transliterated)Est gezunterhayt!


Source :-
recipes.chef2chef.net

Saturday, 29 March 2008

What I like about Safari

Yes , people finally safari browser is available for windows and it is damn fast and the UI is very good.I tested it out when it was in beta stages but it crashed a few times (probably because of my low virtual memory). Now in its latest supposedly 3.1 release it is awesome.

You can download it here : Download Safari

So the pluses are:-
==>Great UI
==>Great Speed
==>Good Spell and grammar checker
==>The pages look much better in it as the font-faces are pleasant.


Wait there is something more:Only for Geeks though:-

Go to Edit Menu==>Advanced Tab==>Check the check box named "show Develop Menu" and viola it is a web developers dream come true.


How to effectively use this advanced feature

Step 1;-Go to any web page,

Step 2 :-Click Develop menu

Step 3 :-Things you can do here are many like :-Set Default web browser ,make the safari identify itself as plethora of other browsers like IE7,IE6,Firefox,Opera etc:,also shows how the page will show up on your iphone,

Step 4 :-Then you can disable variety of stuff like javascript,cache,images etc:

Step 5 :-Most important feature is the web inspector through which you can see all the CSS(in-fact see the content),images,java script codes

Step 6 :-The Network Tab is of particular interest to all those video downloaders from sites, yes people it shows you the url of the video that is showing up in the web page,Just copy paste this video url in your favourite downloader and viola,instant video downloads

Tuesday, 4 March 2008

Cool FX,Pitch feature in Jet Audio

Just was listening to some songs in Jet Audio when i discovered the cool FX and Pitch features were damn good.You could listen to songs sung by female artists and also see how they would appear if they are sung by male artist by decreasing the pitch.Some songs sounded much better if the pitches were varied.

Also the Fx features is quite good.Infact many songs sounded cool with added effects.

Get JetAudio/Video player here