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Frightened Rabbit – Head Rolls Off

Great tune by Frightened Rabbit from Scotland. You can find more from them on Spotify.

The Tragically Hip – The Darkest One

Another excellent tune from The Tragically Hip. This one starring the golden trio from The Trailer Park Boys. These guys almost makes one proud of only living 3.600 kilometers from the border of Canada.

The Tragically Hip – It’s a good life if you don’t weaken

The Tragically Hip – Bobcaygeon

I first heard The Tragically Hip in The Trailer Park Boys series. I hope they get (more) on Spotify soon, one song is just not enough! But releasing more on youtube is a start though.

Sometimes one needs a reminder

Thanks to IgniterMedia for this great compilation. See here for a text version.

Highscore module for Python using SQLite

This is a simple Python module that stores highscores in an SQLite database in the same folder as the module. It's far from watertight so tweak it according to your needs. Read source for examples. # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # @name: highscore.py # @summary: This is a simple Python module using SQLite to store and retrieve highscores # [...]

Role-playing music, a different approach.

I've been playing Guild Wars quite a lot this summer. And although great as it is, the Guild Wars soundtrack can get a bit old at times, so I went looking for some good role-playing background music on Google. I found some lists of recommendations here and there, but they contained mostly death metal, which [...]

Spammer-Scammer, random e-mail generator with Python.

Lately I've received a number of messages from bots using other people's hacked MSN accounts. The link they were pushing was basically an email confirmation link, clicking it would have told them that my e-mail address was valid, and surely landed me in some spammer's e-mail lists. So instead i decided to try and mess [...]

Ripping music from Spotify with Voice Changer 6

This is a pretty easy way to automatically rip music from Spotify using AV Voice Changer 6. DO NOT DO THIS, YOU WILL BE IN VIOLATION OF THE SPOTIFY END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT! What you would need: A Spotify account and the Spotify client Audio4fun's AV Voice Changer Software Diamond 6 Voice Changer is intended to be just that, [...]

Creating SNES game videos with ZSnes and MEncoder

Ever wanted to record your Super Mario skills on the Super Nintendo console, without the console? Don't worry, most of todays computers are powerful enough to pretend being, or emulate, a console machine. Most likely so is your's. And you're in luck, Super Nintendo is one of, if not the best, emulated console system there [...]

Wii Virtual Console & the green screen problem

I recently bought the classic game, Bubble Bobble, from Nintendo Wii's Virtual Console shop. But when the game was downloaded, and i attempted to run it, i was greeted with a green crash-looking screen. I could hear the game's sounds in the background, and response from the controller, but the screen was fubar. I was [...]

Ricochet Map – Colosseum 1

This is a map for the Half-Life mod called Ricochet. Download the zip file, and follow the instructions in the readme.txt file. The map was intended to be a team based death-match map, but it also works as a free-for-all death-match map. Download it here

Ostrov (The Island)

If you are up for a good movie this weekend, i can highly recommend the russian movie "Ostrov", released in 2006. It's about a sailor named Anatoli (Timofei Tribuntsev), who during the second world war gets captured by a German patrol boat, along with his captain Tikhon on a small coal freighter. He's given the choice [...]

Getting started with Python and Eclipse on Windows

Eclipse is an Open Source IDE mainly used for Java development; but with the Pydev plug-in installed it becomes a powerful Python IDE. I will now show you how to get Eclipse ready for your Python code. 1. Installing Python Before we get started, you should check whether or not Python is already installed on your computer. [...]

The Tragically Hip – Nautical Disaster