Hardcorescenen i Umeå har ett världsomspännande rykte och är en viktig del av svensk musikhistoria. Med tonvikt på Umeå och 1990-tal presenteras här Sveriges största samling av hardcorematerial.

This is what I call dust.

An archive (tools_v5.1.zip) containing the Python scripts, DeDRM apps, and Calibre plugins for Mobipocket (.prc/.mobi), Kindle Mobipocket (.azw), Kindle Topaz (.tpz/.azw1), Kindle Print Replica (.azw4), Adobe ePub (.epub), Adobe PDF (.pdf), B&N ePub (.epub), B&N/Fictionwise eReader (.pdb) as mentioned in the Dark Reverser’s blog & in this blog can be found here: http://www.datafilehost.com/download-c263696f.html

This AppleScript includes and combines the python scripts for removing the DRM from Mobipocket (ancient and modern), Kindle and Kindle for Mac (Mobipocket and Topaz formats), eReader, Barnes & Noble ePub, Adobe Adept ePub and Adobe Adept PDFs. There is no need to install Python (it uses the default installation that comes with Mac OS X). There is no need to install PyCrypto (the new python scripts use OpenSSL that comes with Mac OS X). There is even no need to install the Mac OS X developer tools (everything needed is installed with the standard Mac OS X installation). The current version of the AppleScript application is 5.1 and it can be found in the large tools zip archive mentioned in the first post of this blog.

Blanchering är en matlagningsmetod där matvaran snabbt kokas i lättsaltat vatten i cirka 1 min och sedan snabbt kyls ner i till exempel vatten med isbitar i. Man blancherar både frukter och nötter och oftast gör man det för att man ska kunna skala frukten eller nötterna enklare.

A group of web pages—articles, recipes, course materials, anything—bundled into an e-book you can send to your Kindle, iPad, or iPhone.

Microsoft has ditched Aero Glass for the Windows 8 desktop.

There's a type of spam most people have never heard of, because it's only sent to people who run successful websites. I call it "promo-spam." It's spam sent from dipshits with made-up job titles like "Social Media Gurus." They're hired by companies trying desperately to dip their ladle into the daily click-stream of bored morons with short attention spans by creating "viral" list articles. They've discovered a simple formula.

EuropeanaPhotography (European ancient photographic vintage repositories of digitized pictures of historical quality) is a EU-funded project putting together several prestigious photographic collections from archives, public libraries, and museums covering 100 years of photography, from the first example of images from Fox Talbot and Daguerre to the beginning of the Second World War .

Olympus' OM-D EM-5 is their flagship Micro Four Thirds camera, and it performs at the level that one would expect for a product with that title. It has a well-built and compact weather-sealed magnesium alloy body (available in silver or black) that evokes the style of the old Olympus OM film cameras. While holding the E-M5 is fairly easy, I much preferred using it with "part one" of the optional battery grip. The camera's compact body also leads to what I consider its biggest flaw: button clutter. The OM-D has over a dozen chicklet-sized buttons scattered across the body, most of which are crammed together. This makes it quite easy to accidentally press the wrong button, which I did on numerous occasions. The OM-D supports all Micro Four Thirds lenses with a 2X crop factor, and can use "classic" Four Thirds lenses via an optional adapter. The camera has a new "five-axis" sensor-shift IS system, which brings shake reduction to every lens you attach. Some folks may be bothered by the "hiss" produced by the IS system, though it didn't really get to me. On the back of the camera is a gorgeous 3-inch articulating touchscreen OLED display (say that three times fast) with 610,000 pixels. The display is bright, colorful, and has a wide viewing angle. The only problem is that, like all OLEDs, outdoor visibility is pretty lousy. The OM-D also features a large and sharp electronic viewfinder. The camera lacks a built-in flash, so you'll need to carry around the small external one that Olympus includes (or something larger).

For anyone doubting the ability of mirrorless / compact system cameras, this is the camera that should answer a lot of concerns. It has a weather-sealed compact body, an excellent range of lenses and most importantly excellent image quality - that is significantly improved over previous Olympus PEN cameras. The noise performance and detail in images is very good even at high ISO settings, comparable to cameras with APS-C sized sensors, despite the Micro Four Thirds sensor being smaller. The built in sensor based image stabilisation is excellent and works extremely well on photos and videos. Focus speed, shutter response and continuous shooting are all excellent with the camera shooting at a fast 9fps - the quickest of any Micro Four Thirds camera, only bettered by the Sony NEX-7 and NEX-5N with 10fps shooting. Additional lenses have been announced by Olympus, a 75mm portrait lens and a weather sealed 60mm macro lens and with Sigma and Tokina recently releasing and announcing new lenses, the appeal of the Micro Four Thirds system continues to expand. Now that we have tested a full production version of the camera, the camera continues to exceed our high expectations with better than expected noise performance even at high ISO settings! The sensor in the camera has more resolution, with 16 megapixel compared to the PEN cameras 12 megapixels, yet also offers lower noise results! The price of the camera is relatively high compared to other Micro Four Thirds cameras, however we feel that the added performance, handling and features of the camera make it easily justified.

A follow focus is a mechanism used to adjust the focus ring on a lens without having to directly touch the lens barrel.

Frankly, forget it. Plan to use a film scanner. Or maybe even have the color negative printed, and then scan that.

B&W negatives are easy with the camera, just invert them and you're done (at a menu like Image - Adjustments - Invert). But color negatives have the orange mask all over. This becomes deep blue when inverted to positive. It is a lot to deal with. Film scanners remove it (in Color Negative Mode) by varying the exposure (time duration) of the three RGB channels. The blue channel is exposed perhaps 4x longer (than red), and the green channel is exposed perhaps 2x longer (than red). This acts as an analog glass filter on the lens, and the longer exposure boosts the blue and green, leaving the orange complement behind. The important point is, this is done with analog light, which has no limits. But after the scanner or camera has digitized it, the 255 end is a hard limit. We cannot shift the data much, the data just falls off of the 255 end, and disappears.

If you might have access to an old enlarger color head (like Omega) - some light source with the dichroic filters, and three CMY knobs to set the color of the light output - using this as the background light source could be a proper analog correction, and would be similar to a scanners corrections, but could still allow camera speed rate.

This is not to say you cannot play with it in the photo editor. It might come out nearly acceptable or usable, but really, no one has ever reported very satisfactory digital post-processing results yet. I've seen the several attempts at digital methods over the years, and it's just not the same. For example, the Photoshop Curve tool even has a Color Negative preset.

The 25mm 1.4 is much faster.

Why oh why do Panasonic insist on putting 'X' 'MEGA OIS' 'NANO SURFACE COATED' blah blah blah on these products. Surely this is not going to be purchased by someone on a whim thinking 'ooh its a X lens'? Time and again they seem to get great products out, but seem stuck in a 1980's techno marketing mess when it comes to appearance and labelling. remember all those useless stereo systems that competed on how many equaliser channels and blue flashing lights they had, instead of focussing on the quality of the sound? Time to hire a new team to look at the esthetics of their products methinks.

[ http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3996557 ]

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Zoroastrianism /ˌzɒroʊˈæstriənɪzəm/ (or Mazdaism) is a religion and philosophy based on the teachings of prophet Zoroaster (also known as Zarathustra, in Avestan) and was formerly among the world's largest religions.[1] It was probably founded some time before the 6th century BCE in Greater Iran.

[ http://ajour.se/varfor-behover-journalister-varumarken/ ]

Inte sedan 2006 har de extremhöga pollenhalterna i Stockholm hållit i sig så länge som nu. I fredags hade mycket höga halter av björkpollen uppmätts sex dagar i rad, om hela helgen fortsätter likadant så slås det gamla rekordet. - Nu har björkarna laddat upp. I år kan de satsa på förökning eftersom det inte har varit någon större pollenproduktion på ett par år, säger forskaren Kerstin Alm Kübler, specialiserad på luftburen pollen. Hon arbetar på palynologiska laboratoriet på Naturhistoriska riksmuseet i Stockholm där den senaste tidens höga halter har uppmätts. Redan under förra året såg hon och hennes kollegor att det troligtvis var en rejäl pollensäsong att vänta, björkarnas hängen bildas nämligen redan i slutet av sommaren.

The world’s first digital camera for full-frame, 35 mm black-and-white photography. We had the opportunity to test a LEICA M MONOCHROM prototype prior to the launch. In this article we’ll try to find out if such a camera makes sense and who might be the target group.

Let's compare how three 50mm f/1.4 lenses compare on three of the best digital cameras on Earth that you'd want to use in the field.

A reference book presenting the Debian distribution, from initial installation to configuration of services.

Earlier today, ClashMusic received a phone call. "We've got an interview" the voice on the other end informed us, "which might be of interest". Intrigued, we probed further. Turns out, Death Grips spent time at Coachella hanging out with Alec Empire.

När Håkan Juholt och andra europeiska politiker så dundrar på om att ”satsa på den kunskapsbaserade ekono- min” bör vi fråga oss hur detta går ihop med det mål som varje riksdagsparti idag sätter högst på dagordningen, näm- ligen att skapa jobb? En politik som verkligen vill rationali- sera arbetet med ny kunskap och tekniska innovationer är i grunden arbetskritisk, det är en politik som värnar om att befria människan från arbete. Den ambitionen lyser dock med sin frånvaro i den politiska debatten.

This is a follow up to my 2009 article Native Audio in the Browser, which covers the basics of HTML5 audio. It may well be worth reading if you want to get a feel for the <audio> element and associated API.

När jag en gång ombads förklara vad som lockade mig med sporten svarade jag sanningsenligt att det är ”det enda sammanhanget i mitt liv där handling följs av en omedelbar konsekvens.”

Most probably, you have many duplicate files that consume valuable disk space with no purpose. Gemini can help you find and remove them with the same pleasure you listen to the music or watch movies. Isn't that what your Mac is for?

Det är den äldre mannen Lars-Henrik som förtvivlat försöker förstå varför Aftonbladet tvingar honom att kommentera. Genom att han är inloggad på Facebook dyker en ruta på honom själv upp (som likt den på Jack Werner i skärmdumpen här nedanför) och en text som uppmanar honom att ”lägg till en kommentar”. Gång på gång försöker Lars-Henrik förklara att han inte vill vara med och kommentera. På artikel efter artikel. Att Aftonbladet måste respektera detta.

A collection of nice font stacks. Inspired by Typestacks. Fonts from Typekit.

Broadcast Hangouts and record them as YouTube videos with Google+ Hangouts On Air. Learn more at http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/onair.

Glitch art is the aestheticization of digital or analog errors, such as artifacts and other “bugs”, by either corrupting digital code/data or by physically manipulating electronic devices (for example by circuit bending).

This is not an official build of Tesseract.

The aspect of the Ricoh 28mm GV-2 viewfinder is somewhere between 3:2 and 4:3.

Firediff is a Firebug extension that tracks changes to a pages DOM and CSS. [ http://stackoverflow.com/questions/162644/why-cant-i-save-css-changes-in-firebug#1915516 ]

Reorder and filter items with a nice shuffling animation.

You might have heard of jQuery Masonry, this is the framework-free version.

The site is now running on Stacey. It’s pretty neat! Working with Stacey is not just changing flavors of CMS, it’s an entire paradigm shift. Content and templates no longer live within a database that is accessed through an admin section. Instead, the entire site is managed through the file system as a basic collection of files and folders. Every time I want to publish a new article, I create a separate folder and with required text file. Explaining the setup to Dan, he appropriately responded “Why would you ever want to do that?”

At midnight tonight I will leave the internet. I'm abandoning one of my "top 5" technological innovations of all time for a little peace and quiet. If I can survive the separation, I'm going to do this for a year. Yeah, I'm serious. I'm not leaving The Verge, and I'm not becoming a hermit, I just won't use the internet in my personal or work life, and won't ask anyone to use it for me. [ http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3910261 ]

iFighter 1945 is a classic retro vertical shooter. As the ace pilot of the airforce in WWII, your mission is to destroy the secret weapon prototypes of the Nazis. Fasten your seat belt and get ready for some non-stop action!

Cryptocat is free software that aims to provide an open, accessible Instant Messaging environment with a transparent layer of encryption that works right in your browser.

Improved mothafuckaz! The new page is here. Let's celebrate the occation. Hahaha. Where are the carrots, the peas, the nachos! Donde está los tofus. You people. What would you think if I told you that a new LP is on the way? Good. Supagood!!! The recording for tha new record is comming. While you're waiting, look at this page and be fuckin' amazed. Picz, linkz, lyricz, infoz, zorroz. WELCOME...or should I say...WELCOME.

The blog post is the first in a series of posts that attempts to outline what a modern web development toolchain looks like and how to use the best-of-breed tools for efficient, effective development. Part two will outline how to use to set up your Terminal, zsh, and vim.

The image below was taken to test the Canon 5D Mark III in comparison to the Nikon D800 in order to demonstrate the differences between the two cameras and how they each capture small detail. I did this by shooting with the Nikon and the Canon using the same lens (Zeiss Distagon 21mm f/2.8) with an EOS adapter attached.

Modernizr 2.0 came out more than eight months ago; we’ve not sat still in the period since, and today we’re proud to announce the release of Modernizr 2.5, our biggest update yet!

Många passar på att ta sticklingar när de beskär sina pelargoner på våren, men det går också bra att ta sticklingar andra tider på året. Det viktiga är bara att moderplantan mår bra och att sticklingen får tillräckligt med ljus för att orka utveckla rötter.

Pinry is a self-hostable Pinterest "clone" that has a strong resemblance to Wookmark. (Because I use their jQuery library and like their design.) [ http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3895618 ]

All this thing does is create a random number and slap it into a filename that has the structure used by default in a few different digital cameras.

The CLI attempts to mimic the Twitter SMS commands wherever possible, however it offers many more commands than are available via SMS.

Musepack is one of the best source according to this small transcoding test. Transparent three times, and best once. Nevertheless, I’ve noticed problems on cymbals, slightly more distorted with mpc as source.

Diffraction in simple terms is a phenomena that occurs with light when it interacts with an obstacle. Most of us are familiar with light diffraction patterns found on the backs of CDs, in water molecules in the air, or on spider webs when looked at the right angle. Diffraction can also occur in your DSLR camera which can become a major problem and cause your images to lose their sharpness. Here is a simple diagram that shows how light particles hit your camera’s digital sensor when going through large apertures and smaller apertures.

Trost from Cobra Killer.

In a gleeful act of vengeance, Alec Empire has set Sony against itself. The Atari Teenage Riot frontman recently posted on his tumblr that he was donating the fee collected from a Sony Vita advert featuring 'Black Flags' to FreeAnons, a support network for Anonymous members seeking prosecution.

I don't know what song this is, but Carl Crack has had enough. He deteriorated quickly during the show, this is about 20 minutes in, and he puts on his coat and leaves.

Om man ska hårddra det består videon enbart av två filmsekvenser. Dels fiktiva kvinnliga strippor som dansar på en strippklubb och dels manliga strippklubbsbesökare som kastar pengar efter dem och dunkar varandra i ryggen, som för att unisont och på klassisk sexistiskt manér glatt bifalla strippornas närvaro. Hela videon kan egentligen sammanfattas i en enda mening: aktiva män i egenskap av musikutövare och passiva kvinnor i rollen som männens tillbehör, med det enda syftet att tillfredsställa männen sexuellt.

Preface: I own all three lenses, but I haven’t used the 17mm M.Zuiko since I got the Lumix 14/F2.5. So this text might be slightly marred by preference and habit.

In short, if you’re used to 35mm in full-frame (say, because you grew up with an Olympus XA or did lots of street work with a 35mm film camera) and need an equivalent for µFT to “see” images prior to taking them, the M.Zuiko 17/F2.8 is your tool of choice. If you don’t have any framing preferences to begin with, forget it and get the two Panasonic pancakes.

The 14/F2.5 focusses faster in AF, is lighter, and more compact than the M.Zuiko. Also, the latter takes 37mm filters, Panasonic’s wide angle 46mm – the same as the 20mm pancake and the Lumix Elmarit 45/F2.8 macro which makes switching lenses and polarizers in the field much easier. (Also, you won’t have to shell out dough for yet another set of filters if you’re so inclined.)

I personally take a wide-angle lens with me if I need, well, wide-angle to accompany normal or tele glass. “Normal” here being abovementioned Lumix 20/F1.7 and “tele” the Panaleica 45/F2.8 macro. Which also means that, compared to the 20/F1.7, the M.Zuiko doesn’t offer much more in field-of-view and isn’t too fast as you’ll have to step it down to f/5.6 to have good sharpness. The 14/F2.5 isn’t much better in this respect (f/4-5.6 is required), but it’s, well, wider. The reason you’ll mount a wide-angle to begin with.

I really hope Olympus will release a compact, fast 12-14mm lens this year. There are rumours after all. Point being, the Lumix 14/F2.5 is far from perfect, there’s CA and distortion to deal with especially on an Olympus body. Here’s hoping for a 12/F2.0 or the like …

Summary: If you’re used to 35mm on full-frame/film-camera, there’s no match for the M.Zuiko 17/F2.8. The lens is great for what it does, but if you’re after just-a-tad-of-wide-angle to complement your normal lens of choice, the Lumix 14/2.5 is the better option.

All in my opinion, naturally. Your mileage may vary. Mind: The M.Zuiko looks cool on a white E-P1 with optical viewfinder, though. And works exceedingly well in this combination, too.

Share links, images, and bits of text secretly with shortened urls that work once and only once.

This is a blog about my research on privacy and anonymity. The title refers to the fact that there are only 6.6 billion people in the world, so you only need 33 bits (more precisely, 32.6 bits) of information about a person to determine who they are. This fact has two related consequences. First, a lot of traditional thinking about anonymous data relied on the fact that you can hide in a crowd that’s too big to search through. That notion completely breaks down given today’s computing power: as long as the bad guy has enough information about his target, he can simply examine every possible entry in the database and select the best match. The second consequence is that 33 bits is not really a lot. If your hometown has 100,000 people, then knowing your hometown gives me 16 bits of entropy about you, and only 17 bits remain. But the real danger is that information about a person’s behavior, which was traditionally not considered personally identifying, can be used to cause serious privacy breaches in a variety of different contexts. This blog will announce, explain and elaborate on my research as it relates to the above theme. I will also use it as an outlet for my opinions on the broader technical, policy, business and social issues related to my work.

A web based IRC client with grand ambitions.

So, a while back I had an internal presentation at work about this topic. A few good friends in the community took a look at my slides, and they thought it would make a nice blog post because “there can’t be too many good posts about jQuery introduction and best-practices.” Whether this post is going to be good or not, is up to you but I’ll try to outline what jQuery is, and how you can start working with it.

Unfortunately no official metadata or tagging standard exists for MP4. The MPEG-4 specification just defines a standard place to put metadata, but there is no standard on any fields, except cprt for copyright :). Therefore different metadata styles are possible: iTunes-style metadata, 3gp-style metadata, MP4 ID3v2 tags and more. Most podcasts and audio files use iTunes-style metadata. So far so good, but iTunes-style metadata isn't defined in any publicly available document. Its format is determined by the types of files that iTunes and the iTunes Music Store produce and provide (see AtomicParsley, MPEG4 Files, bottom). Some open source projects assembled a list of currently known iTunes tags: iTunes Metadata (mp4v2) and Known iTunes Metadata Atoms (AtomicParsley).