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	<title>Geek Rant dot org</title>
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		<title>How much ink is really left?</title>
		<link>http://www.geekrant.org/2008/12/02/how-much-ink-is-really-left/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>daniel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Printers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[PC World did an investigation of how much ink is left in an inkjet cartridge when the printer claims it&#8217;s empty. In the case of the Canon MP610 (the same printer I have) the printer stopped when there was still 24% of the ink remaining. (via Lifehacker)
Happily there apparently is an override for this, at [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/152953-2/how_much_ink_is_left_in_that_dead_cartridge.html">PC World did an investigation</a> of how much ink is left in an inkjet cartridge when the printer claims it&#8217;s empty. In the case of the Canon MP610 (the same printer I have) the printer stopped when there was still 24% of the ink remaining. (via Lifehacker)</p>
<p>Happily there apparently is <a href="http://tricks-collections.com/2008/04/reset-printer-canon-mp140-mp160-mp180-mp210-mp220-mp460-mp470-mp500-mp510-mp530-mp600-mp610-mp800-mp820-mp810-mp830-mp960-mp970/">an override for this</a>, at least with many recent Canon printers: </p>
<p>1. Turn off the printer<br />
2. Hold the Resume Button (red circle in the triangle), add a printer (click “Power”) an indicator light green.<br />
3. Hold the Power Button, release the Resume Button.<br />
4. Not releasing the Power Button, double click “Resume” and release Both Buttons.<br />
5. Click “Resume” for Four times<br />
6. Once you click “Power”, to confirm the selected action (reset counter absorber). To disable the printer “Power” button to click again.</p>
<p>A quick Google should hopefully find workarounds for other brands of printer too.</p>
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		<title>YouTube goes widescreen</title>
		<link>http://www.geekrant.org/2008/11/25/youtube-goes-widescreen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>daniel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[YouTube has gone widescreen (note: this link currently breaks if your YouTube preference is for a non-US locale, eg for Aussies you end up here, which currently displays nothing).
The only catch of course is that 4:3 videos now appear letterboxed&#8230; or whatever the vertical term for letterboxed is.
My question is: why? Why not just make [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="/files/2008/youtube-wide.jpg" width="400" height="240" align="right" hspace="5" alt="Youtube wide with 4:3 content" /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/blog?entry=0i22UDAOfj8">YouTube has gone widescreen</a> (note: this link currently breaks if your YouTube preference is for a non-US locale, eg for Aussies you end up <a href="http://au.youtube.com/blog?entry=0i22UDAOfj8">here</a>, which currently displays nothing).</p>
<p>The only catch of course is that 4:3 videos now appear letterboxed&#8230; or whatever the vertical term for letterboxed is.</p>
<p>My question is: why? Why not just make the player (at least on the YouTube web site) the aspect ratio of the video that it&#8217;s playing?</p>
<p>In fact at the moment, embedded 16:9 videos still appear letterboxed; 4:3 videos &#8220;full screen&#8221; &#8230; what should happen is that the embedding code should define the player size and so match the video&#8217;s aspect ratio.</p>
<p>Surely it can&#8217;t be that hard to avoid those black bands?</p>
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		<title>Introduction to Pointers</title>
		<link>http://www.geekrant.org/2008/11/25/introduction-to-pointers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>daniel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[C]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Why did nobody explain it like this when I was learning C?




(via Patrick)
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why did nobody explain it like this when <em>I</em> was learning C?</p>
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<p>(via Patrick)</p>
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		<title>High quality in Youtube</title>
		<link>http://www.geekrant.org/2008/11/24/high-quality-in-youtube/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 01:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>daniel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve probably heard this already, but you may be able to tell Youtube to display higher quality video by adding &#38;fmt=22 onto the URL&#8230; that is, if higher-quality video was uploaded by the content creator.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;ve probably <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081120-high-definition-videos-sneaking-onto-youtube.html">heard this already</a>, but you may be able to tell Youtube to display higher quality video by adding &amp;fmt=22 onto the URL&#8230; that is, if higher-quality video was uploaded by the content creator.</p>
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		<title>MS Small Basic</title>
		<link>http://www.geekrant.org/2008/11/19/ms-small-basic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>daniel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Nostalgia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Code]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just another baby BASIC variant in an apparently crowded market: Microsoft Small Basic. It includes Turtle graphics!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just another baby BASIC variant in an apparently <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_BASIC_dialects">crowded market</a>: <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/devlabs/cc950524.aspx">Microsoft Small Basic</a>. It includes Turtle graphics!</p>
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