If you’re coding an Android app and using the fantastic Glide library to load images in a RecyclerView, you’ll probably Google [glide recyclerview] to see if there is any gotchas like potential memory leaks or something. The first result in the SERP is the Glide docs about using RecyclerViewPreloader to load images ahead of a […]
Category Archives: General Stuff
How to record Youtube live streams on a Linux server
Coachella streams a load of their sets every year on Youtube and nobody seems to record them all. So I had to volunteer starting in 2015. Some rips you find are one-off screen recordings using some software like Camtasia, which nearly always drop frames and are kinda shit. You have to record directly from the […]
Ticketmaster Ticketfast Barcode Format
If you’ve ever bought tickets to a big sporting or music event, you’ve probably had to deal with TicketMaster and their extortionate handling fees. They charge it even if you’re using the print-at-home eTicket format called TicketFast. These tickets have a 16 digit number and barcode that is scanned at the gate against a database […]
Ross Ulbricht, alleged Silk Road founder, StoryCorps Interview with Rene? Pinnell
Just got a copyright strike on my Youtube account from the ‘Ross Ulbricht Legal Defense Fund LLC’ for an interview he did with a friend that I reuploaded to my account. Now I’ve a copyright strike and all my videos are limited to 15 minutes. Pretty fucking pissed because if they just sent me a […]
Forbes announce Ireland as best country for business – But it didn’t make the print magazine
There’s nothing Irish people like more than being told how great they are by outsiders and sure aren’t we the greatest little country on Earth to be sure. So the press release yesterday that Ireland topped the Forbes list of best countries to do business with was reprinted by nearly all of the national media […]
Tulsi Ennis & Golden Mill Ennis Menus
Right, bit of a random post but there’s two good takeaways in Ennis, County Clare that don’t have their menu anywhere on the Intertubes. I tried uploading a photo of the takeaway menus to Yelp but the image size was downsized so much the text was illegible. So I’m posting here. This is a personal […]
MediaMonkey Setlist.fm Playlist Creator Script
I’m going to the Forbidden Fruit music festival this weekend and for all gigs I like to do ‘homework’ on the bands and what sets they’re likely to play. That sounds like working to have fun but concerts are always better when you know the songs! MediaMonkey is my music player of choice; one of […]
Azealia Banks – 212 Video
Azealia Banks is a 19 year-old rapper from Harlem and ’212? is her latest and greatest single with a class video that seems hard to find on the net so here it is. [flowplayer src=’videos/azealia _banks_212.mp4′ splash=’videos/azealia _banks_212_screenshot.png’ width=640 height=360 autoplay=false]
oxegen 2009 stage times released
Taken from Oxegen forum. Considering going on the Saturday myself.
scumbag driving a stolen honda integra, guards chase
They caught him after a while when this gearbox went. 7 cars after him on camera, apparently 25 cars after him in total. What did he do?!? Via Boards.ie