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Personal watchlist through RSS from Wikipedia
24 sep 09
MediaWiki, which runs the famous Wikipedia-sites, has an API available, which makes it possible to get RSS-feeds. Through these RSS-feeds, you can even get your personal watchlist.
The API is documented, but I found it more useful to visit the actual API.php script (this is for the English Wikipedia, you can just change the en at the beginning of the URL).
To get your personal watchlist as an RSS-feed, you have to set up a personal token on your Preferences->Watchlist page, and input a token. The nice coders at MediaWiki thought you wanted some privacy, so you can use the given 25-character tokens.
Preferences->Watchlist->Watchlist token
Then go to the feed URL, which could be something like http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=feedwatchlist&wlowner=kezze&wltoken=e5d7a983d213352dc135691217cb21629c71ccfc , i.e. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=feedwatchlist&wlowner=USERNAME&wltoken=TOKEN . Substitute USERNAME and TOKEN with your own data.
My personal preference is to get 72 hours (which is the maximum) of updates and all the revisions (not only the most recent one). This way, the URL is something like
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=feedwatchlist&allrev&hours=72&wlowner=USERNAME&wltoken=TOKEN – and for the Danish Wikipedia, which I’m mostly using, the URL is http://da.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=feedwatchlist&allrev&hours=72&wlowner=USERNAME&wltoken=TOKEN.
Apache2 + Internationalized Domain Names (IDN)
15 aug 08
Since I couldn’t find any documentation regarding Apache2-support for Internationalized Domain Names (IDN), I realized that it’s not at all hard to configure.
You can just set the ServerName or ServerAlias-property to the punycode-value of the domain name, i.e. æøå.tld would become xn--5cab8c.tld. A converter is available at VeriSign.
After converting, save the apache2 virtualhost configuration file, (eventually run a2ensite config_file.tld , if you have chosen to config your web sites that way) and run:
apache2ctl graceful
The web server should start serving the web site immediately.
Jack Nicholson endorses Hillary Clinton
5 mar 08
My favorite actor Jack Nicholson endorses Hillary Clinton in his new video:
It provoked a lot of responses, for instance this pro-Obama video:
Getting started with iTunes and iPod
7 jan 08
Pretty much since I played my first mp3, I have been using Winamp, but after getting an iPod Classic, I realized that I had to install iTunes to achieve the full functionality.
Importing my music collection to iTunes was relatively fast, and I spent a couple of hours to correct misspellings in artist and album names etc.
I discovered iLyrics, which imports lyrics for the songs you have from LyricWiki. A very neat feature, especially because you can click the middle button on the iPod a couple of times to display the current song’s lyrics.
I have been using Last.fm for quite some time, so I wanted a plugin for the integration of this service. iScrobbler didn’t work well, but luckily, (experimental) iPod support had been introduced in the current official release, which enables me to scrobble the songs I have listened to on my iPod.
I have a few iPod-links and I also keep a list of podcasting links, however, I mostly listen to the DR podcasts (in Danish).
Simpsonize me!
3 aug 07
While waiting to watch the upcoming Simpsons Movie, I stumbled upon Simpsonize Me that turns a picture into a Simpsons-like character. Try it, it’s funny!
Shutdown Tool
11 jul 07
Just finished a little tool to shut down the computer after a given time. It is neat when you are leaving the house or wanting to sleep while your computer plays music/shows a movie.
Download: Shutdown tool.exe
More info at the Shutdown tool’s page. Please comment on that page as well.
I love Threadless (part II)
24 jan 07
As belated Christmas gifts for myself, I ordered Peace and Hate. Can you tell the difference? and Pessimistic or Optimistic off Threadless. They look awesome!
Addicted to Last.fm
26 dec 06
After using last.fm for a couple of weeks, I have to admit that I am addicted. It’s simply the best web2.0-music service available.
You ought to join (it’s free!)… If you have never heard of it before, you can also learn more. My Last.fm profile shows what music I’m currently listening to.
Haikus are easy. But sometimes they don’t make sense. Refrigerator
23 nov 06
I love the ongoing t-shirt design contest, Threadless! Recently, I’ve ordered Cookie loves milk and Vegetarians are Eating the Rainforests. But Haikus are easy, which I just got in the mail, is the funniest I’ve seen so far.
Old school fro
19 jul 06
I went to Paris with Lene from the 18th to the 21st of July.
We got to see a lot of museums, including Louvre, which has these statues in its collection of Egyptian Antiquities. Actually, the statues depict the ancient pharaos Sepa and Nesa, but it seems to me like it’s the old school fro.
