I came across a great new tool for anyone who has a iPhone and a wireless network at home - Air Video. You download the Air Video app on your iPhone (any version works), and then from there install Air Video server on your Windows or Mac machine.

Air Video converts videos on the fly on your machine of choice, and then plays it back on your iPhone. You tell Air Video server which folders to monitor on your computer, and then it will make the videos available to play on your iPhone. So far I found the file compatibility brilliant, it even transcoded a massive mkv file quickly enough for my iPhone.

I tested it on my relatively new Macbook Pro and it worked very well, and was very brisk. An episode of Modern Family started playing within 5 seconds on my iPhone. I also tested it on my other machines. I tried it out on a relatively weak Atom powered Windows 7 netbook, and it started playing videos within 15 seconds and then from there it played without a hiccup. The only place where processing power gives an advantage is seeking within a transcoded video, like when you want to skip the opening sequence of a show. It was super stable on all the machines I installed it on.

But the place where I appreciated Air Video the most, is on Windows Home Server. It might not have a Home Server plugin, but it works very well. I just pointed it to my videos folders, and just like that I had access to my entire video library… brilliant. It is pretty much what I wish for in the next release of Windows Home Server. HP makes a similiar solution for their own home servers, but it is nowhere near as functional and simple as Air Video.

Now you might argue – why would I want to watch a video on my iPhone instead of on a computer (or whatever streaming device you might have)? True, you do get a better experience on your big screen TV, but it is pretty great to quickly watch the latest The Office right there on your iPhone just before going to bed.

Currently Air Video is $3 in the appstore, and then you download the free Air Video server on the machines you wish to use.

Cyber Monday began as a response to Black Friday, as online retailers watched their own Friday sales plummet when shoppers flocked to “bricks and mortar” stores to take advantage of incredible gift deals. Online retailers needed a gimmick to help boost their early holiday sales, and thus Cyber Monday sales were born. Online stores such as Amazon, Apple, HP, Harry and David, Wine.com, and Dell, as well as merchants with both building and online presence such as Best Buy, ToysRUs, WalMart, Target, Kohl’s, Dick’s, Sears, Home Depot, Lowe’s, Staples, Office Max, Fry’s, Bed Bath and Beyond, JCPenney and more, offer solid discounts on specific items for one day only in this Internet equivalent to Black Friday. So where can shoppers learn about Cyber Monday deals? Online message boards, of course! The biggest online holiday shopping day is not, as it turns out, the Monday after Thanksgiving. Only 10 percent of Americans surveyed online said they will shop on the Web on so-called Cyber Monday, according to a report published Monday by MasterCard. The survey was conducted by Ipsos Insight for the credit card company. Last year, the day with the highest amount of Web transactions processed was actually December 5, a week after Cyber Monday, according to MasterCard’s worldwide data for 2005. However, a survey by online retail trade group Shop.org of its members found that their busiest day last year was December 12. Shop.org, a division of the National Retail Federation (NRF), released results of its own study of holiday e-commerce on Monday. Still, that won’t stop Web businesses from trying to make Cyber Monday an event, said Scott Silverman, the executive director of Shop.org. Because of the time needed to allow for shipping, online retailers have a slightly shorter season than regular stores. That means both shoppers and sellers have to start the holiday season earlier, he added |Cyber Monday Deals|Black Friday Deals|

On Saturday Eshowe hosted a wedding for a ANC family at the sports centre. They trashed the fields with broken bottles and glasses.There were a lot of people there, including some imports from Durban, obviously with a lot of money. Besides Merc Coupes, Porches etc, there was also a Lamborghini and a brand new Ferrari, still with paper plates.

Two of the guests at the wedding decided to dice each other going down Kangella Street. This is the end result.

The drivers were unharmed but proceeded to racially slate any white onlooker; they beat up Tony Simpson because he had a camera with him and taunted other with comments like, “what you want here white man, you can’t afford a car like this! ” The police appeared but took no statement or accident report, they ignored the beating up of Tony, and the light pole that was bent in half will be repaired with ratepayers money.

Via Melody Maker

For many years I’ve grown up hearing jokes about Martha Stewart.  References to her uses in the kitchen.  Vows from housewives the world over to be “more like Martha”.  Well all of those things could pretty much stab themselves in the eye with one of her rusty teaspoons because it looks like she’s just received a running, jumping, glittering twitslap.

Tweets streaming in from attendees have both been entertaining and embarrassing.  Not only did she [allegedly] give out a sales pitch, but did a stint on self promoting, discussed her paint range and then tried to push glittered ham onto her audience.  After talking about all of her five houses.

“Arrogant” seems to be the most common opinion on dear old MS.  But the question I’d like to pose is, how arrogant are we?  To walk out mid-speech from an iconic personality who traveled far to get here and is addressing people of different culture – how arrogant are we to sit in the audience and mock her, for the rest of the room (see here a pic of the audience watching the live twitter stream on big screen) but also the world to see.

It’s one thing to criticize, folks, but it’s another to show our ill manners.

Is this treatment of Martha deserved, or not?  I put it to you, the readers.  Let’s discuss this.

Download a new Deftones song 'Rocket Skates' @ http://www.gunsrazorsknives.com

Serj Tankian – Empty Walls With Symphony – http://www.metalinjection.net/tv/view/4493/serj-tankian-empty-walls-wsymphony

Zakk Wylde's new recording studio – http://www.underthewire.tv/2010/02/zakkwylde-studio-project-post-3/

Er. A bluegrass cover of Amon Amarth's 'Twilight of the Thunder God' – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVkPwdn7QEY&feature=player_embedded

I'm edging toward not liking this death metal cover of Lonely Island's 'I'm On A Boat' – but I'll still post it – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TYkkvDycUw&feature=player_embedded