The Third Place

A portuguese blog, also in english.

The Dharma Initiative product labels

May 5th, 2009 by Duarte Velez Grilo

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This must be one of the coolest DIY things I’ve seen recently. Basically, Dharma Initiative labels that you can print and put on your own things.

Water Bottle from the Dharma Initiave

Enjoy!

P.S.: I’ve a bottle of  water made by the DI now. :D

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Heroes 22 (Landslide) sneak preview

May 13th, 2007 by Duarte Velez Grilo

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5gNahdGcFM[/youtube]
Who’s your friend?

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Blogodependente

May 10th, 2007 by Duarte Velez Grilo

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X3kiKjjIIU[/youtube]

Devo dizer que está bom… Não “muito bom”, porque não ri que nem um desalmado, mas tem piada. O “verdadeiro blog: Too Much.

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Joost again…

May 9th, 2007 by Duarte Velez Grilo

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Yes, I do have unlimited invitations for Joost. Unfortunately, since people have no manners, I’ll only give them to the people on my contact list, so there 8^P.

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É desta que a TVCabo vai à vida

May 8th, 2007 by Duarte Velez Grilo

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CLIX com soluções Power Line da Devolo.

Até gosto de pensar que foi por causa de mim, quando lhes disse que não mudava para a ClixTV porque não ficava com os canais em várias divisões.

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Coincidência?

April 24th, 2007 by Duarte Velez Grilo

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Já repararam que a ex-deputada Odete Santos só foi substituída no parlamento depois do “caso” “Grandes portugueses“? E que também não foi escolhida para os discursos do 25 de Abril depois do mesmo? (Li em vários blogs, mas não encontro link para a notícia. Será verdade?) Parece que o PCP não quer mais alguém tão… popular como figura de proa do seu partido…

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Joost invitations

April 16th, 2007 by Duarte Velez Grilo

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For the few people who read this, I still have some Joost invitations. Mail or comment if you want one.

Update: invitations are over… Enjoy!

Update 2: If you can’t read, don’t bother yourself. Se és ‘tuga, também não sabes ler?

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Last.tv

March 27th, 2007 by Duarte Velez Grilo

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Last.fm + YouTube = Last.tv aka my own personal MTV.

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Just Joost

March 2nd, 2007 by Duarte Velez Grilo

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Joost™

Yesterday evening, I got my Joost invitation. To anyone who doesn’t know already, Joost is:

a new way of watching TV on the internet, which uses new and established technologies to provide the best of both the internet and TV worlds. We’re in the process of making it as TV-like as we can, with programmes, channels and adverts. You can also see some things that we think will enhance the TV experience: searching for programmes and channels, for example, as well as social features like chat.

And made by the same guys who did Skype.

I first tried to install it here in Ubuntu with Wine, and although the installation went fine, it didn’t run. So… off to Windows… Smooth installation too, let’s run it…

I really liked it. No big gaps during view, some useful widgets (like a chat window with GoogleTalk) and a clock, and a very easy and intuitive GUI. The image quality is quite acceptable in fullscreen and it didn’t make my laptop slow as hell, even though I’m barely over the minimum system requirements.

When, eventually, I’m somewhere where I don’t have access to the TV channels I’m used to, and there’s a good enough internet connection, this will be a very good alternative.

And sorry guys, I don’t have any invitations to give. At least not yet.

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