Archive for January, 2007
Ibiza - everything you need to know
Ibiza is a Spanish island in the Mediterranean, and as such, the main language is Spanish or Catalan. But don’t worry almost all of the locals speak English.
The name Ibiza is derived from the Original Arabic word “Yabisah” as for Land or Landward in English. Eivissa is the official Catalan name and the name used by its inhabitants; but the name in Castilian Spanish and many other languages is Ibiza, often manifested by English speakers.
The Island of Ibiza is most famously known for its summer parties, with thousands of people flooding in for the big summer club nights.
There are eight main clubs on the Island :
- Amnesia - Opposite San Rafael on the Ibiza town to San Antonio Road
- Eden - San Antonio
- Es Paradis - San Antonio, opposite Eden
- El Divino - Ibiza Town’s marina area
- Love Club - Playa Den Bossa
- Pacha - Ibiza town towards Talamanca
- Privilege - world’s biggest club, opposite Amnesia, near San Rafael
- Space - Playa Den Bossa
These clubs are hosts to parties of international fame such as Cream, Manumission, F**k Me I’m Famous and more.
Climate
The climate of Ibiza is Mediterranean and has milder winters and slightly cooler summers than Mallorca. The winters are mild with temperatures around 15° Celsius (60° Fahrenheit) and some rain. The hot summer season lasts from June to September inclusive with temperatures regularly reaching 30°C (85°F), lots of sunshine and very little rain. Frost and snow are very rare.
Music
There also exists a genre of dance music named for Ibiza dubbed Balearic Beat, similarly to the way Goa trance is named for Goa, India. The style tries to reflect the atmosphere of Ibiza, and listeners often say they can see a Mediterranean sunset when they hear its euphoric, uplifting melodies. The atmosphere is brought on with the use of synthesized string instruments, the sound of waves, mandolins and guitars, and wispy vocals.
Accomodation
You can find villas for accomodation easy although you won’t be getting much sleep. For a price comparison :
- Vista Alegre : 3000 - 6000 euros / week for 15 persons
- Casa Jordi : 1600 - 2800 euros / week for 9 persons
- Villa Can Farallo : 1200 - 3600 euros / week for 8 persons
- Casa Christina : 4500 euros / week for 8 persons
View detailed info regarding the villas and their services here.
Clubbin’ prices
Expect to pay up to 50 euros for entry and 10 euros for a beer in the island’s most expensive club, Pacha.
Ibiza in 5 images
Apple sued by Cisco for iPhone brand
Everyone knew this move had to be coming. While Apple may have popularized the little “i” with products like iMac, iBook, iPod, iTunes and iLife, the iPhone name has already been taken. Cisco has owned the trademark for iPhone since 2000 when it was purchased from Infogear. Infogear originally filed for the trademark in 1996 (well before Apple jumped into the “i” business). Cisco just recently ushered the name into service with a new line of VoIP devices marketed by Cisco’s Linksys division.
Although Apple and Cisco have been in talks for quite some time over the iPhone name, no agreement was ever reached. Nevertheless, Apple boldly decided yesterday to announce the iPhone at MacWorld. Cisco isn’t too happy about the move and has filed a lawsuit against Apple, Inc.
“Cisco entered into negotiations with Apple in good faith after Apple repeatedly asked permission to use Cisco’s iPhone name,” said Mark Chandler, senior vice president and general counsel for Cisco. “There is no doubt that Apple’s new phone is very exciting, but they should not be using our trademark without our permission.”
Cisco isn’t going down without a fight on this one and it intends to fully protect its line of iPhone products. “Today’s iPhone is not tomorrow’s iPhone. The potential for convergence of the home phone, cell phone, work phone and PC is limitless, which is why it is so important for us to protect our brand,” said Chandler.
Source : Daily Tech
Wordpress 2.1 Ella
A new version of Wordpress has been launched, Wordpress 2.1 Ella, named this way after the jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald.
Some of the new features are listed bellow :
- Autosave makes sure you never lose a post again.
- The new tabbed editor allows you to switch between WYSIWYG and code editing instantly while writing a post.
- The lossless XML import and export makes it easy for you to move your content between WordPress blogs.
- Completely redone visual editor also now includes spell checking.
- Links in your blogroll now support sub-categories and you can add categories on the fly.
- A new version of the Akismet plugin is bundled.
For a full list of changes see here.
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 1.63
K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs, DirectShow filters and tools. Codecs and DirectShow filters are needed for encoding and decoding (playing) audio and video formats. The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files. With the K-Lite Codec Pack you should be able to play all the popular audio and video formats and even some rare formats.
The K-Lite Mega Codec Pack combines the contents of three packs:
- K-Lite Codec Pack Full
- QuickTime Alternative
- Real Alternative
Changelog 1.62 -> 1.63 | 2007-01-03
- Updated Media Player Classic (version 6.4.9.0+ SVN build 2006-12-24)
- Updated ffdshow to revision 733
- Updated Haali Media Splitter to version 1.6.400.11
- Added Gabest Ogg splitter
- Improved .mov downloader
Hard Disk Drive in 1956
That’s the image of a hard disk drive back in 1956. The Drive (more like the closet) had 5MB memory storage.
In September 1956 IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first computer with a
hard disk drive (HDD). The HDD weighed over a ton and stored 5MB of data.
It’s really nice knowing that now you can have a 4Gb PenDrive attached to your keys 
