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		<title>Chai&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.flo.cx/2010/03/chai/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>flo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[black tea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cardamon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cinnamon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ recently there has been a boost with chai in different coffee houses. they use a cinnamon syrup to give it a special flavor. this is always a little sweet for me. so i tried to make chai myself.
here is what i do:
for one big cup of chai use about

2 teaspoons of black tea,
1/2 teaspoon [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a title="Chai von flowolf bei Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fklien/4398206207/"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1668" title="chai" src="http://blog.flo.cx/mycontent/2010/03/chai_cut-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a> recently there has been a boost with chai in different coffee houses. they use a cinnamon syrup to give it a special flavor. this is always a little sweet for me. so i tried to make chai myself.</p>
<p>here is what i do:<br />
for one big cup of chai use about</p>
<ul>
<li>2 teaspoons of black tea,</li>
<li>1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon,</li>
<li>1/2 teaspoon of black grounded pepper (maybe chili or cayenne for the hard boys),</li>
<li>the seeds of 3 cardamon seedpods and</li>
<li>one clove.</li>
</ul>
<p>put this in a teabag and infuse it for 5 minutes. add a little warm milk and sugar as you please.</p>
<p>you may use whole cinnamon sticks but i feel they just take way too long to flavor the tea. star anise and ginger are normally included. i haven&#8217;t had these at home so i couldn&#8217;t figure out what the dose for those would be.</p>
<p>cheers!</p>
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		<title>Twitter vs. RSS&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.flo.cx/2010/01/twitter-vs-rss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>flo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[OnlineLife Net Webapps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m following about 50 people on twitter. some of them post regularly some of them from time to time.
what annoyed me was when people twittered automatically via some service about something they do VERY often (e.g. geocaching: &#8220;i found the cache XYZ&#8221;).
and now i did it myself 
i posted automated messages on twitter.
 no actually [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m following about 50 people on <a href="http://twitter.com">twitter</a>. some of them post regularly some of them from time to time.<br />
what annoyed me was when people twittered automatically via some service about something they do VERY often (e.g. geocaching: &#8220;i found the cache XYZ&#8221;).<br />
and now i did it myself <img src='http://blog.flo.cx/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
<del datetime="2010-01-13T13:55:01+00:00">i posted automated messages on twitter.<br />
</del> no actually in my case i let <a href="http://twitterfeed.com">twitterfeed</a> check for my <a href="http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/photos_public.gne?id=58917150@N00&amp;tags=tweet&amp;lang=en-us&amp;format=atom">flickr photo stream RSS feed</a> for new images, that the service could then publish as twitter messages. although i explicitly set twitterfeed to only check for photos that had &#8216;tweet&#8217; as tag to avoid spamming the daily image annoyed some.<br />
thanks to <a href="http://michael-prokop.at">mika</a> for reminding me <img src='http://blog.flo.cx/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  i apologize for spamming you (my followers) with automated messages. i will try to avoid this in the future <img src='http://blog.flo.cx/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>here why i think this is bogus:</p>
<ol>
<li>twitter is a platform where spontaneous messages, thoughts, findings, fun facts and any type of content can be published, without the overhead of formulating a big chunk of text e.g. a blog. twitter is great to publish tiny little bits of content that are greatly incoherent. people love twitter because others remind them of stuff they did not think of and pull them a little aside from the usual dirt tracks they use in their every day online life. do not post the same stuff over and over again.</li>
<li>there are already platforms out there that offer a way to publish content in different ways such as video or photo sites: <a href="http://youtube.com/">youtube</a>, <a href="http://flickr.com/">flickr</a>, <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/">picasa</a>, <a href="http://vimeo.com/">vimeo</a>, etc. these platforms offer a great variety of services that users can access mostly for free. this includes distributing their content and making it accessible to others via different ways and formats: standard HTML (normal web surfing), RSS and atom feeds and maybe an API. use it!</li>
<li>one should not abuse a service for something it&#8217;s not! this is definitely the case when you use twitter to divert a RSS feed as i did. let the original service serve its RSS feed. this way people have the choice to follow your contributions on another platform if they wish. post a message on twitter that you offer a RSS feed about a specific topic and people can get it from there.</li>
</ol>
<p>to sum it up: follow my daily image <a href="http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/photos_public.gne?id=58917150@N00&amp;tags=tweet&amp;lang=en-us&amp;format=atom">here</a> if you like. subscribe to my blog via <a href="http://blog.flo.cx/feed/rss">RSS</a> or <a href="http://blog.flo.cx/feed/atom/">Atom</a> feed. i even have a <a href="http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/base/users/flowolf/uploads?alt=rss&#038;v=2&#038;orderby=published">youtube feed</a>.</p>
<p>let me know what you think, post in the comments or send a <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Introduction_to_Blogging#Trackbacks">trackback</a>.</p>
<p>if you don&#8217;t know what RSS is read on on wikipedia about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS">RSS</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom_%28standard%29">Atom</a> feeds.</p>
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		<title>How to make time-lapse videos on a motorcycle&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.flo.cx/2010/01/how-to-make-time-lapse-videos-on-a-motorcycle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>flo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[a few weeks ago i got my hands on a motorcylce camera stand (thx Patrick). one that was actually made for a motorbike and not a modified tankbag with rubber wraps. please don&#8217;t ever use those and please do never put a camera into your helmet as some youtube idiots present.
the camera i used is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>a few weeks ago i got my hands on a motorcylce camera stand (thx Patrick). one that was actually made for a motorbike and not a modified tankbag with rubber wraps. please don&#8217;t ever use those and please do never put a camera into your helmet as some youtube idiots present.</p>
<p>the camera i used is my canon ixus 750. since the lense on this camera is rather low i had to improve the camera stand. i added some aluminum ducts to make it higher and to make the camera see the street. about 7 centimeters were enough.</p>
<p><img src="http://blog.flo.cx/mycontent/2010/01/IMG_1040_1200-250x187.jpg" alt="" title="IMG_1040_1200" width="250" height="187" class="aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1618" /></p>
<p>since i was not able to get the <a href="http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK">CHDK</a> timelapse to work i shot video. to generate a timelapse i used ffmpeg to extract images out of the video and to unite them to a timelapse video.<br />
using this <a href="http://pr0gr4mm3r.com/linux/how-to-create-a-time-lapse-video-using-ffmpeg/">tutorial</a> and the man pages i was able to come up with this:<br />
<code><br />
#!/bin/bash<br />
# sample usage: ./timelapsify.sh input.avi output.mp4<br />
mkdir ffmpeg_temp<br />
ffmpeg -i $1 -r 1.4 -f image2 ffmpeg_temp/%05d.png<br />
ffmpeg -i ffmpeg_temp/%05d.png -sameq $2<br />
rm -rf ./ffmpeg_temp<br />
</code><br />
note that it is important for ffmpeg to have the images you use to generate the timelapse video in order and sequenced. if you decide to delete some images you have to rename them and must not leave gaps.<br />
also you may have to vary the rate (i used: 1.4) acording to the speed of your input video and the speed of the output video you want to have.</p>
<p>one step i did between extracting and generating the timelapse was sending it through imagemagick to blend the speedometer. using info from this <a href="http://studio.imagemagick.org/pipermail/magick-users/2008-September/021801.html">mailing list</a>:<br />
<code><br />
#!/bin/bash<br />
#usage: pixelate_circle.sh IN.file OUT.file center_x_coord center_y_coord border_x_coord border_y_coord<br />
convert $1 \( -clone 0 -scale 10% -scale 1000% \) \<br />
            \( -clone 0 -gamma 0 -fill white \<br />
               -draw "circle ${3},${4},${5},${6}"\<br />
            \) -composite $2<br />
</code><br />
of course this has to be done for every image <img src='http://blog.flo.cx/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>and here is the resulting video:<br />
<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7Kr1v-kWc6s&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7Kr1v-kWc6s&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></p>
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		<title>snow leopard &#8211; leopard with brain freeze&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.flo.cx/2009/09/snow-leopard-leopard-with-brainfreeze/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>flo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[yesterday i installed snow leopard (10.6.1). BIG mistake; at least with a minor version number of &#8220;1&#8243;. 
i immediately ran into 4 problems. one of them that big that i decide to write these few lines to warn you about it (since they are essential to me).
the all so new finder is not really well [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>yesterday <a href="http://twitter.com/flowolf/status/4323671250">i installed</a> snow leopard (10.6.1). BIG mistake; at least with a minor version <nobr>number of &#8220;1&#8243;.</nobr> <a href="http://blog.flo.cx/mycontent/2009/09/31671226.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1583" title="Snow Leopard" src="http://blog.flo.cx/mycontent/2009/09/31671226-200x300.jpg" alt="Snow Leopard" width="200" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>i immediately ran into 4 problems. one of them that big that i decide to write these few lines to warn you about it (since they are essential to me).</p>
<p>the all so new finder is not really well implemented as it seems. finder has problems connecting to samba shares. a working setup under 10.5 (Leopard) was:</p>
<ul>
<li>a Linux Server with samba shares</li>
<li>user password needed for personal shares</li>
<li>some shares read only for guests as well.</li>
</ul>
<p>one of the shares that is accessible through a password is my time-machine share. on this net share i run backups from my mbp. see how to do that in this <a href="http://www.blogator.de/macos/time-machine-auf-samba-laufwerk-sichern/">blog post</a>. time machine connected to it automatically.</p>
<p>for leopard i had to add this to the smb.conf to fix issues:</p>
<p><code># fixes weird leopard behavior<br />
unix extensions = no</code></p>
<p>but for snow leopard i had to add this:</p>
<p><code> encrypt passwords = Yes</code></p>
<p>because the finder will not connect to servers without password encryption.</p>
<p>this allone did not fix the problem that i could not login. connection to shares that are open for guest users did show, shares that needed login did not.</p>
<p>as it turns out the finder has a little hidden feature called <a href="http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=10144460#10144460">&#8220;Numeric passwords ONLY&#8221;</a>. this means that you have to have a user account that authenticates with a password that only consists of numbers! as soon as i changed that i was able to mount my beloved shares again and time machine seems to work as well.</p>
<p>some users report that finder is quite picky about dns resolution as well&#8230; see the forms i linked about that.</p>
<p>the second little issue i had affects <a href="http://boxee.tv">boxee</a>. the apple remote seems to handle locks diffently or not at all. whenever is started boxee under 10.5 the apple remote was talking to boxee only. under 10.6 it also controlls itunes and front row whilst i run boxee in the foreground. not so cool!</p>
<p>a third little thing that did not work in leopard either is tether a mac with the <a href="http://www.htc.com/www/product/hero/overview.html">htc hero</a>. this apparently works out of the box for <a href="http://iamroot.eu/index.php/2009/08/tethering-htc-hero-aka-g2-touch/">linux</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/flowolf/status/4366027329">users</a> but not for mac. what&#8217;s so hard about that?</p>
<p>a fourth little thing that annoys me is that the new quicktime has no more option to stay in full screen when the focus comes off. this is especially disruptive on dual head setups.</p>
<p>i really really hope that apple will soon release 10.6.2 and fix these problems. i don&#8217;t get how they could have overlooked these&#8230;</p>
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		<title>ein monat mit dem htc hero&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>flo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[seit einem monat habe ich nun mein htc hero. mein erstes &#8217;smart-phone&#8217;. ich muss sagen bis jetzt bin ich wirklich begeistert. die htc sense oberfläche ist gut gelungen.  die 7 desktops geben einem genügend platz seine anwendungen zu verlinken, fotos auf dem desktop zu platzieren oder auch sogenannte widgets laufen zu lassen. diese widgets [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_1542" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 176px"><a href="http://blog.flo.cx/mycontent/2009/09/device10.png"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1542 " title="HTC Hero Screenshot1" src="http://blog.flo.cx/mycontent/2009/09/device10-166x250.png" alt="HTC Hero Screenshot1" width="166" height="250" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Oben Wetter widgets (1x2), Mitte Uhr Widget (4x4), Rest Applikations Shortcuts</p></div>
<p>seit einem monat habe ich nun mein <a title="HTC Hero Product Page" href="http://www.htc.com/www/product/hero/overview.html" target="_blank">htc hero</a>. mein erstes &#8217;smart-phone&#8217;. ich muss sagen bis jetzt bin ich wirklich begeistert. die <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Htc_sense">htc sense</a> oberfläche ist gut gelungen.  die 7 desktops geben einem genügend platz seine anwendungen zu verlinken, fotos auf dem desktop zu platzieren oder auch sogenannte widgets laufen zu lassen. diese widgets sind kleine programme die direkt auf dem desktop laufen und kein eigenes fenster benötigen. hier liefert htc einige mit, wie zb: wetter, uhren, twitter, suche, personen, sms (nachrichten), musik, lesezeichen, fotoalbum und mehr. je nach funktionsumfang und design benötigen diese widgets zwischen 2 und 16 feldern auf des 4&#215;4 felder grossen desktops.</p>
<p>als betriebssystem kommt <a href="http://www.android.com/">android</a> zum einsatz. ähnlich wie am iphone (und ipod touch) kommt eine art app store zum einsatz, der <a href="http://www.android.com/market/">market</a>. hier kann man sich applikationen herunterladen. diese können gratis sein oder auch nicht. grosser vorteil gegenüber dem apple app-store: man braucht keine kreditkarte solange man keine kostenpflichtigen apps herunterlädt! ein zweiter grosser vorteil: der market ist nicht die einzige möglichkeit wie man apps auf sein android phone bekommt. man kann apps von jeder webseite laden, hier muss  man nur einmal in den einstellungen definieren dass man weiss was man tut (also &#8216;unsichere quellen für applikationen akzeptiert&#8217;). so kann einem niemand &#8216;unsichere&#8217; und &#8216;böse&#8217; applikationen verbieten. die plattform ist wirklich offen.</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.flo.cx/mycontent/2009/09/IMG_0896.JPG"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1537 alignleft" title="back of box" src="http://blog.flo.cx/mycontent/2009/09/IMG_0896-149x250.jpg" alt="back of box" width="149" height="250" /></a>zur hardware: diese wirkt wertig und hat ein angenehmes gewicht. der display ist ein bisschen kleiner als am iphone, das tut aber dem bedienkomfort keinen abbruch. videos lassen sich angenehm darauf betrachten. die mitgelieferten kopfhörer haben knöpfe zur fernsteuerung verbaut, so lässt sich die musik pausieren, vorwärts oder zurückspielen. zur lautstärkenregelung muss man allerdings die wippe an der linken geräteseite betätigen. der stecker hat ein standardformat. deshalb lassen sich auch hörer anderer hersteller ohne adapter anschliessen. zur not kann man musik auch ohne kopfhörer über den eingebauten lautsprecher hören, hier ist aber wie bei all diesen geräten kein klangwunder zu erleben. auch wenn das hero ein ganz gute figur macht und sicher vorne mit dabei ist.</p>
<p>der akku hält bei moderatem gebrauch von wlan etwa 2 tage. hat man gps und die mobile datenverbindung ständig an so muss man es doch täglich laden. die theoretischen werte von 440h (18d) standby mit GSM sind wohl nicht zu erreichen. auch wenn ich an eine woche herankam (kein WLAN, sehr wenig GPS, keine mobile datenverbindung, display fast ständig aus).</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.flo.cx/mycontent/2009/09/hero.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1575" title="hero" src="http://blog.flo.cx/mycontent/2009/09/hero-158x300.jpg" alt="hero" width="158" height="300" /></a>der interne speicher von 512MB scheint nicht überdimensioniert, schon gar nicht wenn man sich vor augen hält dass das iphone mit 32GB maximal konfiguration daherkommt. was man de facto machen muss ist den speicher mit einer microSD karte aufzurüsten. derzeit habe ich eine 16GB karte in betrieb und das reicht bequem aus um einige videos, musik und fotos mit mir herum zu tragen. ein vorteil der sich durch die SD karte ergibt ist die möglichkeit das telefon als speichermedium zu nutzen. hat man das usb kabel nicht dabei, kann man immer noch die karte aus dem gerät nehmen und sie befüllen. ich habe zu diesem zwecke einen 3euro microSD reader an meinem schlüsselbund. ein standard mini usb stecker an der unterseite des gerätes ist nicht verbaut ABER stattdessen verbaut htc einen <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB#Proprietary_connectors_and_formats">eigenen &#8217;standard&#8217;</a>, der immerhin rückwärtskompatibel zu mini-usb ist! den vorteil der zusätzlichen audio- und video-pins konnte ich noch nicht geniessen. hat man ein kabel zur hand kann man die speicherkarte über das telefon für einen computer freigeben und auch so daten kopieren &#8211; sehr fein!</p>
<p>die kamera des HTC hero hat zwar 5 megapixel, ist aber immer noch keine vollwertige kompaktkamera. der fokus braucht eine spur länger als bei normalen kompakten. das nichtvorhandensein eines blitzes macht aufnahmen bei schlechten lichtverhältnissen so gut wie unmöglich. nett ist dass man in der foto app zwischen foto und video mit einem knopf umschalten kann. natürlich lassen sich fotos durch das eingebaute GPS auch geotaggen, wenn man will. das makro der kamera hat sich als äusserst brauchbar entpuppt. hier ein paar fotos:</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.flo.cx/mycontent/2009/09/IMAG0069.jpg"><img title="IMAG0069" src="http://blog.flo.cx/mycontent/2009/09/IMAG0069-250x167.jpg" alt="IMAG0069" width="250" height="167" /></a><a href="http://blog.flo.cx/mycontent/2009/09/IMAG0111.jpg"><img title="IMAG0111" src="../mycontent/2009/09/IMAG0111-250x167.jpg" alt="IMAG0111" width="250" height="167" /></a><a href="http://blog.flo.cx/mycontent/2009/09/IMAG0020.jpg"><img title="IMAG0020" src="http://blog.flo.cx/mycontent/2009/09/IMAG0020-167x250.jpg" alt="IMAG0020" width="167" height="250" /></a><a href="http://blog.flo.cx/mycontent/2009/09/IMAG0033.jpg"><img title="IMAG0033" src="http://blog.flo.cx/mycontent/2009/09/IMAG0033-166x250.jpg" alt="IMAG0033" width="166" height="250" /></a><a href="http://blog.flo.cx/mycontent/2009/09/IMAG0036.jpg"><img title="IMAG0036" src="http://blog.flo.cx/mycontent/2009/09/IMAG0036-166x250.jpg" alt="IMAG0036" width="166" height="250" /></a></p>
<p>fazit: das hero ist ein sehr gutes solides telefon. bisher sind mir keine funktionen abgegangen. hardware mässig ist jedes teil verbaut das man brauchen könnte (GPS, WLAN, camera, G-sensoren, kompass). in verbindung mit einem guten vertrag der ein datenguthaben enthält ist das gerät preislich dem iphone überlegen. insbesondere dann wenn man sich keinem knebelvertrag bei <a href="http://www.orange.at/">orange</a> oder <a href="http://t-mobile.at/">t-mobile</a> unterwerfen will und seine freiheit liebt. einziges manko: wirklich gut lässt es sich nur mit online acounts bei google synchronisieren. aber dazu gibt es sicher auch bald eine app <img src='http://blog.flo.cx/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Apple Remote Mod&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>flo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[my apple remote seemed a little flavorless and i kept confusing it with the one of my girlfriend or my sister&#8217;s. so i decided to paint it a little. (yes i know a sticker would have done the trick too)
here is the result:

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>my apple remote seemed a little flavorless and i kept confusing it with the one of my girlfriend or my sister&#8217;s. so i decided to paint it a little. (yes i know a sticker would have done the trick too)</p>
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		<title>loops and stretching with urlshorteners&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>flo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[there has been some discussion (via @mstrohm) on the security of urlshorteners and i have been thinking about this the past days.
putting the problem of the bottle neck aside it leaves us with the possibility of spamming and/or loops and missing transparency when looking at urlshortening services. let&#8217;s say the advantage of shortening urls has [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>there has been <a href="http://unweary.com/2009/04/the-security-implications-of-url-shortening-services.html">some</a> <a href="http://joshua.schachter.org/2009/04/on-url-shorteners.html">discussion</a> (via <a href="http://twitter.com/mstrohm">@mstrohm</a>) on the security of urlshorteners and i have been thinking about this the past days.</p>
<p>putting the problem of the bottle neck aside it leaves us with the possibility of spamming and/or loops and missing transparency when looking at urlshortening services. let&#8217;s say the advantage of shortening urls has to compensate one of the disadvantages; let&#8217;s take the bottle neck. it&#8217;s clear that one cannot shorten a url and expect the link to be independent or maybe distributed like DNS at the same time.</p>
<p>still there are 3 problems which have to be solved:</p>
<p>spamming: there are concepts which we know from mail services that can narrow this issue down. <a href="http://is.gd">is.gd</a> uses the <a href="http://www.surbl.org/">surbl</a> blacklisting service to check for spams. with a little fine tuning this is manageable.</p>
<p>loops: similar to the spamming problem, there must be a blocklist of sites that are not accepted for shortening. <a href="http://qr.cx">qr.cx</a> already implements a list of about 200 services that are blocked from shortening. <a href="http://is.gd/tech.php">is.gd</a> is saying so too, although they accepted qr.cx links and others at the time of writing. this is really easy to implement and should be done by every shortening service.</p>
<p>transparency: the problem here is that users cannot see where they are going when clicking a shortlink. the solution is again very easy to implement. <a href="http://tinyurl.com">tinyurl</a> implements it by putting &#8216;preview&#8217; as subdomain <a href="http://preview.tinyurl.com/m5l96j">http://preview.tinyurl.com/m5l96j</a> and <a href="http://qr.cx">qr.cx</a> by putting &#8216;/get&#8217; behind the shortlink: <a href="http://qr.cx/1r8/get">http://qr.cx/1r8/get</a>.</p>
<p>curious as i am i decided <span id="more-1493"></span>to make a little experiment. i tried to make an extra long urlshortener chain. i started with a twitter post which i shortened with qr.cx. so far so good. i went over to bit.ly and shortened that link, then 1link.in, 2su.de, 3.ly, 6url.com, 9mp.com, adjix.com, and so on. see the complete list below.</p>
<p>interestingly there were a lot of services on my list that didn&#8217;t exist any more (LOST URL (domain grabber), TIMEOUT, NO ROUTE TO HOST (server down)). others &#8217;shortened&#8217; links that were actually shorter before (very useful)!!!</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.flo.cx/mycontent/2009/06/useful_shorteners.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1501" title="useful_shorteners" src="http://blog.flo.cx/mycontent/2009/06/useful_shorteners-300x190.jpg" alt="useful_shorteners" width="300" height="190" /></a></p>
<p>just one service did delete my spam attempt in the 12 hours since i linked all these shorteners. just about 2 blocked other urlshorteners from beeing shortened.</p>
<p>every service did shorten the link above it (except when noted otherwise):<br />
<code>tweet on twitter - http://twitter.com/flowolf/status/2312852042</p>
<p>http://qr.cx/8bm</p>
<p>http://bit.ly/1o4Rd</p>
<p>http://1link.in/zzvso</p>
<p>http://2su.de/d7</p>
<p>http://3.ly/2rr</p>
<p>http://4url.cc/ - TIMEOUT AT CREATION</p>
<p>http://www.6url.com/0ZHZ</p>
<p>http://9mp.com/zrEhS</p>
<p>http://a2n.eu - LOST URL</p>
<p>http://adjix.com/7ftd</p>
<p>http://a.gd/132bec</p>
<p>http://a.nf/dff3f1</p>
<p>http://arm.in/48J</p>
<p>http://b65.us - LOST URL</p>
<p>http://bit.ly/eKnP0</p>
<p>http://bloat.me/2Ax3</p>
<p>http://budurl.com/wghk</p>
<p>http://buk.me - LOST URL</p>
<p>http://burnurl.com/dp592p</p>
<p>http://canurl.com/ - LOST URL</p>
<p>http://chilp.it/?20c705</p>
<p>http://chod.sk/abxb8</p>
<p>http://cli.gs/BYZShQ</p>
<p>http://clop.in/HghGAA</p>
<p>http://clop.decenturl.com/asdf</p>
<p>http://doiop.com/m2m87j</p>
<p>http://dwarfurl.com/77751</p>
<p>http://easyuri.com/28af</p>
<p>http://easyurl.net/74612</p>
<p>http://fhurl.com/c10859</p>
<p>http://fly2.ws/a9q1MJ6</p>
<p>http://fon.gs/oblw5o/</p>
<p>http://foxyurl.com/7h4</p>
<p>http://fwd4.me/n96</p>
<p>http://fwdurl.net - LOST URL</p>
<p>http://g4.ms/62986f</p>
<p>http://g8l.us - suspended for spam</p>
<p>http://get-shorty.com/shorty/g4/</p>
<p>http://gonext.org - LOST URL</p>
<p>http://good.ly/g7i54l</p>
<p>http://gurl.es/dIQ</p>
<p>http://hex.io/16xq</p>
<p>http://idek.net/GXj</p>
<p>http://ilix.in/0dba2</p>
<p>http://is.gd/1cgO3</p>
<p>http://ix.it - LOST URL</p>
<p>http://j2j.de/tEM65G</p>
<p>http://jdem.cz/bnbk4</p>
<p>http://jijr.com/ - TIMEOUT AT CREATION</p>
<p>http://kisa.ch/9g54</p>
<p>http://kl.am/X5o</p>
<p>http://kore.us/mXiJ0j</p>
<p>http://kots.nu/2qq2da</p>
<p>http://krz.ch/60466</p>
<p>http://kurl.us - LOST URL</p>
<p>http://lin.cr/qwi</p>
<p>http://linxfix.de/y8zi7 - MANY URLS FOR SAME LINK POSSIBLE<br />
http://liteurl.net - LOST URL</p>
<p>http://litturl.com/5e5</p>
<p>http://LNK.by/cVr</p>
<p>http://lnk.in - ACCOUNT NEEDED<br />
http://lnkurl.com - LOST URL</p>
<p>http://lurl.no/hu</p>
<p>http://memurl.com/ - php error - working on the system to prevent spammers - nice <img src='http://blog.flo.cx/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>http://xrl.us/bex9nh</p>
<p>http://micurl.com/i60p5j</p>
<p>http://migre.me/2Mdt</p>
<p>http://miklos.dk/!DpLrci</p>
<p>http://min2.me/4w</p>
<p>http://minilien.com/?KSFQfl5fB3</p>
<p>http://minurl.fr/nw8</p>
<p>http://minurl.org - SITE UNAVAILABLE (404)</p>
<p>http://moourl.com/m5vj8</p>
<p>http://muhlink.com - LOST URL</p>
<p>http://myurl.in/aVuHU</p>
<p>http://myurl.us - timeout<br />
http://nanoref.com - ACCOUNT NEEDED</p>
<p>http://ndurl.com/6J</p>
<p>http://ne1.net - ACCOUNT NEEDED</p>
<p>http://faingai.notlong.com</p>
<p>http://nutshellurl.com/9i1</p>
<p>http://ow.ly/fLK1</p>
<p>http://pendek.in/007na</p>
<p>http://pic.gd/acf852</p>
<p>http://www.piurl.com/1lSq</p>
<p>http://plexp.com - LOST URL<br />
http://plurl.me - NO ROUTE TO HOST</p>
<p>http://pnt.me/qIMJEs</p>
<p>http://poprl.com - TIMEOUT</p>
<p>http://pt2.me/2e</p>
<p>http://Puke.It/mvwm3p</p>
<p>http://qurl.com/v16ht</p>
<p>http://qurlyq.com/4l7</p>
<p>http://rde.me/lw</p>
<p>http://redir.ec/bDDv</p>
<p>http://redirx.com/?sdsn</p>
<p>http://r.im/1t17</p>
<p>http://rnk.me/ku</p>
<p>http://rubyurl.com/92DZ</p>
<p>http://safe.mn/8V</p>
<p>http://sai.ly/lQX</p>
<p>http://sfu.ca - timeout</p>
<p>http://shorl.com/sufebytuvode</p>
<p>http://shorterlink.com/?U1T92G</p>
<p>http://short.ie/bgwybm</p>
<p>http://shortlinks.co.uk/l5j</p>
<p>http://shortn.me/Ae</p>
<p>http://short.to/heur</p>
<p>http://alturl.com/mnhg</p>
<p>http://shrinklink.co.uk - NOT WORKING<br />
http://shrinkr.com - TIMEOUT</p>
<p>http://shrtn.com/6</p>
<p>http://shrtnd.com - LOST URL</p>
<p>http://shrt.st/5ik</p>
<p>http://shurl.net - down (Sorry, we're down for now. The link you followed most likely linked to a virus anyway)</p>
<p>http://shrt.st/5ik</p>
<p>http://simurl.com/huccut</p>
<p>http://smallr.com/a6p</p>
<p>http://smallr.net/ - YEAH blocked the above url!<br />
http://smallr.net/5y6 - shortened http://shrt.st/5ik<br />
http://smarturl.eu - EMPTY SITE</p>
<p>http://smfu.in/736491</p>
<p>http://snipr.com/kt2jp</p>
<p>http://sn.vc/1LUQ</p>
<p>http://song.ly/l/1djtku</p>
<p>http://srnk.net/p9NsG</p>
<p>http://starturl.com/evwer</p>
<p>http://su.pr - ACCOUNT NEEDED</p>
<p>http://surl.co.uk/?8840</p>
<p>http://tighturl.com - YEAH is blocking other shorteners!</p>
<p>http://www.timesurl.at/2ddada</p>
<p>http://tini.us - DB ERROR</p>
<p>http://tiny123.com/0vd</p>
<p>http://tiny.cc/uttcx</p>
<p>http://tinylink.com/?TD5EWc1gsF</p>
<p>http://tinyurl.com/mzob3o</p>
<p>http://tobtr.com - LOST URL<br />
http://to.vg/iq - blocked tinyurl, accepted http://tinylink.com/?TD5EWc1gsF<br />
http://traceurl.com - ACCOUNT NEEDED</p>
<p>http://tr.im/pDAV</p>
<p>http://twurl.nl/whwpyp</p>
<p>http://twip.us/tw3zb9</p>
<p>http://twirl.at/wi</p>
<p>http://twitpwr.com - twitter ACCOUNT NEEDED<br />
http://twitthis.com - twitter ACCOUNT NEEDED</p>
<p>http://tw6.us/iy</p>
<p>http://uiop.me/A8</p>
<p>http://u.mavrev.com/dvpg</p>
<p>http://unfaker.it - LOST URL</p>
<p>http://u.nu/6cie</p>
<p>http://ur1.ca/688n</p>
<p>http://url9.com/za</p>
<p>http://urlborg.com - google ACCOUNT NEEDED</p>
<p>http://urlbrief.com/63ba41</p>
<p>http://url.co.uk/7m860</p>
<p>http://urlcover.com/edr</p>
<p>http://urlcut.com/1rqbk</p>
<p>http://urlcutter.com - NO ROUTE TO HOST</p>
<p>http://urlhawk.com/fxp</p>
<p>http://url.ie/1wwo</p>
<p>http://url.lotpatrol.com/?x=3298</p>
<p>http://urlsmash.com - LOST URL<br />
http://urltea.com - SITE UNAVAILABLE (404)</p>
<p>http://urlvi.be/mbuhu</p>
<p>http://ur.ly/yds</p>
<p>http://urlzen.com/knr</p>
<p>http://virl.com/8d045</p>
<p>http://vl.am/I23</p>
<p>http://vtc.es/cBx</p>
<p>http://w3t.org/90b3b</p>
<p>http://wapurl.co.uk/?G21FSRW</p>
<p>http://wlink.us//2fx</p>
<p>http://www.canurl.com - LOST URL<br />
http://www.digbig.com - ACCOUNT NEEDED</p>
<p>http://dwarfurl.com/7ddf0</p>
<p>http://www.ezurl.eu - SITE UNAVAILABLE (404)</p>
<p>http://fly2.ws/e-ZoUuY</p>
<p>http://www.shortenurl.com - LOST URL</p>
<p>http://alturl.com/o2a6</p>
<p>http://shredurl.com/XL</p>
<p>http://www.urlpire.com/?QFBGK</p>
<p>http://www.x.se/vbg9</p>
<p>http://x.vu/1695</p>
<p>http://zi.ma - NO ROUTE TO HOST</p>
<p>http://zz.gd/6d3160</p>
<p>http://nic6g.th8.us</p>
<p></code></p>
<p>i would not recommend visiting all these links! this can take a LONG time. although it is interesting to see what different shorteners do. some just grab the long url from the database and redirect you (0.2 seconds), some add a frame (gets really ugly with a lot of shorteners in a row <img src='http://blog.flo.cx/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' />  ), some need confirmation to proceed and some just wait 10 seconds before they do something.</p>
<p>this nice little experiment showed me how little these service providers care about security. i&#8217;m curious if this is going to change. maybe just with the more popular services.</p>
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		<title>qr.cx url shortener&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>flo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[mein kleiner url shortener aus diesem beitrag hat sich jetzt zu einem richtig grossen kleinen url shortener ausgewachsen.

qr.cx. zur zeit bietet er urls mit einer länge von 16 zeichen.
weiters habe ich eine kleine api aufgesetzt die euch helfen soll dieses service in andere applikationen zu integrieren. gerne nehme ich anregungnen und wünsche unter shorty [AT] [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>mein kleiner url shortener aus <a href="http://blog.flo.cx/2009/05/url-shortener-diy/">diesem beitrag</a> hat sich jetzt zu einem richtig <del datetime="2009-06-17T11:45:21+00:00">grossen</del> kleinen url shortener ausgewachsen.<br />
<img src="http://blog.flo.cx/mycontent/2009/06/qr_cx.png" alt="qr_cx" title="qr_cx" width="237" height="237" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1486" /><br />
<a href="http://qr.cx">qr.cx</a>. zur zeit bietet er urls mit einer länge von 16 zeichen.<br />
weiters habe ich eine kleine <a href="http://qr.cx/api.php">api</a> aufgesetzt die euch helfen soll dieses service in andere applikationen zu integrieren. gerne nehme ich anregungnen und wünsche unter shorty [AT] qr [dot] cx entgegen.<br />
als spezielles gimmick liefert das service <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_Code">QR-codes</a> zu jedem gekürzten link.</p>
<p>have fun <img src='http://blog.flo.cx/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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