My Tweet Tools

Posted on the January 19th, 2010 under Bookmarks, [ En ] by Raz

  • BsTweet - BsPlayer plugin to automatically send a Twitter status update with your movie name when you play it. (nice one!)
  • TwitBin - a firefox extension that allows you to keep up with all of your Twitter conversations right from your browser sidebar. Send messages, receive messages, share links
  • Seesmic for Windows - Fully functional Twitter integration
    View aggregated Home, Replies, Private and Sent columns. Manage and post from multiple twitter accounts, create unlimited columns for your saved searches and lists created from Twitter.
  • Twitme - wordpress plugin to automatically post your new posts on the twitter.

PS3 sau XBOX360?

Posted on the January 14th, 2010 under Bookmarks, Games by Raz

  Vreau sa scap de facut upgrade / schimbat placa video in fiecare an ca sa pot rula si pierde timpul cu niste jocuri, oare ce sa-mi iau? PS3 sau XBOX 360? Ideile sunt impartite dar hardware-ul pare acelasi din punctul meu de vedere. Din cate observ gasesti majoritatea jocurilor pe ambele console cu exceptia celor facute special doar pentru platforma respectiva. O mica lista:

Jocuri XBOX360

Alan Awake, Crackdown 2, Fable II/ Fable III, Halo 2 / 3/ ODST/ ReAch, Gears of War 2, Splinter Cell: Conviction, Forza Motorsport 3, Mass Effect 2, Kingdom Under Fire, Banjo Kazooie, Ninja Blade, Too Human

Jocuri PS3

God of War II / III, Heavy Rain, Infamous, Killzone 2, MAG , Metal Gear Solid 4, Quantum Theory, Ratchet & Clank, Resistance 2, Twisted Metal, Uncharted1 / 2: Among Thieves,The Last Guardian, Last Rebellion, Steambot Chronicles 2

Preturi

 Diferenta de pret a celor doua console nu este asa mare. Gasesti Consola XBOX 360 Elite + joc Halo 3 undeva la 12 milioane (1,200 RON) [aici] iar Consola Playstation 3 Slim, 250GB, Negru + Joc Fifa 2010 la 14 milioane (1,400 RON) [aici]. Nu stiu daca se merita diferenta cand cele doua console merg in paralel si practic poti face cam aceleasi lucru cu ele: sa pierzi vremea cu un joc, relaxare :-) De diferenta ai putea sa-ti mai cumperi un joc, sau de ce nu sa-ti modezi (modifici) consola pentru a juca jocurile fara a le cumpara. Modarea (moding) consolelor pentru a juca fara plata este putin mai dificila, nu este de ajuns ca pe pc sa-ti pui un patch si sa scapi de cd/dvd-ul original. Trebuie modifcata (desfacuta practic) consola si modificat /adaugat hardware-ul necesar, firmware si alte minunatii (Google it “ps3 mods” / “xbox360 modding” etc) Nu as recomanda modarea lor, cel putin nu daca ti-l achizitionezi nou, cu garantie, pentru ca-ti vei pierde garantia cand il desfaci ,pentru xbox360 risti sa ramai fara cont pe xbox live, ban etc. Daca tot l-ai luat de nou bucura-te de original o perioada ;)

Diferente

  Singura diferenta ceva mai majora pe care o vad este faptul ca PS3 are Blu-ray Disc, asta inseamna ca poti vedea filme high def de pe consola. Interesant dar nu foarte atragator pentru mine.
 Pentru online gaming xbox live pare ceva mai interesant decat ps3 (PSN), dezavantajul ar fi ca trebuie sa platesti anual in jur de 50$ pentru asta in timp ce pe ps3 majoritatea sunt gratis. Profilele sunt ceva mai accesibile, mai robuste, pe xbox poti trimite mesaje catre prieteni in timpul jocului, custom avatars etc
 La partea de grafica par asemanatoare, prea mici diferentele: Xbox 360 vs. PlayStation 3 graphics comparison
 Primele versiuni de XBox 360 aveau probleme cu racirea, se incalzeau foarte tare (The Red Ring of Death). Dar se pare ca in versiunile noi aparute, inca din 2008, problema a fost rezolvata cu jasper, un alt chip pe placa de baza, si reducerea alimentarii la 150W fata de 175W (probleme de genul acesta ti le poti rezolva cu garantia, pentru ca de aia e garantie :-) )

Concluzie

  Inca nu m-am decis catre cine sa ma indrept, xbox sau ps3 (microsoft sau sony?). Tu ce zici? Pana la urma orice as alege cred ca-mi ating scopul. Mai astept o perioada, sa vedem ce se mai intampla. Poate apare un ps4 sau xbox 720? wii 2? :)

Samsung Story Station (adica statia povestilor? )

Posted on the December 2nd, 2009 under Bookmarks, Diverse, [ Ro ] by Raz

  Preturile unitatilor de stocare a scazut in ultima perioada destul de mult, cand ma gandeam la 1 TB spatiu de stocare si vedeam preturi de peste 1000 RON imi spuneam ca nu are rost sa-mi fac un astfel de upgrade, mai bine sterg ce nu am nevoie, avand si internetul la dispozitie ce rost are sa stochez cand pot sa downloadez tot ce am nevoie? HDD extern Samsung 1TB, USB, 3.5'' Story Station, Gri metalic Totusi un pret de 300 ron pentru 1TB (1 terabyte = 1024 gigabytes) m-a impins sa ma gandesc la un nou upgrade pentru birou. Aveam de anul trecut un HDD Extern Seagate FreeAgent de 500GB folosit pe post de backup, stocare filme, muzica etc (ceva de genul acestuia ) ce s-a dovedit a fi un HDD foarte bun. Nu am avut nici un fel de problema cu el, l-am luat cu mine de cate ori aveam nevoie iar singurul lucru care m-a deranjat a fost dimensiunea lui, nu este o solutie tocmai portabila dar spatiul oferit si faptul ca s-a dovedit si se dovedeste in continuare fiabil ma uimeste (tin sa spun ca a suferit cateva socuri destul de puternice, l-am scapat de pe birou, l-am calcat in picioare, l-am servit cu cafea de dimineata - fara intentie evident - etc ).
 Pentru ca Seagate-ul il foloseam doar acasa in “scopuri personale” iar spatiul sistemului de la birou se restrangea din ce in ce mai mult am facut o cerere pentru un hdd extern cu cel putin 500GB. Doua zile mai tarziu am avut surpriza unui HDD extern Samsung 1TB, USB, 3.5” Story Station, Gri metalic. Cand am desfacut cutia si am vazut ca are un buton rotativ ( ca de volum) mi-am zis: “oaaa, ce e asta vere, se da mai tare mai incet de aici sau cum?”. Era doar un switch de on/off de unde poti sa pornesti/opresti hard disk-ul. Interesant design pentru ca rotita nu are doar doi pasi de on/off ci este extinsa pentru a reda luminozitatea ledului de functionare/stres. Oare se poate stinge ledul de tot ca la vechiul meu Seagate din soft/driver? Pentru ca e interesant dar pentru mine noaptea devenea stresant daca il tineam pe birou, eu cu ochii pe monitor/tv si-mi palpaia lumina in ochi de parca era reclama aia cu “Pick me , pick me, I’m over here”.
  Un lucru care m-a enervat putin a fost faptul ca acesta a venit formatat Fat32 si nu am verificat inainte de a incepe sa-l pun la treaba. Mi-am dat seama ca e Fat32 atunci cand aveam un fiser mai mare de 4GB si nu-l putea stoca (limita de Fat32) . Evident ca a trebuit sa mut tot si sa-i dau un format NTFS. Nu am inteles de ce producatorii nu l-au facut ntfs din fabrica, probabil pt a fi folosit direct indiferent de OS.
  Viteza de transfer este cea declarata de producator, un transfer de 1GB a durat aprox 2 min (WinXP).

 Benchmark /Info:

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic (smartphone-ul cu touchscreen)

Posted on the November 9th, 2009 under Bookmarks, Diverse, [ Ro ] by Raz

  Am acest gadget de aproximativ 5 luni si sunt foarte multumit de el, este primul telefon cu sistem de operare symbian (S60 5th Edition) pe care-l detin si care mi-a schimbat definitiv parerea si alegerea in domeniul telefoanelor de tip gadget, tot ce ai nevoie intr-un singur aparat fiabil si robust.
Avand un sistem de operare, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic poate fi transformat intr-o mica si mobila jucarie de calculatorist. Sa dau cateva exemple la ce-l folosesc eu, in afara de telefonie ce se dovedeste net superioara telefoanelor clasice fara symbian sau alt os gen windows mobile:

  • de cate ori am nevoie il transform foarte usor intr-un access point wireless pentru laptop, avand acces la internet oriunde sunt: internet de la vodafone activat pe tel + o aplicatie numita JoikuSpot Premium. In zonele unde 3G-ul este disponibil de la vodafone ajung la viteza de 50KB/s, suficient pentru browsing/email etc.
  • Utile pentru subtitrat

    Posted on the April 13th, 2009 under Bookmarks, [ Ro ] by Raz

    Va rugăm nu hrăniti trollii

    Subs Grabber previews/tuts/how to etc

    Posted on the April 8th, 2009 under Videos, [ En ] by Raz

      Below are some video shots with the latest Subs Grabber “at work”, searching for subtitles, uploading subtitles and how the perfect match works ….

    Subs Grabber update (v0.4.0)

    Posted on the April 6th, 2009 under Raz-Soft News, [ En ] by Raz

       Subs Grabber Build v0.4.0.47 is out with new features, new subtitles servers and above all his own server where everyone can upload their subtitle linked with the video file. What’s “linked” thing you ask? Well it’s actually a unique hash/id that will identify your video/movie file you have. Based on that you can get a perfect match search result of a published subtitle, no more wasted time to match names, no more wasted clicks. You can now set your video file for a perfect match result, if you are not lucky enough and a perfect match is not found on our server SG will try to match video file name and folder with the search results from the other servers and highlight the ones matching. So, for best results give SG the file name/path as well ;)

    Any way, hope you like it, here are the major changes, some screenshots and download link below:

    What’s new

    • subtitrari.softpedia.com removed: they moved subtitles on forums, i tried to add support, asked for permission, i didn’t get it, they don’t want it, sorry :(
    • added more subtitles servers: anysubs.com, divxsubtitles.net, subtitrari.regielive.ro
    • added own server only for subtitles linked with the video file. You can now upload/publish subs and get lucky with a perfect match result when searching. Anyone is welcomed to help Subs Grabber grow by uploading subtitles along with the movie hash in any supported language. It’s easy to upload subs, SG will do everything for you, you just need to supply the video and subtitle files. Just register for an account from SG ->Upload tab and start uploading and enjoy the perfect match results :-) (please don’t modify the original subtitles, if you modify a subtitle to fit your needs keep the original author in place and add your self as the one who modify it along with the modify reason, authors deserves respect for their work )
    • added IMDb info grabber when uploading new subs
    • added more powerful shell extension when right clicking on a video file, you can right click and just start the search if you feel lucky, or upload subs to help Subs Grabber grow.
    • subtitles with name/details matching the movie file or folder name will be highlighted (names with red color)
    • Work still in progress, see http://subtitrari.raz-soft.com

      I want to give a big thanks to the first guys who helped me populate the subtitles database so far: done8989, liviukiller, codename, luci19m . Thanks a bunch for your contribution :-)

    Why do you need a buddy? (or the mass effect)

    Posted on the March 9th, 2009 under Fun Stuff, Others, Pictures, [ En ] by Raz

    That’s why:

    Subs Grabber update (v0.3.27)

    Posted on the February 24th, 2009 under Raz-Soft News by Raz

    - servers engines fixes for titrari/subtitrari.ro and subtitrari.softpedia.com
    - added Automatically check for updates option in options >> more. Check this option to automatically check for updates whenever you open Subs Grabber. You can also press “check now” link to check for updates. A message box will popup if new updates are available.

    Am gasit armele de la Ciorogarla

    Posted on the February 17th, 2009 under Aberez, deci exist, Fun Stuff, [ Ro ] by Raz

    Cel putin 50 de arme au fost furate din depozitul Unitatii Militare din Ciorogarla, printre acestea aflandu-se inclusiv o mitraliera cu afet. Structurile operative si informative ale MAI au declarat starea de alerta de gradul I miercuri seara, dupa ce sigiliul unui depozit din unitate a fost descoperit rupt.

      De mic mi-am dorit sa fiu politist, soarta nu a tinut cu mine si am ajuns programator,deh ce sa-i faci, soarta >:) Dar in adancul creierului, pe undeva printr-o zona nebanuita, unde stratul de praf persista din copilarie, zace o putere nebanuita, aceea de detectiv/politist/caratist/Chuck Norris 007/van damme/bruce lee etc.
      Doamnelor si domnilor detectivul lu’ peste va prezinta un caz extraordinar, armele de la Ciorogarla au fost descoperite!
      Iata ce s-a descoperit in urma filajului din ziua de 17 feb 2009, filajul a fost facut la cafeneaua din coltul biroului, la ora 12:30:01 in timp ce covrigul cu sare pe care-l savuram se racea si cafeaua imi aluneca suav pe camasa proaspat calcata de pisica…

    Recovering…

    Posted on the February 16th, 2009 under PHP, Raz-Soft News, [ En ] by Raz

     Time to “ping” my site :) Hi reader, how are you? Oh, you’re fine, me too, just busy coding and coding… My site is now on a new look, it got hacked by some bastard punk a few days back, didn’t notice the hack, they where some hidden links on my pages, google is not “visiting” me anymore because of that, it will be back on indexing me in a couple of days/weeks, who knows….

    Subs Grabber Update (v0.2.26)

    Posted on the February 11th, 2009 under Raz-Soft News, [ En ] by Raz

       - added new subtitles server: titrari.ro/subtitrari.ro

    Subs Grabber

    Posted on the January 21st, 2009 under Raz-Soft News, [ En ] by Raz

      Subs Grabber… a tool that i’ve started it long time ago but never got time to finish it, I’ve use it for myself for a while and now I think i should make it public for everyone who needs a subtitle searching tool. So, what’s Subs Grabber? is a simple application which allows you to download subtitles for your movies. With two clicks, one on your movie file and the second one on the search button, you’ll find your movie subtitle. Next thing you should do is just to sit back and enjoy the movie.

    Main features:

      100% FREE AWARD

    • fastest search engine on 7 subtitles servers: subtitrari.raz-soft.com, subs.ro, titrari.ro / subtitrari.ro, divxsubtitles.net, anysubs.com, subtitrari.regielive.ro and podnapisi.net
    • display subtitle advanced info like No of CDs,FPS, Date, release name etc
    • mass subtitles grabbing
    • movie cover/poster on search results (ready to be grabbed as well)
    • automatically unpack subtitles after grabbing them (external unpacker required, winrar will be detected by default)
    • search for a subtitle in almost any language: Albanian, Arabic, Belarus, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese Brazilian,Romanian, Russian, Serbian… and many more
    • upload new subtitles linked with video file on subtitrari.raz-soft.com
    • automatically IMDb movie info grabber when uploading new subtitles
    • windows explorer shell extension. When right clicking on a video file you can just start the search if you feel lucky, or upload subs to help SG grow. (optional)
    • easy to use and modern user interface with different visual styles
    • application is 100% clean, which means it does not contain any form of malware and is completely free!

    Hey Raz, stop wasting time and update your projects…

    Posted on the May 30th, 2008 under A Byte Life, Raz-Soft News, [ En ] by Raz

      I’m not wasting time I just have not enough “man power” for all the projects started here, I have a life you know? even tho many of you may say that a coder life is just his/her computer, well guess what? is not :P Life is out there in the sun or under a clear moon. So please stop sending me rude mails asking for updates, if you don’t like what you can find here, for free, just move on, pick you’re next google result, it’s easy. Don’t waste your time mailing me about what great thinks you have been done if you where like me and blah, blah, blah; c’mon give me some peace. This site and all the project started here are created in my own free time, payed with my own money. Yeah! it cost me money to keep things up and running you know? Everything has a price, nothing is free, not even life itself. You want to help out? Just donate a couple of bucks for your fav project and I’ll speed things up, I’ll involve more friends in the project etc .
    ps: Don’t get this the wrong way, you’re mails with bug reports, support questions, thanks etc are still welcomed and no, no way, this is not the end, I’m not done here, relax. I’m just running late that’s all :)

     Now here is the reason for the lack of updates…

    Clicknet - net pe unde radio (wireless)

    Posted on the February 3rd, 2008 under Others, [ Ro ] by Raz

      Conexiune la internet wireless (adica fara fir) a devenit din ce in ce mai raspândita incat in fata fiecarui bloc (sau casa) vei avea conexiune la net trimisa pe undele radio de catre vecinul de la 5 care tocmai s-a decis sa-si arunce cablurile de retea pe un wireless access point (WAP or AP).

    Coca-Cola

    Posted on the January 18th, 2008 under Fun Stuff, Pictures, [ En ], [ Ro ] by Raz

      Ea: “Ce-ar fi daca am merge sa bem un suc împreuna ?”

    Decorative purposes plugin: Snow effect (wp-flake)

    Posted on the December 6th, 2007 under PHP, Raz-Soft News, [ En ] by Raz

     Hello every one, it’s December already, it should snow outside right? Well here it doesn’t, only rain all day long. But I will bring the snow on my Wordpress based home page (a blog publishing system written in PHP and backed by a MySQL database) .