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How to clean a computer virus...

... or how I came to realise that Windows Safe Mode isn't pure rubbish.

I was trying to clean out a virus on an EEE PC running Windows XP SP3 and AVG was getting nowhere... he'd scan, clean and it'd still be there when I rebooted. So I tried this little trick:
1 - run Safe Mode
2 - open a console by running "cmd"
3 - go to the AVG folder and run "avgscanx /COMP /CLEAN

Done ;) Didn't even need a temporary OS to clean the HD ;)

Benfica - Porto - o jogo mais "inutil" da época

Esta notícia do Publico sublinha algo que já se tem vindo a debater há muito mas até agora não tinha sido apresentado numéricamente, factualmente... os clássicos com o FCP têm sempre faltas e protestos a mais.
"Feitas as contas, e reportando-nos aos 112 jogos disputados desde Agosto na presente edição do campeonato, a Liga anotou 5656 minutos úteis, uma média de 50,5 em cada encontro. Destaca-se pela negativa precisamente o último clássico, com apenas 37 minutos úteis - isto num jogo que só teve direito a comemorar um golo."
"Foram 19 minutos proveitosos na primeira parte e 17 na segunda."

Blood, the Last Vampire

Haven't seen a manga to live action adaptation that works, but this SUCKED! Don't watch it!

Rendezvous With Rama - Arthur C. Clarke

"This novel won both the Hugo and Nebula awards upon its release, and is widely regarded as one of the cornerstones in Clarke's bibliography. It is considered a science fiction classic, and is particularly seen as a key hard science fiction text."
This was taken from Wikipedia. In case you don't know, Hugo and Nebula awards are the top sci-fi awards. I have never read a book that won any of them and been disappointed. So, a book that won them both? :) Furthermore, hard science fiction is the sci-fi based on heavy scientific facts and notions... it's not totally true or it would be science :P but the basis is scientific knowledge taken for granted at the time the book is being written.

I started reading it expecting a brilliant book, and it was exactly what I got! Rama is an alien puzzle that a group of Humans try to figure... the ideas behind the book are really something! And it seems plausible, probably due to it being a hard science fiction book. Most of the times you'll be reading it and thinking "yeah that would be what I would probably do" or "If I was an experienced leader of an expedition, that would be my course of action!".
It's a small book (pocket edition was 200 pages with a relatively big font), but filled with concepts, science and "what if" that'll make you wonder and think outside the box.

It's books like this that keep making me come back to Sci-Fi... I'm not a poetic person, but like every single person on earth, have mused about my existence. Sci-Fi books keep making me think "what if life was different in this or that way", and this one is a must!

Comics - Cyanide

Probably not the best time of the year to share these! But it's Christmas so everything goes :)

South Park - Pi Pi's Splashtown

The beginning of last season's last episode. One of the funniest ever :)

Avatar

I had my doubts, but the movie is actually quite decent... the plot has some interesting points for sci-fi lovers like me, and the special fx are very good. I watched the 3D version (first 3D movie I've seen) and it makes it more real :) I recommend that you go see it BUT go for the 3D version! :)

I really liked the ecological message underlying the movie.

Robin Williams - Weapons of Self Destruction

Just watched his show from DC :) The guy still has it :) Great stand up!

The Dead Weather @ From the Basement .TV

The Dead Weather @ From The Basement .TV from Makit0 on Vimeo.

Here are Dead Weather performing:
- Hang You From The Heavens
- Treat Me Like Your Mother
- So Far From Your Weapon
- Bone House (Pentagram - Forever My Queen, Cover)
If you don't get hooked up from the beginning, don't bother watching the rest. But if you're like me, these will be 4 songs you'll hear in repeat :)

Gabriel o Pensador - Até Quando?

Gabriel Pensador

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Continua a ser das minhas favoritas deste artista. Porque tem uma mensagem muito forte, porque o vídeo mostra o contraste entre um Gabriel passivo e um Gabriel revoltado, e porque gosto bastante da linha de baixo. Não será das musicas mais conhecidas dele, porque não é uma musica q fala de gatas :P mas é das minhas favoritas.

Maria José Nogueira Pinto e Ricardo Gonçalves - deputados insultam-se em comissão parlamentar

Aparentemente, quem partiu para o insulto foi a senhora Nogueira Pinto, senhora pela qual admito desde já não ter qualquer respeito. Se não tinha antes, ainda menos tenho agora.
E é assim que se continua a fazer política neste país... não interessa o povo nem o estado da nação... vamos lá aproveitar que não há maiorias absolutas para começar a palhaçada.
Nesta altura é que fazia falta um Presidente da Republica mais forte para por isto tudo na linha! Aqui há uns tempos fiz aqui um post sobre como tinha medo de uma maioria relativa, tendo até recebido uns comments nada simpáticos... eu defendo e vou continuar a defender quer governos com maioria absoluta, quer coligações para maiorias absolutas. Se Portugal já é ingovernável, desta maneira então é que não se faz mesmo nada!!!

Mais uma vez, este blog não é nem pretende ser de opinião política... mas isto (e todos os outros episódios do parlamento) tocou no meu lado que gosta deste país a sério. Noticia no publico.

“The TV Show” by Sugimoto Kousuke

AMAZING :D I loved the fact that it is colour coded (each type of show has 1 color).

Kudos to Paulo Gomes

Taxi 4

Even if it is the 4th one, I still laughed a lot! It's just as crazy as ever!

Muse - Plug In Baby @ Pavilhão Atlântico

Só para dar uma ideia do quão boa foi esta musica ;)

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Biffy Clyro + Muse, Pavilhão Atlântico, 29/11/2009

O titulo diz tudo. Desloquei-me ao Pavilhão Atlântico para ver não só Muse, mas também Biffy Clyro! O concerto de Paredes de Coura, apesar de bom, tinha ficado um bocado aquém das minhas expectativas. As partes orquestrais fizeram falta e as musicas pareceram despidas. Desta vez, os Biffy mostraram do que são realmente capazes, com essas partes a serem tocadas pela guitarra ou adicionadas ao background. As primeiras 3 musicas tiveram um som ainda a necessitar de ser afinado. Depois foi sempre a somar com uma selecção de musicas que me fez pensar "realmente já têm uma colecção de temas muito bons admirável... estão bem longe de uma banda que precisa de tocar 2 vezes as musicas do seu album de estreia para ter um concerto composto". E porquê falar tanto de Biffy em dia de Muse? Porque correm o risco de ficar esquecidos!!! E não devem... e talvez não tenham ficado a julgar pelas ovações em algumas musicas! E aquele arrancar com "The Golden Rule" e "Living is a Problem" foi abusivo :) mesmo com mau som!


Um tempinho de espera e continuavamos a magicar o porquê daqueles cortinados gigantes... estariam os Muse tapados por eles? Se caissem, os musicos não iam poder deslocar-se em palco... mas também não pareciam poder ser puxados para cima... wtf?!??! E quando cairam, eu fiquei de queixo caído. Três colunas, com o topo feito só de ecrãs. A parte de baixo era feita de ecrãs e uma plataforma com elevador onde tocavam os musicos! Ao fim de algumas musicas, desceram e ocuparam o palco, voltando lá para cima para alguns momentos :) Será impossível esquecer a "Feeling Good" tocada no cimo da plataforma, com um piano de cauda aberto cuja tampa interior acendia uma luz especifica para cada nota tocada. E outro momento para recordar será o solo de bateria e baixo numa plataforma que rodava mostrando-nos alternadamente baixista e baterista a tocarem... muito!
A sensação da noite foi uma surpresa para mim... "MY PLUG IN BABY, CRUCIFIES MY ENEMIES"... foi uma musica tão saltada e tão vivida pelo publico que foi tremenda. E a banda notou porque num momento nunca antes visto por mim num concerto de Muse, Bellamy deixou o publico cantar o crescendo para a Time is Running Out. E nada melhor para acabar a primeira parte do concerto do que BOOOM Unnatural Selection! Foi a melhor musica do novo CD e merece na minha opinião o direito a fechar a 1ª parte do concerto! O encore, não gostei muito.

Será que me alonguei demais neste post? Maybe, mas são noites destas e concertos destes que valem a pena uma espera à chuva, uns putos de 14 anos a gritarem-te aos ouvidos com vozes bem desafinadas. Totally worth it!

Alinhamento do concerto:

1. Uprising
2. Resistance
3. New Born
4. Map Of The Problematique
5. Supermassive Blackhole
6. MK Ultra
7. Interlude
8. Hysteria
9. United States of Eurasia
10. Feeling Good
11. Guiding Light
12. Jam (Dom e Chris)
13. Undisclosed Desires
14. Starlight
15. Plug In Baby
16. Time Is Running Out
17. Unnatural Selection

Encore
18. Exogenesis: Symphony, Part 1 (Overture)
19. Stockholm Syndrome
20. Knights of Cydonia

The Fall of Troy - Panic Attack!

New album by The Fall of Troy is out. I like to think that some of "At the Drive-In"'s spirit lives on because of this band. This is the 1st song in the album and a rather good way to start it. That first riff just sucks you in for the rest :D

Flogging Molly - The Worst Day Since Yesterday

Sometimes you'll be watching an episode of some tv show, and you'll think "wow this song really fits here!". I just watched a SGU episode built around this song. It has a Bob Dylan folksy sound. And everybody has had this feeling already, that that day is the worst since yesterday.

Cool song, but you'd have to watch the episode to get the full effect of it! ;)

Stephen Colbert - Karim Sadjadpour

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How a geek makes a difference in Iran :) It's a serious topic and very interesting interview, Stephen's style!

The Armstrong and Miller Show - Gay Bar Song

In case you didn't get the joke:

Hugh Laurie - The Protest Song

ROFL :D

The Racounteurs - Blue Veins (live)

Thanks Johnny :) Amazing performance by The Racounteurs :)

Daily Show - Yet another news manipulation by Fox News...

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But this one... this is just too much!

South Park - Brub Brrub Brrruuub!

Elric - Michael Moorcock

Just finished reading another fantasy classic. Elric of Melnibone is a noble from a dying race, a feeble albino prince that carries the dark sword Stormbringer. It would be just another regular fantasy book if you didn't take in account that it's a book from 1961, that helped define a genre. But why read it? Why is the book special?

Elric is not a nice guy... he's the definition of THE anti-hero. The book is a collection of short stories, and the first is about how he betrays his own kingdom and leads a band of marauders to pillage it. He ends up killing both his evil cousin and the woman he loved (not on purpose... Stormbringer has a will of its own). He becomes an exile, travelling the world, finding no rest.

Stormbringer plays an important role on the character: the sword gives him strength, BUT it demands souls to feed on, condemning whoever it kills to eternal damnation. The problem is the sword must feed, either from the enemies souls or from the souls of Elric's friends. So Elric travels the world with a wicked sword that causes him a lot of sorrow, but without which he could not survive. It adds a lot of flavour to the story.

Stephen Colbert - Formidable Opponet with Al Gore

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Muse - Undisclosed Desires - Unnatural Selection

Catchy and easy song. I think Muse are going for the generation that grew up listening to Britney Spears and are looking for something more elaborate... the album is everything BUT easy.

I now show you what is in my opinion the best song in the album... live performance:

Kings of Convenience - Coliseu dos Recreios - 04/11/2009

Singing Softly to Me:


I'd Rather Dance With You:


These are 2 videos I recorded tonight with my mobile... sorry but I didn't have the patience to rotate the videos 90º. Those are two of the funniest moments of the concert: the first of them Erlend Øye takes a walk around the croud singing, something he said he wanted to do for a long time; on the second, Erlend dances with the crowd that had climbed on the stage.
It was one great show, tough boring sometimes since the band lacks variety. Still, I'd recommend seeing them live if you get the chance :)

South Park - Cartman sing Poker Face by Lady Gaga

South Park - Cartman singing Poker Face
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ROFL

Stephen Colbert - Brian Cox interview

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Funny interview with a great and funny physicist... it covers the questions "Why does E=mcc and Why should we care" -> Notice that I didn't have superscript to describe the c square, so I went with cc... but it just doesn't sound or look right :s!

How to get the Japanese to stop Killing WHAAAALES AND DOOOOLPHINS

F*CK YOU DOLPHIN AND WHALE

I can't embedd the video due to copyrights, but here is a youtube link to one of South Park's funniest gags ever! :D

Why have sex with someone else when you could do it with yourself?

Why have sex with someone else when you could do it with yourself?
When I was young and attending school, I learned all these stuff about evolution, genetics, etc... At the time, some of them had been proved, some of them were still theories. I still get this warm feeling every time one of these theories is proven correct... It's like "ok... scientists keep getting it right". And why is this important to me?
You see, I have no religious beliefs, but I do believe in science. I wouldn't go as far as some people that state that their religion is Science... it isn't a religion because by definition, every dogma in Science may/will someday be proven wrong, or some better explanation found for it. But it still makes me feel like I did the right choice for me (and I added the "for me" because you're free to believe whatever you want). So today life makes a little more sense than it made yesterday :)

NOW, GO HAVE SEX AND MULTIPLY OUR GENE DIVERSITY!

The Dead Weather - Treat me Like Your Mother (live)

I was curious about these guys, so I thought "What the hell... let's give it a chance!" The two band members I knew about were the singer from The Kills and the great Jack White ... playing DRUMS???!?!? WTF?!?!
This is a live performance of their single, "Treat me Like Your Mother". Not the best song in the album, but I guess the record company tryed to cash out on Jack White's know style... the rest of the album is more bluesy, down to earth.
I prefer this live performance to the album version. And what a great performance by the singer Alison Mosshart.

Moon

This is a slow movie about a guy who has been mining the moon for 3 years. His only companion is the base AI. His contract is just about to end, and he's about to go back to his family... and then something happens... and I'll leave it at that :P WATCH IT
Sam Rockwell deserves an award for this movie... he probably won't get it in the end, but it's a role of a lifetime.
Trailer:

G.I. Joe - Rise of Cobra

Well I have to say I was surprised. The plot is as predictable as you could expect from one of these movies, BUT the way it's told with regular flashbacks giving inside information on several characters appealed to me. And the characters are so stereotypical that you end up liking them... the french guy with the french accent made me laugh a lot.
The movie doesn't take itself seriously and it's all about the weapons, the suits, the subs, the bases, etc... just as the cartoons were. BUT they dropped the "US is the greatest nation ever" that was typical in the cartons, and made it a world wide team.
To sum up, a lot of action, fun and really cool special fx. I had fun, so I recommend it :)

Enter Shikari - No Sleep Tonight

I'm definitely going to the Prodigy concert just because of these kids.

What an amazing horse

This is my WTF moment of the day! Enjoy it, it's an amazing horse!

The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition (live @ Jimmy Kimmel)

The song is cool, but I didn't believe they could pull it out live. Guess I was wrong :)

Achmed the Dead Terrorist attacks crowd

The Rock Obama

ROFL :D

Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel

This is one of those movies that probably won't make it to the Portuguese cinemas. It's a British comedy with one of my favourite UK actors, Chris O'Dowd ( IT Crowd, The Boat That Rocked). The trailer is a bit too revealing, but as I had watched it way back in the June, I didn't remember it :). It's a really funny movie, and I recommend it. The concept of having 3 average drinkers trying to deal with time travelling is neatly pulled out. For once I'll have to agree with the headlines... it really feels like "Shaun of the Dead" meets "Dr. Who".

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Surrogates

The concept of the movie is quite interesting, but the plot is soooooooo predictable... It's entertaining, but don't expect much action... every single action scene is in the trailer. The feeling I got was that it was a movie ment to make you think, but not too much :P I recomend it if you got time to kill because of the concept...

Kaki King - Pull Me Out Alive

I first got to know Kaki King for her guitar performance on the song "Playing with Pink Noise". I downloaded her album expecting a guitar filled album, and found it to be quite balanced. The single taken from the album was this "Pull Me Out Alive"... it's ok, but the album has much more to give. Below, her guitar performance extraordinaire:

Knowing

I became interested in Alex Proyas movies after I watched "The Crow" and "Dark City" in my teens. I definitely like the ambience that his movies have. I even liked "I, Robot" because of that same "what is going on?" feeling. I didn't much like the ending, not in its content but in the way it was presented.
It's a good movie, especially if you, like me, like watching these sci fi movies and trying to make some sense out of it. Don't expect action. BUT the natural disaster scenes are AWESOME!

Patrice - Africanize Dem (live @ Paris 2006)

Great musicians perform well live. Patrice is no exception. This song has that rock feeling mixed with a great reggae voice that makes it stand out.

Stephen Colbert - Do, Dump or Marry

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Great Stephen Colbert moment :D

The Sexless Innkeeper

If you don't have the patience, watch the second one. If you do, watch them both. One of the best HIMYM moments ever!

Predicting the future

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A great and very interesting interview! An original take on future predicting using deductive thinking. This actually makes sense, as long as you throw in variations due to human volition.

The day I dropped the K, or, Gone Ubuntu

Two days ago I updated my Kubuntu to the beta release 9.10. 2 updates later, I'd fried Kubuntu. I used a recovery disk, got all my stuff to my portable hd and fired Ubuntu beta 9.10.

Performance - Ubuntu is better, even running on a ext3 file system... I'll probably fry everything and install it from scratch on ext4 partition in order to get the real advantage in speed Ubuntu advertises
Stability - I hope it'll be better than Kubuntu... everthing points in that direction
User Interface - Ubuntu wins yet again

Note - remove Empathy ASAP, it crashed like 10 times in 3 minutes... I'll be sticking with Pidgin for quite some time to come.

Lisboa Restaurant Week

Grande iniciativa! Podem ler mais sobre ela aqui: LINK

Fui até ao Coisas de Comer onde pude experimentar o seguinte:
Entrada:
Queijo Chévre em cama de massa Kadaif com mel e nozes
Prato Principal:
Entrecôte grelhado com batata a murro com molho de manjericão e salada de rúcula, laranja, com redução de aromas balsâmicos Cristal
Sobremesa:
Petit Gateux de chocolate com gelado de natas

Foi muito bom! :)

Luke's Hand

Credit to Micael! Thanks!

Taking Woodstock

I've seen movies and documentaries about Woodstock... but you never really get the feeling of how big it was. This movie makes you feel like you're participating in the creation of the greatest concerts ever. And instead of describing the vibe, it just shows you what it was all about. Great
Demetri Martin turns out to be a great actor! And Liev Schreiber makes one hell of a funny bodyguard. The movie is not hillarious, but it's an happy movie. But a bit long and slow paced... but I guess that's part of the idea :)

The XX - Crystalised

I like this song. Simple but I like it a lot :)

Dragonball Evolution

This was one that I decided to watch it only when I was totally tired and with 0 energy. After a crazy day using several different technologies and equipments, I got home and put it on.

There goes another great story down the drain... and the crappy special fx... the actors... everything is poor, except for the humor. If they had spent a little more money and taken more than 3 months to make it, they could actually have pulled it. BUT it just totally SUCKS!

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