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Pirate Bay Quotes

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

pirate-bayOhhhh!!! The shenanigans are over in what could be an epic trial of the year, of the century, of the internet age.

Officially putting Sweden on the map, the TPB trial will establish precedent whether their website and services facilitated illegal music file distribution or their service cannot be held liable for what people do with it. Because The Pirate Bay never hosted any music, the defense claims they have not violated any copyright laws. The prosecution is convinced, along with the movie and music industries, TPB is the next living kin of satan. Hyperboles and exaggerations ran amuck at the trial.

Pirate Bay Trial Famous and sometimes, Stupid Quotes:

“Songwriters and publishers all over the world are dependent on having their rights protected by law. The Pirate Bay is disregarding those rights and abusing the creativity of the people who own them.” – Ger Hatton, ICMF

“You are welcome to send some flowers to my wife.” – Roger Wallis, professor at KTH (Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan) in Stockholm
(his wife received over $4000 dollars worth of flowers in a day)

“It is common sense, if they couldn’t get it for free they would buy it and when we ask them, they confirm that.” – John Kennedy, CEO of IFPI

“Big companies from foreign nations trying to affect the outcome in a Swedish Court of Justice with straightforward bribes. Now the copyright lobby is showing its true face” – Rickard Falkvinge, Swedish Pirate Party

“It’s a trial regarding four individuals that have conducted a big commercial business making money out of others file-sharing … copyright protected works.” – Monique Wadsted, Prosecutor

If found guilty:
Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Peter Sunde and Carl Lundström could face two years in prison and a $12.7 million fine.

Well, the verdict will come out April 17th, till then we hope for more mudslinging.

Star Trek XI The Movie in Cinemas December 2009

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

star_trekAs I was opening Safari to take a screenshot I saw it. Something I, for years, been hoping would happen. Star Trek XI is coming to a cinema near all of us and from the trailer to judge it will be the top sci-fi flick of the year and perhaps even the century.

To all die hard Star Trek out there who have lived long and prospered, who have wished to be beemed up by Scotty. The time is here – Star Trek the Movie is here. Just about 10 months to go and to make there period of time not seem like a life time, I have taken the liberty of putting together a whole post of juicy info.

The Official trailer, part 1 & 2

Unembeddable movie trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cAipU2fBqA

Cast

Used to seeing the old Spock, Scotty and Kirk run around the USS Enterprise, the new cast have a tough job a head. Here they are:

  • Chris Pine – Kirk
  • Zachary Quinto – Spock
  • Eric Bana – Nero
  • Simon Pegg – Scotty
  • Winona Ryder – Amanda Grayson
  • Karl Urban – Dr. Leonard ‘Bones’ McCoy
  • John Cho – Lt. Hikaru Sulu
  • Zoe Saldana – Lt. Nyota Uhura
  • Bruce Greenwood – Christopher Pike
  • Ben Cross – Sarek
  • Anton Yelchin – Pavel Chekov
  • Leonard Nimoy – Old Spock
  • Greg Ellis – Chief Engineer Olsen
  • Chris Hemsworth – George Kirk

For full listing of cast member, visit IMDB.com

Friday Madness – Google goes Hooters

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Have you ever wanted to change to homepage to Google.com? And you just didn’t know how? Well the folks who created Firebug must be the smartest people around. Sammy decided it was time to revamp the google page. We rather like it now; the guys especially love the Hooters addition.

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googleismessedup-full

Magazeen – My Favorite Free Wordpress Theme of All Time

Friday, February 27th, 2009

magazeen-thumbI am not exaggerating. Of all the free themes I’ve been crawling lately, Magazeen is the absolute sh*t. Front end and back end are well crafted to ensure a secure user experience. The web design is off the hook including jQuery and trend-setting design elements. The fact that this theme is free blows my mind. WeFunction Design Agency could easily have charged $70 for this theme and still have a large number of downloads.In an earlier post I recommended 4 hi-quality free Wordpress themes but in all honestly none of them can measure with Magazeen.

Big up’s to Smashing Magazine for releasing this theme to the public for free. Whether you are just starting out as a wp blogger or have numerous sites on the CMS, Magazeen simply needs to cover at least one of them. See below for screenshot and theme download.

A clean design with large headers and soft typography are few of the things that make Magazeen my absolute favorite free Wordpress theme of all time. The horizontal jQuery slider on top and Feature News-widget to the right are also pure brilliance. This theme is also easily tweaked in the admin.

Take some time and live demo this theme and you’ll find hidden surprises. WeFunction has spared no expenses in creating this theme and have made sure it holds perfection in every last detail.

Spotify – So Hot Right Now

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

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Spotify haven’t been around for all that long but they’ve managed to create quite the stir concerning themselves. What you do with Spotify is simply to install the program and then you’ll have access to millions of songs – for free (with short ads) or for a small monthly fee (no ads). Waiting for the songs to download or buffer won’t be necessary as they will be able to be played instantly. The program is still at a BETA level as well as only available in Europe but this seems to change any day now. And it’s all very legal of course.

Everyone from tech geeks to music lovers all over the world has praised Spotify for their great little product. It’s with this in mind that I’m sorry to say that someone has hacked the program making it possible to save and download the music you’re listening to via Spotify. Hopefully people will see the benefit of not having to store a massive amount of files on their computers and keep on using this great service the legal way. It’s also quite sad to see a solution that everyone – the artists, the record companies and we as listeners/users – can benefit from become hacked and destroyed.

On a happier note can we end with saying that it seems as if you soon will be able to use Spotify via your iPhone, making it even less necessary to download music illegally. Just hope, hope that all US residents will be able to use Spotify soon as well.

4 Hi-Quality Free Wordpress Themes

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

wordpress-logoEver since WordPress stepped up and claimed the place as #1 CMS and website-building software, a gigantic market has been created around it. And since Wordpress always has been all about an open market, thousands of web agencies, development teams and web design freelancers have dedicated their full time on creating Wordpress extensions. Wordpress theme design for example is today an independent industry with thousands of competitors and even more themes. And based on the personal experience of spending hours online searching for the right theme for my website(s), I have decided to listen to the Samaritan within me and publish an extensive list of, in my humble opinion, most innovative and design inspirational FREE Wordpress Themes.

Viewport Theme by Paul Bennett

Though strictly recommended by the author for the advanced user,Viewport theme was recently credited in one of Smashing Magazines listings, effectively categorizing it as an innovative yet simple FREE Wordpress theme. With a monstrous javascripted image slide, this theme definitely leaves a great impression and sense of unique web design.

ZinePress by WELLMEDICATED

For the same reason blogging has become so popular, Wordpress News/Magazine themes have in recent years turned out to be hot picks amongst Wordpress powered websites. People have an erge to communicate but also, now stronger than ever, have an erge to wash off the stamp as bloggers and dress their sites in more dynamic and feed-worthy designs. ZinePress is perhaps not the typical news/magazine wordpress theme, why I chose to include it. ZinePress reflects a mix of traditional blog and new magazine designs.

ColorPaper by DreamTemplate

A more colorful and sparkly wordpress theme, ColorPaper is a free wordpress theme with exceedingly unique web design. A personal look, for the personal blog, with attractive web design. ColorPaper has its own gravity, making it impossible for any visitor to pull away.

Humidor by Evan Eckard

Minimal web design elements for maximal content space. The bueaty of Hhumidor lies in the details. With a common simple, wordpress blog look, you’ll find web design exellence in fonts, banner andf footer. Its simplicity make Humidor and worth mentioning free wordpress theme. Simple as that.

Twitter over capacity…yet again

Monday, January 12th, 2009

And a new image on Twitter since “something is technically wrong”over at twitter.  Oh those Twitter problems.

twitter over capacity

Funny Websites to visit at Office Hours

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

Thanks to an expanding IT-industry, millions of us are spending our full working days online. And since staring at a screen all day isn’t exactly great fun all the time, I thought I would give you hard working guys/girls an online source of fun and relaxation. I can’t stand the idea of us not taking the only liberty Internet has given us; to surf around on office hours. I know most of you limit yourself to having a quick check at Facebook, your private email while stressfully looking over your shoulder. But from now on, you’ll have one site to explore on coffee breaks and when your boss is out of office.

The first time a stumbled upon this site, I couldn’t close it. Dedicated to list the top 10 things regarding any given topic, this site always makes me laugh and de-stress. Funny Top 10 lists – at TotallyTop10.com you’ll find top 10 lists dedicated to all kinds of different topics. Their listing of best Letterman Top 10 lists is priceless.

Check it out and tell me what you think. Other suggestions on funny site’s are very welcome and perhaps by the end of the month we’ll have enough tips that I can summon them into a great top 10 list myself :-)

Reminder – Most Pimped Out Blog Competition!

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

hey everybody!

just gonna remind everyone that Website of the Week competition is still on. And until we have collected some nominations the theme of the week is still Most Pimped Out Blog. More than one week has passed and I know, we should be select a winner already but with yet only one nomination by William, it is simply not gonna happen yet. It is only fair to give all crazy looking blogs out there a chance for nomination and world domination – at least when it comes to winning the one and only title of Website of the Week’s Most Pimped Out Blog.

So c’mon. I want to see some nomination. Nominated blogs do not have to be the most professional looking or graphically pleasing. I want to see color and outrageous unique web design.

Nominate blogs to the Most Pimped Out Blogs competition by commenting on this post and adding name, nominated website and current hosting set up (if it’s your website that is! Don’t go checking whois.org if you’re not the owner! 

Website of The Week Competition!

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

Listen up everybody!

Here is you chance to show off your own website and get your well-deverved time in the spotlight.  To the weekly blogging here at WebHOstingSearch.com we are now adding a segment called Website of The Week! – a competition for all our loyal and awesome readers who we know master some of the greatest websites in th WWWorld.

Every week the competition takes on a new theme, starting today. This week, w.38, you will be competing over the title Best Pimped Out Blog - judging who has the most pimped out blog? Other themes that will follow is:

  • w. 39Flyest Functions – rewarding the website with coolest and flyest functions!
  • w.40  – Coolest Web Design – got user-friendly, outside the box, original type web design?
  • w. 41Most Original Content – what is your site about?

Each weekly winner will be announced by the end of the week, Friday, in an exclusive Winner of The Week blog post. The winner will in addition to glory, fame (and a link to his/her site) get a custom-made certificate logo to show off on his/her website.

So compete now by simply commenting this blog post or any of the coming Weekly Winner – post, add your contact information, website URL, your current web host and which weekly theme you want to compete in.

Remember,  you can nominee any website you want! It doesn’t have to be yours!