South Park to Offer All Episodes for Free Download

South Park fans will soon be able to watch any episode of the seminal animated show free online, thanks to a deal between show creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone and Comedy Central's parent company, Viacom. According to Comedy Central reps, Parker and Stone are the driving force behind South Park Studios, the series' new online HQ offering free viewing of all 12 seasons of South Park. Currently in its beta format, the site and its episodes are ad-supported, but require no additional fees to view as many episodes as a fan's heart desires. In an appropriately glib statement, Parker and Stone said they were inspired to start the site when they got "really sick of having to download our own show illegally all the time. So we gave ourselves a legal alternative." New episodes will appear on the site soon after airing on Comedy Central and will remain available for one week. After 30 days, the new episode will return to the site permanently. Parker and Stone insist that the new service won't affect DVD sales as hardcore fans of the show could still want to own the episodes in "hard copy" form. There's no word yet on whether other genre shows will follow South Park's new model.

(Article from Wired blogs, Image courtesy of South Park Studios.)

Labels: comedy, internet, tv

Grandcentral open for Blogger users!!

Two days ago Grandcentral opened up its doors for Blogger users. All you need to do in order to get a Grandcentral account is to click on the Blogger invite link here and signup at Grandcentral. Please note that this offer is still available only to the US users, so, you know how to do ;) hint: proxy!! And you must also have a US based phone number to make use of the services. One trick is to have a free SIP forwarding number in USA if you are a VOIP user, or use a number like Skype-in, also there are many other providers in USA who provided free incoming numbers with their plan. With this method, you can make free calls within US and Canada too..

Enjoy!!

Labels: computers, free number, google, grandcentral, internet, telephone, usa number, voip

Cheap ADSL Filter dissected.

There are many CHEAPASS ADSL filters available in most of the electronics shops in india. Costs around Rs. 40/- each. The function of this filter is, to make sure that the ADSL Signals don't interfere with the Voice signals and vice versa. Here is a circuit That shows a standard ADSL filter.


And the one Which I bought, Has just 2 inductor coils, value unknown, Wish i had an inductance meter.

Here is how it is wired internally.


Wall o--- IND COIL ---o Phone
Wall o--- IND COIL ---o Phone

There are no capacitors used in this circuit at all. And this method will not give an ideal low pass filter. L2 and L4 are needed since we're dealing with the 'Tip' and 'Ring' of a phone line. So, while it is cheap, be carefull when you buy these filters.

Will add actual photos here soon.

Labels: ADSL, electronics, internet, lowpass filter, telephone