The number of the day is 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0

Digg got told by HD DVD to remove a story about hd-dvd’s processing key from doom9’s forums and now the internet’s basically pissed at them for choosing a sponsor over their users. Digg users are revolting by digging only stories with the key to the front page of digg.

There’s t-shirts, songs, videos, domains, and lots of other creative things containing the key now. ThePirateBay is embracing the numbers.

I’ll wait til andy watches the next episode of diggnation and see if they say anything about it.

Posts that contain 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 per day for the last 30 days.

Get your own chart!

PS: Digg this

I’m sure everyone has known how to do this since they were like 5, but it’s neat anyway.

(Update 9/13/08: Updated youtube video link.  The old video was removed)

It’s been slightly annoying me that videos weren’t showing up in The Sh17’s RSS feed, so I decided to modify the plugin I’ve been using.

From the author’s page: jovelblog » Embedded Video with Link

V3.0 - 30.01.2007

* plugin ready for WordPress 2.1!
* removed video object in feed, just a link instead
* added video portal: brightcove, aniBOOM
* added support for local media files like mov, avi, mpg, flv, swf

I guess videos showed up in feeds up until version 3.0. I started editing the embedded-video.php file and around line 132 is where my modifications start.
Lines 132 to 159. All I did was comment out the if/else statement.
//if ( !is_feed() ) {
switch ($match[1]) {
case “youtube”: $output .= YOUTUBE_TARGET; break;
case “google”: $output .= GOOGLE_TARGET; break;
case “myvideo”: $output .= MYVIDEO_TARGET; break;
case “clipfish”: $output .= CLIPFISH_TARGET; break;
case “sevenload”: $output .= SEVENLOAD_TARGET; break;
case “revver”: $output .= REVVER_TARGET; break;
case “metacafe”: $output .= METACAFE_TARGET; break;
case “yahoo”: $output .= YAHOO_TARGET; break;
case “ifilm”: $output .= IFILM_TARGET; break;
case “myspace”: $output .= MYSPACE_TARGET; break;
case “brightcove”: $output .= BRIGHTCOVE_TARGET; break;
case “aniboom”: $output .= ANIBOOM_TARGET; break;
case “vimeo”: $output .= VIMEO_TARGET; break;
case “guba”: $output .= GUBA_TARGET; break;
case “dailymotion”: $output .= DAILYMOTION_TARGET; $match[3] = “nolink”; break;
case “garagetv”: $output .= GARAGE_TARGET; $match[3] = “nolink”; break;
case “local”:
if (preg_match(”%([[:print:]]+).(mov|qt)$%”, $match[2])) { $output .= QUICKTIME_TARGET; break; }
elseif (preg_match(”%([[:print:]]+).(wmv|mpg|mpeg|mpe|asf|asx|wax|wmv|wmx|avi)$%”, $match[2])) { $output .= VIDEO_TARGET; break; }
elseif (preg_match(”%([[:print:]]+).(swf|flv)$%”, $match[2])) { $output .= FLASHPLAYER_TARGET; break; }
default: break;
}
//} else {
// if a feed, overwrite nolink option
//$match[3] = “Link”;
//}

And I added this:

//add generic <noembed> so that feed readers that dont support it won't get confused
$output .= "<noembed>--There's a video here that you can't see. You should check out the blog post and watch it.--</noembed>";

Now. With any luck, video’s will start showing up in feeds. If the plugin doesn’t get updated anytime soon, I’ll extend it and just have it post a thumbnail of the video or something with a link to the post.

For a test:

Hack a Day just posted this. A one wheeled balancing scooter. From the creators website:

“I’ve put together this page to document a one-wheeled balancing scooter / skateboard that I’ve just finished. It’s the culmination of several iterations over the last few years, and definitely my favourite.

It’s very similar to a snowboard to ride, requiring no user input other than the movement of your body mass. Leaning forwards and backwards controls the velocity and moving your weight from heal to toe controls the turn radius. It’s easy and very intuitive to ride.”

I want one of these things; it looks pretty fun. Here’s a couple pictures and a video of it in action.

More: Balancing one wheel scooter - Hack a Day