Best translation tools thus far

I have written a small blog entry a while ago about Google's gTranslator, that's what I call it anyway. Apprently there already is something called gTranslator, nothing to do with human languages though.

It might still take a while before we can all understand each other, but work is in progress and I'm sure that it won't take too long anymore. Until then, we can always look up certain words on the Net. But what are the best translation sites thus far anyway? Here's a list of the better ones:

Altavista
Langenberg
Google
Humanitas
InterTran

If you have any others, let me know via a comment.

Removed Netstat

I hate popups. I used Netstat (they recently changed their policy, allowing pop-ups, so they're not link worthy anymore - so if you wish to find them, just Google them) to see how many users come from various places, but the downside was that my blog generated a pesky pop-up. It was always blocked with my Firefox, but not everybody uses that of course....

My answer to pop-ups: SCREW 'EM.

I won't see where all the users comes from, but I've recently added this site to Google Analytics. Just leave a comment if you appreciate my blog... ads will be dealt with swiftly and without remorse.

Skype 2.0 Beta release

Skype just release their beta version, hot off the press - get it here when it's still warm!

New features include: webcam!!
Also a list of files sent over in your history, is also useful.
I'm not really sure if I like the new sounds though... but these can be modified of course.

Finally, they've included webcam functionality. This will increase the bandwidth of your connection significantly, if you encounter problems with it, or lagging, you might be better off not using it.

It's definitely the sleekest looking version thusfar, those guys know what they're doing.

A change log can be found here, and it's huge!

All in all, it's very positive and it's definitely worth trying. It's still a beta, but I've been beta testing for ever and most builds are rather stable. Expect a stable release within 3 weeks or so... probably just before XMas.