sailor_tech

Looking for a place that can host an audio file for a friend.

I don't know yet how large the file will be. It's a family history interview from 30 years ago, and I haven't gotten the actual tape or file yet.

The site has to support password protection. Preferably the site should not require vistors to register. My friend will e-mail all 60 or so of his relatives with the password, but he'd rather they not have to sign up.

I know we have a bunch of photo types here.

I have a number of image files for my family history research, ranging from scanned photos to downloaded document images.

I know that JPG is lossy and thus losses data. TIF is really big it seems and PNG doesn't apparently allow tags to be added to the file.

How bad is the data loss with JPG? Clarity of some documents is poor to start with.

I also have to fit lot of these files on a single CD for sharing of family history, so JPG is nice in that regard.

http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMIX/2009apr00164.html

Two suspected pirates detained by German naval forces off the coast of Somalia on March 3 and later turned over to Kenya for prosecution, are now suing the German Government.

initially via chuckles48

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090331/ap_on_bi_ge/walgreen_clinics

Got this from Tracing the Tribe blog,

http://dnashoah.org/

The DNA Shoah Project is building a database of genetic material from Holocaust survivors and their immediate descendants in hopes of reuniting families disrupted by the Shoah (“Holocaust” in Hebrew). The Project aims to match displaced relatives, provide Shoah orphans and lost children with information about their biological families and, eventually, assist in the forensic identification of Holocaust-era remains.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16222085/

And the video of some of the recipes being made.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/16221113#16221113

At little late, but still good.

Picked up http://sigmundcarlandalfred.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/late-night-laugh-boys-and-trains/

This is part 1 of 3 or 4. Helps to know some of the in jokes.

Just finished the Axis of Time trilogy by John Birminghan. Weapons of Choice, Designated Targets and Final Impact. Quick and intersting reading.

Finished up "The Tale of Krisopos" by Harry Turtledove a few days ago. It's part of his Vidoss universe. It was originially three books, Krispos Rising, Krispos of Videoss and Krispos the Emperour. I had read the first one years ago in paperback, but couldn't find books 2 and 3 in the used book store or the library. this omnibus recently came out.

Just about finished with "Weapons of Choice" by Birmingham. Interesting alternative history where an early 21st century navy battle group gets dropped in WWII Pacific.