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There’s a whole web site dedicated to dealing with questions that should have been Google’d before they were asked: justfuckinggoogleit.com.

But sometimes it can be hard to find help on a subject through Google. Often if you search How to convert an audio file Google will tell you that how is too common and omit it, leaving you with nothing but ads etc.

What I’ve found helps is to stop Google from omitting how with this search +How convert audio file and even getting Google to look for convert and converting with +How convert~ audio file.

Those tips might help with your next search.

Just a little after Easter here’s an Easter Egg in Mozilla Firefox: goto the URL “about:mozilla“and learn about “The Book of Mozilla”.

Formally named DTV and formally only on the Mac, the new version of “Democracy” is ready for both Windows and Mac users. Democracy is a an open source attempt at an internet television. It subscribes to RSS feeds and downloads the enclosed files, stores them and allows you to view them. Unlike iTunes, this tool is an excellent way to view video and it supports torrent files for fast downloads and a reduced impact on the provider.

The program was created by The Participatory Culture Organization and is largely a tool to watch Democracy Now’s (a political radio show) video feed. The Participatory Culture Organization also makes The Broadcast Machine which takes care of a lot of the work of hosting and producing video podcasts/vidcasts/feed.

I’ve been using this application for a while and blogged about it last year. It’s a great way to find entertainment and information and view it on your schedule.

Get your copy of Democracy at www.getdemocracy.com/downloads/.