Isle of Man official Bank Holidays iCal calendar

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Isle of Man Bank Holidays (iCal)

Isle of Man Bank Holidays (Web access via Google Calendar)

This should work with any calendar program that supports the iCal format, such Microsoft Outlook, Apple iCal or Mozilla Lightning for Thunderbird, or online services such as Google Calendar. The dates are courtesy of the Official Bank Holidays page of the Isle of Man Treasury.

The Order of Tynwald is here:

• Official Bank Holidays Order (2011) for 2012

I’ll continue updating this calendar yearly as & when the Treasury release the new dates.

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MPlayer OS X and MEncoder binaries

Update (2009-12-22): New binaries, including mencoder x264 support (hopefully) and a link to the MPlayer Extended frontend.

Update: I’ve overhauled this article to reflect the various changes that have happened since its creation. I’ve also finally re-added the binary downloads (built from the trunk as of 2008-09-08), please leave a comment letting me know if they work for you (or not)!

If you’re a Mac user, like me, at some point you’ll probably have had the misfortune to trying to play Windows Media Videos (WMVs). You’ll have discovered that the options are limited: there’s the “official” choice of Microsoft’s awful Windows Media Player for Mac, which they’ve now stopped developing, or its successor in the limited-but-free Flip4Mac components, which work through Quicktime. so by default won’t play full-screen thanks to Apple’s cheap-ass decision to cripple its media player. (Seriously, what is up with that? You’ve just spent a large chunk of money on a machine and they won’t let you play a movie full-screen easily without shelling out more cash? Sheesh.) However, there is a better way…

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