I just received word of a really cool web-2.0ish tool. It is called walkietalkie. It allows you to easily open full-duplex push-to-talk voice chat rooms. To create a new room or join an existing one, just point your favorite browser to http://www.yackpack.com/walkietalkie/?room, where room is the name of the room. Then you can just paste that URL to your friends and start yapping. You can also add a gadget to your home page pointing to the room, allowing people to talk on your channel directly from your home-page or blog. Snappy.

It is totally based on Flash and, therefore, requires no installation (other than the you-already-have-it Flash plugin). You must, however, “allow” your Flash plugin to capture stuff from your microphone when it asks to. This is a security measure provided by the Flash plugin itself, as means to protect people from being eavesdropped inadvertently when they visit some evil page.

Of course, it is a free and beta software (read limited and buggy). Additions like text chat or presence list would make it really more useful.

credit: Bruna, via NDI.

As promised, I am posting the new version of the Heroes’ String Theory graph, now considering events showed in the latest episode (1×20 - Five Years Gone). It took me hell to make it, because lots of things must be considered now:

• Candace’s power (illusion) is helping some characters fake reality in unexpected ways
• Future Hiro is not aware of these illusions, and maybe passing incorrect information to Young Hiro
• Future Mohinder somehow remembers the Subway encounter.

Thus, this graph has some new conventions, separating what really happened (ie. what WE know as truth) and what Future Hiro and Young hero saw. Some stuff still remain as conjectures. If Candace was alive after the explosion, it means Sylar (and not a Candace-induced illusion) was stabbed by Hiro, so how could he regenerate? The only reasonable explanation I have is Linderman, but I don’t see WHY he would do that, no matter how evil he could possibly be.

I may be totally wrong, but whatever. Here is the graph. DISCLAIMER: There be dragons. As usual, if you feel like something is terribly wrong, if you can suggest better layouts or conventions, use the comment box below.

Some generic smart-assery about this feat(?):

(08:15:27 PM) Prometheus: dude this has to be the nerdiest thing I've ever seen :-)
(08:15:38 PM) mobus: hehehehehe
(08:16:19 PM) Prometheus: who else would ever think of making a flow diagram of Heroes :-)
(08:16:33 PM) Prometheus: try making one for Lost and I will applaud you!
(08:17:15 PM) mobus: good idea :) the problem will be the flashbacks, but it's doable
(08:19:38 PM) Prometheus: make them in a nice colour, like pink
(08:19:46 PM) Prometheus: and cloud shaped :-)
(08:20:00 PM) mobus: the idea is to be nerdy, not gay
(08:20:39 PM) Prometheus: the result is the same you don't get to sleep with women
(08:20:44 PM) Prometheus: :-D
(08:21:01 PM) mobus: point

<mobus> (e sim, está valendo uma caixa de cerveja pro
primeiro que conseguisse pegar alguma coisa aqui)
<mobus> não vale brasileira e não vale homem
<valen> hauahuahauhauhauhauahuah
<valen> ele pode ter prometido uma caixa pra guria…

<mobus - eu não acredito, e você?> heheheh
<mhterres> eu tb não acredito, mas sei lá…
<mhterres> -P
<mobus - eu não acredito, e você?> pois é , ninguém acredita
<mhterres> q coisa hein -D
<mhterres> uhahahaha
<mobus - eu não acredito, e você?> sorria, você está sendo blogado

(16:50:10)<J. Kliff>tu usa java/ant?
(16:50:21)<Mobus, Felipe> nopz
(16:50:27)<J. Kliff>ok
(16:50:32)<Mobus, Felipe>nao gosto de formigas no meu café =P
(16:50:55)<Mobus, Felipe>piada fraquíssima
(16:50:59)<J. Kliff>sim
(16:51:02)<J. Kliff>eu ia piorar ela
(16:51:14)<J. Kliff>ia dizer ‘e de onde tu tira a proteína?’
(16:51:46)<Mobus, Felipe>eu não tomo café
(16:51:50)<Mobus, Felipe>café é p’ros fracos
(16:51:55)<J. Kliff>tsc tsc tsc
(16:52:13)<Mobus, Felipe>café é uma conspiração alienígena pra nos fazer trabalhar mais