And again the site got hacked. This is getting annoying to say the least. I spend 3 hours fixing things again. Thanks again to x-diablo13 and his tabar hamas hacking group.
Could not find the way they broke in, but this time they changed some small pages.
I increased the security of the site. That means the website got a little slower but safer i hope.

After we got hacked we spend some time improving the website. We finally have found the reasons for the slow website.. So the overal speed of the website has gotten better!!.
Also we changed some content and changed the news page.
Now the latest news from HH Jayadvaita and Kadamba Kanana Swami is nicely shown as links instead of long unreadable posts..

[15 jan 2009]
The youtube pages were not working properly and is caused by software problems. We have changed the pages so that you still can watch videos nicely. When an update is available it will be applied.

Yes we are. We got hacked last week or so. I don’t know when it happened exactly but somebody managed to delete the entire website. Thanks to x-diablo13 hacker/hack group. We have restored and updated the website.

I hope it will not happen again.

Every year we publish our financial report in an effort to be open and clear towards our friends and sponsors.
Here is the report:

1) On 1 oct 2008 we donated the Edirol Audio recorder to Yadurani dd from South Africa. In 2007 this Edirol was kindly donated by HG Mahi bharta Prabhu and Sravana Ramaniya dd from Slovenia. I still recorded it in the financial report as “costs”. Since we needed to buy a new one i though this was a proper way of doing it.

2) Donation means money that was given to us by various people for our cause.

I recently bought the Zoom H2 recorder. We reviewed the Zoom H2 earlier, but now that i have some practical experience i wanted to share it with you.

Here are some of my experiences:

1) USB connection

When you plug the USB cable into the Zoom when it is not switched On then something funny happens.

First windows recognizes it, but than later will say that this hardware is not working properly. Switching on the Zoom will not help at this moment.

So you need to switch the zoom off and take the USB cable out. Then turn the Zoom On and go into the menu. Find the USB menu item and choose “Storage”. Then you can connect the USB cable and windows will recognize the Zoom properly.

2) Copying files to/from the Zoom

When you want to copy files from the Zoom then remember this is slooooow. It still uses a USB 1.0 connection… Saving money here SamsonTech ???

3) Responsiveness of the machine

I found that switching between menus and tracks can be painfully slow. Also starting recording and stopping is also quite slow. I am comparing it against the Edirol R09 and the edirol seems much more quicker in responding to the buttons.

4) Recording quality

Although this is very user interpretable i found that the microphones are less noisy then the Edirol R09. I dont know if the noise issue was resolved in the new Edirol R09HR. I will report on that when i have worked with this new gadget.

Concluding i can say that you certainly get what you pay for. The Zoom H2 can be found for around $120-150. The new Edirol start from $330. But the Edirol comes of course with a nice remote control, slicker design and overall more responsive user experience. So the Edirol stays my favorite, but if you are on a budget and dont mind the shortcomings the Zoom is an excellent choice.