Monthly Archives: December 2007
george winston in concert
My best Christmas gift this year (aside from my Frosted Flakes pajamas) was that my older sister took me to go see George Winston in concert while I was visiting her in Minneapolis last week. I absolutely love his music, … Continue reading
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national treasure 2
On my little Christmas vacation to Minneapolis, I got to visit the Mall of America, and go to a theater to see National Treasure: Book of Secrets. The movie wasn’t really worth writing about. It wasn’t as good as the … Continue reading
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merry christmas
Okay, so I’m a little late on my holiday post. So what. I got to fly out to Minneapolis for the holiday and spend time with my sisters and my nephews and niece. It was great fun, and extremely … Continue reading
copyright and rights to copy
I’ve always noticed a bit of an interesting trend when it comes to people wielding copyright laws, and that is the general assumption that just because something is copyrighted by someone, that it automatically implies that people have no rights … Continue reading
second annual netflix rental roundup
Well, it’s been two years now since I’ve been hooked on Netflix. I can’t say I’m disappointed yet. In recent months, though, I’ve switched from trying my luck with movies to trying with TV shows a little bit, and the … Continue reading
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preparing for dts
Now that I’ve got my mythbox all setup properly (I screwed up LVM2 and lost all my data, twice, trying to remove harddrives … meh), I’m back to ripping my DVDs again. This time I’m using dvd2mkv, my custom little … Continue reading
Filed under bend / dvd2mkv, Entertainment
remuxing the audio
I really, really hate AAC. Don’t ask me why … it’s an unreasonable hatred. But, who cares. Last night I downloaded a trailer from Apple’s website (they have them in HD, how cool is that … my computer couldn’t handle … Continue reading
Filed under Multimedia
dvd ripping scripts
I was lucky enough to catch Martin’s post on Planet Larry today about undvd, a script he’s working on — very cool, Martin, I love it. I’m actually working on one of my own, or have been for a while, … Continue reading
Filed under bend / dvd2mkv, Gentoo, Multimedia
from samba to nfs
Well, the honeymoon is over. Samba is great and all, but it’s not gonna work with my simple little network setup. The main reason is just that it’s too painful to configure just right. I’ll take “slightly crippling transfer rates … Continue reading
Filed under Computers
steve's small hdtv buying guide
Well, it’s Christmas, and what makes a better gift than a TV that’s bigger than your wall? I was talking to my boss last night who just recently bought an HDTV, and we were chatting about it, so I got … Continue reading
Filed under Entertainment, Hardware
