Monthly Archives: October 2009
pixar blu-ray
Reading the Blu-Ray review for Up, I would take this statement and drop in Wall-E for the movie, and the same would be true: “Up brushes against the stratosphere with a dazzling, picture-perfect … transfer that boasts more breathtaking spectacle … Continue reading
Filed under Entertainment
my blu-ray ripping trial run
Yesterday, I wanted to see if I could rip a Blu-Ray disc using my PS3. I really want to get a BD-ROM drive, but they are so expensive still, and since I can install Linux on my PS3, I figured … Continue reading
Filed under Gentoo, Hardware, Multimedia
new feeds
I’ve been having a slew of issues running Apache on my Linode VPS, which I’m still trying to pin down, so in an attempt to offload some of the usage, I’m now going to use Feedburner to provide the RSS … Continue reading
Filed under Planet Larry
netflix on ps3
Okay, so you’re going to be able to stream Netflix on your PS3 soon, blah blah blah, that’s all in the news right now. However, I’m skeptical as to the connection here, and the way this is being deployed. Namely, … Continue reading
Filed under Entertainment
what i'm watching, part three
I’m starting to notice a curious trend, that I enjoy writing a lot of my blog entries on a Monday morning. For some reason, that’s the time I’m most interested in writing anything at all, and I generally have a … Continue reading
Filed under General
playing with x264
There’s a couple of reasons I don’t encode my video. One of them being that, everything I encode myself, I can just notice the drop in quality. However, with the right parameters and the right codec (x264) I can get … Continue reading
Filed under Multimedia
star trek on blu-ray: the voyage home
I just got finished watching The Voyage Home on Blu-Ray. It was nice. I haven’t seen that movie in too long, that I can remember. I think my interest is fading though. I stopped the movie at least four times … Continue reading
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star trek on blu-ray: the search for spock
I love this movie. This underdog of a Star Trek film ranks high with me for a lot of reasons. For one, the whole thing is mostly just kind of a slow-moving backstory, going into character depth quite a lot. … Continue reading
Filed under Entertainment
where the wild things are
I got a chance to see Where The Wild Things Are last night, opening night … I was really excited about this film. From watching the trailer I thought, oh man, this looks cool. A story about a little kid … Continue reading
Filed under Entertainment
the hdtv mini htpc that may never be
So, my efforts to get a small Mini-ITX system capable of playing back HD content so far has not been successful. And, as is usual with stories of my hardware adventures, the problem always lies with something totally unexpected. Here’s … Continue reading
Filed under Hardware
