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sorry Jess, just realized you were looking nearly an hour ago and probably have something by now.
Nope! I've been working on other things - my supervisor is actually the one handling this (I don't rank highly enough to spend money on my own). I'll pass the links onto her, though - thanks very much!
[eta: And for this piece of equipment, a high-end consumer deck will be fine. We did finally manage to track down one of the THREE Beta SP decks in Canada. I guess all those TO production companies just smuggle their equipment over the border...]
Okay, did what I should have done in the first place, and called my buddy Brad, who's a steadicam operator for a few leads
Precision Camera (Sony) [link]
Cinequip White (Panasonic) [link]
Best lead is probably Applied Electronics (various)
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How well-implemented is AJAX? I just read this excellent tutorial that makes me want to use it on my website, but if older browsers, or like Opera and Safari, don\'t play well with it (as is hinted at here), then I don\'t want to bother.
How well-implemented is AJAX?
Since AJAX isn't a well-defined term, there's no clear-cut answer to this question. It all depends on what JavaScript features you are planning on using.
Good point! Initially, I\'m interested in using Javascript to call a php function. The result of that function would replace the contents of a div without reloading the page.
You know what's more boring than copying stuff off old zip discs to dvd? Copying stuff off old floppies to dvd.
Does anyone have any experience with the do-it-yourself TiVo upgrade instructions at tivo.upgrade-instructions.com (that is, the instructions that WeaKnees offers for people who'd rather start from scratch than buy an upgrade kit)? My TiVo HD is dying, and since I have a spare 250GB sitting around*, I'd rather use it than pay umpty times more for a preformatted drive.
From the site, it looks like a pretty straightforward "boot from TiVo-flavored Linux CD -> format new drive -> copy stuff" operation, but if anyone's done it and run into any pitfalls, I'd love to hear it before I, umm, disassemble the precious. (The TiVo is already way the hell out of warranty, and I'm comfy in the command line, for whatever it's worth.)
* Also, I think I'm getting way old, because that clause is stubbornly refusing to make sense even though the thing is sitting right here.
I'm afraid I bought the pre-formatted disc from Weaknees for my upgrade, so no help from here.
The tivocommunity forum should have plenty of DIY stories and cautions, though.
