I like books. I just don't want to take on too much. Do they have an introduction to the modern blurb?
Buffy ,'Lessons'
Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."
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omnis_audis - Jul 23, 2009 8:12:04 am PDT #10761 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Jessica - Jul 23, 2009 8:13:16 am PDT #10762 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Apple released new versions of Final Cut Studio and Logic Studio today.
Woah - that came out of nowhere!
Gudanov - Jul 23, 2009 10:15:35 am PDT #10763 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
Hey Mr. Jobs what's the deal with lack of XOR drawing mode in OS X? My selection rendering code is going to have to have special code just for OS X.
Gris - Jul 24, 2009 4:31:02 am PDT #10764 of 25501
Hey. New board.
How Amazon's remote deletion of e-books from the Kindle paves the way for book-banning's digital future.
That article is interesting and makes some good points, but I can't agree with this:
The anonymous underground movements that have long sustained banned works will be a lot harder to keep up in the world of the Kindle and the iPhone.I'd say the exact opposite is true. I could name 15 places to download books that are currently unavailable for the kindle, all of which could easily serve as such underground groups for unpublishable books. I'd have no idea where to get such things outside of the Internet world. The Internet makes it infinitely easier to spread unapproved art - just look at the rise of fanfic.
The reason Amazon has gotten in trouble, in fact, is because they opened their store to self publishers, I increasing the publishability of art, but didn't do a very good job confirming the copyrights of the self- published works. My worry is that the fallout from this issues will make the self publishing venture a thing of the past, removing a very exciting component of the platform.
tommyrot - Jul 24, 2009 9:33:34 am PDT #10765 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Mediagate plays it all for $110
Pricing for networked media players is plummeting precipitously, and this Mediagate MG-M2TV just raised the bar on the lowest common denominator. What's the big deal? Well, this little box plays just about every video and audio format, including AVI, WMV9, MKV (pirates love this one), Xvid, and H.264, and you can plunk it down in your living room for $110.
Sure, it would be nice to have a home theater PC sitting there on your component shelf, but if your financial condition leans more toward the $99 Western Digital HD media player or the equally-cheap Roku/Netflix box — because the Netgear Digital Entertainer Elite or brain-dead Apple TV are priced way too steeply — this HDMI-equipped and 1080p-playin' hotshot might just do the trick. Just be sure there's Ethernet nearby, because Mediagate's soon-to-be-released Wi-Fi module is not quite ready yet.
DCJensen - Jul 24, 2009 10:43:49 am PDT #10766 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
MKV (pirates love this one)
I guess I'm not a pirate.
StuntHusband - Jul 24, 2009 12:07:14 pm PDT #10767 of 25501
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
MKV (pirates love this one)
Redonkulus. Getting a working codec for that is DIFFICULT.
ETA: SO I'VE HEARD YOU CAN'T PROVE A THING DON'T JUDGE ME t /hedonismbot voice
Gris - Jul 24, 2009 3:27:07 pm PDT #10768 of 25501
Hey. New board.
VLC plays them perfectly. (shrug) It's the best container for hi-def material.
I want one of those.
Gris - Jul 24, 2009 3:30:54 pm PDT #10769 of 25501
Hey. New board.
Never mind, I don't want one. It only streams off of USB, not over SMB shares. I want that if it can access my networked hard drive over SMB.
The blu-ray player I'm coveting (LG BD390) can do the same thing that can, plus Netflix streaming and, well, Blu-Ray/DVD support.
Laga - Jul 26, 2009 3:40:44 pm PDT #10770 of 25501
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
My mom just asked me which cell phone she and dad should get next and I have no idea where to even start. Is there an online database with the pros and cons of different phones?