Man, what the hell was I thinking letting this sit on my shelf for ten months? (…and yes, I think that’s a record for being a lazy-ass with my Netflix rentals.) Sure, it’s a feel-good tear-jerker, but man is it a good one. And it’s got rockets! That blow up! And it’s funny! C’mon!
NASA! Rockets! Geeks in the 50s! You know you want it!
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Well, we just lost power in the house for about fifteen seconds, but it’s nice to the that the UPS that the server is running on actually works. I should probably remember to install the PowerChute software on the new machine soon, so if I happen to be asleep at, say, 1:53 am, it’ll turn itself off if the battery runs out.
P.S.: Remind me to buy a bigger UPS at some point, so it’ll run on battery for more than 16 minutes.
This clip from the Daily Show (click on the “Video – WMP” link) about Republican Porn Stars made me laugh so hard, I woke up my wife. Enjoy.
No, they haven’t released TiVo To Go for the Mac (and it’s looking less and less likely as the years pass), but I did find this great article on How to decrypt .tivo files on OS X (a pragmatic approach). It does require Virtual PC, yes, but looks to be a good guide on how to easily get yourself up and running with MPEGs from your TiVo on your Mac. I’ll report back once I’ve actually tried it, and have a working path for burning DVDs with said MPEGs, and how to edit out things like commercials before the burn.
I haven’t finished the book yet, but I have to say, if they would just stop inserting supposedly homorous asides every third sentence (one of those cases where they think they’re funny, but they’re not), this book would move a lot quicker, and I would learn more because I wouldn’t be constantly distracted by something […]
When I ordered my new phone back in March and switched to Cingular, I selected the 900 minutes/mo plan. I figured that was a nice safe number, since I usually average around 600, but can burst up to close to 1000 some months, depending on what I’m doing, like travel. I just realized a few […]
I’m stuck inside tonight, and I can hear fireworks right now. I’m depressed for a number of reasons at the moment, one of which being I find myself wishing I could see them. I’ve seen fireworks in some form or another each July 4th for as long as I can remember. I had almost given up finding a webcam or something, when I found this great image on the National Park Service site, which brightened my evening. 🙂
