Yesterday, we had quite a scare. We had run CAT5e cable throughout the ceilings and walls of the office, but when we plugged them into the gigabit Ethernet switch, none of the link lights lit up. We were dumbfounded. All of this cable had tested fine. We tried shorter cable, different cable, none of it…
Author: Mark Boszko
Mark is easily distracted and seems not to require sleep. However, this is an illusion. He is mortal, like you. Perhaps doubly so. He makes videos and a little bit of art and design. He also watches way too many movies and jokes around on Twitter.
Twisted Pair Ethernet Connectors
I’m doing an expansion of the editing systems where I work, including setting up and entire new separate LAN for the metadata traffic for the new Xsan. I just figured out, if you cut the vinyl sheathing on twisted-pair ethernet cable (like, say, CAT5e) shorter, it actually leads to less twist-wrangling, and the connectors go…
Macintosh on Intel
Holy crap, the rumors are actually true. Apple to Use Intel Microprocessors Beginning in 2006
Channel Craft American Made Toys, Games, Puzzles and Fun
Channel Craft makes great vintage-looking toys and games — they made the “Morgan’s Revenge” pirate gambling game I picked up in Roanoke Festival Park, NC.
Celluloid
Film speedsThrough the cameraFlicker flashThe light imprintsScenes of lifeReal or imaginedBurned into silverSpun into goldLight returnsBack to lifeReflected in facesOn the edge of their seats © 2005 Mark Boszko
NAB 2005 Day -1
This morning was the Apple “Special Event”, at which they reminded us of Tiger’s emminent release (with QuickTime 7, including 24 simultaneous audio track capture!), and announced the new versions of Final Cut Pro 5 (with Multicam and native HDV support), Motion 2 (whose most impressive new feature seems to be its ability to use…
NAB 2005 Day -2
Well, it’s NAB time again, and that means Vegas, beh-beh! A short jaunt to Indianapolis and then a longer jaunt with my current client/boss out to Vegas, we met our third at the Vegas airport (another colleague), and proceeded to our hotel, the MGM Grand. Nothing much happening this night, so we grabbed some grub,…