Quick word of advice. If you’re ever editing anything shot on HDV: NEVER EVER capture low-rez DV proxies and expect to recapture in HD clean at the end. Yes, I know the HDV decks have that hand-dandy feature to downconvert to DV over firewire. DON’T DO IT. NONE of these HDV cameras seem to record…
Category: geek
Zak McKracken Theme
The theme from the old LucasArts game Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders seems to be especially popular for latter-day remixes. Case in point — I was digitizing an old mixtape, and discovered I had both a basic remix and a “House” version created as Amiga MOD Tracker remixes by a friend of mine, Mark…
FCP Digital Cinema Desktop Display Issue with Mini DisplayPorts
My client who ran into this problem is using a brand new Mac Pro (Early 2009/Nehalem) with two NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 display cards. This dual-card setup seemed to be the most expedient option, since they wanted to use two of the new 24″ LED Cinema Displays, and each GeForce GT 120 has one Mini…
The old girl broke her back; She’ll never jump again.
I just wanted to get down my thoughts on the finale of Battlestar Galactica while they’re fresh in my head. Keep in mind that my mind is like a sieve, and I’ve likely forgotten critical points presented earlier in the series, and I may need to be gently reminded by your thoughtful comments.
There will be MAJOR SPOILERS FOR THE FINALE IN THIS POST, so please do be aware of that before moving on. Spoilers begin after the jump.
History Hacker, TONIGHT, 8pm & 12M on History
I was involved in making this really awesome, smart, fun, geeky history show with a strong science bent and a maker ethos. I hope you all watch the the show tonight, because it really deserves to live on as a series (and there’s a dearth of smart, fun, geeky shows on the air)! From History.com:…
FiOS Speed Test
I am Indiana Jones.
I knew it! Well, at least a split between Indy and James Bond. Not too shabby. [Which film hero are you?](http://which-film-hero.are-you-really.com/) Indiana Jones : 76% James Bond : 76% Hannibal Lecter : 73% Néo (Matrix) : 72% Batman / Bruce Wayne : 70% Jim Levenstein (American Pie) : 70% Tony Montana (Scarface) : 70% Maximus…