Ok, so ‘biggening’ isn’t technically a word, but whatever. I bought my 78cm TV waaaay back, I guess around 1998. You know, back when a set bigger than 68cm was considered home theatre. It’s a Mitsubishi Diva, one of the last of the all-analogue sets, nearly as heavy as I am and lacking a 16:9 [...]
Archive for January, 2005
TVs, and the biggening thereof
Posted in Film on January 31, 2005 | 2 Comments »
Jewelcase
Posted in Macs on January 30, 2005 | 1 Comment »
I spent some time messing around with Garageband tonight to get over feeling lonely… and afterwards I found this rather funky plugin. Naturally it will only work on the Mac version of iTunes. Here’s a shot of it in action – the CD cover is an OpenGL 3D object rotating in space with the coverart [...]
How to defeat a man with an umbrella
Posted in General on January 28, 2005 | Comments Off
No, you have the umbrella, not the other guy. I think the one I should pay most attention to is No. 8. — One of the Safest Plans of Defence for a Tall Man to Adopt, who has not much Confidence in his own Quickness and Knowledge of Stick-play, when Opposed to a Shorter and [...]
NewsFire and MarsEdit
Posted in Geekery on January 21, 2005 | 1 Comment »
I tried adding the Atom feed for Crumpet’s blog to NewsNetWire Lite today, and oddly enough the software didn’t understand what to do with the XML. Possible solutions included trying to find a newer version of the software, finding the money to buy the full version of NewsNetWire, or looking for another news aggregator. As [...]
New PowerBooks on the way?
Posted in Macs on January 20, 2005 | Comments Off
From MacBidouille (oui oui monsoir!): We have just been informed that PowerBooks as well as eMac Superdrive have been declared “End of Life” at the FNAC (largest multimedia consumer shop in France). This means that once machines in stock have been sold; there will not be any new shipment for the same ordering number. PS: [...]
The net just became a better place
Posted in Geekery on January 20, 2005 | Comments Off
I noticed this article this morning, which basically says that Google have created a new attribute for hyperlinks. It’s called nofollow, and allows you to link to a URL without the link getting credit in Google’s Page Rank system (which works by giving a URL more prominence based on how many sites link to it). [...]
Filmgeek link of the day
Posted in Film on January 19, 2005 | Comments Off
Here’s an interesting article about the disturbing CGI in the Warner film Polar Express. I haven’t seen the film, but the trailer really turned me off.
Addicted… to television
Posted in General on January 19, 2005 | Comments Off
One of my co-workers gave me some episodes of the US series ‘Lost’ which is apparently appearing on Australian television this year. Check it out, because it’s excellent. I watched 4 episodes in a row last night, so I guess I’m hooked. The bittorrent files show just how good high-definition TV is going to look [...]
Music stuff
Posted in Music on January 15, 2005 | 2 Comments »
I’m recording again. Oh yes.
Crumpet > Me
Posted in General on January 14, 2005 | 1 Comment »
I am now officially embarrassed, Crumpet is blogging so much better than I am. Regular updates. Photos and all. I have no excuse. I guess we’re at war now… expect some proper updates soon, because I do have things to report on! I even have photos, which have been sitting around waiting for… something… to [...]
