Here I go again, bringing politics into it. So there’s this woman who’s spent 3 years to make a film. She used music from the 1920s. The music itself is out of copyright but the sheet music is still tied up. The copyright owners want $200,000 – non negotiable. This stuff is 90 years old, [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Yet more proof that copyright is broken
Posted in Film on December 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Baldur's Gate
Posted in Gaming on December 26, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Great article interviewing the original BG team here. If this series had continued, I suspect I would still be gaming on the PC.
The Dark Knight
Posted in Film on December 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Too grim, over-long and really not very much fun. The Blu-ray transfer is pretty disappointing too, being overly processed and edgy. Maybe I’m just getting old, but I didn’t get very much out of this one. Lucky I paid less for the disc than I would have for a cinema ticket, then.
Wunder Boner
Posted in General on December 11, 2008 | Comments Off
Title says it all, really.
Want to win Firefly on Blu-ray?
Posted in Film on December 4, 2008 | Comments Off
Try this link, then. It’s region-free, so will work on a Region B or Region A player. Just don’t win my copy, okay?
Posted in Geekery on December 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I bet this is the sort of thing Crumpet would like me to write for her.
Something for me to keep in mind.
Posted in General on December 3, 2008 | Comments Off
It’ll be hard, but I gotta try this.
Hurray for Christmas!
Posted in General on December 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Phew. Just ordered my mother’s Christmas present, overdrawing the old credit card, but I needed to be sure I got it. I’ve already gotten one half of Crumpet’s present and will order the other half on pay day. Then I need to buy something for her sister as part of the Kris Kringle thing that [...]
Keep Dec 13th free
Posted in Geekery on December 2, 2008 | Comments Off
If you value a free Internet, you might want to join me in the city.
Thinking. It's so important.
Posted in Geekery on December 1, 2008 | Comments Off
Has anyone tried using the Netgear ReadyNas Duo as a media server with the PS3? If so, can you play .mkv files and other media files not normally supported by the PS3 with it? Really? That’s your question?
