I've always felt the need for upgrading computers came at a time when the stuff I wanted to do was taking too long for my patience. That usually came down to the speed at which it rendered video, or what it could playback. As tech increased, those acceptable speeds usually fell to a [...]
Filed in Hardware, Observation No Responses yet
So that DRM free iTunes I mentioned a while back came out today, and out of all the tracks I've bought over the years, which I can't even count, only 4 are upgradable. Now, at first I thought maybe it's because I've used some nefarious tools in the past to strip the drm off [...]
Filed in Aural No Responses yet
I only heard the tail end of this on NPR's Science Friday today, but this company, Platinum Blue, has developed a software algorithm to analyze and determine whether or not a song is a hit based up a database of analyzed song “fingerprints”. Hits for some reason or another always seem to have the [...]
Filed in Aural, Hackery No Responses yet
So, it was a gorgeous day until late afternoon when the supposed first wave of storms were supposed to run through. It wasn't bad at all. Some light rain with a couple minute long downpours like your usual summer storm. Then I got done, punched out and went home. However, it [...]
Filed in Pixels No Responses yet
With the recent influx of photos from Annie's new baby, it seems some people have forgotten that the reason it took you hours to upload the photos is because you didn't bother resizing them first from the 5MB monstrosities of the originals that came off the camera. Well, that's just going to make things [...]
Filed in Hackery No Responses yet
Finally made it all the way across the lake and back today.
Filed in Pixels, Recreation No Responses yet
It's still dark (no open window blinds or lights on for the most part), but…
mp4 – 3:57 – 15.9MB
wmv – 3:57 – 10.1MB
And my camera really sucks for low light shots, so there still aren't any. Better photos will be coming from Greg's new behemoth of a camera.
Filed in Pixels No Responses yet
Aiden Gregory English
9 pounds 1 ounce
20inches
11:10pm on May 7, 2007
Very dark, noisy and hastily edited video. (MP4 14.7MB – 3:17)
An even worse Windows Media version (wmv 8.9MB – 3:17)
Better stuff tomorrow during daylight.
Filed in Observation, Pixels No Responses yet
This is good for about one laugh, and then a few more, but it's probably going to age fast as it's more of a “of the moment” gag.
LOLTrek
Filed in Funnies No Responses yet
