Monthly Archives: January 2009

Man Purchases eBook

Posted on January 13, 2009 by baudattitude

One of my life priorities right now is getting ready to move to attend college, which involves a certain amount of horror at the amount of stuff I’m going to have to move and an associated certain about of “do … Continue reading →

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Way to go, Creative:

Posted on January 11, 2009 by baudattitude

Posts are a bit slow recently – the new school term started, so that’s taking a fair bit of time, and I’ve been playing a little bit of Rhapsody and finding deep enjoyment in fighting enemies by summoning pancakes on … Continue reading →

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945.

Posted on January 7, 2009 by baudattitude

For the record, 945 is the number of albums currently represented in our music library.  Not 945 full albums, mind you, there are an awful lot of singles in there, and quite a few tracks bought from Amazon or iTunes … Continue reading →

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Album Art is Hell

Posted on January 6, 2009 by baudattitude

(Warning: Semi-stream-of-conciousness rambling follows, I didn’t really edit for clarity.  Sorry.) Pain is the best educator. For example: We keep all of our music organized with Windows Media Player.  It’s not the best thing out there, but it was the … Continue reading →

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Aliens, Religious Cults, and me.

Posted on January 4, 2009 by baudattitude

In amongst all the tinkering with hardware and network setups, I managed to take a couple of hours to finish Dead Space, which I wholeheartedly recommend.   It has a pretty decent story, albeit heavily cribbed from “Aliens” with a dash … Continue reading →

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Eggs, One Basket, check.

Posted on January 3, 2009 by baudattitude

A final tally on the new year’s project: Mac mini upgraded & XBMC installed.  Old Mac mini hard drive turned into a 100GB portable drive by adding a $20 SATA-to-USB adapter / case. Desktop repurposed as a server with a … Continue reading →

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Mac Media Madness

Posted on January 2, 2009 by baudattitude

Some updates on this weekend’s insanity. The Mac seems to be buzzing along with its new memory and HD.  Leopard is up and running.  The new Front Row is really bleh compared to the version from Tiger, and it had … Continue reading →

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Mac Mangling Madness

Posted on January 1, 2009 by baudattitude

My wife says to me, after reading that last post, “Why is it, every time you want to work on a Mac, it involves a trip to the hardware store?” She’s referring, of course, to the fun and games I … Continue reading →

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