Monthly Archives: November 2011

The perils of importing media

Posted on November 17, 2011 by baudattitude

One of the things about being a bit of a geek from an early age is that you’re exposed to the notion that other countries have things that are cooler than you can get at home.  When I was a … Continue reading →

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AVI project continued

Posted on November 15, 2011 by baudattitude

It’s only been a few days since I got the mad idea to wage war on the AVI format by converting every such file on my server to nice AppleTV-friendly .m4vs and then importing them into iTunes to add art … Continue reading →

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Speaking of F2P

Posted on November 14, 2011 by baudattitude

It’s not exactly news by now, but Sony is in the process of moving its current flagship fantasy MMO, Everquest 2, from its strictly pay-to-play (with a side server on f2p) status to a fully f2p game, allowing the Unwashed … Continue reading →

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I don’t consider myself a movie snob…

Posted on November 13, 2011 by baudattitude

…but even having said that, there was a distinct problem with the “Classic Movies” category available on my recent United flight back from overseas: I’m going to rank this somewhere between “faith in humanity failing” and “well, civilization has had … Continue reading →

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London, the good and bad bits

Posted on November 12, 2011 by baudattitude

This blog has been a bit anglo-centric of late and I’m not making apologies for that; my wife and I spent a very enjoyable two weeks in the UK and it was a trip that consumed a lot of our … Continue reading →

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On Error Messages…

Posted on November 11, 2011 by baudattitude

My war on AVI is going astonishingly well, thanks to a piece of software called ffmpeg and a few minutes spend writing batch files. ffmpeg is a tool that I’m scarcely scratching the surface of what I COULD do with … Continue reading →

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The wangs of London

Posted on November 10, 2011 by baudattitude

I do apologize in advance; this is the sort of childish humor I don’t normally like to lower myself to but it made me giggle like, well, a child seeing something a little naughty when I saw it and I … Continue reading →

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…and a little nod to British sci-fi

Posted on November 9, 2011 by baudattitude

  Many years ago, when I was a small child, I remember watching and enjoying episodes of Dr. Who on PBS.  This was episodes from the Tom Baker years, with the improbable scarf and the robot dog and sets made … Continue reading →

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You’re Scottish. Fry something.

Posted on November 8, 2011 by baudattitude

I recently returned from two weeks in the United Kingdom, split between a week in London and a week in Scotland. It didn’t afford the same opportunities to make fun of the local cuisine as does a trip to, say, … Continue reading →

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Once more into the F2P world.

Posted on November 7, 2011 by baudattitude

A few months back, I tried my hand at a free-to-play MMO, Dungeons and Dragons Online. By level 3, I’d been in some dungeons, and I’d seen a dragon, so really it lived up to the name.  I am given … Continue reading →

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