Author Archives: baudattitude

Another Translator’s Nightmare

Posted on February 15, 2010 by baudattitude

As I’ve mentioned a time or two before, I’m quite the Studio Ghibli fan.  This isn’t exactly setting me apart from the crowd, mind you; Ghibli’s movies are some of the best loved films to come out of Japan. Anyway, … Continue reading →

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Buying Used = Stealing?

Posted on February 14, 2010 by baudattitude

I’ve noticed an awful lot of chatter recently in video game forums and blog comments that consists of posters / commentators trying to equate buying used video games with piracy. The argument, as I understand it, is basically that, since … Continue reading →

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Let’s talk about color.

Posted on February 13, 2010 by baudattitude

After School Days, I needed another cute school romance show that maybe didn’t end with any decapitations.  I decided I’d go with Akaneiro no Somaru Saka, which was recommended in Chris Swett’s anime podcast a few months ago.  I figured … Continue reading →

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After School Specials Done Wrong

Posted on February 9, 2010 by baudattitude

Dear Diary: Today, in an effort to be more “in tune” with modern anime fandom, I watched all of “School Days” in one sitting. As a result, I now feel slightly more up-to-date, so desired effect achieved and all that. … Continue reading →

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For the record:

Posted on February 8, 2010 by baudattitude

The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina makes a damn fine candy bar. That is all.

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Reflections on a scene

Posted on February 7, 2010 by baudattitude

I had a few posts last week about video encoding, mostly because I’ve been on a quest to take .mkv files with soft subtitles, which is the Current Popular Format, and crunch them into Yesterday’s Popular Format of .avi or … Continue reading →

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In which, I sample the delights of the former Eastern Bloc.

Posted on February 6, 2010 by baudattitude

A week or so ago, I ordered a hard drive enclosure from Newegg.  This is a perfectly normal transaction, and nothing worthy of comment really. Problem is, I’d never updated my address with Newegg.  I didn’t realize this until the … Continue reading →

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It always comes down to psychic schoolgirls.

Posted on February 5, 2010 by baudattitude

After taking some breaks due to class, I finally finished Red Alert 3 tonight, and I plan to start on Uprising before I forget what all the units are and what they do. I tackled the Rising Sun campaign last, … Continue reading →

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One hurdle down

Posted on February 3, 2010 by baudattitude

These make a divx-encoded avi file that plays on a PS3, but I’m still working on the AppleTV: Working steps to make PS3 playable AVI: mplayer -ass -ao pcm -vo yuv4mpeg toradora01.mkv mencoder -of avi -oac mp3lame -lameopts vbr=0:br=256 -ovc … Continue reading →

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Man Vs MKV

Posted on February 2, 2010 by baudattitude

Edit: For the record, the steps below aren’t working yet.  I get a file with x264 video and aac audio which mplayer and movist will play back just fine, but iTunes won’t import it to send to the AppleTV and … Continue reading →

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