This site has been moved
I’ve moved this site over to http://projecthtpc.threesixty.cc. This gives me more flexibility in maintaining this place. I do a lot of my posting via Twitter, and thanks to the Twitter Tools plugin those “tweets” will be added to my new site too. Now, if I can just find the time to add some actual content.
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Zatz Not Funny! » Dave Dumps Vista
The final straw came last weekend when recording that TiVo animation. I couldn’t do it using Windows Movie Maker – the Vista edition has dropped analog recording. (I ended up capturing via BeyondTV and trimming the clip with WMM.)
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Friday the 13th is the season premiere of Psych at 10PM (check your local listing). Many of the popular shows are in their off-season now, so I’m having a tough time finding good shows to watch lately. Glad I can add something to my Beyond TV’s recording list.
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Drive and The Nine return to TV
A couple of shows that I really liked, but were canned, are coming back to air their final episodes. Drive will be airing its final two episodes on Friday, July 13th. The Nine is scheduled to come back and air its final six episodes, starting August 1st. So, don’t forget to set Beyond TV, or your DVR of choice.
UPDATE: Drive has been pulled from the Fox lineup again!
UPDATE 2: The final 2 episodes will be posted online on Monday, 7/16.
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Who wants a Pownce invite?
I’ve just joined Pownce, the new Twitter founded by Kevin Rose, to check out what all the hype is about. Thanks sMoRT71! Like any social network there really isn’t any value to me until more people I find interesting start using it. However, if you’re curious like I was, then leave me a comment with your email and I’ll try to send you an invite. I currently only have 6 to give out. Fist come, first serve.
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More Twittering, less blogging
Since my time for blogging has decreased I’ve been doing more short posts over at Twitter. If you’re that bored, then you can check keep up with me at my Twitter page. My last 10 Twitter posts are also listed in the right-hand column under “what I’m doing”.
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Google Reader -Grant’s shared items
In the absence of posts here you can check out the stories I’m reading via my Google Reader shared items. I also list the last 10 posts I’ve read under “What I’m Reading” in the right-hand column of this site. To give you an idea of how many feeds and posts I read here’s what the Google Reader trend report says:
From your 66 subscriptions, over the last 30 days you read 8,660 items, starred 0 items, and shared 301 items.
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I’m Steve Jobs – WWDC 07
YouTube – I’m Steve Jobs – WWDC 07
Work is killing me, so posting has been very scarce. I thought this intro to the Apple WWDC was pretty funny though.
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Picture-in-Picture: Would You Use It? – Chris Lanier’s Blog
My answer would be, “Hell, yeah!”. I think this should be an included feature with enough “smarts” to deal with all the conflicts that Chris mentions. I’m sure there are people who only have a Media Center PC in a single room with no extenders, and would love this feature. If you don’t like it, don’t care to use it, or don’t want people consuming your limited number of tuners, then there should be a “disable” feature where no one can use it.
This brings up another point. Media Center should have the ability to allow people to add as many tuners as their system can handle. Other software out there allows this (Beyond TV, Sage TV, etc), and they have the conflict management system to handle it. With this feature it would make running out of tuners much less likely. I have a Beyond TV server with 9 tuners (4 analog, 3 over-the-air, 2 digital QAM), and have no issues being able to record several programs at once while serving up live TV. I understand if you want to limit them to ensure things run as smooth as possible, but OEM manufacturers should be given enough instructions about what configurations can handle what. If you’re a do-it-yourself kind of person, then you should be willing to deal with the headaches that come with that.
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Macworld: News: Copying HD DVD and Blu-ray discs may become legal
Now here’s some good news. All I have to say is, “It’s about damn time!”.
Under a licensing agreement in its final stages, consumers may get the right to make several legal copies of HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc movies they’ve purchased, a concession by the movie industry that may quell criticism that DRM (digital rights management) technologies are too restrictive.
The agreement, if supported by movie studios and film companies, could allow a consumer to make a backup copy in case their original disc is damaged and another copy for their home media server, said Michael Ayers, a representative of an industry group that licenses the AACS (Advanced Access Content System) copy-prevention system.
AACS is used on HD DVD and Blu-ray discs, the new high-definition DVD formats, to prevent unauthorized copying of the discs.
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