Ug, really?
The Swivet [Colleen Lindsay]: Law & Order UK! (No, I’m not kidding!).
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New laptop (part 2)
After a couple of weeks with a new Dell Studio XPS 13, it was obvious that it was not the laptop for me. Don’t get me wrong, it was a fine machine, but with Vista 64-bit and my complete inability to succesfully “upgrade” it to Vista Ultimate 32-bit (yes, I tried to wipe and re-install).
So, with little hope but a “worth a shot” attitude, back to Best Buy I went. After a quick chat with the most helpful people at the Lohr Road (thanks Stefani and Ken!), I swapped the Dell for a MacBook (last of last year’s models); never had to pull out a card.
So far, I’m still getting used to the MacBook. The keyboard layout is just different enough that I keep hitting the Caps Lock key instead of “a”, and I do miss the backlit keyboard, but so far so good.
I’ve never actually owned a Mac before, so this is going to be an interesting trip.
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links for 2009-02-24
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Steps to import VOB files into Adobe Premiere
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2009 SXSW Music Is Out
As with previous years, the SXSW music has been released to the ‘net. And, like last year, it was up to the fans to seed a torrent of the 5 gigs of music (because it’s too hard for the organizers to promote their own event, apparently).
Well, the seeds are up and available for your downloading pleasure. Get them here.
[via Metafilter]
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links for 2009-02-23
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“In one sense, all of this drooling rage is nothing more than the familiar face of extreme right-wing paranoia…”
This has to stop. Propaganda has changed to hate speech.
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links for 2009-02-19
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We LOVE the Netflix streaming service, but the Xbox fan running while watching is driving me nuts. This review isn't pushing me to buying another device, though.
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Pricing Fail
Dear Amazon,
Fix this:
$0.99 x 10 < $9.99. I know it's less than a dime, but come on. How hard is it to write a check for this?
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links for 2009-02-16
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The MST3K crew re-united and riffing. $10 downloads (watch your caps)
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Diether Haenicke, former WMU president, dies at 73
A great President and someone who actually mattered to many students at Western in a very personal way.
I was never fortunate to meet him personally, but he authorized a grant for me to attend a writing conference (after being shot down hard by the Dean).
He was intensely dedicated to the University and it and the city were better for it. The entire system–and Kalamazoo in general–has lost one of it’s great advocates.
