nerd/geek weekend report (software, yo!)

Yeah, I’ve been at it again… geeking out on software. For a while now I’ve been in search for a good video converter. (As you can see… there are tons out there.) There are numerous reasons why… but mostly for compression purposes so that uploads to my YouTube channel wouldn’t take too much time. I use Adobe CS5 suite for my editing purposes but once trans coded the files (in HD quality)  can be pretty …

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going & coming

This is in respect to a few of the shows that I actually watch on broadcast TV. “Life On Mars” is going. I read the notice a few weeks ago and  have to say that I’m a bit sorry that this series is being canceled. First, because I enjoyed it… and (more importantly) I was really interested in how the American version was going to further develop the “time warp” predicament of the protagonist.  I …

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I really should bring my camera bag…

with me when I go on a bike ride. The sun was out when I did this morning but it was still brisk. Still the steam rising from patches of damp grass when the sunshine hits  it was quite the sight. Yeah, it was a “crunchy grass” morning around these parts. There was still frost on the rooftops that still lay in shadow. I was on the Schwinn today and will finally put in an …

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and today was indeed spent…

… tweaking the new machine and uninstalling and installing software. Then I began optimizing the machine with Crap Cleaner… swear… its the name of a real freeware program. Don’t believe me, huh? Well GO HERE. Nya… I say get it to clean up those unused registry entries that is just bogging down the system! Then I defraged the computer. There is a HD optimization program that is being touted … but it’s $90… so that …

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