To halloween or not...

Article on FamilyLife about Halloween observance from a biblical perspective.

To convert Pinnacle TV HD to PS3 compatible format

Used Adobe Media Encoder and used the following export settings:
- MPEG2
- HDTV 1080p 23.976 HQ

Here goes everything....

Going to try setting up my Pinnacle PCTV 80e usb tv tuner for vista media center and clear QAM...I hope this restore file really is going to work...

Helpful links:
- Vista problems with Clear QAM
- Hack to get it working on Vista
- Great PC World article on the update required to make this work

To find the right registry key I had to search the registry for PCTV 80e. Did that and it popped up in the folder: USB28xxBGA

Cheap travel sites

Turns out that Priceline.com has gotten much better. I also was recommended to try Travelocity.

A thought that came to me...

Think about letting your super enthusiast users be your own entrepreneurs. Let them innovate on great ways to use your platform and then really build on their ideas; or just let your platform become it's own business. It'll be interesting to see if that's how Facebook evolves.

Long term care article on NY Times

here

Article on unconditional love and parenting. Author seems to be a bit biased himself.

How to overclock Core i7 920

How to overclock Core i7 920
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Polarizers for use as variable ND filter

Creating a variable ND filter using Polarizers. Didn't work so hot for me, too much blue shift.
Article 1
Article 2

Hoping getting fit in 6 min is possible

NY Times article on getting fit in short periods of time.

I should probably turn on this Lr option for zoom.

Orchid care

Turns out I have a Phalaenopsis orchid in my office. Best tips on care I found to be here. Video showing how to cut off a branch here.

Next time I want to really pick up my clarinet again, 56 Rue Lepic reeds are supposed to the way to go, esp. strength 3.5+. Unfortunately, the local music store, West Valley Music, doesn't keep them in stock.

Hadn't thought about different color spaces when editing in Ps compared to Lr. Maybe I'll do this.

How to manually force an update of the Outlook address book when using cached mode. See Q6.

Not a good idea to pop ibuprofen before exercising.