Yet another collection of random links and rantings of a greying unix geek with a photography bent. Pass the Guinness and Grecian Formula.
Insanity:
Doing the same thing over and over,
hoping for a different outcome.
Calgary = Charlie Brown,
SW Ring Road = The Football,
Tsuu T’ina Nation = Lucy
You already know how this will end.
Ever since the finance, hr, and other related groups moved into the other half of the floor, I’ve noticed non-flushing going on. Nice.
Tomorrow we’re heading to the theatre to see TRON: Legacy in 3D IMAX.
We thought it might be a good idea to watch the original TRON sometime before that.
After searching thru Netflix, iTunes, and Telus TV / OptikTV and coming up empty we had the brilliant idea of checking our DVD library.
Yep, there it was.
There’s no longer any DVD player in the living room. So, into Handbrake for ripping it went and thence into the Mac Mini’s iTunes library (downstairs) so that it can be played on the AppleTV in the living room later.
Physical media is certainly dying. Someone forgot to tell Disney.
In the lead up to the launch of TRON:Legacy one wonders how many online rental opportunities they have missed by not having the original there for us to impulse rent? Even if we forgot that there was a DVD sitting in the cupboard a few feet from the TV?
DVD, and by extension BlueRay, are heading out the door to join Cassette Tape, 8 Track Tape, LP, Laser Disc, and video discs (the ones that used a needle stylus!) in the debris of obsolete 20th Century technology.
Perhaps we are still too far ahead on the bleeding edge of living-everything-digital-online.
Oh, and one more TRON related video clip :
TSA (ˈtē-e-sā,ˈtē-sə) noun: A sexual predator who offers victims the option of either stripping naked or being groped with their clothes on.
I’ve been reading a bit about TSA lunacy today. This is a good one :
While at Ft. Hood, TX I was assigned to assist in the deployment of US Army personel to Iraq (while I awaited my deployment).
A government chartered plane was used, a civilian plane but a 100% government passenger list and contracted crew.
Each day 300+ US Army soldiers in full battle gear (Body armor, M-4 assault rifles, 9mm pistols, shotguns, SAW machine guns etc…) embarked on these planes to go to war.
EVERY single soldier had to deposit liquids over 3oz and fingernail clippers in an “amnesty box” before getting on the plane. per TSA.
I’m sorry but WTF!
My current office space sucks. Besides the lack of sane temperature control, we have these kinds of lights coming through the windows on a frequent basis.