Digital Rants

Been meaning to post this video for a while now, but fogotten how to use the YouTube pluging.

And just like that mysteriously it works again. Got to love cats.

I'm not a gamer, and thus was very surprised Junglist was fired from the show. And it seems there's so much more happening behind the scenes we don't know about. And Junglist isn't happy about it. And seems Bajo is not defending him.

Damit, so who's going to answer the GT5 vs Forza 3 question now?

Did notice Junglist seems to be putting on a lot of weight recently. And when I first read the news on Kotaku, the first thing I thought of was the weight (not that there's anything wrong with it as I'm very chubby myself).

But replacing Junglist with a chick? Yet to see this week's episode, but I wonder why she call herself hex.. :lol:

Update: So I was reading this ABC news article (clicky):

As a modern young gamer with a passion for video games and for the culture that surrounds them, Hex will present pertinent, intelligent and engaging video game information in an interesting and accessible way," an ABC spokesperson said.

The  "For gamers, by gamers" just flew out the window..

Bring Junglist back.. The Forza 3 review is a joke...

What a poor door at the stock markets today. Major indexes been dropping 1%- 2% for third day running now, and AUD to US is now < 90cents.

Speculation. And next tuesday's RBA decision will probably give it more direction, and the AUD can go either way! My trip to Singapore/HK at the end of the year hinges on Glenn Stevens now.

Either way will hurt, my mortage or my trip.

So while looking at the TV Guide today, I noticed the new 7Two channel. Clicked on it, Stargate Atlantis, Sorpranos, Heros, 24. Quite a lot of shows I like are now on that channel. Cool!

Problem? The image quality as it stands right now is very fugly. I am not really fussed with picture quality, but that said it still needs a tad of improvment. That kind of picture will look goon on a 50cm TV, but not on a 32" one.

MPEG-2 is really the wrong encoding format to use. If network stations all along intend to go multichannel, they should have gone MPEG-4 from the get go. Poor planning, when will bean counters learn to look ahead and think long term and not just concentrate on the 6-12 month short term?

This is a massive f**k up. Luckily my DVB-T tuners are all PC based and all I need is to upgrade the tuners/firmware if they wise up and make the expensive upgrade to MPEG4 equipment.

So some of my personal observations with DIY panels (post may be a bit incoherent, Monday after all).

Well the whole reason why I was looking into room treatment because I was scared my lounge with the new floor will be overly bright, or so I thought anyway. I've only been using bookshelves for my home setup, and they work fine with the old laminate flooring and small area - 3mx3m, left side has those sliding glass doors to the backyard (no curtains atm), and the right is open to the dining area kitchen.

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So I watched in bewilderment the new Mac ads. It's the same Windows bashing again. I wonder when will people wise up to these negative compensating ads?

And I was looking at Engadget, everybody agrees. I feel vindicated, after so many years. Feels good to be right, when I'm wrong so often. :lol:

Especially the above. Whoever thought up that ad has no history of Apple problems.

« This is despite the unit featuring ad skipping technology that runs contra to Freeview standards. »

What  is wrong with the above sentence? Anyone fathom a guess?HTPC FTW!

I know it'd be the last place I look, but for some reason I cannot find my spare banana plugs and optical cables. And I have a whole bunch of them because I got spares, I have at least 30+ banana plugs gone missing, now where did I keep them I wonder.

Where could they be, where could they be?