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  • Debugging Video Codecs

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    AVIcodec. Al that money and Windows doesn’t come with an MPEG_2 (e.g., DVD decoder) as part of it, so you are reduced to buying various codecs that may or maynot work with Windows. Right now I’ve found lots of problems with CyberDVD’s codec and lots of oddnesses with the Ligos…

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  • DVD-Lab GOP Size problems

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    VideoHelp.com Forum Archive – DVD-Lab won’t create .IFO files!! (Yes, I’ve searched….) I’ve been battling the same problem as this guy. There is a problem with this very nice tool called DVD-lab. Appears to have to do with demultiplexing files and something called a GOP size and whether it is…

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  • Get an Athlon 3000+ Winchester

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    !{float: left; margin-right: 10px;}http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/Additional/athlon64_logo_86x94.gif!:”http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2242″ _Anandtech just reviewed the new Winchester chips, this is a 90nm Athlon in socket 939, with a MSI Neo2 Platinum, OCZ Platinum Rev 2 DDR3200 memory, its a screamer with a huge overclock. Newegg.com has them for about $170 in the OEM version. Of course, to…

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  • Andy is a Cool dad and CEO too…

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    !{float: left; margin-right: 10px;}http://members.judysbook.com/images/judysbooklogo.gif!:http://judysbook.com A Sack of Seattle. Andy is working on “Judy’s Book”:http://judysbook.com and doing a great job helping parents everywhere. He also started a blog that I think is great. I think “Ludwig”:http://www.theludwigs.com had a big hand. His posts on the election are great too.

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  • Call of Duty United Offensive

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    FPSCentral – File Downloads. Ok just about done with Call of Duty United Offensive. Not nearly as exciting as the first Call of Duty. Maybe this is serial fatigue, but this one didn’t surprise me as much. it is harder in that there are way more people in each battlefield,…

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  • Making MPEG-2 Work in PowerPoint

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    Well I’ve been struggling for days to figure out how to get PowerPoint to show a DVD fragment in slideshow mode. I just couldn’t get it to work. The movie would embed properly, but would not playback in place. You would have to launch a standalone viewer. This is one…

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  • Ken Kelley

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    !{float: left; margin-right: 10px;}http://k2bioventures.com/templates/34/img/user/masked/K2BIOVENTURES.COM.jpg!:http://k2bioventures.com Ken Kelley, an old buddy from business school dropped me a line. What did we do in the days before the Internet, I don’t know. Anyway, he’s got his virtual shingle out and is helping bio-tech firms make it. Another example of the cyber world that…

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  • Jeff Ort on Color Management

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    _A comment Jeff wanted to post, but my site wasn’t quite configured right_ I have been following your posts on color management, and I wanted to offer you a few thoughts. I have been implementing a color managed workflow since April of this year, and I have climbed the same…

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  • Art Classes

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    “Brett”:http://purenetworks.com has started an Art School in Seattle (Ravenna) and is opening a new location in Madison in September. Check out the “Drawing School”:http://www.drawingschool.com

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  • Coolest Ultralight Notebook

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    !{float: left; margin-right: 10px;}http://www.sonystyle.com/intershoproot/eCS/Store/en/imagesProducts/180×180/VGNT150L.jpg!:http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/SY_BrowseCatalog-Start;sid=vnu0O_r5gG-0DruV1Aq-MLX3-QBirtIQz8s=?CategoryName=cpu_VAIONotebookComputers_TSeries&Dept=cpu_VAIONotebookComputers The new Sony T-series is finally here. Its an ultra portable with a smaller screen so you have some chance of fitting in when you are on the airplane. Weighs 3 pounds *and* it has a CD/DVD drive, so you can watch movies and things. A…

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