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posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 6:20 PM on September 4, 2008

No only is it Windows only, it assumes that Linux is MacOS and assures me that a Mac version is coming soon...
posted to MetaFilter by jjb at 10:08 AM on August 23, 2008

How long is the video? I'm betting the crap software that came with the camera used a pretty old / inefficient codec, so you could re-encode it with a better codec, perhaps xvid or DivX and get it down to a more reasonable size.

Applications like VirtualDub for windows or AviDemux on Linux make it very easy to quickly re-encode video.

As for hosting, Vimeo generally seems to have better video quality than YouTube or Google Video, last I checked... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 11:45 AM on August 12, 2008

Cheap guitars are one of the biggest reasons people give up on learning to play.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 9:15 AM on August 12, 2008

I've got a few M-Audio interfaces. The FastTrack Ultra routinely handles 16 channels (8 in/8 out) over a USB2 connection without any problems. USB will be just fine for what you're doing.

The FastTrack USB is very basic, 1 - XLR, 1 - 1/4" inputs, headphone and RCA outputs. It works just fine for guitar and vocals, provided you don't need phantom power.

If you want phantom power or proper stereo input, the MobilePre isn't too big a jump... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 10:57 PM on August 11, 2008

As arcticwoman stated, 8gigs doesn't hold a lot of video. Either get a player with a larger internal capacity, or something that will take removable media. I've got a Cowon D2 that I really like, but it is a little picky about the video format. I find the 2.5" screen is big enough for me to watch a movie or some tv on.

Something to keep an eye out for is battery life, video eats up a lot more battery than audio.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 6:23 PM on August 9, 2008

I've seen a couple stories of people calling in and claiming breach of contract in order to get the fees waived, so its possible that you might be able to talk your way out of it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 3:40 PM on July 31, 2008

Costco usually carries a decent selection of fairly sturdy folding tables.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 10:19 PM on July 21, 2008

These guys are trying to sell a wiping app, but they have a decent explanation of the problem.

Essentially, the heads of a drive aren't 100% accurate, so there can be some overlap that could possibly be read by someone with enough time/money/motivation.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 12:21 PM on July 18, 2008

What sort of work are you looking to do with the camera?

There's a world of difference between shooting a 30 second clip for the station's website and shooting a segment to use in the 6-o'clock news.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 11:04 PM on July 11, 2008

Cameras like the Canon XH A1 and the Panasonic AG-DVX100, are both aimed mostly at indie / documentary filmmakers and ENG crews. Both are in the $3000 USD range.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 10:29 AM on July 12, 2008

(Disclaimer: I know very little about excel) Could you have the spreadsheet pull the data to a new sheet each time and then graph the differences between sheet?
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 10:18 PM on July 11, 2008

I've only seen full brim hats on linemen EHV types. Any other trade/craft I see wearing the 'standard' hard hats.

A google image search for 'lineman hard hat' brings up a couple of the full-brim hats (that for some reason glow).
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 11:10 PM on July 9, 2008 marked best answer

that should read linemen / EHV types...
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 11:11 PM on July 9, 2008

Walk (limp) away, sir. This is a pretty obvious DTMFA situation.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 7:33 PM on June 22, 2008

No. There really isn't.

Given the choice, I'll virtually always use the Adobe apps. The only exception is in video production, where I'll use AVID tools over Premier.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 5:01 PM on June 20, 2008

You can also try Lakeside resort in Oliver.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 5:49 PM on June 19, 2008

Pretty much any sign shop could cut you a bunch of bumper-sticker sized white vinyl that you could then draw on. Or you could just get them to create it and print some off, probably for much less than CafePress.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 4:48 PM on June 17, 2008

Do you have multiple input languages set up? I'm pretty sure on the German layout the quotation marks are on the 2 key. Perhaps outlook has decided you're German?
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 10:47 AM on June 12, 2008

Costo wins, no question. Service and Quality go beyond the extra mile.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 11:10 AM on May 28, 2008

I can't imagine trying to convince word to do screenwriting!

Celtx is a pretty decent free screenwriting app for Windows/Mac/Linux. It's no Final Draft, but it will get the job done. The only caveat is that it doesn't yet do TV act breaks.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 11:23 AM on May 27, 2008

Assuming the drive supports it, you could try a DVD-R DL disk, perhaps the trouble is only with the +R disks.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 9:43 AM on May 25, 2008

As Tomorrowful said, pop open the case and hook it up.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 6:25 PM on May 22, 2008

Its been a while since I used Pro Tools, but can't you just apply one of the pitch shift plugins you already have to each of the non-drum tracks and see how it sounds? Sorry if you've already tried that, but in case you haven't, it can't hurt anything to give it a shot, its not like you can't undo it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 11:01 AM on May 20, 2008

Windows search used to have a 'words in files' or some such checkbox in the advanced options of the built in search. I'd assume the option is still there.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 9:12 AM on May 19, 2008

Under linux, with FF3 beta 5, new instances of firefox will start however it last closed. I wonder if there's a setting in OSX that you'd have to mess with to make this work.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 10:16 PM on May 7, 2008

As others have said, having a site mocked up in photoshop or whatever doesn't mean the design is done. Translating your design into good, cross browser CSS/HTML is not a trivial step.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 8:53 AM on May 6, 2008

This does not make you bridezilla by any stretch of the imagination. This is your wedding, not your mother's.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 2:48 PM on May 5, 2008

There are a ton of options out there that let you stream your own live content. Even if you decide to go it alone, its worth taking a look at services like uStream, Stickam, Mogulus and the like.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 5:15 PM on May 3, 2008

In my experience, it really depends on the camera. I know there are program to control various Canon cameras from a computer, though their names totally escape me.

Google for "tethered" and your camera model and you might come up with something.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 12:07 PM on April 27, 2008

The wikipedia article is pretty good for live sound. In smaller venues, the FOH engineer often has to deal with the monitor mixes as well. It's trivial to run a click track through a drummers in-ears, but in my experience many drummers don't like / can't play with one.

Things go a little differently depending on if its a tour or a one-time show, but a typical show breaks down very roughly like this:

Pre-Show
- set up mixers,... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 11:53 AM on April 18, 2008

I'd 2nd nVidia, until very recently, I'd never owned anything but ATI video cards. But after switching to 100% linux a couple years back, ATI's abysmal linux drivers drove me to nVidia.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 9:45 AM on April 16, 2008

Its been a long time since I've gone anywhere near an exchange server, but I don't remember there being much to set up on the exchange side of this equation. If you DDNS provider allows MX records, you should be able to add them through their web interface.

Comcast may be blocking typical server ports if you're on a dynamic IP account and not a proper server plan.

Large email providers could be blocking mail from IP addresses known to be... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 10:46 AM on April 14, 2008

The FastTrack USB I have doesn't supply phantom power, and it looks like battery power is a key feature for acro.

If you can still find them, Behringer made the MXB1002, a battery powered mixer with phantom power.

There are also several mixers from Rolls that look like they might do the job. The MX124 looks decent, its right at your price limit. They have a bunch more here, scroll down a bit.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 10:51 PM on April 10, 2008

I also read this at some point. I'll dig through my shelves and see if anything jumps out at me.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 10:33 PM on April 1, 2008

Lego is already plural, no need to add an 's' to the end.
posted to MetaFilter by jjb at 9:33 PM on March 31, 2008

2nd VLC. It's free, easy, and cross platform.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 2:29 PM on March 25, 2008

Have you tried connecting to any of their IP Addresses instead of google.com?

http://64.233.167.99/
http://72.14.207.99/

What about country specific domain, like http://www.google.ca/ or http://www.google.co.uk/.

Perhaps there's a DNS issue.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 11:24 AM on March 18, 2008

googlemail.com is an alias for gmail that you could also try.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 11:31 AM on March 18, 2008

I can't point you to any procedure creation guidelines, but I've seen a few online diagramming tools in the past. I googled a little and came up with AutoDesk DRAW which looks like it would work for drawing up some flow charts.

There have been a bunch of other tool out there, I'll keep hunting and maybe I'll remember some of them.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 11:28 AM on March 18, 2008

Any chance you could try Firefox with the User Agent Switcher plugin?
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 10:47 PM on March 10, 2008

One of the theater's I've been involved in uses Cue Player Pro. I'm not certain if it will do everything you're looking for, but there is a 30-day trial as well as a free version. The full thing is under $40 if it works for you.

You could take the parts you'd like to loop and make them into separate files. Those files could then be looped until you're ready to go on with the next cue.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 6:04 PM on March 9, 2008

From what I (dimly) recall, Russian sort of differentiates between the two, with опыт and случай (roughly: ōpēt and slūchai). The former being more situational and the later pertaining to events.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 10:01 AM on March 7, 2008

Thanks nasreddin, its been a really long time since my Russian was used.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 10:36 AM on March 7, 2008

tomcooke beat me to it. I was going to say this sounds like a job for AutoHotKey.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 6:08 PM on March 4, 2008

I actually just had some shaw techs out this morning to fix signal quality problems I was having on both my digital and analogue connections. Turns out a squirrel had chewed through the insulation on the line and water had gotten into the box and was messing with things. Service calls are supposed to be included in your monthly rate, so give them a call!

Also, analogue cable is NOT going down. Analogue over the air broadcasts are ending, at least... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 10:32 AM on March 4, 2008

I got curious and did a little more research on Canadian analog transmission. It looks like the CRTC has decided that August 31, 2011 will be the date that all broadcasters will be digital. Again, this shouldn't have any impact on the signal from the cable companies, this will only be noticed by the folks that still use antennae.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 10:37 AM on March 4, 2008

If your ubuntu install is still intact, ie you installed windows to a different partition, you can just re-create the boot record like so.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 5:34 PM on March 2, 2008

When I don't build a system myself, I usually buy from NCIX. I'm not sure where in Canada you are, but NCIX has a bunch of locations in the Vancouver area. They've got a couple decent pre-built systems around $950 that you can customize however you like.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 2:08 PM on February 29, 2008

Assuming youre remote cable is the screw-in plunger or bulb sort of thing, I don't think it will work.This view of the digital rebel shows that there is no screw thread in the shutter button.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 1:14 PM on February 29, 2008 marked best answer