Jay McGavren's Journal

2006-04-08

Scary, but possible...

“We’re sorry, Google Maps does not yet have video footage for this time period in this region. If you would like to contribute video that is licensed for commercial use, please click here.”

http://www.camcentral.com/

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2006-04-07

“Find all movies directed by Kurosawa Akira, allowing search in Kanji or Romaji.”

That was the use case (think “wish list item”) I came up with for my media server. I had no idea at the time how I was going to implement it, but I wrote it down anyway.

Well, I was going down the list, marking off the cases that could be implemented with my planned system, and my jaw dropped when I got this one. My God! I can do this!

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2006-04-01

You videophiles in the audience will be pleased to know that Lenny prefers to watch his movies in widescreen. (“I want the black bars!”)

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2006-03-24

OK, here’s how stupid I am today… I was reaching for the Listerine sprayer I keep on my desk, grabbed the glasses cleaner instead, and spritzed some on my tongue. Isopropyl alcohol - yum.

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2006-03-22

Read what I read...

In Google Reader: http://www.google.com/reader/view/user/07653419752099922432/label/favorites In your favorite Atom-capable news reader: http://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/user/07653419752099922432/label/favorites

For better or worse, the boundary between my PC and everyone else’s dissolved a little further today.

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