Haven’t blogged in a while. Unfortunately, I think that’s the way it’s going to be until November 2nd. So, if you’re one of those frequent checkers (I don’t have too many…), you can start checking less often.
Party was a great success, expecially considering I was under the weather during the weekend. Special shout-out to co-worker Jen who helped make all the dishes. She loves cooking so much that she had to be dragged out of the kitchen towards the end of the party to get thanked. Anyway, over 30 people showed at various points in time, some of them decided to mingle (*cough*TJ crowd*cough*), and we even entertained some young kids. And now I have tons of left-over dip…what could be better?
In addition to the presents I received from my wonderful guests, I treated myself to some luxuries as well. I bought an external DVD burner. I have already sucessfully downloaded and burned The Phantom Edit, which is an undergound edit of Episode I with a lot of Jar-Jar taken out. I’ve always maintained that Epi I is a good flick without Jar-Jar; now I have proof. (Episode II, unfortunately, is another matter entirely; but the IMAX cut was a good start). If you’re even curious, I’ll be happy to have you over and watch it with you (or let you burn a copy). Unfortunately, the edit was done with the VHS version, so the quality isn’t the best–although we did seem content with VHS for two decades.
On the topic of video quality, I was walking around Best Buy yesterday and HDTV is a lot cooler than I thought. They were showing Finding Nemo–which I have seen in several different formats–and the amount of detail you chould see was amazing. But when I went over to some shots of the olympics in HDTV, it still didn’t look that great–I think because I’m so used to seeing people at a very high resolution (ie, whatever our eyes are). In conclusion, HDTV: great for cartoons, okay for sports. (And do you really need HD for the rest of TV? Sitcoms? Nightly News?)
LOTD: Hello. My name is Obi-wan Kenobi. You killed my Master. Prepare to die. I’m really suprised I didn’t think of this indpendently.