Ok, the PNOP entries might seem like they are partially put together now and then todays shows it was put together in October and more than likely it was.. Some were set in October and yesterdays was set on Friday before the super bowl and I thought the 49ers were going to win, but thought the ravens would win as well so that is why the entry subject said congrats to the 49ers for a well played contest.. It didn't say they are the winners or losers just a well played game and I knew it would be..
The day has finally come.. Back in July or August I swore I would leave the i-Google homepage be available through to after the super bowl and here it is after the big game and the countdown is on to delete the page.. Part of me wants to wait until November first to see what happens to it and another part wishes I would have deleted it a year ago when they announced they would eliminate support for the homepage.. What will I miss the most? The sports part, I had the scores app set for whatever sport was going on at that point in the year.. Mostly it was great for Football both college and pro... It will be missed but time to move on... The RSS reader is just as important as it was before but the Sulia page is growing in importance daily..
Today I open the speed dial thing and it has a counter to show the importance of different sites.. And facebook set there with its number at 1234 hits.. Far and away more hits than any other site by over a thousand.. Strange since I don't like to admit going there the same as most people hate going to walmart ...
Yesterday I continued the videos work for phase 3 of the infinity project.. Two weeks ago I got the updated windows movie maker and with some updates it changes the way certain programs work some for the better, some not so much.. This update was for the better in that before I updated to the new version the old version wasn't working hardly at all.. The new version works but it is so much more touchier than it ever was before.. I read on forums where the old windows live movie maker was extremely touchy and crashed regularly which I never had happen to me.. I did do one video at a time which is to say when I got one video done I would click to shut the program down then restart it.. After a few times of not doing it this way I got in the habit of shutting it down, it just worked better this way.. Now when I go to use the program I restart the computer before using it because it just works better from a fresh slate than from being on for a very long time.. The restart time tends to give me time to focus on the task at hand.. Yesterday I did three videos.. When I save a video (movie) to 720p it takes around three minutes per minute of video. In the computer video version it is about even ratio, and in the email version it is reverse of the 720p version.. Very short time but the quality is horrible.. They have more settings on the save movie as.. They have several devices (gadgets) in mind but the basic settings are 1080p, 720p, 480p, 272p, and 240p with the smaller number being the worse in quality.. They have the android, Zune, i-everything and then dvd settings and computer (XVID) settings.. Take your pick.. And with the idea of trying to have the best quality be there I chose 720p because 1080p is almost not noticeable and if you are looking on a i-pod small screen gadget the 480p is just as good as 720p... But you get bigger and things get shitty very fast..
The idea came across me yesterday to maybe try to see what HULU plus was like on the Roku streaming player.. Try the free trial version and I was just all set to try it when I came down and watched the shows I downloaded from HULU recently and then realized this is even better than hulu plus or hulu ... Hulu plus is the payed for version and offers nearly nothing more than the computer accessible version.. The computer accessible version is free, but why would people want it for free?? Isn't the pay version better quality?? There is no difference in quality, but some people would rather pay for their tv.. So there you go.. I try to download shows from torrent sites when the shows aren't available any other way.. Most of what I want to watch is available and I get the shows from any source.. Watch the shows when they are on, a dvr would be nice but I think you tend to rely on technology to much that way and when it doesn't work you are in a world of hurt.. I know when my first vcr went to hell I would be lost for something to watch and I hated to watch commercials, when I want to watch a show I only wanted to watch that show, no commercials.. That is why streaming VOD is so much more impressive..
I checked the Amazon video service for Roku last night.. They do have a lot of programming on their site but it adds up in a hurry price wise.. Netflix is still the best value overall. I still have only scratched the surface as far as watching programs there.. I watched a movie on Crackle last month just to see how it works and I think all the other "free" movie sites are the same..
Badge Henry
The day has finally come.. Back in July or August I swore I would leave the i-Google homepage be available through to after the super bowl and here it is after the big game and the countdown is on to delete the page.. Part of me wants to wait until November first to see what happens to it and another part wishes I would have deleted it a year ago when they announced they would eliminate support for the homepage.. What will I miss the most? The sports part, I had the scores app set for whatever sport was going on at that point in the year.. Mostly it was great for Football both college and pro... It will be missed but time to move on... The RSS reader is just as important as it was before but the Sulia page is growing in importance daily..
Today I open the speed dial thing and it has a counter to show the importance of different sites.. And facebook set there with its number at 1234 hits.. Far and away more hits than any other site by over a thousand.. Strange since I don't like to admit going there the same as most people hate going to walmart ...
Yesterday I continued the videos work for phase 3 of the infinity project.. Two weeks ago I got the updated windows movie maker and with some updates it changes the way certain programs work some for the better, some not so much.. This update was for the better in that before I updated to the new version the old version wasn't working hardly at all.. The new version works but it is so much more touchier than it ever was before.. I read on forums where the old windows live movie maker was extremely touchy and crashed regularly which I never had happen to me.. I did do one video at a time which is to say when I got one video done I would click to shut the program down then restart it.. After a few times of not doing it this way I got in the habit of shutting it down, it just worked better this way.. Now when I go to use the program I restart the computer before using it because it just works better from a fresh slate than from being on for a very long time.. The restart time tends to give me time to focus on the task at hand.. Yesterday I did three videos.. When I save a video (movie) to 720p it takes around three minutes per minute of video. In the computer video version it is about even ratio, and in the email version it is reverse of the 720p version.. Very short time but the quality is horrible.. They have more settings on the save movie as.. They have several devices (gadgets) in mind but the basic settings are 1080p, 720p, 480p, 272p, and 240p with the smaller number being the worse in quality.. They have the android, Zune, i-everything and then dvd settings and computer (XVID) settings.. Take your pick.. And with the idea of trying to have the best quality be there I chose 720p because 1080p is almost not noticeable and if you are looking on a i-pod small screen gadget the 480p is just as good as 720p... But you get bigger and things get shitty very fast..
The idea came across me yesterday to maybe try to see what HULU plus was like on the Roku streaming player.. Try the free trial version and I was just all set to try it when I came down and watched the shows I downloaded from HULU recently and then realized this is even better than hulu plus or hulu ... Hulu plus is the payed for version and offers nearly nothing more than the computer accessible version.. The computer accessible version is free, but why would people want it for free?? Isn't the pay version better quality?? There is no difference in quality, but some people would rather pay for their tv.. So there you go.. I try to download shows from torrent sites when the shows aren't available any other way.. Most of what I want to watch is available and I get the shows from any source.. Watch the shows when they are on, a dvr would be nice but I think you tend to rely on technology to much that way and when it doesn't work you are in a world of hurt.. I know when my first vcr went to hell I would be lost for something to watch and I hated to watch commercials, when I want to watch a show I only wanted to watch that show, no commercials.. That is why streaming VOD is so much more impressive..
I checked the Amazon video service for Roku last night.. They do have a lot of programming on their site but it adds up in a hurry price wise.. Netflix is still the best value overall. I still have only scratched the surface as far as watching programs there.. I watched a movie on Crackle last month just to see how it works and I think all the other "free" movie sites are the same..
Badge Henry
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