Let’s talk about codecs, which is key in compressing audio AND video files. First, bear in mind that compression can be either lossless or lossy. The quality between the two can be seen if you know what to look for, and in some more lossy scenarios visuals become grainy, with flat or muffled sound and… Continue Reading Video Compression: Formats, Codecs, and Containers
This essay by Chuck Palahniuk is truly one of the greatest pieces of advice I have ever come across in story telling: https://litreactor.com/essays/chuck-palahniuk/nuts-and-bolts-%E2%80%9Cthought%E2%80%9D-verbs I’ve tried the challenge of eliminating thought verbs and what a difference it made. I’ll post a sample here as soon as can get over the risking public exposure hump. There’s a… Continue Reading Thought Verb Freedom == Why I like Chuck
A list of shows found on YT since they don’t all appear in a search at once – you have to hunt them down. 1980s – 05/20/87 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh9Pws7mOjE 06/23/89 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YltigbLv4s 10/01/89 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOyQgPhMqzg 10/31/89 – (Playlist) – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwnPVYsezEGs-HGo75dQG5LmJ4t8r_gH 1990 – 02/01/90 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBON4xs3Tz0 02/17/90 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELQ8KJYYPeQ&t=1s 04/29/90 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xuE-gQYvOA 1991 – 02/14/91 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvhCw7LG-7E 02/14/91 – (Additional Partial) – https://youtu.be/t-FjG6phYss 02/15/91 – Set… Continue Reading Couchtour Archive: Phish Shows on Youtube
Ed Rosenthal did an AMA (ask me anything) on reddit today, what fun to have a word the HT Ganja Guru! I had met him back in the Van Nuys Hemp office in 1994 when he had come to visit Jack. It was an interesting time to be a ‘fly on the wall’. So, on… Continue Reading Ed Rosenthal did an AMA today – still pushing corn for biomass.
If you have a child who has been left up to their own devices for long periods of time, you may have someone who doesn’t feel safe without a stash of provisions. It’s even in the descriptor- ‘squirrelling away’ small food items (so the squirrel doesn’t starve in the winter). Established rules are well… Continue Reading Regarding children left to their own devices for long periods of time, conditional food shelter etc will mess them up big time.
Years ago I was asked by a hiring manager in an interview, “Can you explain the OSI 7 layer model”. I knew what OSI was back then, but no I could not. For the sake of the story, it’s this: Layer 7: The application layer. Layer 6: The presentation layer. Layer 5: The session layer.… Continue Reading That OSI Stuff You Don’t Really Need To Remember
Some social media foo going around that I rather enjoyed: The rules: Don’t take too long to think about it -choose fifteen albums you’ve heard that will always stick with you. List the first fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes. Tag fifteen friends, including me, because I’m interested in seeing what… Continue Reading 15 Seminal Albums
These ten (10) questions originally came from a French series, “Bouillon de Culture” hosted by Bernard Pivot. They’re better known as the questions that James Lipton asks every guest at the end of “Inside the Actor’s Studio.” I’m feeling obliged to take part… answers *Inline* 1. What is your favorite word? – *woo-hoo-hooooo* 2. What… Continue Reading Inside the Actor’s Studio Questions
Oh! get out and vote!!! vote vote vote! Lick bush in 2003, 2004, and evermore! In the early SKA blog, posts somehow are misplaced, lost, something and I’m a little concerned. Still, I will continue and hope they turn up… nice to have the hassle-free side if it. As I load my free-speech bong, the… Continue Reading HOW ARE YOU GENTLEMEN? ALL YOUR BLOG ARE BELONG TO US!