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  • To play ANY KIND OF VIDEO, I use VLC, which can also be used to transcode incoming stream to send to the airportexpress. DVD Jon is involved with the development of this software (it really plays anything, including internet streams and DVDs)
  • My codec for MPEG-4 is not Nero’s rather the one called XviD, which works pretty much universally, including in Windoze Media Player 10.
  • I use iOpener to decrypt music for personal use that I buy on iTunes (no more CDs for me!)
  • My newest DVD player is from NeuNeo (the HD one, of course). If I had HDMI, I’d choose the Samsung 931.
  • BitTorrents to download TV shows when I can’t watch my TiVo. My client is ABC, and my favourite sites are www.tvtorrents.tv and btefnet.net, and to a lesser extent torrentreactor. A rundown of clients can be found here. When torrents get replaced, I will switch to Exeem, which should be available from suprnova.org
  • Nero is still my favourite burner software, recently updated to 6.6, I also use it to create MPEG-4 (strangely named Nero Digital)
  • Copernic replaces Google Desktop Search as my favourite desktop search agent, after reading a review, although I’m having problems with Copernic on my home machine
  • ActiveSync updated to 3.8 to sync with Windows PocketPC devices (I have an iPAQ)
  • DVDDecrypter to rip DVDs too hard disk (works in cases that DVDShrink fails (below)
  • DVDShrink to reduce the size of DVDs so that I can write them onto a 4.7GB DVD-R or DVD+RW
  • DVD-R for disks that I want people to be able to play in ANY DVD player (most compatible)
  • DVD+RW to backup data (fastest erase, best "random access" )
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Web

  • My web browser is Firefox, with the tabbrowser preference extension making everything open in the same window, and Tab Clicking Options making a double-click close a tab, other speedups I’ve used are here, not to mention the Google mod that makes google be used for everything typed into the location/address bar that isn’t a web address (I’ve also disabled blinking text… who doesn’t [see http://peregrine-semi.com, still blinking on Jan 9, 2005]. Also, don’t forget to find as you type in the preferences, very cool.
  • 1and1.com for web hosting, including FrontPage extensions, MySQL database and PHP
  • GoDaddy.com for domain name registration (I never use my web host as my registrar)
  • phpBB is my new forum agent (PHP, MySQL based)
  • I read a lot of my technology news at freshnews.org, some or the most interesting posts are at Slashdot
  • For news about technology risks, etc, I go to comp.risks, which is easier to read here.
  • FrontPage 2003 is my favourite web page editor
  • PHP and MySQL are my scripting and database of choice
  • SquirrelMail is my newly installed webmail client (PHP-based)
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Digital Television in the Bay Area

  • To pick up digital television, I use a UHF/VHF splitter, high-end Titan 7777 amplifier, and a double-wide 8-bay UHF 4228 antenna and a 4-bay single wide 4221 from ChannelMaster. I have the big UHF antenna pointed at Sutro tower, and I’m actually using the small UHF antenna connected to the splitter to point at Channel 12 (11.1 = NBC). I’m still fine tuning this fragile arrangement, and weather is often a problem (most of all when it blows down my antenna.
  • Strangely enough, I can only pick up 56 and 57 (56 = 2.1 = FOX, 57 = 4.1 = KRON) when my antenna blows down. Go figure. Needs some investigation.
  • I’m behind a hill, so the antenna must be angled up to account for the diffraction over the hilltop, and I’m nearly 45 miles from the transmitter. I’ve received a lot of help with my setup from Ken Nist personally, and his invaluable website. Unfortunately, my wife doesn’t permit me to go on the roof as often as I like (view of San Jose is great), so I can’t tweak the antenna like I might want. Volunteers for antenna tweaking duty should apply here.
  • Find a conservative estimate of channels you can pick up at CEA’s antennaweb. You WILL be able to pick up more, and the information seems out of date
  • Up-to-date information on digital television channels in the Bay Area
    can be found here, with a list of transmitter locations I compiled here.
  • My receiver is a Hughes HR10-250 HD DirecTiVo PVR, Satellite and ATSC receiver, with four tuners.
  • Find out the digital channel guide information at TitanTV
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