# Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Tuesday, March 20, 2007 6:49:02 AM UTC

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For sucking so bad under Windows. I swear, iTunes and Quicktime on the PC is a ploy to get people so frustrated that they’ll just go buy a Mac.

 

For non-flash version, click here. For an extra clip from the film, try here!

 
# Monday, March 19, 2007
Monday, March 19, 2007 6:52:46 AM UTC

It’s on YouTube in Russian. Probably will get pulled soon. Check it out!

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Update: And it’s gone..

 
# Thursday, March 15, 2007
Thursday, March 15, 2007 6:07:29 AM UTC

According to Dark Horizons, the trailer will premiere March 19th on television during the premiere episode of ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars”.

And here’s a whole new round of photos, which Disney will most likely force me to take down. Makes a lot of sense, don’t it? Would be the worst thing in the world to allow free promotion for the film!

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Thursday, March 15, 2007 5:28:42 AM UTC

The Disney Blog has the artwork!

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Looks nice, I can’t help but think there will be more of them, though, with each character…

 
Thursday, March 15, 2007 5:11:52 AM UTC

Well, for the past two weeks I’ve been living with my grandparents in Temecula, in order to shorten the distance every morning (and night) to visit my new job at Lewis Technology Inc. I only have to do this for another day, and then I get to start going to their new office, opening in Miramar (which is thankfully much much closer to where I live.)

For almost seven years, I worked at Taylor Guitars and loved it. I made it through a lot, including my supervisor leaving the company. But I decided, for many reasons, that it was time for me to move on. And I got lucky while stumbling across a Craigslist job posting for Lewis Tech. The ad even said all the soda you could drink… Sign me up!

It’s been a great two weeks so far, and I have very few complaints, if any. My new coworkers are diverse, interesting and funny. And my new boss seems just as “hip” as my old boss (no offense to my old boss!) These next six months are my “probation period” to see if I will fit into the company. Here’s hoping that I can demonstrate my skills as well as my professionalism.

All in all, I think this transition will be an excellent one in the long run. The past two months of my life have been crazy, with moving out of living with my mom, buying a condo, buying a new car, and getting a new job. The next few months probably won’t slow down either. There’s another big event around the corner. Hint: it involves a diamond and a metal band.

Anyways, I thought I’d share some random photos I took last weekend of the mission field banquet held at our church. Enjoy!

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Nevaeh giving me the staredown.

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Robin and Heather: BFF!

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This is what happens when I try to be artsy with my camera. I think it’s kinda cool. Heather holding Nevaeh up.

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Taken behind my new work— a train goes through the backyard every hour or so. Fun!

 
# Friday, February 16, 2007

Is anyone really surprised about this news? I mentioned that some titles had been cracked in my last DRM rant, but now everything is wide open. At least the titles that are currently available.

They (the movie studios) could revoke this key, forcing the software/hardware players to have to push out a software/firmware upgrade, or if that’s not possible, replace people’s players. How stupid crazy is that?

Since it’s most likely a software player that was used to compromise the key, people will have to download a patch to the latest version. Is this patch going to be 100% free? What if the version is really out of date? What if this happens again, but two major revisions of the software later? Will the older version users automatically get upgraded to the latest, or will they have to pay to watch the latest titles?

Just, ugh. We as consumers need to grow a pair, and tell the studios off. But that’ll never happen. And meanwhile, the people who wanted it for free/to steal in the first place have it, without having to deal with patches or firmware updates or players that don’t play.

 
Friday, February 16, 2007 4:15:27 AM UTC

Check out this press release from Disney regarding their “Year of a Million Dreams” and some special photography that was done by Annie Leibovitz to celebrate. I think it’s amazing. Lookie here:

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Scarlett Johansson plays Cinderella…

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Olivier Platt as the Mad Matter, Lyle Lovett as the March Hare, and Beyoncé as Alice…

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David Beckham playing Prince Phillip from Sleeping Beauty…

 
# Thursday, February 15, 2007

Here’s a strange bug I was pulling my hair out trying to diagnose. My Zune media player, as well as Windows Media Player, were taking forever to start playing tracks. I would see “media changing” in the lower left corner for almost 30 seconds or so, then the song would start. That really stinks when you want to jump around different tracks and listen to them.

You’ll never guess what’s causing this delay. It’s the audio enhancements I blogged about before. Poopie. If the “Disable all enhancements” checkbox is not checked, my media players will be slow in starting any song. Check that box, and bam, back to normal.

No idea if this affects iTunes’ playback… I’ll have to give it a try I suppose.

Gah. What the heck could the two have in common? Anyway, I’m blogging about it in the hopes that someone else running into the same problem can find out how to fix it.