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Four Eyed Monsters

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On TechCrunch I saw a post about this new independent feature film being posted on YouTube. Being a film appreciator (and an advocate of YouTube), I had to check it out. I wasn’t expecting what I found. The film was amazingly well done, as if it had the backing of a large studio. The movie [...]

Top 12 Airplane Movies: 30,000 Feet and Having a Blast

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Probably the best discovery I ever made (relating to plane travel) is to buy a portable DVD player. Are you the kind of person who hates 2-3 hours on a flight across the country? Sick of reading a book and then getting queasy? Tired of that baby crying behind you as you try to keep [...]

A New Team: A Glimpse to the Future

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Anything can happen. Lots will. Stay tuned. Hello college?

launchd Script to Backup iTunes Library Files

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I recently experienced the horrible fate of having my entire iTunes Library file wiped into corruption. About half the file was ok, but the second half was a mishmash of the Russian alphabet. This really hurt. All my ratings, all my play counts, all my date addeds, all my playlists were gone, and I couldn’t [...]

100 Posts – A State of the Union Of Sorts

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After a quick glance to my very first post on July 7th, 2005, I can now proudly claim that I have published 100 posts (this being #100). All I can say is “Wow.” 100 isn’t a huge number, but it does mark a certain amount of commitment, a commitment renewed a few months back, which [...]

Send Me On My Way – Graduation 2007

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I’m happy to tell everyone that I am now an official high school graduate. Last night, all 300 Alamo Heights seniors were recoginzed at our graduation downtown at the Municpal Auditorium. Take a look at some of the pre and post graduation pictures. Next step: college. More pictures in the flickr stream.

DiggUpdate 2.6 Released

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I’m happy to release the new version of DiggUpdate. Version 2.6 includes a bunch of new useful features. Here take a look: Real-time digg this button implemented on Classic Digg Window 40 Story limit imposed to prevent errors Choose which section of digg to read Added Clear All Small Windows button to the menu Added [...]

SWF & FLV Player Pro – Save Games to Your HD

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I got a free upgrade to the pro version of an app called SWF & FLV Player. This application is made by a company called Eltima. You might know them for their pro-level Flash apps like Flash Optimizer. SWF & FLV Player is offered as a freeware. You can upgrade to pro for $19.95. There’s [...]

10 Tips for the Low-Budget Indie Film Maker

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As you might have seen in my earlier post, I just finished my first short film. After doing this and reading across the web to find good pointers, I’ve put together a list of 10 tips to help you shoot better, more professional video. I’ve always been really fond of movie making, and there are [...]

Random Bits and Such And Hair

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This post isn’t going to be about anything real technical. No tutorials, nothing really tech related at all. Just some stuff that’s going on in my life. It won’t be too long. First big change for today: Shocking, ain’t it? Anyway, tomorrow will be our last official day of school. We have a senior awards [...]

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