Mar
26
Of course, I must talk about Twitter. I have being using it a lot lately. I find it to be a great tool to watch the underculture of the SF tech community, and a good tool to keep in touch with various people. I plan to integrate the javascript widget for my account into this blog at some point, then I guess you will at least see some daily update on this site :).
Mar
21
This design sucks
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Anyone up for helping me redesign my blog? Free hosting package to the winner, not to mention high viewability of your work in the web design/development community. Drop me an email josh AT the-owens DOT com.
Mar
16
Making Frontrow play HRHD xvid files.
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So I have been dealing with this nagging issue of getting HRHD files working with quicktime on the OSX. I recently purchased a mac mini to hook up to my HDTV and I have been enjoying xvid files on said mac mini/hdtv - commercial free content in hd is so awesome. The mac mini runs at 720p on the hdtv, so things are slightly fuzzy when I download a normal hddtv xvid file.
So, down to the nuts and bolts. It seems the ac3 codec that comes in the frontrow codec pack (I found it on a BT website) doesn’t like these xvid files. I removed the ac3 codec from /Library/Quicktime and instead installed the A52 Codec - this actually gets put in /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components (there is a small ac3 import component that gets dropped in /Library/Quicktime also). Once I rebooted, I was off to the races (or actually watching much nicer quality shows :).
Now if I could just figure out those pesky new Matroska mkv 720p files for the mac!
Mar
15
Renewed blogging efforts
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So I have installed MarsEdit in the hopes that it will make blogging a bit easier for me, since I have something like 3 or 4 blogs to update on any given day. I need something quick/easy/dirty to help me get it done.
Not sure if I mentioned this, but Chris quit Steelpixel, hence the need for things to be quick. It has made life a real bitch as of late, since I have to handle all the projects, all the customers and tickets, and all the normal stuff I used to handle as part of a “team”. I guess the upside is, I own 66% of the company now and I plan to really make things work.
My day job is still going strong with the marketing firm. I have been committing code like mad the last few weeks. Thank goodness rails is so quick, otherwise I would be drowning!