| Sunday, August 29, 2004 |
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Ride height mostly fixed
by brian @ 21:20:40 - [perma-link]The alignment is still totally off, but we raised it up (not quite
enough on the drivers side) and took it for a spin. It drives really
nicely and hooks turns really good, instead of that old boaty feel. And the wheels hook up a little better, but the highway gears still make
it a slug. We'll see just how fast a slug as soon as I get it aligned. |
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| Tuesday, August 24, 2004 |
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Rainy Day
by brian @ 09:43:53 - [perma-link]Its raining outside, so the dogs are taking it easy inside. Buster is
playing with his keys, Daisy was napping in the car seat. |
  
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| Sunday, August 22, 2004 |
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DVD Regional Coding
by brian @ 11:31:36 - [perma-link]Its one of those things I've always thought was just really, really,
REALLY stupid, but having never bought a DVD that wasn't region-1, I
didn't see the big deal. Until now. Battle Royale is the movie from which Quentin Tarantino lifted Go-go.
Its some sort of teen battle-to-the-death-on-an-island flick. Connie
bought it online after watching Kill Bill, since we couldn't rent it or
find it anywhere else. We've had it for a while, and finally decided
to watch it this morning. But see that (oops, blurry) 3 in the box next to the "dts" logo? That
means I'm not supposed to watch it here. And by here, I mean in this
country, "land of the free, home of the brave." It has something to do
with "protecting" the different markets around the world in order to
boost margins for Malaysian DVD Pirates ("yarrrrr!") or something like
that. Like it said, it's kind of stupid, and doesn't really make sense
to anyone who wouldn't sue a 12-year-old. |
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Lil Jon meets DVD Jon
by brian @ 22:59:54 - [perma-link]I was bored waiting for the inevitable to finish. My apologies to Dave
Chappelle.
dvd jon: Is that a Battle Royale DVD?lil jon: YEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!! dvd jon: That's the Chinese flick with Go-go from Kill Bill? lil jon: YEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!! dj: You can't watch that here. lj: What?! dj: You can't watch it. lj: What?!? dj: It's "region 3"? lj: What?! dj: It won't work in your player. lj: What? dj: Give it to me. I'll fix it. lj: OKAAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!! dj: see the movie industry wants to control where and how you watch the
movies that you've already bought. lj: YEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!! dj: but since their system is totally inept, its trivial to work around
in case your computer or DVD player isn't Officially Sanctioned By The
Motion Picture ASSociation lj: Hmmm.. So you're saying you can analyze the encrypted content,
extract the encryption key, and recode it so I can watch the movie,
which I purchased with my hard-earned cash, in the comfort of my own
home instead of having to travel to China in order to watch it? dj: YEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!! lj: OKAAAAAAAAAAAYYYY!!!
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| Friday, August 20, 2004 |
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Mountain Dew Pitch Black
by brian @ 00:34:34 - [perma-link]Mt Dew has another new flavor. This one is a "Limited Edition", whatever
that means in the soda context. Its pretty good. It tastes like grape mountain dew, in the same sort of
vague way that code red is cherry mountain dew. Its way better than the
nasty bluish lime stuff they're testing at taco bell. |
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Weird.
by brian @ 14:50:41 - [perma-link]I poured some Mt Dew Pitch Black over ice. The liquid is purple, but the
suds (or head or whatever) turns blue. |
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Red brakes, red steering
by brian @ 20:07:10 - [perma-link]I painted more today. Assembly starts tomorrow. Hopefully. |
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| Thursday, August 19, 2004 |
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Is it as fast as the fenders are wide?
by brian @ 21:08:52 - [perma-link]That's what Josh asked. "Man, it was a mistake putting those fenders on" was all he said. Hasta la vista, Batman. |
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| Wednesday, August 18, 2004 |
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None shall pass
by brian @ 18:26:15 - [perma-link]A pretty good sized branch fell (well, mostly fell) from the tree at
the back corner of our yard. Connie had just let the dogs out, and she
heard a big cracking sound. Now the alley is blocked. I'd go try to
pull on it (with a long rope and the Defender, not by hand and not
close enough to get crushed), but its kind of precariously close to the
power lines. Connie is on hold with Portland General Electric to get their tree
huggers out here to fix it. |
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| Tuesday, August 17, 2004 |
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Cruise-in @ Pizza Baron
by brian @ 20:16:24 - [perma-link]I meant to head to a Chrysler R/T Club meeting, but turns out there was
a cruise-in tonight instead. Some pretty nice restorations, no Chargers
(I can fix that soon!), but there was a killer Roadrunner, a hemi cuda,
and lots more. |
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