March 2007 Archives

That's right freaks, the 60th anniversary of the 1947 UFO crash in Roswell, NM is coming up. It takes place over the July 4th holiday weekend and goes for 4 days. Visit the Roswell UFO Festival website for more information. The city is expecting over 50,000 people from around the world to attend this years event. I started a thread over at Mysterious Universe for anyone who'd like to get together and do some activities.

I don't think I've been so excited about a single product. Ever!  But when Steve Jobs announced the Apple TV on January 9th 2007, I was jumping for joy. Finally, a company understood what it was that I wanted to do with my media, for starters anyway. 

So after a long delay in February, I finally receive an email from the Apple Store saying that my order has finally shipped. I was immediately thrilled, until I scrolled down and noticed the only thing being shipped was the HDMI cable I ordered with it. Damn it! Looks like I've gotta hurry up and wait some more.

In a follow up article, I'll discuss the entire process, in detail, on how to get professional results out of ripping a DVD and encoding it for use on the Apple TV. After over 100 test encodes, I've finally have the workflow and specifications down.