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Internetting from the right-side of the brain: DVD Decrypter

em — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:44:38 +0000

I’ve been using DVD Decrypter for months and months now and I haven’t created a coaster yet. Many people are familiar, perhaps, with DVD Decrypter’s role in RipIt4Me, or as a stand alone ripper, but little known is the program’s ability to burn an image file (.iso). That’s it. Rip your DVDs and compress them however you want (try DVD Shrink — and sometimes DVD43 allows DVD Shrink to overcome a shortcoming) and rip / compress your DVD to an .iso file, then burn with DVD Decrypter. Oh yeah, and they’re all free (as in beer) programs.

Internetting from the right-side of the brain: Library Books and picasa2flickr

em — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 04:46:07 +0000

I add a few new programs and add-ons to the computer(s) in my world every day or week; I’m trying to keep track of them.

“Library Books” is really nice for its simplicity and integration into the menu bar of OSx. I use Picasa for simple edits to photos in XP Pro and this plug-in will send your photos directly to Flickr from Picasa.

Internetting from the right-side of the brain:

em — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 04:08:20 +0000

Tonight I’ve upgraded to version 0.3 of Texter, 0.9.6 of Democracy Player (apparently the last before they change their name), installed VMware 1.0.3 build 44356, to which I plan to add Ubuntu 7.04, and realized that the “sounds like” funtion of Jott.com is not an alternative (like I wrote up in my last post) but rather a phonetic sounding out. One has to wonder if they are amassing a large database of voice recogonition, along with a seriously large amount of cell phone numbers (read: unlisted until now). Still, Jott’s services are currently unparalleled. And, yes, I do know about Loopnote. In fact I used to work with, and drink beers among, the guys involved. Best of luck.