Saturday August 25, 2012
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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… or… man, I really don’t want to have to run CAT-6 wire from the basement to the second floor…. So I have a decently-big house. Thank you, God. 2 floors and a finished basement. I have a MacMini server … Continue reading
Friday September 19, 2008
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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Dear LazyWeb, I have ripped/encoded a bunch of (my own) movies previously in order to watch them on my PSP. The command I’ve been using is a variation of this: mencoder -sws 9 -af volume=10.1:0 \ -vf pullup,softskip,scale=320:240,harddup,unsharp=l3x3:0.7 \ -ofps … Continue reading
Friday July 11, 2008
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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Meaning no disrespect to whomever graphicked the original awesome logo, but I am totally jealous of all who can fly the original banner. Maybe next year? I needs to gets me a Visa or something first, tho. Durnit. Have fun … Continue reading
Tuesday April 15, 2008
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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It started to hit me yesterday as I spent 3.5 hours in this year’s KDE Google Summer of Code mentor’s meeting (thanks again sebr!!). KDE4 just plain rocks, and it feels good to start getting excited about it again. And … Continue reading
Monday April 7, 2008
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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Last in our series of “when will that Jason kid shut up?!?” is this short, little ditty wherein I extol the wonders of an ancient Linux file server in my basement with a 250GB drive, my shiny (SHINY!!!) new PS3, … Continue reading
Monday April 7, 2008
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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One of my favorite memories of all my growing-up years happened in my 7th grade. It centered around a very under-appreciated teacher of mine named Robin Avant who did something simple and inventive and refreshing and stirring with her class. … Continue reading
Tuesday March 11, 2008
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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I’m sorry, but 2 words: Don’t Bother. You can say what you want about the ornate costumes, the beautiful colors, the amazing sets. Yeah, maybe. But the story? I’m sorry, but if I wanted to be depressed and bored and … Continue reading
Sunday February 17, 2008
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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I was going to update my previous post about the amazing movie, Copying Beethoven, with this, but I am sufficiently taken to generate a new post. Kerry Candaele commented on my last post with a link to his forthcoming movie … Continue reading
Sunday February 17, 2008
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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I just watched one of the most amazing movies that I have ever seen: the excellent Copying Beethoven. I have always been deeply fascinated with the genius that is Ludwig van Beethoven. I grew up listening to my mom playing … Continue reading
Monday August 20, 2007
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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At least there’s always Monty Python when you’re having a rough day: Son: Ah…ah know. But I want the girl that I marry to have… a certain…*special*…something… King: Cut that out!! Cut that out…. You’re marryin’ Princess Lucky, so you’d … Continue reading