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Entries from August 25th, 2003

Employment Update

August 25th, 2003 · 2 Comments · 9to5, Potpourri

I have three weeks to find a job. 2 of my 3 good leads fell through. I have a few calls to make today.

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Video Offering

August 24th, 2003 · 5 Comments · Potpourri, Tech

Once I’m done backing up all of my videos to DVDs, would like to have my old CDRs? It isn’t much, but it’s a start for someone wanting to collect MST3k, NewsRadio, The Family Guy, or a few other shows. On CDR I have: MST3k episodes 0101 – The Crawling Eye 1013 – Diabolik! 0207 [...]

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Video help

August 24th, 2003 · 1 Comment · Potpourri, Tech

Does anyone know of a reliable way to convert QuickTime MOVs to another format?

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Did I say 1 second pings?

August 24th, 2003 · No Comments · Potpourri, Tech

Try TWO: Reply from 216.239.53.100: bytes=32 time=1909ms TTL=49 Reply from 216.239.53.100: bytes=32 time=582ms TTL=49 Reply from 216.239.53.100: bytes=32 time=701ms TTL=49 Reply from 216.239.53.100: bytes=32 time=1257ms TTL=49

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Lag theez.

August 24th, 2003 · No Comments · Potpourri, Tech

Uggh. Apparently SoBig is fucking up Verizon’s connection to Level3. On our end, we’re getting damn-near 1 second pings. We were going nuts today, thinking something was wrong with our router or one of the switches or one of our XP boxes had a virus or something. I hope they fix this shit soon. Not [...]

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