On the Headache of Digital Movie Redemption

I own a lot of movies on physical media. A lot. Something like 300+ at last count.I downsized A few years ago, compressing several tall bookshelves of movies to three shoebox-equvalent boxes by ditching the packaging and placing the discs in sleeves. I like the format because I can extract movies into DRM-free files using Handbrake … Continue reading On the Headache of Digital Movie Redemption

HOWTO: Ripping DVDs

I have a friend who recently got the one/two combo of a Mac Mini and AppleTV.  (Hi, Micha!)  Starting with digital files from the iTunes store is all well and good, but he also has a nice collection of DVDs that he’d like to slurp into the Mac for easy access.  There aren’t too many … Continue reading HOWTO: Ripping DVDs

Smarterer Child

Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal.  To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2003/06/To riff off of Marm0t's SmarterChild conversation: SmarterChild: Hi BriEnigma, I'm SmarterChild. …trimmed… SmarterChild: That's cool. What's your profession? BriEnigma: jizz … Continue reading Smarterer Child

THERE’S JUST ONE PLACE TO GO FOR ALL YOUR SPATULA NEEDS!

Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal.  To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2003/05/In case you have not seen, http://www.livejournal.com/setscheme.bml is an interesting way to change the look of those “default” LiveJournal pages (like … Continue reading THERE’S JUST ONE PLACE TO GO FOR ALL YOUR SPATULA NEEDS!