AppleTV and HDCP (Copy Protection)

For a few weeks, my AppleTV complained about HDCP copy protection whenever I tried to play something from Netflix: I assumed it was either a firmware update I had recently installed on the device or a policy update on Netflix’s end. Either way, it did not bother me too much. I have both the AppleTV … Continue reading AppleTV and HDCP (Copy Protection)

Podcast vs Netcast and LG Electronics

A few years ago, Apple started cracking down on companies that used the term “Pod” in their name. This occurred just as podcasting was catching on to the mainstream. Because of this, many podcasters started using the term “netcast” to describe their shows. Off the top of my head, these include shows from the This … Continue reading Podcast vs Netcast and LG Electronics

Elvis needs boats! Elvis needs boats!

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/2006/04/This is going to be the typical “LJ Catchup” post in which I complain that I have not updated this thing … Continue reading Elvis needs boats! Elvis needs boats!

A big post of various updates

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/2006/03/It has been quite a while since I have made a “real” post–one not consisting of a one-liner question or a … Continue reading A big post of various updates

“slicing up eyeballs / I want you to know”

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/2005/03/Yesterday, we went to a lecture at the museum about the Pre-Raphaelite movement. It was quite good and I now question … Continue reading “slicing up eyeballs / I want you to know”

“That’s very Zen of you. You must smoke pot.”

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/2005/01/“Bad people are punished by society's laws. Good people are punished by Murphy's law.” I spent the day doing both physical … Continue reading “That’s very Zen of you. You must smoke pot.”

bool bladePower = (powerBitmask & 0x0001 << bladeNumber) != 0;

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/2004/09/This week I have rediscovered that, while I deal with elaborate and complex arrangements of Boolean logic at work, I have … Continue reading bool bladePower = (powerBitmask & 0x0001 << bladeNumber) != 0;

“You know, I hate to ask, but are friends electric?”

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/2004/05/The House of Sand and Fog is a really good, extremely powerful film and rather messed up in a number of … Continue reading “You know, I hate to ask, but are friends electric?”

“Once upon a time there was a magical place where it never rained, the end.”

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/2004/03/I got Invincible from Netflix last week. A very fine film about a Jewish strong-man, née blacksmith, performing at a cabaret … Continue reading “Once upon a time there was a magical place where it never rained, the end.”