Monthly Archives: April 2007

Amazon EC2 to Encode Video?

I just got an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) account. With EC2 and Simple Storage Service (S3), I think I can convert my DVDs into iPod-video-sized files much more quickly than my desktop and laptop could do. Here’s one person’s … Continue reading

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What the Hell is Twitter?

After days of holding out, my co-worker iseff finally got me to join Twitter. Twitter is the newest trend among techies, and there are already many thousands of people using it, but I’m still at a loss to explain just … Continue reading

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TV Without Cable: March Review

As my DVD stockpile has grown and as I’ve spent more time at work, I didn’t buy very much video in March. In fact, I’m still working through the $50 of iTunes Store credit I bought at a discounted price … Continue reading

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