The Sky I Scrape is hosting an MP3 of Pearl Jam’s cover of Love, Reign O’er Me. As I have mentioned in an earlier post, it seems Pearl Jam is recording the song for the new Adam Sandler movie “Reign Over Me”.
Author: loserx
The Beatles – Hate
Mashups featuring the Beatles have come fast and thick since the unveiling of “The Grey Album” by DJ Danger Mouse, who has since gone on to achieve great fame as one half of Gnarls Barkley.
“Hate” was apparently released in December 2006 though I have just found out about it, and it is a both homage and parody of so far the only official Beatles mashup album “Love” (which is brilliant by the way). Downloads of MP3 files still available from the website now, but given how touchy EMI was over previous Beatles mashups, I will not be surprised to find them gone very soon.
There are of course purists who have expressed outrage over it, but turn off your mind, relax and you will find that it is quite good.
Uproar In Heaven
Otherwise known as 大闹天宫 (Da Nao Tian Gong). This was shown on television just about every year during the Lunar New Year when I was a child, and was a favourite of mine.
Found out there was a DVD release in 2004 but did not manage to find a copy of the 40th anniversary edition for sale on eCommerce sites. The cover of the standard edition is just… butt ugly.
Finally managed to snag a new copy on eBay, for only S$25. Just look at that beautiful packaging. The character art sheets are a very nice touch. The video quality is a disappointment though. Scratches, dust, even some pen marks are visible. Obviously there was no effort made to clean up the source.
That said, this is probably the best that is available at this point of time, and I am very happy with this purchase.
CS 3.0 Skinning
I was planning to go on a major skinning exercise for That Stupid Club, but seeing this, and actually reading about it, I am salivating at The Power that will be available.
Eagerly waiting for the first beta…
Update: link to Ben Tiedt’s series of posts introducing Chameleon for own future reference.
Halite 0.28
New version of Halite released with a snazzy new icon. Changes from 0.27 to 0.28:
- IP filtering support eMule style ipfilter.dat files.
- DHT support, thought it is turned off by default.
- Can select alternate save directory for torrents.
Long time readers of my blog (yes, all two of you!) will know that since BitTorrent Inc announced the acquisition of µTorrent, I have been keeping an eye on the development of Halite, and the library it was based on, libtorrent.
The major stumbling block to more widespread adoption is, I believe, the lack of support for protocol encryption (PE) in libtorrent. Well, the bad news is there is still no support. There is good news though. Eóin, author of Halite, is considering implementation of PE and contributing it to libtorrent. Most excellent. Pity that I am no C++ hacker, or I would have given it a shot myself.
I cannot recommend replacing µTorrent with Halite right now, but once PE is implemented, add features and polish from a few more iterations and I should be all over it.
Best Codec Pack
I see the K-Lite codec pack bandied about anywhere anytime anybody asks for recommendations for a codec pack, or as a solution to playback problems. Sometimes the monstrous “ACE Mega CoDecS Pack” makes an appearance.
When it comes to codec packs less is definitely more, as exemplified by my pack of choice, the Combined Community Codec Pack (CCCP). Originally developed for playing fansubbed anime, it is tweaked and tested for maximum quality and reliability and is able to handle just about anything I care to throw at it. That one of the players included in the pack is the excellent Media Player Classic is just a bonus.
Make sure to read the installation instructions.
The only major formats lacking are RealMedia and Quicktime, and that is easily fixed by installing Real Alternative and Quicktime Alternative (both are designed by KL Software, creator of the K-Lite pack, so they are doing something right). Also, CoreAVC (not free) is an option for slower PCs for decoding H264 content.
Satsuki’s Decoder Pack seem pretty nice, and XP Codec Pack is another viable alternative. They decode more audio formats than the CCCP, so they may be more suitable for some people. Me, I have QMP for all my audio needs, but that’s a topic for another day.
Note: K-Lite has a “CCCP” profile, but it does not work well, and with none of the tweaks, so what is the point? Get the best, accept no substitutes.
Note 2: Graphic shamelessly ripped from the official CCCP wiki.
Update (12-Jan-07)
The latest betas of CCCP contain newer builds of ffdshow with some impressive gains in speed, by up to 20% it seems. Of course CoreAVC is still that little bit faster, but I can now play most hi-definition (1280 x 768) H264 content without slow downs on my 1.5 GHz Pentium M laptop. Excellent!
Strapping Black Dudes
Duh Magnet
Lupoli:
“The 19-year-old is in talks with the Gunners over a new deal but is free to talk to other clubs after 1 January.”
loser-x
Its not like he’s playing a lot in Arsenal. Fact: Arsene likes strapping black dudes.
Duh Magnet
Once you go black, you can never go back!
R.I.P. James Brown
I Feel Good on television was one of my earliest musical memories. Of course I did not know until years later that it was a James Brown tune. It still makes me want to dance (and I hate dancing!).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6GHzONJpiI
Thank you James.
“Somebody should come up with parody blogs for superheroes…”
Not like its an entirely original idea, but here we go.
Hulk
Small child throw stones at Hulk. Call Hulk ugly. Hulk sad.
Batman
Ran drug dealing scum off the piers. Harvey seems normal…for now. Tim filling out nicely.
Peter Parker
Called out Felicia’s name during sex with MJ…she wouldn’t listen. Now I’m sleeping on the cold, cold floor.
Robin
He’s looking at me in THAT way. Again.
Reed Richards
I…I think Susan has a thing for that aquatic creep. Are not my abilities enough for her?
Frank Castle
Scum killed so far: 573. Must remember to update counter tommorrow.
The Atom
Rode in Wonder Woman’s bosom again. Doesn’t suspect a thing. A superhero’s life is full of peaks and troughs….currently it’s all peaks. Hehe.
Batgirl
Tried a Pinky and the Brain joke on Batman today. Not even a twitch, sigh.
Wonder Woman
Clark hitting on me again, jerk. Felt his x-ray vision.
Got tied up again today. Cursed Lasso kept slipping out of my fingers…Clark suggests it might be a subconscious reflex. Must explore this with Cassandra when we are alone.
Alfred
I caught Master Bruce trying to sneak into Master Grayson’s room again. Twice in a week…I better call Miss Kyle before things go further.
Jean Grey
Was Logan’s pheromones that made me do it.
Optimus Prime
Running low on energon…again. Contingency plan: cannibalize Bumblebee.
Tony Stark
Note to self, change underwear before suiting up.
Aquaman
Talked to the squid again. BORIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING! Been waiting for the JLA signal for weeks….still nothing.
Galactus
Ate a small moon…it was barely filling. Surfer was whining as usual, he never stops. Ever. SO AGGRAVATING! He started crying when I called him chromedome again, like I care about his feelings.
Thunderbird 2.0 Beta 1
Was planning to upgrade to the first beta of Thunderbird 2.0 for the tags (I feel so Web 2.0). Enigmail has not yet been marked as compatible, and I need that for my subversive, perverse ways. Oh well, I can wait.
For the ones who absolutely cannot wait to use the latest and greatest, there is a data loss bug, so be sure to back up your profile.