canutethegreat

Been a while since my last post.. been extremely busy! The good news is that tomorrow morning is my last final for the quarter! Then I have a week off from school before resuming Computer Science classes next quarter. I am excited to be back in CS and even more excited to NOT be taking any history courses for a while.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

For the movies pirates out there or those of us who have homemovies on their computer and want to make them into a DVD that can be played in a normal house-hold DVD player: how to use Linux to make DVDs from a video file (any format).

So I have a ton of movies in various formats (mpeg, avi, mov, wma, etc.) on my computer...
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As part of the final grade my in History of ancient Asia, I have to do two map identifications. Basically everyone in the class is given two downloadable maps that looks like shit and don't match anything (for reference). One map is of mainland (i.e. China, etc.) and the other is an ocean view (for Japan). Then we were all given a list of 64...
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I love VirtualBox! While it isn't perfect, particularly when trying to attain reasonable USB 2.0 speeds, but is such a great application. I've used it for a couple of years for various things, but this week I've started to use it very heavily. My biggest use this week has been as a clean environment to scan files from a very badly (virus) infected computer. I...
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Oh I forgot to mention that I applied for a sales job at Sears (among other places) and they called me back for a preliminary interview. Since business has been so slow the wife and I decided I needed to find a part-time job. I think I applied to about 10 different places and this is the only one (so far?) that has called me...
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The computer I was working on for the previously mentioned relative was given back today with a minimal install of Windows 7 Pro and not much else on it. I have a backup of their data that I will have to spend time disinfecting and putting onto some DVDs before giving it back.

To facilitate this and make it a little easier on myself I...
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Why do I keep doing work for relatives? I always end up pissed off and feeling like they are completely ungrateful for it.

So I just finished a malware/virus removal job for an older couple that was particularly bad. It took me 4 afternoons+evenings to clean it all up. I decided after 2 days to cap my fee at $150. I took the computer back this afternoon, hooked it up, made sure their Internet connection worked, etc. I then told the lady the price and she had this...
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I love it when class gets canceled! My last class today was canceled = early day. Then I just got home and found checked my email and there was one from the prof for my first class saying that class for tomorrow morning is canceled = sleep in day. Yea I'm in a good mood now!