Well it seems that the linux-uvc drivers are working as advertised and Adobe player support is just not in the cards. It seems, as far as I can tell, Adobe Flash does not support V4L2. The UVC drivers only work with V4L2. I guess if I need to record a seesmic session, I will need to boot into my Vista partition.

My Optoma HD72 is up and running minus the bright mode. It seems the bulb ballast is outside the tolerance for the projector to run it at full capacity. I still need to get a new bulb but I can hold that off for a bit as running the pj in low mode is not that noticeable. Blu-Ray movies are back!!!

On the gaming front, I have yet to get MGS 4 but intend to when I get a little spending money for myself. On purchasing PS3 games, I notice that Target throws at the end of the isle sales, a couple of games at astoundingly low prices. They are buried but so far I have picked up Ninja Gaiden Sigma, and Fight Night 3 for $14.95 respectively and they were new. I am not sure if this is company-wide but the local stores around here have them with the red stickers. It is interesting to see that a week later, those games return to the main display back at the regular sales price of $29.95. Keep an eye out when you are walking around the electronic department section of Target.

Just as I completed my last post about how I cannot wait for the new projectors to come out, I read a story about bleeders like me who are not very modest and possibly arrogant.  Me arrogant, NEVER!  I like to try things out even if mainstream does not catch on *cough* Sony Reader PRS500 *cough*.   I just hate to buy something after it becomes popular.  And if I have options along with the tech, I will max it out.  Why buy the entry model?  A gadget will last longer with all options maxed out.  Yeah, I am the focus of jokes in my house when it comes to buying things.  What I spend on one gadget can easily last a year for Keyla and others when it comes to shopping fun.  What can I say, I love my gadgets, until a newer version comes out…

With all the talk about how terrible Vista, you would figure people would be running away from Windows.  It is strange that Parallels hit 1 million users.  I guess many still have to use Windows for work related purposes or maybe, Windows is not so bad after all?  I tried Vista and it was stable but slow.  I missed how fast XP was and missed Ubuntu even more.  But I do like all the driver support of Windows and do like the fact that hardware worked out of the box.  Maybe I am not alone.

What should you do when you have work that extends beyond quiting time? You go home and tear open a copy of the latest version of Singstar for the PS3!

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Well power flickered around midnight as sheets of heavy rain fell for what seemed like forever but really was only 30 minutes.  The lightning was so intense that the fields behind our back yard were visible as if it was mid-day. Continue reading