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So, last Thursday Sony came out with another firmware update for the PS3. This one made it so that DVDs and standard-definition PS and PS2 games are "upconverted" to whatever resolution your PS3 is set to. In my case, that's 1080i output for the computer monitor that I'm using for my PS3 display. I heard about this update and was sort of like, meh... I didn't really think it would make much difference.

I have to say... WOW. Before, things looked really blocky and pixellated, and now... holy crap. I've never seen a regular DVD look so good. I have yet to try a PS2 game, but I'm still working on Shadow of the Colossus, so I'll post back once I play it again.

Good job Sony!

Posted by dre at 11:03 AM | Permalink

In writing the last post I found a great link:

HTML Ampersand Codes

Oh and two posts ago when I was talking about the CAPS LOCK key? Yeah I was fried from finals. But it's cool, I got straight A's! Wheee! I was never a good student in high school, and even my college grades aren't all that great. I hated math and it always pulled my grades down. I always got As and Bs in English though. I don't know why it took me 10 years to figure out that it would be fun to major in it.

Posted by dre at 02:35 PM | Permalink

So I'm about ¾ of the way through a book called Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity, by David Allen. You hear about this book all over the place, from Digg to Slashdot to people's blogs -- hell there's an entire website called 43 Folders inspired by concepts in this book. So with all that hype, I finally go so curious that I went and picked it up. And when I got to Borders, it was the last copy on the endcap!

Contrary to what people might think about a "productivity" book, it's not about how to cram more stuff into your schedule. It's more of a nuts-and-bolts approach to actually freeing your mind up from worrying about all the stuff you have to do so you can actually feel good about NOT doing one thing so you can do another.

Really, what David is talking about here is common sense, but it's just that it's very well organized common sense. I don't really think I'm the target audience for this book -- it seems aimed more at mid-level manager types who have a wife and kids and all kinds of things up in the air. Which is fine, because I think it makes it easier for me to put some of his ideas into practice. I am super busy, I mean I have a house to take care of, school, work, a band, etc.

Bottom line: is it worth $15? Yeah, I think so. I bought it, and I'm putting things into practice even as I write this. Good book.

Posted by dre at 11:06 AM | Permalink

You know, sometimes when I'm at home on my Mac I just hit CAPS LOCK over and over, just to see the little green light go on and off inside the key. It's pretty magical. It's not quite the same on a PC because the little light is all the way over on the other side on a PC keyboard.

Some people call this procrastination. I call this enjoying the finer things in life.

Posted by dre at 09:57 AM | Permalink

From http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6rE0EakhG8

Posted by dre at 05:08 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)