Tweets for Today

• 12:03 Up, fed, read webcomics, updated redwolf's BIOS. Main rig could be happier. #
• 12:04 Also decided that news must be in RSS feeds for the next few days. Media coverage is all Obama this|that. Let's get him in first!!! #
• 12:48 Pondering another art session on Ustream today. May be a bit early, though. #
• 21:58 Me: Thanks 4 the baby formula, but since I'm not a fully functioning hermaphrodite... Similac: We'll take you off our list immediately. #

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Inaug09... and Tech to watch it.

I was able to watch the Inauguration of Pres Obama at the office.

No, I didn't stream it.  The network firewall's too fickle.  Besides, in our day and age, I had better technology.

You see, I got a refurbished Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro (the 800e) from Woot! for cheap.  $40 total.  It's a handy little NTSC/ATSC receiver/digitizer... but of course, ATSC is already digital.  So, all I really needed was to take it, the antenna that came with it, and my EeePC, and go to town.

There was a bit of hesitation and occasional studdering, though, on the card... or should I say the EeePC.  It may be a Atom but it was working on that video like nothing else.  A quick Google search showed a possible solution:  Turn off deinterlacing.  I doubt anyone was using it for DTV, which I was hooking onto.  This droped the CPU load, and thus the signal became stable.

I thus like what I'm seeing.