Archive for December, 2006

Backup your DVD’s on a Mac

Monday, December 25th, 2006

Backing up your DVD’s should be easy. If you want to place them on your iPod it is trivial – just launch Instant HandBreak and click two buttons.

handbrake.m0k.org – Rips your DVD video and puts it on your iPod with just two clicks. Schweet!

If you want to make a duplicate copy of the DVD, you will need to use MacTheRipper to transfer the content to your computer and then DVD2One to burn the duplicate.

mactheripper.org – Rips DVD’s to files on your hard drive
dvd2one.com – Quickly compresses and burns the ripped files to a single standard DVD

Very easy, all you need is space, a blank DVD and a bit of time. (Thanx Blue for the tip.)

ripdifferent.com Nice set of links for you…

Music on my mind?

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006

It sure is easier to post lyrics of songs than to write my own thoughts down. Or is that true? By promoting anothers words, am I not speaking in my own voice? The music means something to me or I would not reference it.

Going through a LKJ moment right now. Kwesi is a cool name. Wonder what it means…

Maggot Brain (Live At The Hollywood Bowl) – P-Funk All Stars

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006

Mother Earth is pregnant for the third time
For we have knocked her up
I have tasted the maggots in the mind of the universe
I was not offended
For I knew I had to rise above it all
Or drown in my own shit

Maggot Brain is a state of mind
And then the condition, and position
Of your ass
Free your mind and your ass will follow

We are just a biological speculation
Sitting here vibratin’
And we don’t know what we’re vibratin’ about
And the animal instinct in me
Makes me want to defend me
Makes me want to live when it’s time to die
Do y’all see my point

I don’t mean to come on strong
But I am concerned
I believe in God
And I know that law and order must prevail
But if and when the laws of man are not just, equal and fair
Then the laws of Nature will come and do her thing

She does not think
She works by instinct
Survival is her thang
Do y’all see my point?

Think, it ain’t illegal yet

A luscious bitch she is, true
But it’s not nice to fool mother nature
The proud mother of god like all ho’s
Is jealous of her own shadow
So who is this young Vic Tanny bitch
Who wish to be queen for a day?
Who would sacrifice the great grandsons and daughters
Of her jealous mother
By sucking their brain
Until their ability to think was amputated
By pimping their instincts
Until they were fat, horny and strung-out
In her neurotic attempt to be queen of the universe
Who is this bitch?

America eats its young
And we are all part of America

This world is a hell of a heaven that we live in
But it’s all we’ve got
We might as well party y’all

If you will suck my soul
I will lick your funky emotions
All that is good is nasty
Ain’t nothing good unless you play with it

Play with it maggot…

Maggot Brain – P-Funk All Stars [Live At The Hollywood Bowl]

Thank You – Dido

Thursday, December 7th, 2006

My tea’s gone cold, I’m wondering why
I got out of bed at all
The morning rain clouds up my window
and I can’t see at all
And even if I could it’d all be grey,
but your picture on my wall
It reminds me that it’s not so bad,
it’s not so bad

I drank too much last night, got bills to pay,
my head just feels in pain
I missed the bus and there’ll be hell today,
I’m late for work again
And even if I’m there, they’ll all imply
that I might not last the day
And then you call me and it’s not so bad,
it’s not so bad and

I want to thank you
for giving me the best day of my life
Oh just to be with you
is having the best day of my life

Push the door, I’m home at last
and I’m soaking through and through
Then you hand me a towel
and all I see is you
And even if my house falls down,
I wouldn’t have a clue
Because you’re near me and

I want to thank you
for giving me the best day of my life
Oh just to be with you
is having the best day of my life

Thank You – Dido [No Angel]