[tech junkie]

Handbrake Video Encoder Hits 0.9.4: Not Dead, Just Pining for the Fjords

Anyone that owns a Mac and a portable media device that is capable of video playback has no doubt used Handbrake to rip and/or convert a DVD or media file to an appropriate format or size so that they could have it with them on the go.It's been a while since the application has been updated, but the it has been worth the wait. The speed improvements and the presets make faster and simpler than ever to drive the sometimes scary task of fiddling with video.Best of all, it's still free. If you're ...

QOTD: Russell Baker

Russell Baker: "'Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it.'" (Via Quotes of the Day.)

Update: Tweetie 2.1 for iPhone

[Rating:9/10] A quick update on the review for Tweetie 2 for the iPhone. Version 2.1 was made available a few hours ago and it has delivered the goods. Support for lists, native retweeting and geotagging. Awesome x Rad. I've upgraded the rating to 9/10.

Tweetie 2 for iPhone

[Rating:8/10] For some time now I've resisted the urge to try out any of the pay-for Twitter applications on the iPhon, mostly because I've found the free ones to be more than sufficient for my needs. Tweetdeck for the iPhone has delivered all the functionality that I've needed and it was responsive enough for me not to be on the lookout for anything better. I've also used Echofon before I tried Tweetdeck. Another great client, but I stopped using it when I started using Tweetdeck on my lapt...

QOTD: Bruce Cockburn

Bruce Cockburn: "'The trouble with normal is it always gets worse.'" (Via Quotes of the Day.)

Bioshock 2 coming in a special edition

I'm not usually one for special editions and fancy box sets, well not recently anyway. I may have purchased the Gears of War box set and the Forza 2 one and maybe one or two others, but that's all. Promise. The Bioshock 2 special edition looks pretty awesome. Probably full of stuff that I will only ever look at once, but how can I resist something that has an LP in it ? I'll have to go and buy a USB turntable somewhere for the ultimate Bioshock fan (geek) experience. So it’s official: ther...

QOTD: Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde: "'Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.'" (Via Quotes of the Day.)

Commodore 64 emulator for the iPhone

[Rating:7/10] After some initial hiccups with getting (and keeping) the application in the iTunes App Store, Manomio are back with C64 (iTunes link) and 8 free games. At first you may find yourself questioning your sanity, but after dropping £2.99 in the iTunes store and playing one of the old classics, you'll be pulled right back to you gaming roots. Now maybe it was just because I was stuck on a two hour flight and had nothing else to do after I had finished reading my Stuff Magazine,...

Plex and the ultimate media center setup

[Rating:10/10] I've been using XBMC on my old Xbox as a media center for a few years now and it has served me well. In fact, it is still serving me well, but it doesn't have the horsepower to get HD content onto my TV. It also doesn't have some of the features that I'm after in a media center. Some time ago I started playing with the free app Plex (Plex was born out of XBMC) on my iMac at home and I was very impressed with what it could do. The only problem was that my iMac was nowhere nea...