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These days, I'd rather have my gadgets than beer.
(XBox One X for Xmas)
"(I) am amazed to see myself here rather than there ... now rather than then".
― Blaise Pascal
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Second hand shop, DVD player $12. Hard-rubbish collection - $free.
No time or electricity wasted ripping.
Failing that, just use the *nix olden goldie, mplayer
Here's the result a a quick goggle (sp intentional!)
mplayer rip dvd subtitles - Google Search mplayer can do the sound, the video and the subs. All for the rip-off price of $free
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I have copied all my music CDs, as well as digitized vinyls and CCs, to a hard disk. It saves me half an hour a day (or at least close to that  ) searching back and forth through my CD shelves to find the music I want. (Even if I used to have my CD shelves sorted on artist, that was certainly not always my selection/searching criteria: Sometimes you search for a work of a given title, sometimes for an individual artist hidden by some band name, sometimes you don't remember who was the performer, ...)
So I am in the process of ripping all my movies anyway. But generally, I make a copy of the directory structure on the video disk, so that I can select the subtitles as I want, navigate through chapters, select sound track etc. Ripping is not a big issue - as long as region codes and encryption issues can be solved, and the cost of hard disks remain low. The list price of 4-8 TB disks is around 25-30 USD per TB, so the cost of storing a BD movie is typically around 50-70 US cents.
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Take a look a MakeMKV to rip (I use it for DVD, don't have BD, so not sure about BD). Then convert the *.mkv file to *.mp4 with VidCoder or just leave as *.mkv file.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day[^]
Complete with neutron star...
One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.
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Fun with acronyms. This is the Astronomy Picture of the Day Of The Day.
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Thanks for covering for me whilst I am away! 
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Everyone, I LOVE my TiVo remote. Power/Volume works ONLY the TV... Etc.
Very simple replacement for a pair of remotes.
Now, in the Front Room, we have a big screen TV, and a sound bar. The sound bar does not pay attention to the TV Volume level.
We have a cable box. But the simple Cable TV remote does not let me program it to the soundbar. Honestly, if I could just do that, I would be happy. It is mostly for the wife/simplicity.
So, the wife is constantly ready to throw the remotes at me. I got a programmable one, but if she presses the wrong button (DVD) then the audio buttons are not longer speaking the Soundbars language.
Ughh...
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Does anyone know of a simple remote: CableBox for Channels, Power for TV, and Volume for Soundbar?
Without 1,001 buttons and modes, etc?
Thanks in advance!
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Well, ther's always this: Simple and obvious[^]
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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OG... Those knobs don't work on my digital devices...
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I completed and deployed my first MVC web site for a friend's business. It's not big or all that complicated, but it's a damn sight better than the wordpress crap that it replaced. There are some small tweaks that need to be made (and that only became known after the deployment), but I feel pretty good about it.
If you are so inclined to check it out...
210 Performance[^]
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: There are some small tweaks that need to be made
Like this one?
There are no external authentication services configured. See this article for details on setting up this ASP.NET application to support logging in via external services.
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Perhaps, John did intend that to stay so that people could read that article which I am sure would be quite helpful to many. 
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Seems decent enough for a basic site.
I had a relative ask me a few months ago if I could put together a small site for him, just so his small car wash/accessories business has an online presence - nothing more sophisticated than a glorified online pamphlet, truth be told. As I have neither the time nor the inclination, I was tempted to tell him about (and let him deal with) WordPress, but I think even that is beyond his technical skills.
Can I ask in what way WordPress is too crappy even for that?
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It's based on PHP. PHP is crap.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Well, even if you don't want to work with PHP, as an user you don't need to see the code. Was there anything Wordpress lacked in functionality that helped you make the decision to write it from scratch as a custom website?
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Gotcha.
I realize that WordPress wants to appeal to people who can't code at all, but I suspect that if I ended up being the one to put together a site for someone else, I probably couldn't help myself but to dig down to the actual code. So...fair warning, I guess.
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I was wondering too as I've recommended Wordpress for basic websites. There are tons of themes, include commercial ones (not too expensive), 1000s of plugins, very customizable, easy import/export, etc.
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What's the point of the landing page? Doesn't add anything other than another click.
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It looks great, John. Neat, crisp and simple, the way a web experience should be. I've studied a bit of MVC site building, but haven't had a chance to implement what I've learned. Simple as it is, this inspires me to try something along the same lines, if for no better reason than to keep my finger in the water... Thanks for the encouragement!
Will Rogers never met me.
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What! I didn't see any porn.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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What was the reason you used MVC for this type of site? It looks like a basic Asp.net/html site, nothing fancy, simple and clean. Are you planning on a lot of DB work, etc. in the future? Will users have accounts, etc?
Just curious if the technology was worth it. Perhaps it was, if you are going to scale in the future. 
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Aged 8 I got a model plane kit for Christmas.
Spent about two weeks building it then took it down to the local park to fly - filled it to the very brim with fuel.
Last seen heading towards Coventry.
As far as I know it is still going.
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