Finally there appears a mono build for FC4. I’ve been running the FC3-packages since FC4 was released. This may be a short happiness, however, with FC5 test1 scheduled for release 7/11. Busy weekend. Started preparing for the Halloween-party. Bought black food dye and made some black chocolate, and started creating eyes. Really wanted to have […]
Monthly Archives: October 2005
Encoding mp4 with faac
Tested the different AAC object types supported by faac: LC, Main and LTP. I ran the test on an old HP xw4000 and noted elapsed time as reported by faac. The test-material was a 7:35 long track, sampled from vinyl. It had been processed from WAV to OGG and back to WAV again. Type Time […]
Winter
Two months to christmas. It was freezing cold outdoors, and while waiting for the commuter train this morning I noticed a few small snowflakes in the air. On the train home I finished “Knife of Dreams”. (spoiler-warning) I feel like it is missing a chapter or two. The cliff-hanger at the end was a bit […]
Halloween
Just gave up. I tried reading a chapter from The chronicles of Narnia for my 5.5 YO daughter. She just couldn’t be still. After half a page she even tried crawling under a bed-sheet. I hope it is due to her having a cold, and not related to her age. (Teenage may start early with […]
Kittens and music
This is really fun. The results are almost random, but I’ve managed fairly well with my strategy; low elevation (~20) and high power. The idea is to give the kitten as much forward velocity as possible, hoping for the bombs to give enough altitude. Results? some 1600+ feet as best, and 1500+ second. Yesterday I […]