You know Rock Band.  You know you play Rock Band.  You know you love it.  But how much harder is it to pass a song that you actually can’t stand to listen to?  And then when you can’t pass it, you have to keep listening to it over and over and over until you want [...]

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If you have off-site/hosted storage needs and haven’t looked at Amazon S3, you really should.
What is it?
Amazon S3 (Super Simple Storage) is basically a pretty cheap ($0.15/GB at the time of this writing) storage cloud that anyone can use. Well, anyone with an Amazon account. So, basically everyone.
How do I work with S3?
You [...]

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Remember my first take on Hulu? I wasn’t impressed by the video quality.
Sure, it’s encoded at 640×360. Here’s a screenshot of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 1 Episode 8:

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Now let’s compare that with a 720p rip that I found on The Pirate Bay (Sorry, Eric, comparisons [...]

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I’ve got six Hulu invites. Let me know in the comments if you want an invite.

Technorati Tags: Hulu, TV

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I woke up this morning to find myself personally invited to the Hulu beta.
I tried to watch a couple of shows, but I have to admit that I’m incredibly underwhelmed by the video quality. The stream is maybe 320×240, and even at that its blocky.
When I tried full screen, it looked horrible.
The video selection [...]

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