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[annag]

- i will be going to kumoricon.
- i have watched half (24 eps) of kimagure orange road.
- laundry in a bathtub is silly and effort-ful, but less than at a laundromat.
- smart people are often cute. and worse, distracting.
- i have many socks currently.
- flac seems nifty.
- bedtime.

Comments

[skyehopper]

Perhaps I will see you there, I may be cosplaying with some friends the charachters from Persona 3 :)
Let me know if you want or need a place to stay.

[annag]

Yes, please!
Is it possible I could request we find a place for Noelle to stay, as well?
Because I'm totally going to drag her along.

Also, should I try to see Persona 3 before the con?

[skyehopper]

Sure! My place holds many bodies.
Persona 3 is a video game and yes you MUST play it. Before the con.

[annag]

Hmm. That may be difficult, considering i have multiple laptops but no gaming console.

[mverrey]

FLAC seems nifty, and indeed would be nifty if it were actually supported by portable consumer devices. As it stands though, I find half of the really good stuff in my collection can't be played on my iPhone currently because I thought FLAC would be a good idea. If you absolutely must rip to a lossless format, go with Apple Lossless, or at the very least hedge your bets and rip to both FLAC and mp3.

[friode]

But can't you trivially convert flac to mp3 after the fact? Or does Apple have some DRM that won't let you?

[mverrey]

You can convert, but I wouldn't call it trivial. Most software isn't built around transcoding between compression formats, since with lossy formats like mp3 and ogg, it's usually not a good idea. So what you end up doing is first converting to wav format, and then converting back to mp3. For a couple of songs, it's no big hassle, but when you've already invested the time into ripping your entire collection to one format, it's a nuisance to say the least.

[annag]

I hear .aac and LAME-based .mp3 algorithms are nicer than plain .mp3 encoding.
Do you have an opinion on this?

[friode]

I first interpreted that as 24 fps, with an f, as in frames and seconds like the speed of movie projectors. is kimagure orange road a 24 fps thing, or does it use something like 30 fps?

[annag]

It is a TV show from the 1980s. so, 30?

[bychoice]

I have a couple of devices that make doing laundry at home _much_ easier. If you would like suggestions, please let me know.

[annag]

Suggestions would be lovely. Yes, please!

[bychoice]

I use large rubbermaid tubs and a plunger-like Rapid Washer for large items, like sheets and heavy clothes. I use a Pressure Handwasher for smaller loads and underwear. Recently, I've used the Rapid Washer in a bucket for bras and that has done a fine job too. When I was doing a lot of laundry at home, I used a wringer, but they are expensive and will crush hooks, buttons and zippers if you aren't careful