Rick's b.log - Feb 2009 summary

Entries in February 2009...

• 2009/02/07 - The Zen driver package problem, unsafe file moves, snow? what snow?, foreign workers, European City of Culture, my personal credit crunch.
• 2009/02/08 - A guide to video transcoding - MP4 to AVI.
• 2009/02/10 - Diary of a Hitman/Hurricane Quentin, what's happened to NHK World?
• 2009/02/13 - Paraskavedekatriaphobia, what's a PVR?, why MPEG4? welcome back, foreign workers (again).
• 2009/02/18 - VirtualDub is kept busy, aliens? (Austin), real aliens?, a one-person helicopter, the Pet Shop Boys, music and purpose (boy bands, '80s, punk, Lily Allen, John Bender, revolution and The Yobs (yup, Rick's feeling depressed again...)).
• 2009/02/22 - Australia's bush fires, unruly children/upbringing/parents, end Celeb Status, Love Me/Leave Me.
• 2009/02/25 - DIY disc cleaner, nationalising/privatising...
• 2009/02/26 - Keeping up with the Jones' (ADSL speeds), the Pôle Emploi and yet more nonsensical beaurocracy...
• 2009/02/28 - PopArt, PVR timed recordings bug, What I'm watching, ancient and extinct words.