http://robproject.com/blog “If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to meet it!” – JW Wed, 09 May 2012 13:54:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://robproject.com/blog/2012/05/a-commercial-free-existence-almost/ http://robproject.com/blog/2012/05/a-commercial-free-existence-almost/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 18:52:14 +0000 rgoodwin http://robproject.com/blog/?p=587
My wife just told my about a conversation she had with my daughter the other day. When our TV comes on in the living room, the channel that immediately shows defaults to the last one watched. Then from there we can choose which HDMI input or Netflix show to watch. Usually we have some external [...]]]> http://robproject.com/blog/2012/05/a-commercial-free-existence-almost/feed/ 0 http://robproject.com/blog/2011/10/the-trouble-with-thor/ http://robproject.com/blog/2011/10/the-trouble-with-thor/#comments Sat, 08 Oct 2011 21:47:57 +0000 rgoodwin http://robproject.com/blog/2011/10/the-trouble-with-thor/
I just rented the movie Thor, from Redbox,  for my older kids.  Here are my thoughts in case you haven’t seen it yet. First off, I’m not really impressed with mythological stories at all, so watching Natalie Portman portray a physics genius was pretty hard to stomach. Oh, and the movie wasn’t spectacular either. Actually, [...]]]> http://robproject.com/blog/2011/10/the-trouble-with-thor/feed/ 0 http://robproject.com/blog/2010/08/who-killed-the-electric-car/ http://robproject.com/blog/2010/08/who-killed-the-electric-car/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:41:16 +0000 Rob http://robproject.com/blog/?p=280
This week I watched an outstanding video titled “Who Killed the Electric Car?”. Released in 2006 this documentary was an eye opener to me as to the possibilities of electric motors in transportation. And more specifically, how easy it would be to convert to electric powered vehicles in the near future. I have always been [...]]]> http://robproject.com/blog/2010/08/who-killed-the-electric-car/feed/ 0 http://robproject.com/blog/2010/01/combine-several-vob-files-into-one/ http://robproject.com/blog/2010/01/combine-several-vob-files-into-one/#comments Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:38:20 +0000 Rob http://robproject.com/blog/?p=233
So my son gets a PSP (Play Station Portable) for Christmas and right away wants to put movies on it to watch by himself. So I say "Fine, we have a bunch of movies here that I can transfer to the PSP." I grab a DVD off the shelf and stick it in the computer. Then I grab one of my handy dandy conversion tools and get to work.]]> http://robproject.com/blog/2010/01/combine-several-vob-files-into-one/feed/ 2