High Def TV vs Regular TV

They announced that the first season of Battlestar Galactica is going to be released in high definition this December. I was wondering how much of a difference there was between standard def and high def tv programs. So I downloaded a high def episode of Stargate Atlantis - Missing. Weighs in at 1 GB file size vs 350 MB for the standard def version. Lets take a look at what this bigger file size gives us.

Here is a side by side comparison of the image quality (Our hero John Sheppard):

Click on the image for a full res version

The image really says it all, the detail is pretty amazing. You can see John's spiky hair and Atlantis patch clearly in hi-def. Well damn it, now I'm going to have to get some of the newer shows on HD-DVD :)

Funking with my head

Started taking a oral steroid called Prednisone this week and it is really causing my brain to go a little wonky. It is the only thing that can help me when my gout gets really bad and that usually only happens once a year during the winter. But I really dread having to take it as you will soon realize.

Unfortunately it either causes some zombie moments or the other extreme is losing my temper (which I never do). But while I was standing in my kitchen yelling at spilled bottle of hot sauce, I realized that this was probably caused by this little pill I'm taking. After splashing some water on my face, I returned to clean up the spill since yelling didn't magically reverse time to a point before the spill happened. The headaches aren't helping much either. Glad I've been civil to Geddy. He usually does have a calming effect on me.

Only one more day of this and my treatment is finished. Then my hormones will return to their serene sensibilities.

Cat have a hard life

Too much Hair of the Dog... poor dog :)

Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers

As chance would have it, my friend Jen reminded me that Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers were going to be playing Nectar in Fremont. Here's few pictures from the show.

They sounded great and Roger was just a maniac, jump around and drinking shots tequila.