Late but worth mentioning
2007/06/27 10:31 AM Filed in:
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Last Friday during lunch I had to
stop home and it was such a nice
day I thought that I'd take Beaker
back with me to work. We spent
about half a day together at work.
I brought food and water for him.
He was great. Didn't make a lot of
noise and everyone loved him.
After that I wanted to do a test so I took him to a local pub that I frequent (about a block away from work). I'm friends with the owner and he previously said it would be ok. I couldn't have been happier. Beaker didn't peep at all except once when the phone rang and he said "hello?". He just sat on my shoulder and watched people. He also let me know when he had to go so we stepped outside to do his business. I've taken him to the park and he's been good but I just wanted to see how he does in/with various situations, places, people. Seems he's fine with it and very well behaved. He's such a good boy.
After that I wanted to do a test so I took him to a local pub that I frequent (about a block away from work). I'm friends with the owner and he previously said it would be ok. I couldn't have been happier. Beaker didn't peep at all except once when the phone rang and he said "hello?". He just sat on my shoulder and watched people. He also let me know when he had to go so we stepped outside to do his business. I've taken him to the park and he's been good but I just wanted to see how he does in/with various situations, places, people. Seems he's fine with it and very well behaved. He's such a good boy.
La Pew
2007/06/18 01:35 PM Filed in:
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Hanging out late last night and I
see a buddy walking around. Curious
little guy. Let me follow him
around and take some pictures. As
long as you're not threatening
they're cool.
Comments
2007/06/13 06:05 PM Filed in:
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Just added a comments feature.
Doubt anyone will actually use it
but it's there. Neato!
Live feed
2007/06/07 08:43 AM Filed in:
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Every morning I have a pair of Gold
Finches visit so I'll have the live
feed on them for a while. Now watch
that I have the camera on them
they'll not show up.
Trimmed
2007/06/06 09:13 AM Filed in:
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Yesterday Mahana got her trim. It's
so nice being able to take her
outside with me and not worry. I
foresee a fun filled summer with
walks and visiting parks and having
some great bonding time.
I'm not real happy about how they clipped Beaker. They cut it all off so if he jumps or falls off of me he drops like a brick. Yesterday he fell off of me while I was moving some computer things around and four of his long tail feathers came out because he landed on them. NOT happy. I told them to keep one or two of the first flight feathers on Mahana. Not only because I want her to be able to float to the ground without injury but damn, those feathers are beautiful.
I'm not real happy about how they clipped Beaker. They cut it all off so if he jumps or falls off of me he drops like a brick. Yesterday he fell off of me while I was moving some computer things around and four of his long tail feathers came out because he landed on them. NOT happy. I told them to keep one or two of the first flight feathers on Mahana. Not only because I want her to be able to float to the ground without injury but damn, those feathers are beautiful.
Live
2007/06/06 08:48 AM Filed in:
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Going to stick with UStream. I'm
liking that the best. Sure it's not
nearly as smooth as hosting myself
but now I'm only using about 25KBps
upstream instead of 120+KBps. It's
nice to hear them too.
Live stream test 2
2007/06/05 08:57 AM Filed in:
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Today I'm testing UStream and so
far I like it better than Stickam.
The resolution isn't as high but
the audio works much better and it
has built in volume control. I
guess my only complaint would be
that the time stamp is PST whereas
I'm in EST. I didn't look hard but
I didn't see an option to tell it
which time zone I'm in. Anyhow, I
may stick with this.
Testing live stream
I have been doing the live video
stream feed directly from home
which is fine and all but it chews
up my bandwidth especially if a few
people are watching. Using a
re-broadcaster like this allows me
to only have one upstream and they
will handle multiple downstreams.
Today I've been testing out
Stickam.
It's ok. I like that it will
do video and audio but it's
laggy and the audio doesn't
always come through. More than
anything it's probably because
I'm hosting from an old G3
iBook 500mhz. Just not enough
oompfh to do it all. Tomorrow
I'll try out UStream.
Right now my media center is a Mac Cube which I love dearly but it's not fast enough to do high-def content even though it has been upgraded (CPU, HD, RAM, GFX, etc.). I plan on getting a Mac Mini but damn it Apple. Update it to the Core Duo 2! So, if after WDC this month it gets a much over-due update I'll be getting a Mini to replace the Cube. Then use the Cube for the bird server which will easily handle video/audio feeds.
Right now my media center is a Mac Cube which I love dearly but it's not fast enough to do high-def content even though it has been upgraded (CPU, HD, RAM, GFX, etc.). I plan on getting a Mac Mini but damn it Apple. Update it to the Core Duo 2! So, if after WDC this month it gets a much over-due update I'll be getting a Mini to replace the Cube. Then use the Cube for the bird server which will easily handle video/audio feeds.
That time again
2007/06/01 03:43 PM Filed in:
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Beaker got a trim today. Beak,
nails, wings. Ahhh. Now his biting
will be more like being gummed
instead of harpooned with a needle.
Mahana is next, on Tuesday.
