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Member since August 10, 2001

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    Cikaj Nigel

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  1. Review - HandBrake for Windows

    0.8.0 Beta 1 (Apr 2, 2007)

    Easier than auto Gordian Knot -- very intuitive. And quality even with default settings is higher!
    I especially appreciated ability to downsample AC3 audio to lower rates so as to have more room for video.
    When the widescreen iPod arrives, this will be the tool to entertain!
    Lots of props, kudos and thanks!

  2. Review - OpenOffice.org for Mac OS X

    2.0.4 (Feb 8, 2007)

    I'm impressed how fast it runs atop X11 under OS X -- faster than the Windows Java version.
    NeoOffice is too sluggish for me!

  3. Review - 1by1

    1.59 (Dec 29, 2006)

    Winamp plugins enable playing just about anything. But the most recent plugins that come with Nullsoft's installer mightn't all work.

  4. Review - AudioGrail

    6.5.0.110 Beta (Mar 9, 2006)

    "thank to the power of the FreeDB online database"
    No thanks to FreeDB -- I typically waste more time fixing the screwed up info than if I'd filled in everything manually using data from Amazon CD sales.

  5. Review - MediaCoder

    0.3.6 (Feb 24, 2006)

    I've been using this for two months and what I like best is how very intuitive it is. It is VERY fast. Author Stanley Huang hangs out in forums at hydrogenaudio.org as "optimus" and he responds to questions, suggestions and bug reports.

  6. Comment - Senator: Say No to XM-Sirius Merger

    0.3.6 (May 29, 2007 - 2:37 AM)

    Sirius is talk radio and XM is music radio. First thing to be added after merger is ads on the many ad-free XM channels. Presumably, too, they'd dumb down to using Sirius' inferior codecs so as to broadcast more but lower quality stations.
    Because the technical systems used by the services are so different, any efficiency savings would be long coming.

  7. Comment - Vista Sales Perhaps Not as Dire as Feared

    0.3.6 (Feb 20, 2007 - 3:51 PM)

    Go into a CompUSA and look at the mountains of boxes for unsold PCs stickered: "Not to be sold before January 30."

  8. Comment - AOL Opens Up AIM Further

    0.3.6 (Mar 21, 2006 - 2:46 PM)

    This has little to do with their instant messaging system. They're parlaying AIM's brand name to fold in small apps and widgets -- microformats -- constructed with AJAX and hAtom. And it's open source! The leg up they provide developers and hobbyists includes server space!
    Go read the IAmAlpha pages, links and wikis.
    This is a laudable initiative placing AOL in the forefront of Web2.0 tech.

  9. Comment - New Suite Binds Next-Gen AOL Software

    0.3.6 (Aug 20, 2005 - 1:01 PM)

    I see that they plan to support the x64 platform and that certainly suits me.
    I use AOL Communicator under x64 and still like it a lot, especially for the radio (though the new XM Satellite stations have problems with endless "missing file image" popups).
    The real issue is whether the marketing geniuses can be stopped from using this as yet another way of pushing more of their own ads in my face and spying on my tastes and interests. If they refuse to understand that I'm not paying for the privilege of seeing broadband ads, I'll cancel.

  10. Comment - MSN Enhances Spaces, Start.com

    0.3.6 (Aug 13, 2005 - 4:26 PM)

    I appreciate the new search for RSS feed function in start.com/myw3b . It makes google.com/ig look such a feeb! Couple it with an enhanced Hotmail and MS will draw many away from Yahoo and Google.