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Old anime intros and outros (look like crap on my new phone)

Sunday, November 4th, 2012 at 11:22 pm

I made some anime intro and outro videos (just cropped existing files) waaaaaay back in 2007, when I got my first 80GB iPod (Classic). It was when I first started working at [Redacted] and I needed something to do/watch/listen to when I was on the train.
It mostly consisted of Bleach, Naruto and Prince on Tennis as well as any other animes I’d already seen.

In 2009, I got my iPhone 3Gs and in 2010, I made my first additions to this really old playlist: Clannad After Story.

And in 2012, I made another set of additions: Gundam Seed, Hikaru no Go, Prince of Tennis Nationals. I used iMovie on my Macbook this time to encode/render the files into m4v as opposed to using an old Adobe Premiere – which would make great videos using great codecs, but was a couple years old and no longer did a great conversion to iEquipement that iMovie did.

And in 2012, I also got a new phone, the HD Samsung Galaxy SIII.
Some of my videos look okay on the new phone but some of the older, 2007 stuff looks ABSOLUTELY HORRID NOW. All these SQUARE BLOTCHES everywhere >_< I put Steins;Gate on my phone, which was HD (and still relatively small files) and it looks so crisp compared to these files. Makes me sad T_T I doubt I’ll ever re-encode the older files since my old files aren’t HD anyways….so I guess I’m stuck with these really crappy looking videos. At least they’re okay to listen to. Anyways, here’s a list of all my files (for my reference, more than anything). Intros 09/03/2007 Bleach 01.mp4 09/03/2007 Bleach 02.mp4 09/03/2007 Bleach 03.mp4 09/03/2007 Bleach 04.mp4 09/03/2007 Bleach 05 01.mp4 09/03/2007 Bleach 05 02.mp4 07/20/2007 Bleach 06.mp4 07/21/2007 Bleach 07.mp4 07/12/2010 Clannad After Story.mp4 09/03/2007 D N Angel.mp4 09/03/2007 Death Note 01.mp4 09/03/2007 Full Metal Panic 01.mp4 09/03/2007 Full Metal Panic 02.mp4 09/03/2007 Full Metal Panic Fumoffu.mp4 09/03/2007 Gatekeepers21 01.mp4 09/03/2007 Gatekeepers21 02.mp4 09/03/2007 Gatekeepers.mp4 09/03/2007 Get Backers 01.mp4 09/03/2007 Get Backers 02.mp4 09/03/2007 Get Backers 03.mp4 02/21/2012 Gundam Seed 1.m4v 02/21/2012 Gundam Seed 2.m4v 02/21/2012 Gundam Seed 3.m4v 02/21/2012 Gundam Seed 4.m4v 02/21/2012 Gundam Seed Destiny 1.m4v 02/21/2012 Gundam Seed Destiny 2.m4v 02/21/2012 Gundam Seed Destiny 3.m4v 02/21/2012 Gundam Seed Destiny 4.m4v 03/16/2012 Gundam Seed Destiny 5.m4v 02/22/2012 Hikaru no Go 1.m4v 02/22/2012 Hikaru no Go 2.m4v 02/22/2012 Hikaru no Go 3.m4v 09/03/2007 Initial D Fourth Stage 02.mp4 09/03/2007 Naruto 01.mp4 09/03/2007 Naruto 02 01.mp4 09/03/2007 Naruto 02 02.mp4 09/03/2007 Naruto 03.mp4 09/03/2007 Naruto 04 01.mp4 09/03/2007 Naruto 04 02.mp4 09/03/2007 Naruto 05 01.mp4 09/03/2007 Naruto 05 02.mp4 09/03/2007 Naruto 06.mp4 09/03/2007 Naruto 07.mp4 09/03/2007 Naruto 08 01.mp4 09/03/2007 Naruto 08 02.mp4 09/03/2007 Naruto 09.mp4 07/21/2007 Naruto Shippuden 01 01.mp4 07/21/2007 Naruto Shippuden 01 02.mp4 07/21/2007 Naruto Shippuden 02.mp4 02/21/2012 Naruto Shippuden 04.m4v 09/03/2007 Prince Of Tennis 01.mp4 09/03/2007 Prince Of Tennis 02.mp4 09/03/2007 Prince Of Tennis 03.mp4 09/03/2007 Prince Of Tennis 04.mp4 09/03/2007 Prince Of Tennis 05.mp4 09/03/2007 Prince Of Tennis 06.mp4 09/03/2007 Prince Of Tennis 07.mp4 09/03/2007 Prince Of Tennis 08.mp4 02/21/2012 Prince Of Tennis Nationals 1.m4v 02/21/2012 Prince Of Tennis Nationals 2.m4v 02/21/2012 Prince Of Tennis Nationals 3.m4v 02/21/2012 Prince Of Tennis Nationals 4.m4v Midtros 02/21/2012 Gundam Seed Akatsuki no Kuruma.m4v 02/21/2012 Gundam Seed Meteor.m4v 02/21/2012 Gundam Seed Destiny Vestige.m4v Outros 09/03/2007 Bleach 01.mp4 09/03/2007 Bleach 02.mp4 09/03/2007 Bleach 03 01.mp4 09/03/2007 Bleach 03 02.mp4 09/03/2007 Bleach 03 03.mp4 09/03/2007 Bleach 03 04.mp4 09/03/2007 Bleach 03 05.mp4 09/03/2007 Bleach 03 06.mp4 09/03/2007 Bleach 03 07.mp4 09/03/2007 Bleach 03 08.mp4 09/03/2007 Bleach 03 09.mp4 09/03/2007 Bleach 03 10.mp4 09/03/2007 Bleach 03 11.mp4 09/03/2007 Bleach 03 12.mp4 09/03/2007 Bleach 03 13.mp4 09/03/2007 Bleach 04.mp4 09/03/2007 Bleach 05.mp4 09/03/2007 Bleach 07.mp4 09/03/2007 Bleach 08.mp4 09/03/2007 Bleach 09 01.mp4 09/03/2007 Bleach 09 02.mp4 09/03/2007 Bleach 10.mp4 09/03/2007 D N Angel 01.mp4 09/03/2007 D N Angel 02.mp4 09/03/2007 Death Note 01.mp4 09/03/2007 Full Metal Panic 01.mp4 09/03/2007 Full Metal Panic 02.mp4 09/03/2007 Full Metal Panic Fumoffu.mp4 09/03/2007 Gatekeepers.mp4 09/03/2007 Get Backers 01.mp4 09/03/2007 Get Backers 03.mp4 02/21/2012 Gundam Seed 1.m4v 02/21/2012 Gundam Seed 2.m4v 02/21/2012 Gundam Seed 3.m4v 02/21/2012 Gundam Seed Destiny 1.m4v 02/21/2012 Gundam Seed Destiny 2.m4v 02/21/2012 Gundam Seed Destiny 3.m4v 02/21/2012 Gundam Seed Destiny 4.m4v 03/16/2012 Gundam Seed Destiny 5.m4v 02/22/2012 Hikaru no Go 1.m4v 02/22/2012 Hikaru no Go 2.m4v 02/22/2012 Hikaru no Go 3.m4v 02/22/2012 Hikaru no Go 4.m4v 02/22/2012 Hikaru no Go 5.m4v 09/03/2007 Initial D Fourth Stage 02.mp4 09/03/2007 Naruto 01.mp4 09/03/2007 Naruto 02.mp4 09/03/2007 Naruto 03.mp4 09/03/2007 Naruto 04.mp4 09/03/2007 Naruto 05.mp4 09/03/2007 Naruto 06.mp4 09/03/2007 Naruto 07.mp4 09/03/2007 Naruto 08.mp4 09/03/2007 Naruto 09.mp4 09/03/2007 Naruto 10.mp4 09/03/2007 Naruto 11.mp4 09/03/2007 Naruto 12.mp4 09/03/2007 Naruto 13.mp4 09/03/2007 Naruto 14 01.mp4 09/03/2007 Naruto 14 02.mp4 09/03/2007 Naruto 15.mp4 07/21/2007 Naruto Shippuden 03.mp4 09/03/2007 Prince Of Tennis 01.mp4 09/03/2007 Prince Of Tennis 02.mp4 09/03/2007 Prince Of Tennis 03.mp4 09/03/2007 Prince Of Tennis 04.mp4 09/03/2007 Prince Of Tennis 05.mp4 09/03/2007 Prince Of Tennis 06.mp4 09/03/2007 Prince Of Tennis 07.mp4 09/03/2007 Prince Of Tennis 08.mp4 02/21/2012 Prince Of Tennis Nationals 1.m4v 02/21/2012 Prince Of Tennis Nationals 2.m4v 02/21/2012 Prince Of Tennis Nationals 3.m4v 02/21/2012 Prince Of Tennis Nationals 4.m4v

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Shawshank Prison

Sunday, November 4th, 2012 at 10:24 pm

Recently saw The Shawshank Redemption for the 3rd or so time. There’s are a couple conversations in it where Red (Morgan Freeman) and Heywood (another prison inmate) argue about Brooks (an old prison inmate) about the concept of being institutionalized (institutionalized syndrome). Here are the conversations:

Red: These walls are funny. First you hate ’em, then you get used to ’em. Enough time passes, you get so you depend on them. That’s institutionalized.
Heywood: Shit. I could never get like that.
Prisoner: Oh yeah? Say that when you been here as long as Brooks has.

and later…

Red: Would you knock it off? Brooks ain’t no bug. He’s just… just institutionalized.
Heywood: Institutionalized, my ass.
Red: The man’s been in here fifty years, Heywood. Fifty years! This is all he knows. In here, he’s an important man. He’s an educated man. Outside, he’s nothin’! Just a used up con with arthritis in both hands.

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I think that sums up my stay at my current workplace pretty well. I’ve been there 7 years in total (3 co-op, 1 contract, 5 full time) and it’s all I really know. I’ve been to other companies but not at the level I am today. In my current role, I’m an important man. One of the most important. But out there, I might be nothing. And it’s terrifying. I’ve literally worked years to build up to be where I am. And while the skills will likely transfer over to another role, I don’t want to build up the respect I have now somewhere else. I’d rather be an important person, one of the “go-to developers” than “one of the developers”.

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I know the real reason why I haven’t left my ‘prison’ in years. Even when it’s been bad.

One is fear. Fear of what else is out there, fear of not being important, fear of failure.

And that ties into the other reason: pride.
Pride is a tricky thing. It can be the reason why a person might not do something rational, expected, obvious….and be the reason why a person might do something stubborn, unexpected, irrational.

For someone with a high pride, I don’t want to feel the fear of failure. Of not being respected or skilled or important.

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In a recent post, I asked myself when the chance for me to become great will be. And I realize: I can never be great with fear and pride in the way. The truth of why I haven’t been great is because I let the most important years pass me by. I let fear and pride get in the way. I looked opportunity in the eye and I cowered away from it. I never applied for the jobs I should have applied for. Never grasped the opportunity when it came for me. I made a success of my life for what it is, but did not try to make a success of my life for what it could be.

There was even a point, when I just got out of school, that I was offered an opportunity at Microsoft. Unfortunately, I actually couldn’t take it at the time. But I never did follow up with that. Or try to get it back. That and countless times when I didn’t do when I should have, because pride and fear got in the way.

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So it’s either:
Try to become great – let go of my fear and pride and strive for higher grounds.
Or
Try to become great and strive for higher grounds without abandoning fear and pride.

The latter is how I’ve lived my life – and it’s been working out for me. Except that fact about being “great”. But how important is it to become great? It it just in my head? I’m living a decent life right now…do I need to be great? and what does that even mean?

I do believe that it’s possible that I can never be great simply because of how self-aware I am. Because I’m self-aware of my flaws, it makes me that much more susceptible to them. Whereas one who’s oblivious to such fears will blindly jump into a scenario that could cause great success…or great failure. I’m a careful person, cold, calculating….that’s who I am. Would I change that to become “great”? Definitely not. I’ve chosen a safe path in life for one cannot become great without taking great risk, and possibly failing.

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Anyways, just been thinking about some stuff lately. That’s enough for now.

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WTB – November 2012 Edition

Friday, November 2nd, 2012 at 11:59 pm

Things I’m expecting in November – Total $592

D-Arts Dukemon
$60.99 – Price I Paid (total)
Pre-ordered Aug 29, 2012
Release Date August 2012
Purchased at Big Bad Toy Store

Kotobukiya Tekken: Asuka Kazama Bishoujo Statue
$55.99 – Price I Paid (total)
Pre-ordered Feb 16, 2012
Release Date Sept 2012
Purchased at Big Bad Toy Store

Kotobukiya Tekken: White Phoenix (Rare) Bishoujo Statue
$300 – Price I Paid (total)
Purchased Oct 30, 2012
Release Date Sept 2012
Purchased at eBay.com

Kotobukiya Marvek: Yelena Belova (Rare) Bishoujo Statue
$175+ – Price I Paid (total)
Purchased…soon
Purchased at eBay.com

Things I received in October – Total $0.00

Another month where I didn’t really buy anything substantial (over $30).
Uh…other than my phones. But those don’t count, those are out of necessity!

Notes
I’ve been buying less stuff lately which is good. I will admit I’ve made some expensive purchases for those 3 rare Kotobukiya Bishoujo statues that I’m missing. After I get those 3, I’m set! I am happy that I’m getting less impulsive with my money.

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Accomplishments – November 2012 Edition

Thursday, November 1st, 2012 at 11:59 pm

What I accomplished in October
Shows / Movies
The Butterfly Effect
Indie Game The Movie
The Goonies
The Illusionist
The Prestige
Anchorman
Avengers [Rewatch]
Steins;Gate E01-E25 [Rewatch]
Samurai Pizza Cats E01-E13 [Rewatch]
Currently watching: Nothing

Books & Manga

worldofwarren.com / warrenshea.com / kotobishoujo.com
kotobishoujo.com – Redesign
kotobishoujo.com – Checklist
kotobishoujo.com – Contact
kotobishoujo.com – FAQ
kotobishoujo.com – Scarlet Witch Rotator
kotobishoujo.com – Phoenix Rotator
kotobishoujo.com – Dark Phoenix Rotator
kotobishoujo.com – Batgirl Black Costume Rotator
kotobishoujo.com – Poison Ivy Rotator
kotobishoujo.com – X-23 X-Force Rotator
kotobishoujo.com – Christie Monteiro Rotator

Photography

Gaming
Braid [PS3]
Kirby: Return to Dreamland [Wii] [Replayed]
The New Super Mario Bros 2 [3DS] (and got my 1,000,000 coins)

Web Development and Design
Installed/learned WAMP and MediaWiki

Other
Converted 22 VHS Tapes to Digital
Upgraded my old iPhone 3GS to a Samsung Galaxy SIII

Notes
Definitely got a lot done this month! Watched a lot of movies on my vacation and did a lot of dev. Need to do more though. Been lazy the last few weekends.

What I want to accomplish in October
Shows / Movies
Drive
City of God
House S9
Office S8
Currently watching: Walking Dead S3, Initial D Fifth Stage, How I Met Your Mother, Big Bang Theory

Books & Manga
Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

worldofwarren.com / warrenshea.com / kotobishoujo.com
warrenshea.com – fix up some items, write new skills

Photography
kotobishoujo.com – Photography

Writing
kotobishoujo.com – Reviews

Gaming
Zelda: A Link to the Past [Replay] (note: already did this…5H 10M)
Persona 4 [PS3]

Web Development and Design
Relearn things re:
Regular Expressions
MediaWiki

Other
Go to the US to pick up some packages and go shopping.
Write some LinkedIn recommendations.

Notes
Need to keep focused and busy!

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WTF, eBAY!

Wednesday, October 31st, 2012 at 1:23 am

I’m going to the same URL on 3 different browsers (2 of them being Chrome, same version no less) and I have 3 different results/experiences!

WTF IS GOING ON. HOW COME AT HOME ON CHROME I GET NO RESULTS.
YO. THAT’S MAYBE WHY I CAN’T BUY MY SHIT.

and no, I’m not buying that $700 White Phoenix…despite being international, it’s quite a bit more than I’m willing to spend

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