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Agreed. And she did ask for an awful lot.

48 hours to go, and barely over half funded...I don't think she's going to make it. Imogen Heap's Mi.Mu Glove

Yeah, my ex got a XV Crosstrek, that may very well be my next car. She's extremely happy with it, it's a really nice size, I want to say it's Tiguan sized (> Golf, < Touareg). If you want smaller, just get the Impreza, it's largely the same car.

I don't understand the aversion to non-sedans, hatchbacks and wagons are just so much more utilitarian. [/rant] Subaru has airbags freakin' everywhere -- they're famous for that. You may want to look at their sedan offerings. The Impreza (even non-WRX) is a pretty zippy little car.

Have you driven a Subaru yet? Dave bought an Outback because it felt nicer (read: not plastic everywhere) than the competition several years ago.

tUnE-yArDs Nikki Nack Brian Eno & Karl Hyde, Someday World

Kishi Bashi, Lighght Pacifika, Amor Planeta also on First Listen

You're right, I meant Focus (including that's the car my sister got).

I don't know, that's why I want to hear it for myself.

Anyone know anything about the Aune?

Yeah, that, too; I cued up a whole bunch of First Listen stuff.

about to switch to new Lykke Li on First Listen

But you said, "to encode" -- I just want to play back, neh?

Thanks, I will give that a try. I use AnyDVD HD to rip and used CyberLink PowerDVD (OEM w/Blu-Ray and 3D support) to play back, I rarely played back directly. But the problem I've been running into -- admittedly very minor is the loss of the subtitles during Dothrakian dialog, so this time I just wanted to watch the disk directly, because I had better luck with that last time. And now all of a sudden it's just not playing a disk at all ("prohibited"). I probably wouldn't have this problem at all on a linux box, but then I lose my external DAC.

It's been an Echolyn kind of day.

My sister got the Ford Fiesta -- which is the Mazda3's biggest competition in the same way as the Fusion is to the Mazda6. Good call!

Question for the Windows 7 HTPC users: My OEM of Cyberlink PowerDVD 10 with Blu-Ray and 3D just stopped working. Should I just go ahead and buy it (14, presumably)? I'm afraid that they're one of those "perpetually pay for upgrades" nickel-and-dime mickey-mouse bullshit software that I hate. Anything better out there? VLC? What do you use in your Windows 7 HTPC to play Blu-Rays? I do use SlySoft's AnyDVD HD for delayed viewing of rentals, but I still use Cyberlink PowerDVD to play back the video files -- if I should switch video players to something that works better with subtitles (the way I do it, I lose the subtitles during the Dothrakian sequences), please recommend me something better in that regard, too.

Fostex T50RP on MassDrop

http://vimeo.com/63600754

"Downloading"?

Verbatim.

Happy birthday! (party favour noise)

Do I sound like I'm complaining? I'm only mentioning it if Jeff wants a change of pace (I've only ever seen him drive black cars). No, seriously, I've never owned a black car, and none of my choices for color for the Mazda3 that I have my eye on ... none of them are black (dolphin blue, blurple, dried blood red, and I think there was even a full-on purple once).

Lollers, I recommended a XV Crosstrek to him, and he changed it to WRX STI. I can't really argue with that. Although he didn't bring up the "seems like overkill to drive to the train station" comment at the time...I did. Except I said, "seems like overkill for the entire DC area". Oh, and Jeff, the car I was trying to think of was the Outback Sport -- the XV Crosstrek is basically just the Outback Sport hopped up with a lift kit. Don't think it comes in a WRX STI, though. Oh, and I'll second the Cayenne -- fucking any Cayenne, looks hot even before I know what it is. Only comes in black in the DC area, though. (I've only ever seen it in black.)

This. I mean, sympathies, but this.