Of tech support, fandom pimping, and yumminess

[daemonluna]

Lo, I have fixed our intermittent--and as of this morning, causing no internet at all--connection problems. We need a new cable--the one that goes from the wall into the modem. The tech support guy said it was probably a hardware problem, Shaw replaced the modem when they were out two weeks ago for the same problem, and the cable TV was working fine. I have hijacked the cable for the VCR, and all is good in its online connectedness until we want to watch cable TV.

I thiiiink I have figured out how to make avi's from DVDs. So, all going well, who wants to see season one of This is Wonderland?

(And in much the same spirit, if anyone knows a relatively straightforward way I can turn a VHS tape into an avi without spending large amounts of money on new hardware?)

I've been craving Mediterranean food, by which I mean pitas, dippy stuff (hummus, tzatziki, and baba ghanouj), feta cheese, olives... mmmm. We made home-made hummus. Take a can of chick peas. Open. Rinse contents well. Dump in food processor with some lemon juice, salt, a few liberal spoonfuls of tahini, and a slosh of olive oil. Adjust to taste. Add cracked black pepper and a few cloves of garlic (roasted is best). Make the food processor go. Taste. Add more of what is needed. I like the pre-made stuff, but this... oh, this is so much better.

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[gloss]

who wants to see season one of This is Wonderland?
*raises hand!!!*
Oooh, this could be just the thing to pimp the show beyond its current fans. YES.

I'm not sure about VHS-->.avi but I shall ask around.

[daemonluna.livejournal.com]

What, you mean all ten of us current fans? *g* I will be thrilled beyond belief if any of the pimping produces results. Now if only I can catch the episodes I've missed from this season. Argh.

I'll get links up to the eps on yousendit as I get the episodes ripped, here and on girlsonscreen. I know it's only a temporary fix, but I've got no idea how to seed a torrent, and I suspect it'd eat up far too much bandwidth and my ISP would yell at me. We shall see...

[gloss]

All ten of us, yep. I'm mentioning it every chance I get, though, and maybe at some point someone'll hear me.

YSI sounds like thebest plan - seeding torrents is *hard* (that's the extent of my knowledge on the subject *g*).

[daemonluna.livejournal.com]

Maybe, if we pinping it out enough via YSI, someone ELSE will seed it as a torrent for us!

My goal is for there to be enough TiW fic out there (and not written by me, which is, like, three-quarters of it) to rec it on crack_van, etc.

[daemonluna.livejournal.com]

(And I can't type tonight, because "pimp" inexplicably became "pinping." *headdesk*)