Encoding

No, i’m not an encoder. And it’s apparent. Not to mention i’m using linux, so it’s not even as simple as grabbing a random Free MPEG-2 To H264 (30 days trial) (not malware) (confirmed download) and hope it works.

Problem is that when i record Phi Brain, sometimes there’s this weird show before it, and i end up recording a few minutes of that as well because of the safety margin. However, that show is aired in 4:3 instead of 16:9 and i think even the audio encoding might be different, not to mention the switch messes up all the headers possible, so no players are willing to open it (the only one that could open it was actually WMP and honestly, i’d prefer not having to reboot to Windows or using a virtual machine).


Record

Okay, I think that was a record. A whole of 5 posts in a month? I’ve never been so lazy before. Or cared so little, actually. There’s not much going on in my life anyway, except for translating lots of anime, going to the gym and running every day, and playing my guitar and bass.

Actually i learned a song, the opening song for Thermae Romae by Chatmonchy on guitar, but i need to practice it some more before i would dare to record a video and upload it. I’ve been also practicing RHCP songs (Dani California, Factory of Faith, Emit Remmus, Snow), because I really want to get on stage with it next semester.


Starbucks Brazil

I was a bit surprised the other day when i went to the local Starbucks and saw that they have a new special coffee out-it’s been i-don’t-even-know-how-long since they last had one. The Brazil roast or blend or whatever you want to call it is supposedly a mild blend, so i didn’t really have high expectations for it.

I prefer dark, full bodied roasts. Brazil is definitely not one of those, but it smells sweet, almost like honey, and freshly brewed it doesn’t even feel all too mild. Of course it’s not a stinging harsh thing like the French roast, but there’s a however quickly fading touch that i consider the real face of every coffee, that moment when you can feel its aroma all at once.


トレ物語

トレセンに入るとき挨拶ぐらいしろよ。大したもんじゃないよ。もぐもぐとこんばんはぐらい。それもできないほど恥ずかしいなら会釈だけでいい。

でも何も挨拶せずに入って後で隣に運動するとき気まずくない?喋ったりする必要ない。俺も耳に響いてるメタルで充分だし、話をしに行ってるわけでもない。そして終わって出るときおっすぐらい言え。


Opeth

The other day i went to Osaka for the second Opeth gig since i’m in Japan (the first was back in 2009), and it was awesome. Although back when the Heritage album came out, i wasn’t exactly happy with it, since then it grew on me, and i didn’t mind all that much that many of the songs at the show were from that album.

It was nice to have more quiet songs, songs when the people around me didn’t want to mosh (i don’t think Opeth is the kind of music you’re supposed to mosh to), but when i heard the first sounds of Face of Melinda, Heir Apparent or the Grand Conjuration, my heart skipped a beat. Ghost Reveries is still my favorite Opeth album, so i was very happy that they played at least one song off it.


A sportember

Még valamikor rég feledésbe merült gyerekkoromban esett meg, hogy jóatyám megunta, hogy a sport nekem azt jelenti, hogy Lara Croft ugrál helyettem a tévéképernyőn, és beprotezsált a helyi kölyökfocicsapatba.

Persze utáltam, mint valamit amit nagyon lehet utálni, jó se voltam benne, de azért a remek teljesítményem örömére rámragadt a sportember becenév.


Félút

A mai nappal megvolt erre a hétre az utolsó vizsgám – ez azért csak öt volt három napba zsúfolva. Jövő hétre még így is marad hat, ráadásul szinte mindre nagyon keményen tanulni is kell majd.

Jövő héten kerül majd színre a nemzetközi gazdálkodás egy, ami ugyan nem tűnik vészesen nehéznek, de azért a holnapi napom valószínűleg rá fog menni. Kedden lesz a két “könnyebbik” tárgy, a mittoménmilyen-menedzsment meg a nemzetközi pénzügy, amikre a hétfő estét tervezem majd rászánni. Szerdán aztán beüt a krach reggelről a könyveléssel majd este a mikro kettővel, csütörtökre így marad a makro egy.

Nem szoktam általában betáblázni, hogy mikor tanulok mire, de tekintve, hogy a jövő heti hatból négyre valószínűleg egész napokat rá kell majd szánnom és a másik kettőre is elmegy majd egy délutánom, most kelleni fog.


Újra itt

Az évben két olyan időszak van, amiken minél hamarabb túl akarok esni. Általában zavar, ha gyorsan telik az idő, szeretek mindent teljesen kiélvezni és aktívan tölteni a napjaimat, de a két vizsgaidőszakom heteit szíves örömest feláldoznám. Bár mondjuk még mindig jobb (talán), mint otthon, mert nekem nem egy hónap, csak két hét a vizsgaidőszak – igaz, cserébe van, hogy három vizsgám is van egy nap.

Még el sem kezdődött (holnap délután egykor fog), de már várom, hogy vége legyen. Nem lesz könnyű menet, de megoldom valahogy.

Aztán ha vége lesz, már tényleg nem marad más, mint koncertekre járni, egész éjszakákon át fordítani, aztán a nappalokat átaludni (mert minek az) – meg mellesleg elolvasni azt a (japánul) közel hatszáz oldalas könyvet, amit áprilistól a szakszemináriumon fogunk feldolgozni. Kíváncsi vagyok, sikerül-e majd a végére érnem…


As for SOPA

That’s the big topic now on the net. The american government and their stupid laws trying to stop people from violating flawed copyright regulations. Copyright and the whole patent system as it is now is fundamentally flawed, because their purpose is different from what it should be.

It might not have been that apparent before, but now that the internet increased the world’s information flow many many times, it’s obvious that regulations are not written to protect intellectual property (eg someone else claiming that they created something that you created) but to protect the profits of the people owning that property.


Me the fansubber

It’s been a year since after a discussion about what would worth subbing in the winter season, iMon suggested that i help out with Tokimeki‘s Gosick release. Back then i didn’t even know that there was a thing called CrunchyRoll and what simulcasts are, so i joined and translated six episodes for the group, of which 5 were released (and also two of the Megane Kanojo something ova, which never got released).

Even though the slowsub business was obviously not for me (i’d been translating Xros Wars for half a year then, trying to compete with the speed and quality of RyRo), it got me on track, and i applied to gg, one of the few groups that i knew by name, and got in. Then applied to and got in Commie and got recruited to WhyNot, and that’s pretty much how it stayed for a year now.