Comments for Digital Diary of Ben Schwartz

Comment on About Me by MPEG LA verlängert Gratislizenz von Videocodec H.264

MPEG LA verlängert Gratislizenz von Videocodec H.264 — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:59:37 +0000

[...] ist es als Privatperson schwer möglich, die Lizenzbedingungen der MPEG LA nicht zu verletzen: Ben Schwartz führt in seinem Blog etwa Final Cut Pro als ein Beispiel von vielen an – eine Software für [...]

Comment on Certificate by Chris

Chris — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:02:39 +0000

Hm, many of the people who show up at OLPC for meetings or conferences (especially from South America, perhaps?) seem to expect a certificate — some have asked us for one explicitly. Seems cultural.

Comment on Recipe: Apple Butter (nontraditional) by Ben

Ben — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:29:24 +0000

So, if there’s a kernel of seriousness in my Dadaist recipe, it’s that plain cooked pears (i.e. “pearsauce” parallel with applesauce) are actually so sweet as to be more like apple butter. Apple butter traditionally requires a lot of added sugar (about 1 cup per pound of apples). Thus, cooked pears might actually be a good alternative for someone trying to avoid refined sugar. Plus, it’s absurdly easy.

The ripeness may be important, though.

Comment on Recipe: Apple Butter (nontraditional) by Grandma

Grandma — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:26:53 +0000

Wouldn’t that be pear butter?
XXXOOO.

Comment on Famous by Laurie Bresnick

Laurie Bresnick — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:40:13 +0000

I loved your post. Actually I think the fame thing will probably be a 2-way street. I have my suspicions that one of these days in the near future it will be Ben Schwartz who’s exploits will be depicted in media. It’s so nice to see your generation carrying on the family ties. Credit goes to Arthur and Linda for facilitating the meeting of “the minds.”

Comment on No, you can’t do that with H.264 by hannah wloch

hannah wloch — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:42:19 +0000

as someone who owns final cut pro legally, this is interesting.

Comment on I am fed up with David Foster Wallace by Bright Animal

Bright Animal — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 16:22:14 +0000

I’d like to put a few of your sentences together, just to illustrate what I see as some incongruity in your opinions:

“The book is totally engrossing and hugely creative. It’s an absolute masterpiece…”

“Thankfully, the next book on my reading list is written by someone who might actually try to write something enjoyable to read.”

Something doesn’t quite add up here.

Comment on Work by Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:37:49 +0000

You only need worry when your experiments require criminal activity. Or a live Mountain goat.

Comment on Quench by Pauletti alejandro

Pauletti alejandro — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:03:43 +0000

Agradeceria saber cuantas veces puede suceder u quench espontaneio en un resonador philips 1.5 ya que nos ha pasado recientemente y aún estamos en garantía del mismo y consecuencias puede tener en el futuro en otras partes del resonador este suceso.
muchas gracias

Comment on Laptop! by Ben

Ben — Sat, 22 May 2010 16:25:26 +0000

I don’t know about the battery life, really. “Multiple hours”. Somewhere in the range of 2-4. On my previous laptop (an x60s), the battery died entirely, and I operated without a battery at all for a while. It was irritating but not really problematic, so I realized that I don’t care that much about battery life.