Thoughts and Ramblings

Well, I am sure I am getting a lot more traffic on this site recently because I released the AC3 codec yesterday. Essentially I got tired of the fact that the two that I found didn’t work well on Intel Macs, so I took one and fixed it.

I already have one minor bug to fix (not worth releasing a new version though since it is just a version number). The next step is to figure out how to do AC3 passthrough. I am thinking I need to bug the Apple Engineers on the mailing lists in order to figure this one out.

Well, I am finally back in College Station. When I got back last Wed, I had the surprise of finding that my apartment was over 80°. Turns out someone drove a truck through a transformer and it burned off the motors for the AC. They didn’t get it working again until Friday and it took all night for the temp to drop.

Anyway, I am starting to back into the swing of things called research. I should be able to get a fair amount done this summer, especially since most people are out of town.

Well, it has been a while since I wrote here. I decided that I will stay here for the summer rather than go to work for MS. I actually got a survey asking why I had declined their offer, and so I had to actually think about it. Turns out, the job (or maybe the company) just didn’t see that interesting to me, at least not at that level of pay. A more interesting job, or more pay may have convinced me to go there.

Well, I finally got the truck fixed. I had a lot of trouble finding a time when I could actually take the thing in, so I had a lot of time when I was just unable to bring the truck in. Anyway, after about 31 hours (mostly waiting for parts), they got it fixed. It was a bad rotor and distributer. I also had them replace the spark plugs and their wires as well (since they were pretty much due anyway). All in all, it costs about $500.