Kevin C. Wong

Diary - Jun 05 to Jun 11 2021

Sat Jun 05 2021

Sleep 0330 to 1230. (9 hours)

  • A few years ago I ripped all my DVDs. Now I'm converting the DVD rips (each is 4 to 8 GB) to MP4 reducing size to a third or a fourth. Pretty much just the main feature, English audio, commentary tracks, subtitle track. I have 2 TB of DVDs and hoping to get it down to 500 GB or so which can then fit comfortably on my MBP 2020.
  • For subtitle tracks if it's a VOBSUB Apple TV app won't recognize it. If it's a Closed Caption subtitle then TV app will recognize it (only if there is just a CC track, having VOBSUB tracks confuses TV app and it doesn't show CC option). Handbrake doesn't convert from one to the other.
  • One thing I noticed is that American DVDs have better foreign audio and subtitle support than British DVDs.

Sun Jun 06 2021

Sleep 0500 to 1000. 1 hour nap (6 hours)

  • Fine Games retirement sale continues. With this update I'm thinking of buying four old Strategy & Tactics magazine with games and one Command magazine with game.

Mon Jun 07 2021

Sleep 0200 to 1000. 1 hour nap. (9 hours)

  • Checked Gator Games Twitter and looks like they've been doing in-store events for vaccinated participants.

Tue Jun 08 2021

Sleep 0430 to 0830. 1030 to 1330. (7 hours)


Wed Jun 09 2021

Sleep 0430 to 1030. (6 hours)

  • Because of this thread about GURPS support in Foundry VTT I think I will be buying Foundry VTT. I saw a couple of YouTube videos and it looks pretty cool and easy to use, partly because it's not trying to be-all-end-all of virtual table top.

Thu Jun 10 2021

Sleep 0500 to 0830. 2 hour nap. (5-1/2 hours)

  • Turned on Brave Rewards (i.e. advertisements). Wow, so many crypto-based ads. Wallets, new coins, things that have crypto somewhere. At least the ads are well done because they're full page ads.

Fri Jun 11 2021

Sleep 0245 to 0830. (5-3/4 hours)

  • I've been so tired today. I'm going to sleep a long time tonight.