Tweety-things

[dalekboy]

• 18:27 Why does everyone want to call their daughter Zoe *now*? I've waited years! I have two choices, pick another name, or hunt down the rest... #
• 18:54 Apart from all the various reasons I wanted to name my daughter Zoe, there was a bonus. Her name would be a palindrome - Zoe Oz #
• 20:58 Would it hurt to have consistent sound levels on DVDs? Sick of turning it way down for over-loud ads, then having to max it for the feature. #
• 09:06 Food delivery is here! I may be able to leave Nana dealing with the teething terror that is my son while I try to catch up on sleep! #
• 10:27 My son has lots of energy this morning. I love him but I may have to gaffer tape him to the ceiling and throw pillows at him. #
• 10:34 Digital effects are wonderful, but film-makers still need to remember that they are best used to enhance a shot, rather than replace it. #
• 10:40 Don't hate me because I'm beautiful. Hate me because I swapped the dead batteries in my remote control for the good ones in yours. #
• 17:34 Try again piano improv www.youtube.com/watch?v=32vpgNiAH60 All of a sudden #ChatRoulette becomes something good #

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Comments

[sjl.livejournal.com]

re: DVDs: this is why I have become a law breaker. I have ripped all of my DVDs to hard disk. I am now in the process of re-encoding them to H.264, with the aim of getting an Apple TV to play them back - without the fucking annoying adverts. Don't get me on the unskippable menus, either - I just want to watch the bloody show, not witness how incredibly great your animators are - I get it, already, now GIVE ME THE SHOW I PAID GOOD MONEY FOR!

[kaths.livejournal.com]

{nods furiously in agreement}

[sjl.livejournal.com]

It would, of course, be Wrong and Immoral for me to tell people that I have a full set of iPod formatted rips (for the iPod Touch) for all of my DVDs (lots of movies, lots of TV shows), and offer opportunities for copying said rips (~265 GB for the iPod stuff, ~389 GB for the Apple TV stuff that I've done so far, which may or may not work - I'm hoping it will, because it would Really Suck to have to re-encode everything.) So I won't. I wouldn't dream of doing so, because, as I said, it would be Wrong and Immoral.

[angriest.livejournal.com]

To be honest I only think it becomes immoral if you started giving those rips away free to your friends.

[kaths.livejournal.com]

Ditto on Zoe, I had it picked out over 10 years ago!

[fuschia17.livejournal.com]

I have watched so many names that I've really liked or picked over the last ten years all become popular.... I could list five or six without thinking.

That said, Zoe's a name I'd kind of decided I liked recently - grrr!
My advice? Go with it - I think Zoe Oz palindrome is something no one else will have! Besides, it's awesome ...

[dalekboy.livejournal.com]

If first bub had lived she would have been Alexandrovna Oz. No-one would have had that.

As it is, Alexander has taken off, I know several young Alexs, Alecs, Xanders, but fortunately only one Lex - so far.

[(Anonymous)]

I think Alexander has always been a pretty consistently popular name. And it has been used throughout my family. Edward should've been Alexander Edward, not Edward Alexander as he was named.

I will give you the fact that had your first one lived and been given that name, that would've been unique. Then probably shortened to Alex....

I like the idea of the Zoe palindrome because no matter whether she changes her surname she's still got the oz there...! I will campaign for it!

I think it's just that there are so many people nowadays anything you think is original has been done millions of times before...

[fuschia17.livejournal.com]

I have a cousin Alec! Who is only ten...

[fuschia17.livejournal.com]

Stupid lj. The above comment was me too.

[dalekboy.livejournal.com]

Any reason you didn't use it the first time around?

[kaths.livejournal.com]

I just felt it had become too common, whereas Clara hadn't, and Clara's such a nice name. "Zoe Elizabeth" sounds nice though, doesn't it!

[dalekboy.livejournal.com]

I was thinking Zoe Elizabeth, or to go with Zoe Josephine Elizabeth. Joseph/Josephine is a bit of a semi-tradition second name for the family. And Zoe J. E. Oz keeps the palindrome :)

[nephron.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for that ChatRoulette/YouTube link, I was really pissed off by something and that cheered me right up.

[dalekboy.livejournal.com]

Glad to be of service. I loved it and had to share.

[angriest.livejournal.com]

But Zoe is the name of my cat!!