Digging up and down

I have been feeling this sense of malaise for quite a while now. It's been quite stressful over the past few weeks, because I am coordinating part of the logistics for a huge conference at the the end of the month. Of course, it's not really the most stressful aspect of my job...it's the writing that really gets me down when it piles up. So, I guess I should take this as a break from my normal routine and enjoy it as my time to interact with folks on a series of activities leading up to our big event. In any case, I hope this all pans out in the end.

On a different note, I discovered how to make a direct AV-DV pass-through connection with my Canon ZR300. Apparently, the special pass-through function is only accessible in VCR mode, as opposed to the record mode. So, I was previously trying to capture an analog source by using a live view in record mode. Heh, now I can actually copy an entire DVD onto my computer in MPEG format, which is definitely cool, right? If you're wondering, yes, I already converted my copy of Tiger Tyson's movie...so it's happily sitting in my hard drive collecting computer dust. Oh well, it's always good to have a backup, especially if it meant that any particular porn-friends on Xanga were to ask for some illegally bootlegged movies. Sighh, the world of porn piracy...pirate booty, butt pirate, whatever..