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Netflix Instant Play - IE 6 Crash I use an IBM (nee Lenovo!) T60 laptop and recently replaced my entire machine with another one, except for the hard disk. The old hard disk in a new laptop created some interesting problems. For example, iTunes forced me to register my laptop as a separate machine ("This is your second registration out of a maximum 5"). Another irritating problem was that IE (I'm still on 6, I use Firefox for browsing and IE only when forced to), kept crashing when I tried to play a movie via Netflix's Instant Viewing feature. This was weird because I'd been playing movies without any problems until last week, before I switched the hardware. Specifically, after clicking "Play", the screen would show "Determining video quality" and then the IE would crash. I did a quick search and found this link - http://smashedlife.wordpress.com/2007/06/03/netflix-instant-viewing-errors/ Based on the advice contained in that post, I downloaded the Netflix SDK Runtime Environment and the DRM Reset Utility. After installing the runtime environment and resetting the DRM I tried playing a movie - this time IE did not crash - instead, it prompted me to install another component and then played the movie. Problem solved! Other system info - OS - Windows XP Professional with SP2 Media Player - Windows Media Player v11 Browser - IE 6 Hope this helps!
Movie Review - Flashbacks of a Fool Based on the Rottentomatoes critics' consensus, I was a little reluctant renting this movie. I'm glad I wasn't dissuaded! This is an incredibly well directed movie with a superb cast, strong characters and some really good acting (Felicity Jones as the young Ruth is a delight). As another reviewer mentioned, the music by Roxy does stay with you. Ruth and Joe's first date, at her house, is a little reminiscent of the scene from Pulp Fiction where Vincent Vega goes to Marsellus' house to pick up Mia. In fact the discussion between Ruth and Joe on the relative merits of Bowie and Roxy is very Tarantion-esque (is that a word yet?). I really enjoyed the movie and I think it is definitely worth your time (if you are the kind who likes the kind of movies I like :) ).
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A Love Poem and a Couplet Aaaah! It has been several months since I last posted and today I feel like sharing one of my favorite love poems and a couplet. No reason. Enjoy! Sonnet XVII I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz, or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off. I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul. I love you as the plant that never blooms but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers; thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance, risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body. I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride; so I love you because I know no other way than this: where I does not exist, nor you, so close that your hand on my chest is my hand, so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep. - Pablo Neruda Zabaan-e yaar-e mun Turkie, wa mun Turkie nami daanum, Che khush boodi agar boodi zabaanash dar dahanay mun. translation My beloved speaks Turkish, and Turkish I do not know; How I wish if her tongue would have been in my mouth. - Amir Khusrau (via Yousuf Saeed's EXCELLENT site on Khusrau) |