Comments on: There’s nothing I can’t do, just things I haven’t done yet http://bjdraw.com/2009/03/19/theres-nothing-i-cant-do-just-things-i-havent-done-yet/ The great thing about technology is it always gets better Sun, 14 Oct 2012 20:45:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.4 By: Ben Drawbaugh http://bjdraw.com/2009/03/19/theres-nothing-i-cant-do-just-things-i-havent-done-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-4411 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 20:45:40 +0000 http://bjdraw.com/?p=296#comment-4411 In reply to Scott Duval.

My friend Shaun Torrente and I started saying it in 1998. When I posted this there were no instances of it indexed by Google. You and I aren’t connected on Facebook so I’m not sure how you think it could be plagiarism.

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By: Scott Duval http://bjdraw.com/2009/03/19/theres-nothing-i-cant-do-just-things-i-havent-done-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-4410 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 19:40:32 +0000 http://bjdraw.com/?p=296#comment-4410 Wow, Just noticed we had the exact same “Quote”. Plagiarism or coincidence. I’e tagged the exact same sentence to describe myself 6 or 7 years ago and thought i was witty posting it on my Facebook page. hmmm.

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By: Ken P http://bjdraw.com/2009/03/19/theres-nothing-i-cant-do-just-things-i-havent-done-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-1266 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:10:29 +0000 http://bjdraw.com/?p=296#comment-1266 Messed up the prior post – meant to quote you (didn’t use the tag correctly!):

“It seems odd to me that everyone doesn’t have the aptitude to pick up a book and just make things happen.”

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By: Ken P http://bjdraw.com/2009/03/19/theres-nothing-i-cant-do-just-things-i-havent-done-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-1265 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:09:03 +0000 http://bjdraw.com/?p=296#comment-1265 Ben, sounds like me too…. When you say

I hear you. But what I have found is that most people simply do not seem to have technical aptitude and/or patience. Both are required for technical pursuits. BTW- Im ust have installed 100+ car stereos, speakers, etc for myself and family-friends over the years!

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By: Ben Drawbaugh http://bjdraw.com/2009/03/19/theres-nothing-i-cant-do-just-things-i-havent-done-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-1264 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:01:14 +0000 http://bjdraw.com/?p=296#comment-1264 Jim,
Glad you relate, and honestly it doesn’t surprise me at all. I suspect that many of my friends and readers are the same way — or they probably wouldn’t be so.

Usenet and torrents both have their advantages, but if you want to automatically download stuff, but at the same time pick and choose what you want, try filtering the RSS feeds with yahoo pipes.

For example you could grab a feed with every movie in it and then filter for movies that aren’t available yet but you want to get as soon as they are.

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By: Jim Mallory http://bjdraw.com/2009/03/19/theres-nothing-i-cant-do-just-things-i-havent-done-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-1263 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:56:59 +0000 http://bjdraw.com/?p=296#comment-1263 Ben, you just described me (and I am sure a lot of other readers) as well. Give me the documentation, I am sure I can figure it out. Like you, I don’t care for formal training too much but I can do small one week courses. I also did really well in vocational school (industrial electronics and telecommunications) and the technical classes I took in College. I think the secret is that I need to be interested in it…I didn’t do to well in english, math (beyond Algebra), social studies.

Good review on the Popcorn Hour on Engadget HD BTW. I don’t find the interface to be too bad other than it is a bit spartan and I run YAMJ as well which really improved the experience. I do have one question…what have you found to automatically download movies? I tried the combination of TorrentWatch and Transmission 1.51 and while I found that works well for TV shows…it is completely unusable for movie/DVD RSS feeds. Way too many movies being added during the day and it just fills up the Transmission queue. Would NBXT (Usenet) work better for movies?

I did get a very good laugh out of your, paraphrasing, “if you like to debate which is better, vi or emacs, you’ll love the Popcorn Hour.” That was classic.

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By: Posts about Engadget as of March 19, 2009 » The Daily Parr http://bjdraw.com/2009/03/19/theres-nothing-i-cant-do-just-things-i-havent-done-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-1261 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:37:03 +0000 http://bjdraw.com/?p=296#comment-1261 […] robot scuttles into choir practice originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:26:00 There’s nothing I can’t do, just things I haven’t done yet – bjdraw.com 03/19/2009 If you know me, you know I love a challenge. One of my oldest friends that […]

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