31st December, 2024: the Big Fat Review of 2024.
Right … it’s 31st December, 2024: and the last day of the year.
And … ?
Well, for a start, I’m going to say “Happy New Year” to anyone reading this.
In the exception that it’ll be 2025 by the time you read it!
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On top of that … ?
I’m very aware that I’ve had my most recent set of blood tests: and thankful I had lots of water to drink.
I hadn’t had enough, the last time I went in for testing: so the phlebotomist couldn’t get any blood out of me.
I have an appointment with my GP in a couple of weeks: hopefully, those all important sugar levels are down!
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Just as a final thought … ?
I’ve long advocated ripping — copying and transcoding — DVD and Blu-ray Discs.
For a variety of reasons.
You get a digital copy of the disc you can stream to streaming boxes, one that’s not going to vanish from Netflix/iTunes/Amazon Prime, and you’ve backed up your property.
And — if need be — you can sell that disc to offset the cost of purchase.
I also use MetaZ: to add thumbnails and metadata.
Yes: the legal situation on this is iffy …
But it’s both doable, and shouldn’t cause problems: if done purely for personal use.
And also nice to see no less a person than tech blogger, Linus Sebastian, advocating the same process.
I’m just a little disappointed the channel’s taken my comment down.
Maybe mentioning how you can stream the results of the process to an AppleTV 4k wasn’t a good idea …
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