Notices by Andrew (R.S Admin) (ajroach42@retro.social), page 3

@RadicalEdward @ryen This is a common problem with some players and long VBR mp3s.

@saper @alcinnz Several folks have recommended it to me, and it has been on my watch list forever, but I haven't actually watched it yet.

This list of DRM free media from @alcinnz is pretty good, well presented, and thoughtfully reviewed.

https://adrian.geek.nz/movies.html

(IIRC, I suggested many of these works originally, so I'm glad to know that Adrian enjoyed them enough to recommend them!)

@bstacey whoopsie.

@vantablack The acoustic EP that she released before this album came out gives me chills every damn time I hear it.

New Blog Post http://ajroach42.com/cataloging-the-public-domain-pd-movies-i-watched-in-2019/

This is a big ol' list of the public domain movies I watched this year, with links and short reviews or descriptions.

If you find it useful, I'd love to know.

If you have questions, or comments, this is the place for them.

If you notice problems, I accept PRs (on github, at the moment, but we'll fix that eventually.)

#blog #movies #publicDomain #PD

@polychrome that's how I fit 5 hours of video in 2GB

Hi! I'm looking at the freedbombox project again, and I noticed that i2p was listed under the applications that it has available.

Reading about this, it sounds like an overlay network like Tor, but less anonymous. What am I missing? Is this actually useful?

@Dayglochainsaw @kelbot (everything else depends on federation.)

@kelbot @Dayglochainsaw them and the internet archive are the last two silos of hope on the internet.

- Manos: The Hands of Fate "if applied consistently, incompetence can be a style. This narrative feature film was shot with a hand-wound 16 mm camera that could only capture thirty seconds of footage at a time." With no sound on camera!

https://366weirdmovies.com/223-manos-the-hands-of-fate-1966/

One of my favorite movies ever, but unquestionably one of the worst ever finished.

I ended up making 12 flash drives with: 
Movies:
- Santa Conquers the Martians
- The General
- Batman and Robbin (1949)

Books:
- The Jewels of Aptor
- Captives of the Flame

I'm also taking a small assortment of comic books.

There are more, but I think I'm done for now.

@starbreaker Indeed

- Plan 9 from Outerspace: Not actually the worst film ever made, but definitely in contention. Unintentionally funny, inept, etc.

- Charade: One of the best movies in the public domain. Screwball romcom with spies. Very enjoyable.

- Topper Returns:
Topper is a kind of silly novel about a man getting frisky with a ghost. This is a movie in which that same man solves a murder. Eventually made in to a decent TV shows.

- The Slowest Gun in the West:
TV Movie with Jack Benny and Phil Silvers. Lampoons cowboys. Pretty good. Only available in low quality.

- The Magic Sword (1962):
Children's high fantasy adventure. It's great, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

- Menace from Outerspace: Rocky Jones Space Ranger! This is a movie made of episodes of Rocky Jones. It's pretty bad! But I love Rocky Jones, so I don't care. Better as a TV show than a Movie.

- Crash of the Moons:
Same as above, but it's a better movie.

- Yongary Monster from the Deep: Korean Godzilla, basically.