Weekend catchup
Dec. 9th, 2006 03:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annathepiperSince it needed doing, today I burned my recently purchased Casino Royale soundtrack down to disc, along with the single "You Know My Name" (which I had to buy separately, but hey, it wasn't hard to find in the iTunes store), down to CD. I mention this partly just as a general PSA that if you purchase music online, it's always best to burn backup CD copies in case your computer is smashed by a meteor or something.
But mostly I mention it because I also figured out how to get iTunes to print me a CD insert, using the album artwork. It took me a little finagling with playlists, but I got it to print! It would have printed in full color, too, if I'd bothered to go downstairs and turn on the color printer. The black-and-white album art I printed off was fine, though, and certainly enough to let me slip that into the jewel case along with the burned discs. At some point I'll now have to print off album artwork for the other things I've bought off of iTunes as well, now that I know how to do that.
Does anyone know if it's possible to make iTunes print off the part of the artwork that would go on the spine and back of the jewel case? That'd be even cooler, if I could make it do that. Then the jewel case would look almost like I bought it in a store.
In other news, it is well worth mentioning that according to CNN.com, 'truthiness' is the word of the year. Stephen Colbert is amusingly proud.
And I have been noting the rumblings going around about how Flanvention down in CA was cancelled this weekend. I'm very sympathetic to all the pissed-off Browncoats who had this as well as their hard-earned money yanked out from under them. I did also note the one silver lining, though, of several Firefly and Serenity cast members showing up at the hotel where the thing was supposed to have been held, and partying at the bar with the fans. That is so very cool of the lot of them.
I am one week shy of Faerie Blood being in Baen's e-slush queue for three months. By all estimates this should mean that I have another six months to go. Hopefully by the time I get an answer one way or another, I'll have Queen of Souls and Lament of the Dove out there too!
I have still not yet watched last week's BSG, or last night's for that matter. The writing has kept me from last week's episode, and last night's was postponed in favor of playing with the shiny new Wii that has joined our household. Hopefully we shall catch up on both episodes tonight!
Monday through Friday miles: 17.1
Miles out of Hobbiton: 1597.5
Miles out of Rauros Falls: 288.5
Miles to Isengard: 195.5
But mostly I mention it because I also figured out how to get iTunes to print me a CD insert, using the album artwork. It took me a little finagling with playlists, but I got it to print! It would have printed in full color, too, if I'd bothered to go downstairs and turn on the color printer. The black-and-white album art I printed off was fine, though, and certainly enough to let me slip that into the jewel case along with the burned discs. At some point I'll now have to print off album artwork for the other things I've bought off of iTunes as well, now that I know how to do that.
Does anyone know if it's possible to make iTunes print off the part of the artwork that would go on the spine and back of the jewel case? That'd be even cooler, if I could make it do that. Then the jewel case would look almost like I bought it in a store.
In other news, it is well worth mentioning that according to CNN.com, 'truthiness' is the word of the year. Stephen Colbert is amusingly proud.
And I have been noting the rumblings going around about how Flanvention down in CA was cancelled this weekend. I'm very sympathetic to all the pissed-off Browncoats who had this as well as their hard-earned money yanked out from under them. I did also note the one silver lining, though, of several Firefly and Serenity cast members showing up at the hotel where the thing was supposed to have been held, and partying at the bar with the fans. That is so very cool of the lot of them.
I am one week shy of Faerie Blood being in Baen's e-slush queue for three months. By all estimates this should mean that I have another six months to go. Hopefully by the time I get an answer one way or another, I'll have Queen of Souls and Lament of the Dove out there too!
I have still not yet watched last week's BSG, or last night's for that matter. The writing has kept me from last week's episode, and last night's was postponed in favor of playing with the shiny new Wii that has joined our household. Hopefully we shall catch up on both episodes tonight!
Monday through Friday miles: 17.1
Miles out of Hobbiton: 1597.5
Miles out of Rauros Falls: 288.5
Miles to Isengard: 195.5