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I guess there is no kill counter tonight. At least 24 won't be in 3D like Chuck. Stupid NBC.

Jack's back. Tony too!

Can't wait!

You are Mighty

Assuming you are Jack Bauer

via Blogs4Bauer

24 Noon to 1pm

The action finally picks up. Not enough that I get the Jack Bauer Kill Counter right this week but it was an improvement. It was nice to see that Graham Bauer got his just reward. I was expect Jack to do it. I had been thinking that Jack's dad was actually a good guy but, well, I was wrong.

I wonder what else Graham was hiding...

Favorite line of the night comes from Morris: "I know these guys...They write really good code when they are not serving time."

Can't wait for next week!

Carnival of Bauer

It's up at The Jack Sack.

All those who set aside 1 hour every Monday night to watch Jack save the world need to go visit.

24 on my iPod

I start with a mpeg file of 24. This is recorded with Beyond TV and a Hauppauge PVR 500 TV tuner and is about 2GB in size. I take the mpeg and drop it into Adobe Premiere Elements. After letting the file get indexed I add it to the time line and it looks something like this.



After spending a few minutes removing the commercials I have this. I've removed 20 - 22 minutes from the show.



Now comes a boring part. I have to export the file as a MPEG in 480x480 resolution. On my PC (Athlon 64 3000 o.c.'d about 25%) this takes about 45 minutes. At this point the file is about 850MB.

When that is done I let Videora convert the file into one compatible with the iPod. This kills another 30 minutes and takes the file down to ~260MB.



Once that is done I add the file to iTunes and sync to my iPod.



And play.



Minor note to self - If you have the Cygwin bash shell open Videora won't work. It sees the cygwin1.dll in memory and exits quietly. Turn on the debug option if this happens to you.

24 - Hour #6

Another slow hour - must be setting us up for something big.

I found it interesting that Nadia can't be a terrorist because she's a registered Republican. Couldn't help but notice the slight smile on her face when she started using Milo's credentials to do work. (You know - for a security pro he's pretty stupid) Me thinks she's up to something real bad. Or just has a thing for Milo...

I think Jack's still waking up from being in China. No way he would have fallen for his brothers crap had he been totally with it. It looks like Jack's dad will take the fall/sacrifice himself for Jack to get free and take out his brother - with extreme prejudice. Jack will probably get his wife as a reward.

As always - see Blogs4Bauer for all things 24. Where, btw, I'm 0 for the season on the kill counter...

Coming later - how to put 24 on your iPod.

Jack's back

Jack is back on tv. The first 3.5 hours had it's ups and downs but that last 30 minutes - wow. Jack's emotions are all over the place as is the action.

More at Blogs4Bauer.

The Power of Bauer

Thats what the preview said during House tonight.

Five more days!

Be sure to check Blogs4Bauer for all things 24.

WooHoo

Keifer Sutherland - Best Actor in a drama series.

24 just plain rocks as a show. Keifer makes it so.

And remember - Jack Bauer for Senate! Not only can he save the world but he can handle an award speech.

Jack Bauer for Senate

Jack Bauer is running and Bauer06 is the "netroots" effort to elect him to represent both Connecticut and New York in the US Senate. That's right both Connecticut and New York as a write-in candidate for Senate.

Jack has my full support and he deserves your support. Who else has saved so many in only 4 days?

Personally I want him to represent Illinois as well. Preferably both seats...

TV Tonight

I don't watch that much on the major networks but it bites that Sidney and Jack are on at the same time!

Jack Bauer Appreciation Day

In honor of Jack Bauer Appreciation Day, the nice (and strange) people at Blogs4Bauer have posted some little known facts about Jack.

My favorite -

GI Joe plays with a Jack Bauer action figure.

Carnival of Bauer #10

At Right Wing Nation

The Carnival of Bauer! #8

AKA 'The Carnival of Jenny' at Justin's Random Thoughts

I was wrong

About Audry. Unless she's bleeding for the cause she's not part of the dark side.

Highlights:

• Heller getting the drop on Jack. Nobody hits Jack Bauer and lives to tell about it


• Chloe - "Miles is a idiot". She speakth the truth


• Chloe swiping Miles' ID and staring down the nutso redhead


• Logan is a slimey lying sack. And he's really good at it
  

Lowlights:

• Chloe getting owned by the nutso redhead


• Aaron - dead or dark side?


• Mrs. Logan - soon to be dead?

I really enjoyed this episode. Unlike some of the whiners over at Blogs4Bauer I liked the character development.

As for the weekly carnage - I counted 6 confirmed and 2 probable (1 bad guy and Audry).

Bonus - from Fark - the Blank CTU Badge Photoshop File

BTW - Flight 93 looks awesome!

Jack Bauer Appreciation Day

It's coming soon so get ready!

How to celebrate? Buy a new gun. Growl at people.

I'm not sure - yet.

Carnival of Bauer - Week 7

Over at Inn Of The Last Home.

24

The plot twist thickens. The President is up to his neck in it and Jack Bauer will bring him down. With any luck good ol Aaron as well as the creepy V.P. will have a part in the takedown.

Nice gun battle at the end. I counted 9 more for the kill counter. I'll have to review the tape. Well the mpeg. Video tape is so 2004.

Update: Looked at the mpeg and, depending on the fate of Evelyn and her daughter, it looks like 9. Blogs4Bauer says 10. I still think it's 9. But then again I picked 9...

I'm begining to think that Audry has something to do with the President. Or at least the days events. Look at this picture. It's like "Oh no - I have to kill Jack Bauer"



Wait - that really means "Crap. Jack Bauer is going to kill me. Slowly. Painfully"

Carnival of Bauer Week 6

At Blogs4Bauer