Been working on creating a new menu structure for The Stranger DVD series. Not positive yet, but hope to get Spanish audio and subtitles on the next printing, which would be a great thing indeed. But to do it right, I need a Spanish and English menu system. Part of the process is to figure out the structure of the menus themselves. Looks easy enough, but it did take some time to figure out how I wanted to do it. Here’s a quick map of DVD #1 (5 more to do—but won’t take the time to map them out, as they are very similar to this.)
Met with my bank today to refinance the house. If everything goes through (and looking like it will), I’ll have a 15 year mortgage instead of a 30, and 4.25% interest instead of 6.00%. My payments will go up about $100 / month, but that’s ok in the scheme of things. Much better to spend a little more, get out of debt earlier, and save quite a bit of cash at the same time!
After work the other day it was so nice I had to get out and do something. So I took the bike up to Canfield and rode around a while. I realize this may be boring for most of you, but that’s ok. Watch in HD if you can!
Sorry—there’s no audio. You’ll have to play your own music! Also, there’s a peg-stop at 8:45 if you want…
Last week I finalized a new version of The Stranger on the Road to Emmaus, and about a month before, All that the Prophets have Spoken. It’s been a challenge to produce Kindle versions, just because there are so many things that need to be done before a file is considered complete. Like Table of Contents, linked to anchors in the text, author’s name (inserted in the metadata of the first file of the book), a cover image (the right size)—things that you don’t really know about until you start trying to build the files. It seems there are many hidden things that you “uncover” as you go along, which makes this a troubling task.
This past week I’ve just started selling these files on our webstore. If you have a Kindle (or want to read this with a free Kindle reader on your computer / phone / tablet) sent me an email and I’ll give you a coupon for a free ebook on our store!
Currently, I’m working on the French version of By This Name. All is well, but the Table of Contents is not working, and I’m not sure why. So begins my day…
It’s hard to believe I’m on my way home today. Finally pulled in about 6:00 in the afternoon. Another long drive, but thankful to be home and in good order!
Today was basically a day off, where we took a tour around base, including a B-52 bomber (the last one built, which was in 1961.) After we worked Kitty—a military dog that Randy is in charge of. Then took Tiffany to the airport for an early departure.
Started the long drive home. GPS tracking was there, but I didn’t download the tracks tonight, so the memory filled up and started deleting from the beginning. It was a long day - only had about 4 hours of sleep, but made it just fine.
This morning I was working on the tranny, but afterwards decided to take off and cut a tree for Larry. Jarry and Isaac were able to help, and was very thankful for that! Even still, it took us 4 hours to get this down. The tree was over the house, and there wasn’t room to drop it. So, we had to cut and lower limbs as we went. Just takes time to do all that. Plus, being on such an angle made it difficult to climb. Thankfully, all was well in the end!
Started working on the Corolla today—pulled the tranny and started taking it apart. Didn’t take long to find the bad bearing, and thankful it wasn’t too hard to get to. Later I put on new struts in the back and a new clutch. Thank you, Fred, for all your help in getting this done!!
