I was a little quick on the draw blaming Premire Elements there. After digging into the Event Log and finding the name of a DLL that was causing problems, then Googling that DLL, I found out that it was nVidia's Stereoscopic 3D driver that was causing the problem! I'm not sure I had this on Vista, I hadn't updated my drivers in a while; but my Win7 drivers are the latest and greatest, and they came with this as a silent install. Uninstalled that program, and voila! PE7 works fine again! Hurray!...

Just found the first kink in my shiny Windows 7 x64 install...Premeire Elements 7 crashes on me as soon as I switch over to the Transitions tab. Argh. I was really hoping to upload a quick video of my 2-year old's first trick-or-treat experience for the grandparents, instead I spend an hour screwing with my PC to no avail. *sigh*

Downloading the trial of the new PE8 now, hopefully that works as an upgrade option...I really, really have grown to like Premiere Elements. Also downloading...

Go Bucks, Michigan sucks. Nuff said.

Some time ago in the forums, I made the argument that one of the reasons HD-DVD was better for consumers than Blu-Ray was a simple one: it was easier for Average Joe Wal-Mart Customer to understand. They know what a DVD is...so HD-DVD is just...HD DVD. Obvious to a monkey. But what the heck is a "Blu-Ray" disc? Simple marketing like this is important when selling to the unwashed masses.

Apparently I've been proven correct. For the longest time, commercials for new Sony...

I have abuot had it with the plays that "cannot be challenged" for whatever reason. For the second week in a row, the Bengals have been royally screwed...losing the game as a direct result of an unchallengable play.

Last week: When the Browns were driving on their way to a go-ahead touchdown late in the game, their player was gang tackled. On the way to the ground, he fumbled the ball and review showed that the Bengals recovered. But the refs would not let the play be...