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For the last ten months I've been working on a quarantine creation that's more of a quarantine curation—getting my entire movie and TV library ripped to a Plex server. Today, I finished the movie portion!

Currently it stands at 1,332 movies and 31 TV shows—there are still a fair number of the latter for me to rip, but I'm taking that slowly. I made it partly as a backup for my discs, but primarily to share movies that aren't streaming otherwise or are hard to find with friends—so if anyone here would like access to stream from its library, just let me know! Nearly all files are direct Blu-Ray rips; the remainder are either DVD rips or downloaded files in cases where no disc version is available. Right now it's streaming in 480p–720p depending on the hardware you're using, but I'm planning to invest in increasing my upload speed so full 1080p HD is possible.

You can see an almost-complete list of the content currently on the server here. Among other things, some of the rarer inclusions are:

- the Despecialized Editions of the original trilogy
- a color correction of the Fellowship of the Ring extended Blu-Ray that removes the green wash and restores it to the proper grade
- an HD reconstruction of the Amadeus theatrical cut
- a mostly-uncensored cut of The Devils
- numerous Japanese, Taiwanese, and Chinese films that have yet to get a US disc release of any kind
- nearly the complete Hong Kong Rescue collection
- numerous National Theatre Live performances

Last edited by Abbie (2021-03-21 20:57:46)

Awesome! DMing you instructions.

Since the pandemic started (and is still ongoing here in sunny Florida, oh joy), I've gotten back into car detailing. My beloved Miata ended up being sold to my dad after he had a health scare (he's okay; he just had his 3-month checkup and is all-clear) that made him feel like life is a bit short and he wanted his toy Miata sooner than he originally thought. It was always the plan for him to get it, so I've moved on, back to a Mini this time. And that means detailing. My buddy also traded in his Miata because prices were really good and ended up with a BMW 2-series.

A couple weeks ago, we busted out all of my detailing gear and polished up the cars. His car was clay barred before performing a 3-stage polish, glaze, sealant, and wax. Mine started with a clay bar and then was 2-stage polished before applying two coats of AvalonKing ceramic coating.

Neither car is perfect, but they're pretty friggin' good for a couple of amateurs.

IMG_2712 by Ben, on Flickr
IMG_2709 by Ben, on Flickr
IMG_2728 by Ben, on Flickr
IMG_2731 by Ben, on Flickr
IMG_2730 by Ben, on Flickr

Thanks. With the ceramic coat, I can give it a wash with my foam cannon once every or every other week for almost no effort and the car looks brilliant again. And it should stay that way for the next 3 to 5 years since I garage the car. Ceramic coating is so, so much effort but it's all front loaded. No need to wax for 3 to 5 years? Yeah, totally worth it when you do it yourself.

Having someone do it for you, then you have to decide what the cost-benefit is because you're looking at a few thousand dollars.

I fall in to Boters camp - I've just bought a 20 year old pristine low mileage Triumph Tiger motorbike and wish I had the patience or dedication to keep it in this condition - It's never gonna happen being that its my daily rider but I wish it were kept this way

Last edited by Regan (2021-09-01 21:10:40)