Last night Michael and I watched Night of the Living Dead (1968). I downloaded it from Archive.org’s directory of feature films – a resource that I found via Romana’s blog entry mentioning it. This is a really great site. Lots of old classics that I haven’t seen are available for streaming or direct download, Night of the Living Dead was available for direct download in three quality levels:
64Kb MPEG4 (109 MB)
256Kb MPEG4 (247 MB)
MPEG2 (4.1 GB)
I grabbed the 247 MB one, the quality was pretty decent, but I still might grab the 4.1 GB one and re-encode it. The download speed was decent too, last night I was grabbing the movies at between 150-200 KBPS.
Mostly I’m looking forward to going through their horror films. I love watching old horror movies around Halloween, and since getting rid of cable I’ve really missed this yearly tradition. Now I can do it again! Hurrah! Although I think we might skip hosting a Halloween party with friends this year, with the whole wedding thing happening the weekend before.
Speaking of the wedding, we’ve made some progress with plans and things.
- Confirmed that our friend Juliana can do the photography (she went to school for it)
- Received new camera, Canon Digital Rebel XL 8MP EOS Digital SLR (it’s very nice)
- Received wedding invitations we ordered (they look great!)
- Made final payments on location (we’ve also secured the 3 room Cottage for Saturday night)
- Made the Wedding Celebration Ale
We need to send out the invitations, finish buying wedding clothes (this is stressing me out a bit, we REALLY need to get this done ASAP so alterations can be made if needed), pick/write our vows and tend to other details of the ceremony itself. Still, I’m pleased with where we are right now in planning, I haven’t freaked out too much about anything yet.