Andy Pennell's BlogSee me blather about software development, Audio/Visual stuff (esp HD DVD), Tech Toys, Fatherhood, plus anything else that gets me going.Who doesn't take creditdebit cards in 2008 Washington State Licensing, that's who- June 20, 2008 Normally I renew my car tabs online with a credit or debit card, but that wasn't possible this week so I visited an actual License Office. Much to my amazement there was a sign stating "We do not accept Debit or Credit cards". When my turn came to speak to an employee, I asked why. She said "we don't have the machines". I emailed the Customer Service and they responded: Dear Andy, We do not accept debit or credit cards in any of our licensing offices, only check or cash. We only accept...http://blogs.msdn.com/andypennell/archive/2008/06/19/who-doesn-t-take-credit-debit-cards-i... Playing Ripped DVDs with Media Center Extenders- June 10, 2008 At last I have succeeded in getting ripped DVDs to play from my Xbox 360's Media Center Extender, and here is how I did it. First off let me explain my goals: I want to be able to play my kid's DVDs via my home network, so they can avoid trashing the shiny discs any more than they already have Playback needs to be from something other than my PC, so my kids don't trash that I also want to avoid transcoding the DVDs into another format, because my time is extremely limited (thanks to having...http://blogs.msdn.com/andypennell/archive/2008/06/09/playing-ripped-dvds-with-media-center... |