Ben’s Weblog

So, I had a training course down at Kraft’s facility in East Hanover, NJ. Since I live in the sticks, that meant a little road trip. The drive from northern NY down to the greater NYC area is pretty scenic. Coming south from Albany, you’re following the Catskills and skirting the Hudson River valley. Unfortunately, [...]

Came across this interesting article about mastering DVDs over at the NY Times. It’s about a company that’s doing even higher-quality remasters of classic movies (including a bunch of the 007 movies!). Basically, the resolution they’re scanning in fil negatives at is 4x higher than what current DVD mastering uses, and ever 4x higher than [...]

1. What do you do for a living? Product/process research and development on Philadelphia® cream cheese 2. What do you like most about your job? Every day’s got different challenges. 3. What do you like least about your job? Dealing with people who’re thinking “right now” versus our long-term best interests 4. When you have [...]

Ok…this time, Marcie’s picking the questions for me… 1. What was the first thing you ever cooked? I think probably macaroni and cheese as a kid. 2. What’s your signature dish? I haven’t cooked enough for other people to say I have a signature dish. I do a wicked chicken parmesan, though. 3. Ever had [...]

Stumbled across an interesting article in the NY Times today on airfare rules, and how people are bending them in order to save money by doing things like using only half of a round-trip ticket. What gets me is the tortured logic the airlines use to justify some of their rules. Here’s a quote from [...]

When I was a kid, I’d play video games at a friend’s, since my parents wouldn’t get me a Nintendo. When we’d play for hours, our thumbs would get sore, a condition we called “Mario-itis” (yep, I was a geek back then, too). Turns out that maybe Mom and Dad should’ve gotten me one: Video [...]