Converting VHS tapes to digital videos

Finally, foung some good use to the money my friends presented me with over a month ago, for my B-day. Got myself a box with Instant DVD 2.0 from ADS Tech. (The other time, I tried to get HDTV aerial braodcasts, so I spent that money, plus some of my own, on Samsung HDTV tuner and a "Dgital" TV antenna. Nah, too early for this, too few channels, and, what? I have to adjust antenna as I switch the channel?! Forget it...) So, this box has been working pretty good. My only worry is that, to make it really shine, I will have to buy few more gadgets ("irons" if I were to translate from my language literally). My AMD notebook does not have USB 2.0 (hey, it's over 2 y.o. and its CPU will still kick ass of many Dell PCs with "celery"). Also, I will need DVD burner and a nicer DVD player (yeah, I've decided I'm getting Philips 624).

And now a hard part. In these days of **AAs harrassing regular folks, I have to self-censor my blog.

Why should I take your call?

Recently, I stoppped taking calls if the caller ID shows "Unknown" or "Private party". Now, really, why would anyone soliciting your services (I'm talking about recruters, primarily) would want to conceal their phone number? Especially when they don't mind leaving a message with a phone number! You really want me to try to write your phone number on a scrap of paper and then dial it instead of just calling back using the phone's records? No, thank you, I'm not even returning that call.