Wake Up Call
Pet Peeve Of The Day: Being awoken at 8am on a Saturday morning by an automated phone call from Dish Network letting me know that “Now you can watch your favorite teams in high definition in the MLB playoffs on the just-added TBS High Definition channel!!”. I agree it’s a good thing they’ve added [...]
The Dead Don’t Fear Nothin’
Yesterday, while driving home from work, I saw a small green convertible being driven by a white-haired middle-aged gentleman. The car had a personalized license plate. Do you know what it read? No, of course you don’t, because I haven’t told you yet. Well, you might know if you live [...]
The New Pods And i
Last week, Apple announced another new series of iPods. What generation are we up to now on the “classic” model? 6th? 7th? Anyway, my initial impressions based on the marketing materials and online reviews are very good. I’ve been wanting a new iPod for a long time, which makes it [...]
Who Wants To Be Stan Lee’s Bitch?
In the comments to yesterday’s post, InfK (currently downunder) asked about the second season of the SciFi Channel’s Who Wants To Be A Superhero? InfK worked on the show, so that’s why he was interested. You may remember that I praised season one of the show last year. However, that post was [...]
Summer Of Upgrades, Three
Another upgrade I made this summer was to my TV set. I replaced my Sony KP-57HW40 57″ Widescreen CRT RPTV 1080i HDTV-Ready set (almost 6 years old) with a brand spanking new Panasonic TH-50PZ700U 50″ Plasma Widescreen 1080p HDTV.
Yeah, I know it’s a bit of a downgrade going from a 57″ to [...]
Thank You For Your Purchase
You may have heard that twelve 7-11 stores around the world have been transformed into Kwik-E-Marts for the month of July in order to promote the upcoming Simpsons Movie. Fortunately for me, the one in Denver is just a couple of blocks from where I work. I stopped in there yesterday after work [...]
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