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by jmgarvin
MS might be getting on the boat. Developers need code to write
proper apps and drivers. Users what to have a stable OS that
doesn't have security whole the size of Texas.
MS has a lot of catching up to do to make a serious server OS and to
clean up their desktop act. Their support for their OS is decent,
but too quick. I'd also like to see MS lower their pricing schema
and work on having OSs priced for the consumer!!
by warhog73
Just when I think there ain't nothing worth reading nor answering to, just when I think that it's another wonkin' & wankin'-contest, here you go and write somethin' worthwhile. And I say that with sincereity. I'll bet your company is successful, and mighty happy to have you onboard. Best wishes, and keep up the good work. But do keep a weather eye, they'll come a crawlin' outta the woodwork soon enough when word of this gets a-round, and they'll blast you for your excellence and call you a fraud, MS lover, Bill Gates' mistress and other choice names, even though by my reckoning you've only spoken what you feel and have not glorified any particular person, company, or OS. Thank you for the experience.
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by smorty71
CNN.com is reporting
that West Virginia (43%), Kentucky (38%) and Tennessee (32%) lead the
nation in the number of toothless residents. Those percentages
represent the number of people who lost 6 or more teeth last year to
tooth decay. So 43% (43%!!!) of West Virginians lost 6 or more teeth
last year. That is crazy!
I grew up in WV, went to grad school in TN and now live in KY, so I
feel like I've really beaten the odds by retaining all of my teeth for
this long. Here's to one more year.
by smorty71
Last week, I blogged about my indecision over which upcoming games to buy for the XBOX and which ones were worth the wait for the XBOX 360 version in November.
Well, GameSpot is reporting that EA is looking out for me. They are going to package a demo of Burnout Revenge
with Madden 06. Sweet! That almost makes me forgive them for signing
that exclusive deal with the NFL that killed the superior ESPN NFL2K
series.
by smorty71
I got the latest copy of
Make magazine yesterday. Although I haven't had a ton of time to read
through everything, this one looks very light on stuff that I'm
interested in. The cover story is on mods for your car. Some of the
other big projects are an automated cat feeder made from an old VCR and
a cold fusion project you can build in your basement.
The light up potato gun that you can build for less than $50 might
be something I have to try. I'm sure the kids would love to be able to
fire a potato 200 yards from something that looks like a big light
saber.
by smorty71
I went by the new house
this afternoon and they have installed all of the drywall and poured
the garage floor. It is actually starting to look like a house now.
On the exterior, it looks like they are getting ready to start
laying the bricks. There are a bunch of scaffolding parts stacked in
the yard and tons of bricks (Like how I figured that out).
by smorty71
Last month, I filmed a ZDNet Whiteboard Video on Tagging. The video series is designed to explain a topic (usually in 2-3 minutes) using a whiteboard.
Mine is not nearly as good from a performance standpoint (my
delivery is really monotone) as some of the others in the series;
however, I think the content is pretty good for anyone trying to
understand how to use tags and tagging.
by wordworker
I have sparred with young Apotheon in the forums on some of these points and it is always interesting to hear his perspective. I tried to compare Windows to the gas-powered engine used in automobiles -- bad, inefficient, needing constant maintenance to stay road-worthy, but the de facto standard. I compared Linux to the electric car - good and efficient and more secure (because you can almost always generate electricity but once we run out of oil...) Apotheon said "No, cars are products." And so....operating systems aren't products? they aren't commodities?
Now that I've read this excerpt and other posts on his blog, I am starting to understand his frustration - Apotheon is an idealist! While I admire anyone who thinks about and appreciates the big scheme of things, in my opinion "the commoditization of software in the US" falls under the category of "you can't fight city hall." IMO, you might as well be upset about the commercialization and decline of standup comedy. In the late-80s early-90s stand-up was an art form. Now it's a commodity. And guess what? It isn't the funniest people or the most talented people getting the gigs and getting the big bucks. It's the people who know how to market themselves the best, the people who know the right people. I could rant and rave about the Bill Gates-equivalents at the TV networks and the cable networks and what a load of crap their "products" are, but what is the upside to that frustration? If I want to consume comedy, I have to take what the market will bear. So it is, I'm afraid, operating systems. Short of getting on at Microsoft or Apple and trying to change the culture from the inside, the best I can do is react to the options available. Complaining about them doesn't win friends or get me a paycheck.
The day that my Fortune 500 clients tell me they're going to install a bunch of Linux boxes, I'll learn what I need to know to keep my job. Until then, if they tell me they're going to revert to Commodore 64s, I won't complain about what a cruddy system it is. I will learn it and support it to the best of my ability.
by jmgarvin
Ah, I see the problem here. FLOSS/OSS is not always free.
It is free in the sense that you can modify it and deal with it how you
see fit.
Things like WebCT are open source, but are not free other than they are
open source. Cedega/Point2Play costs $15, but is falls under the
idea of "free" software.
What I hate about MS is their Ponzi scheme for licensing and how they
force the industry to upgrade just after they finished their first
migration (eg Win2k to Win2k3 to Win Vista to ....) Sure NT to
Win2k was a little long, but Win2k to Win2k3 was on the short
side. It takes corporations/education/government a little longer
than 3 years to totally migrate from A to B.
Linux on the other hand doesn't have the sam Ponzi scheme, nor do they
force you to follow a specific upgrade path. Sure I could use FC3
in a production server, but would I?
by jasonhiner
Stars Wars LEGO is absolutely awesome -- one of the best games on Xbox. My six year-old son loves it, and it's companion gameplay is terrific so he and I have fun playing it together. Although it's a kid's game, I have to admit that it has actually become one of my favorite Xbox games too.
by smorty71
I tried a free 30-day
trial of GameFly earlier this year and I liked it a lot. However, with
Netflix and Rhapsody subs, another $22 for GameFly seemed too much for
me.
On Thursday, they sent me one of those
"we-want-you-back-and-we'll-give-you-a-discount-to-prove-it" kind of
e-mails. Like a sucker, I took. However, there is actually some logic
at work here:
1. They allowed me to pre-pay a 2-month subscription for $34.95 ($17.50/mo)
2.
There are a ton of games out right now that I want to play (NCAA
Football 06, LEGO Star Wars, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith)
3. There are a bunch of games that I want to play coming out in the next couple of weeks (Madden 06, Burnout Revenge)
4. I would rather rent XBOX titles now and then buy the really good ones when the XBOX 360 is released on November.
5. I'm cheap and don't want to buy all of those games at one time.
So GameFly looks like the best way for me to still play the games I
want to play while waiting to buy some of these titles (Madden 06,
Burnout Revenge) for the 360.
by smorty71
Amy and I spent a sleepness night at Kosair Children's Hospital Thursday night after Miles had a couple of episodes that doctors think were febrile seizures caused by a fever.
Amy had the kids at Target, when Miles started acting very strangely. As she was heading to the doctor's office, he had another brief episode. At this point, she headed to the Baptist East ER and called me to leave work.
After some scary moments at Baptist where Miles was very lethargic, the doctor (who was fantastic in taking care of Miles) recommended that we transfer him to Kosair's. So they sent the Kosair's ambulance and transport team to pick Miles up.
By the time we left for Kosair's, Miles was looking dramatically better.
We spent Thursday night in the ICU at Kosair's so that they could monitor Miles more closely. And after a ton of blood tests, a CT scan, a chest X-ray and an EEG, doctors were able to rule out things like bleeding in the brain, pneumonia, and neurological disorders.
We brought him home on Friday evening and he is feeling a bit better; although, he still gets a pretty high fever in the evening that is sometimes accompanied by a rash. Other than that, though, he is running around and playing like a normal 4 year-old.
Amy is taking him to his pediatrician's office today for a follow-up.
by smorty71
Even though we have just under 3 weeks until we have to get out of
the house, we have already started packing up a lot of our stuff. With
3 kids running around (and 2 of them are sick), it's best to start
early.
Our dining room is serving as a temporary storage area for the stuff we have packed.
Our first of two pods is arriving on Friday. We plan to pack that
(over the course of a few days) with stuff from the basement and the
garage (all of the stuff we don't use regularly), then have a second
pod delivered closer to our closing date that will contain all of our
furniture.
It should be a fun few weeks. I should probably go ahead and call my chiropractor now.
by jdclyde
Don't you know the secret to moving heavy items? You buy beer,
your friends come over and move all your stuff for you while you keep
going on beer runs!
From the looks of it, you actually keep all of your original boxes for
your entertainment room? That is a whole room dedicated to just
storing boxes? No wonder you need to move, You need a place
to keep your boxes!
by smorty71
For years, I've been
accumulating remote controls (turns out the more electronics you buy,
the more remotes you end up with). Well, I sure as heck can't stop
buying electronics, so I finally decided to buy a nice universal
remote.
One of the reasons I had always resisted the concept of a universal
remote is the initial setup. I hated the thought of keying in a bunch
of remote codes and then
by beth blakely
How long do you think it will take before the price on these will go down? Significantly.
by smorty71
Hopefully not too soon. Otherwise, I'll feel like a schmo for buying when I did :)
by smorty71
Microsoft is hosting a bunch of HD-quality videos of some of the new XBOX 360 games
like Full Auto, Ghost Recon 3, Madden NFL 06 and NHL 2K6. The image
quality is amazing; however, you'll need a 2.4 GHZ or greater process
and 384 MB of RAM to view them.
by smorty71
Well Rex and I survived our hour on the radio this afternoon. As I mentioned last week, we were invited to appear on "State of Affairs" (which airs on our local NPR station WFPL) to discuss the basics of blogging.
I think the interview went pretty well and we even had some people call in.
They are rebroadcasting the show tonight at 9PM EST for those in Louisville (89.3 FM). They also will have an archived version on their website.
by smorty71
CNET has feature on the crop of universal remotes currently available. It features the Harmony 880
(that I bought for my wife last week) as well as some other models from
Sony and Philips. If you're looking for a universal remote, this is a
good place to start.
I have to say that the 880 is the best purchase I have made in a
long time. Switching between functions in my home theater has never
been easier.
by smorty71
CNET has feature on the crop of universal remotes currently available. It features the Harmony 880 (that I bought for my wife last week) as well as some other models from Sony and Philips. If you're looking for a universal remote, this is a good place to start.
I have to say that the 880 is the best purchase I have made in a long time. Switching between functions in my home theater has never been easier.
by smorty71
I finally got around to downloading and installing Orb
today. Orb does the same thing that the Slingbox does; however, it
depends on your own PC hardware (instead of being a standalone device)
and, best of all, it is free.
I've only had it setup for about 10 minutes, so I haven't been able
to play with everything. I am currently streaming the Bloc Party CD and
viewing digital photos from one of the wireless PCs in the house. It
seems pretty responsive, although I would prefer the sound quality be a
bit better. I think it is only streaming at 128k.
I am going to try and get the TV portion setup this week. I'm most
interested in being able to access my TiVo remotely. I also want to be
able to distribute some video in the new house over ethernet instead of
coax cable.
Stay tuned.
by hutchtech
I'm definitely anxious to hear what you think of Orb. Ted Shelton from Orb has been pestering me (nicely) since I first posted about it, but I just haven't had time to devote to a media center. Please tel us that you're going to do a full review once you've put it through the ringer?
- HutchTech
by smorty71
We are currently in the middle of packing up the house. One Pod has been packed and picked up. The other is about 80% full. The last items will be the 65" TV and our mattresses (which I will put in tomorrow).
Once the packing is done, we still have to clean the house up, paint two rooms (at the request of the buyer), remove the DirecTV dish (at the request of the buyer) and get a small storage unit for all of the stuff that didn't fit in the two Pods. I think that will all be limited to outdoor stuff like the grill, the lawnmower, patio furniture and the fleet of riding toys that the kids have.
Our closing date is Wednesday; however, we have until Friday to turn over the keys. Between those two days is Mahlon's 8th birthday. Wow, will I be glad when this move is over.
by smorty71
We close on the old house at 4:30PM today. Until then, I have to rent a small storage unit and a Uhaul, then load and unload all of our garage crap into them. Fun!
After the closing, I still have a huge list of stuff to do like finishing up the painting, shampooing the carpet and picking up a few last minute items for Mahlon's birthday tomorrow.
by smorty71
Today was Mahlon's 8th Birthday. We started the celebration at our new temporary home (OK, it's my mom's house. There I said it!). Anyway, we opened gifts there before venturing out to Chuck E Cheese for lunch and general sensory overload.
Mahlon's friends from our old neighborhood came and we all burned through about 150 tokens in about 2 hours.
I've created a photoset of the day on Flickr.
by smorty71
I got a disappointing e-mail from my friend Rob. Looks like his long-awaited film "Waiting..." has been pushed back until Spring 2006. Bummer. For now, just watch the trailer over and over.
by smorty71
It's finally over. The weeklong ordeal of clearing out our old house has ended. Woohoo!
Photos of the empty house are on Flickr in my "Moving Out" set.
by smorty71
It's finally over. The weeklong ordeal of clearing out our old house has ended. Woohoo!
Photos of the empty house are on Flickr in my "Moving Out" set.
by smorty71
Today was Mahlon's 8th Birthday. We started the celebration at our new temporary home (OK, it's my mom's house. There I said it!). Anyway, we opened gifts there before venturing out to Chuck E Cheese for lunch and general sensory overload.
Mahlon's friends from our old neighborhood came and we all burned through about 150 tokens in about 2 hours.
I've created a photoset of the day on Flickr.
by smorty71
Today is Miles' 5th birthday. We had a surprise party for him last night after they returned from Memphis. Because my mom and I both have to work today (and because Miles sleeps until 9AM every day). we decided to let him open his gifts last night.
I plan to spend my lunch hour at Chuck E. Cheese. Even though we went for Mahlon's party 11 days ago, Miles wants to go again.
Here are the photos from the surprise party last night:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/smorty71/sets/842300/
by smorty71
QOOP, which I blogged about a few
weeks ago, lets you print photo books and posters based on your Flickr
photo collection. Today, I got an e-mail that the Beta is live and it
looks really, really cool. 13.5" x 19" posters are $9.99 and 28-page
photo books are $15.99. I am currently going through the process of
setting up a poster. Because I have almost 2,000 images, it is taking a
while.
I will post more info later today about the process; however, give it a try at QOOP.com
by smorty71
I stopped by the house
again last night and it is really starting to look finished. They have
installed all of the electrical outlets and light switches. My A/V
installer has finished the speaker wire connections in the family room. And, best of all, almost all of the lighting has been installed.
The only lights that I noticed missing are the foyer chandelier and the lights in the upstairs hall.
Once they get the carpet and range installed, it will look like a
house. I guess it should be considering we have our walkthru on 9/13.
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by smorty71
I came home today to find my QOOP
package that had been delivered by DHL. Upon opening it, I found that,
not only was the whole poster kind of bent up, but the top right corner
is torn and bent.
For some reason, QOOP is shipping the posters in a flat envelope
with a piece of cardboard for reinforcement. Seems like a poster tube
would be a better choice to avoid this kind of damage.
I have contacted QOOP (after hunting around for a Contact link) and
am awaiting their response. I will post more info about how they
resolve the issue.
by smorty71
Yesterday, we had both our home inspection (we hired an independent inspector) and our first walk-thru with our builder.
It was all pretty much good news from the inspector. Only a few
minor changes need to be made including moving the drain for the sump
pump (which is draining onto our patio). He also performed a radon test
which came out normal.
The walk-thru wasn't bad either (other than being 2 hours long).
Lots of little problems with the paint and drywall; however, nothing
major. All of the fixes will be done by September 20th for our last
walk-thru before closing.
by smorty71
I picked up Burnout
Revenge yesterday at EB Games. I knew I wouldn't have much time to play
it between the home inspection stuff and the White Stripes concert;
however, I just couldn't wait to get my hands on it.
While Amy was getting ready for the concert, Mahlon, Miles and I
took it for a test drive and it is awesome. It has all of the elements
that made Burnout 3 so great (speed, crashing, and more speed), but
with some cool improvements (crashbreakers in race mode, traffic
attack).
And because I had game saves from Burnout 3 and Madden 06 on my
XBOX, I got a couple of cars and levels unlocked including the Madden
Van (which I am assuming is available in Crash Mode).
If you want to read a full review of Revenge, check out GameSpot's take. They give the game a 9.1 Superb rating.
by smorty71
Amy and I went to see The
White Stripes at the Louisville Palace last night. The show was
absolutely terrific. In fact, I would put Jack and Meg up against just
about any other band that I've seen live. Jack played a bunch of
different instruments (electric guitar, piano, marimba, mandolin) while
Meg kept time with her sloppy (but cool) drumming style.
The highlights for me were "The Nurse," "I Just Don't Know What to
Do with Myself," "Jolene" and "Little Ghost." You can check out a clip of
Jack's marimba work on "The Nurse" on my Vimeo page.
I've also included a few shots from the show over at Flickr.
by smorty71
According to News.com,
MSFT has announced that the XBOX 360 will be released in North America
on November 22nd, just as the Christmas shopping season kicks in.
Although I have been really excited about the 360 for several
months, I have decided not to pick one up at launch. Why? The games.
All of the games that I have been really wanting to buy are already
available on the XBOX -- Madden 06, NHL 2K6, Burnout Revenge.
I'm not going to wait until late November to buy games (for $60 a
pop) that are available now (for $50 a pop), especially when I would
need to shell out $400 for the new console first.
So until there are some great, new games for the 360, I'm not buying.
by smorty71
My co-workers and I went
to lunch at Jucy's, a barbeque place that we used to go to every
Friday. After 30 consecutive Fridays, we had gotten a bit burned out,
so we took a break for a few weeks.
Well, it turns out that our break coincided with the end of the
semester at a nearby barber college (which we didn't know was nearby).
So the staff of Jucy's assumed that we had graduated the barber college
and that we had gone on to our own barber shops.
That, of course, made us all laugh (and feel a little weird). After all, who would go to a balding barber?
by smorty71
We drove by the house this weekend and it looks like everything is
just about finished.
We have a final walk-thru this afternoon to verify all of our fixes.
Hopefully they got everything done. If all goes as planned, we will
close Thursday at 2PM.
by smorty71
Some times I love Ebay and then, thanks to sellers like Surplus Computers, I hate Ebay.
On September 3rd, I won and paid for an auction for a replacement DVD drive for my XBOX. The seller, Surplus Computers, had a 95%+ positive rating; however, the main complaint they received was for non-responsiveness and failure to deliver.
Based on this feedback, I opted for PayPal's Money Back Guarantee option that added a couple of bucks to the total, hoping I would not have to use it.
Well, thanks to the deadbeats at Surplus Computers, I am having to use it.
To date, I have sent 6 e-mails to them (4 via their "websales@surpluscomputers.com" address which they recommend and 2 through Ebay's private message service). The only messages I have received from them were in response to the 2 Ebay messages. You wanna guess what they said? They said that they wouldn't answer any questions through the Ebay message service and that I should submit all inquiries to "websales@surpluscomputers.com." Brilliant!
Today, after 16 days of waiting for my order, I filed a claim with PayPal to get a refund (which could take 30 days or more) and I called the company to see if I could resolve this over the phone. Here is how the five calls went:
Call 1: Guy answers and forwards me to the Ebay shipping department. Of course, no one answered and their voicemail was full. Nice.
Call 2: A woman, who sounded like one of Marge Simpson's sisters, answered. She said that the person I needed to speak to was with a customer. I told her I would hold. 3 times during the 15-minute wait, she would pop on the line to say they would be right there. They never came. I hung up.
Call 3: Same woman picks up and says only "Hold on" before placing me on hold for another 5 minutes. No one picks up, so I call back again.
Call 4: Phone is picked up. No one answers. The call is transferred to Ebay shipping department (and we know how that ends).
Call 5: Man with heavy accent answers. Agrees to take down my information and have someone call me. 5 hours later, I'm still waiting.
A few minutes ago, I decided to check out the company via the Better Business Bureau. Turns out that they don't have a good record with the BBB (You can read all of the details here). Here is an excerpt:
"Based on BBB files, this company has an unsatisfactory record with the Bureau. Specifically, our records show a pattern of non-response to consumer complaints brought to its attention by the Bureau. Our records show that the company has a pattern of complaints concerning Service & Delivery Issues."
After reading that, I decided to leave a complaint of my own about my experience with Surplus Computers.
In addition, it looks like they are also misusing the Verisign logo (the graphic says "Click to verify," but there is no link on the graphic). I am also submitting that info to Verisign.
And finally, I am repeating the name "Surplus Computers" and other words that describe my experience with them (like "sucks") in this post as often as I can so that this post will get a high ranking on Google.
by smorty71
In nearly record time (compared to the 16 days I've been waiting for my order), Surplus Computers issued a refund for my auction. The reason for the delay? They didn't have the item in stock! Who holds an auction for an item they don't have in stock? Oh, that's right -- Surplus Computers does!
It looks like the PayPal investigation was all it took to get the ball rolling (I had just finished my last post about Surplus Computers when I got the e-mail from PayPal)
Now, I'm only out $1.83 (for the PayPal Money Back Guarantee); however, I still don't have the replacement XBOX DVD drive that I need. That sucks.
Once, I confirmed that my money had been refunded, I left the following negative feedback via Ebay:
"Didn't have product in stock! Took 16 days for refund. Deadbeats. AVOID!!!"
I feel better now, but Surplus Computers still sucks.
by smorty71
I was able to pick up my first win this week. Still made a couple of coaching mistakes like leaving Carson Palmer and Santana Moss on the bench, They scored 29 and 27 points respectively. The players I started at the same positions only scored 15 and 17 points. So I could have had 126 total points. I guess it doesn't matter considering I was playing the lowly Chicago Madmen who could only muster 64 points last week.
Next week, I face division leader Lyndon Llamas.
by smorty71
Woot! had a great deal on a robotic vacuum,
so I decided to buy it. Turns out that the reason for the great deal is
kind of interesting. A company called Koolvac basically made a total
knockoff of iRobot's Roomba robotic vacuum. Of course, iRobot sued and
won. The terms of the settlement dictate that all of the knockoff
vacuums must be liquidated and/or pulled from the market in the US by
next month.
I'm not sure what that will mean for service (if I need it); however, I'm not going to let that spoil the deal.
I'll post some photos and video once it arrives.
by smorty71
Tonight is our last night at my mom's place. We are closing on the house tomorrow and we plan on sleeping their tomorrow night.
The next few days should be crazy. I hurt my back last night and I have to unload 2 PODs by Monday. Friday is actually going to be the nuttiest. We have a refrigerator being delivered. We are having a garage door opener installed. We are having a mailbox installed. We are having our cable modem installed. We are having our DirecTV dish and cabling installed.
I should be in traction by early next week... but at least I will have my TiVo to watch while I recover.
by smorty71
In an effort to do my part for my buddy Rob McKittrick, I am posting another reminder to go see "Waiting..." when it is released on October 7th.
According to Rob, commercials have already started to appear on "The Daily Show," so it looks like there is no turning back now.
Also, Rob has created a MySpace page to further the cause of pimping "Waiting..." Stop by and check it out. BTW, he is aware that his MySpace photo makes him look like a "smug prick" (his words).
And, finally, if you want to see Rob's early acting work, check out my short film "Skinflute" here. Wait for the credits to see how Rob really got "Waiting..." made.
Links:
by smorty71
It seemed like it would never happen; however, we closed on the house
Thursday and immediately started the process of moving in.
Of
course, the first item in was the 65" TV (I had strategically placed it
in the POD last so that it would be the first thing out). In order to
help break up the monotony of moving, I went ahead and set up most of
the equipment in the manroom, too.
Over the next couple of days,
we unloaded both PODs, had a fridge delivered and various services
hooked up (cable modem, DirecTV).
Sunday, we finally started to
dig out of all of the boxes. we were able to get the dining room set up
(furniture in, curtains and pictures hung), the master bedroom mostly
set up (bed and dresser reassembled, desk & computer hooked up, new
TV hooked up)and most of the stuff in the kitchen put away.
We
still have the living room, the master closet and the kids' bedroom's
to tackle (as well as clearly out all of the boxes that are currently
in the garage). Plus, we've got some stuff still left in storage that
we need to retrieve by Friday. It should be fun.
I'll post some photos once I am able to find the camera.
by smorty71
I went to Target to pick
up some items for the new house over the weekend when I spotted a new
clearance shelf in the electronics department.
They had just remodeled the TV section, so they moved some of the
floor models that they aren't going to carry anymore out and marked
them down.
The first thing I spotted was the 26" widescreen Samsung HDTV that
I had been keeping an eye on. They had marked it from $700 to $550 a
couple of weeks ago; however, that was still more than I wanted to
spend. However, the floor model (which was still in perfect condition)
was marked down to $349.
Of course, I snatched it up and headed home. Upon plugging it in, I
was pleasantly surprised (OK, I was blown away) to learn that the TV
had a built-in HDTV decoder. So I can watch OTA HDTV shows without a
separate set-top box (which often run about $200 by themselves). In
fact, without an antenna hooked to the TV, I can pick up all of our
local OTA stations with the exception of FOX.
So now, I have the new Samsung hooked up in the master bedroom and
we gave the older 20" Samsung to Mahlon and Miles for their room.
Everybody (except Amy) was thrilled. For some reason, she thought we should have bought $350 worth of jewelry instead.
by smorty71
I was watching Howard Stern on E! last night when I saw a commercial for my buddy Rob McKittrick's upcoming film "Waiting..." The trailer they are using on TV is different than the one online (and includes some funny lines).
Rob said that he has seen the commercial running on The Daily Show, so it appears that Lions Gate is reaching out to the right audiences with their ads.
by smorty71
PVRBlog just posted a review of the Harmony 880 remote that I bought a couple of months ago. Looks like the reviewer has had a very similar (and very positive) experience to mine.
The review is balanced and even includes a couple of things that aren't perfect (yes, there are a couple of things) about the 880.
by smorty71
The Gadgeteer blog over at WIRED has a brief and pretty mediocre review of the Slingbox.
According to the review, video quality from the Slingbox is pretty
crumby unless you are using a wired connection to your network. Kind of
defeats the purpose of portability.
I'm still on the fence as to whether I will get one. I still don't
have any mobile devices (I ditched my PDA over a year ago), so the
benefit to me will be early-adopter street cred (which isn't that
important to me).
by hutchtech
From everything I've heard/read, I believe it might be worth a slight
loss of street cred to wait for Rev 2. By then some of the bugs
will be worked out. I'm anxious to get one myself. Right
now I download recorded media from my ReplayTV direct to my
laptop. Sure, it's portable, but 800+ MB of MPEG-2 per hour of
video at "standard" quality (meaning "low" quality) is sometimes more
than I want to bear. Besides, the my-media-anywhere-anytime
promise is just too cool to pass up.
- Hutch
by smorty71
Photo from HD Beat.
Viewers (I've heard there are 2 or 3 of them) of the HD version of
NBC's "My Name is Earl" got an easter egg of sorts . One of the
characters (who was outside of the standard definition 4:3 frame) held
up a sign that said "High def rocks!!!"
Maybe I'm just a big HD nerd; however, I think it will be
interesting to see if other shows start giving HD viewers little extras
like this.
You can check out an image of the full frame over at HD Beat.
by smorty71
Anyone who has been reading my blog lately knows that I have been pimpin' the hell out of my buddy Rob's movie even though I hadn't seen it (although I did just find a copy of the script that he sent me in July 1999).
Well, now that I have seen it, I can definitely saw that anyone and everyone reading this should go see it.
Sure, the critics' reviews have been pretty bad (which is what I would expect for this type of movie); however, I laughed my ass off. It is the kind of movie that you will be laughing about and quoting for a long time.
I plan to see it again with Amy over the weekend (if we can get out to the movies without the kids). So go see it!
BTW, Rob has posted a really funny clip of a fight he had with Luis Guzman. Guzman was great in the movie; however, he comes off like a total jerk. Get the full story here.
by smorty71
I had my fifth annual NFL kickoff party yesterday. It was postponed a few weeks due to the move. We ended up having about 10 people show up. We ate chili and Texas toast (thanks, Rex), drank lots of beer and watched a ton of football. During halftime, we played a little bit of Burnout:Revenge (I'm trying to get other people to buy the game so that I have someone to play online).
by smorty71
Turns out that the clip of Rob McKittrick and Luis Guzman fighting on the set of "Waiting..." (that I posted last week) was a practical joke that Rob and Luis put together to have fun at the cast's expense. And because Rob is such a fame whore, he used it to get some buzz around the opening of "Waiting..." (that wily m.f.!).
Anyway, check out the clip when they let everyone in on it (and get the full story) here.
by smorty71
Anyone who has read my
blog (or has mentioned a Mac in my presence) knows that I do not like
Apple products. Actually, it is really more the Apple zealots that have
turned me off to the company as a whole, but anway...
Now, Apple goes and makes a product that I might actually l-l-l-l-like
(there, I said it!) -- the new video iPod.
And to make matters worse, they have also announced a content strategy
for the new video iPod that makes a ton of sense -- offering
commercial-free downloads of TV shows the day after they air.
I
guess the deal maker (or breaker) will be how they handle DRM. I would
want to be able to get shows that I have TiVoed onto the device, not
just stuff that I would pay to download.
by smorty71
I logged into my Gamefly
account today and discovered a great new feature called FastReturn.
Here is how the site describes the feature:
"FastReturn
will start the processing of your next game as soon as we receive
confirmation from the U.S. Postal Service that a game has been returned
in the mail. You may no longer need to wait until we receive the
returned game in our warehouse before we send the next available game
in Your GameQ!"
How cool is that? Instead of waiting another day or two to ship my
game, GF sends it after only one day (and before they even get the
game). It's features like that that will incent me to keep my account
open.
Seems like Netflix would want to try something like this... oh
wait, no they wouldn't. Netflix is trying to come up with new ways to
keep me from getting as many movies each month. Shipping tomorrow,
"Very long waits" and shipping from Hawaii or Denver (instead of the
hub in Louisville) are just some of the "features" they use to satisfy
their subscribers.
by smorty71
I was over at IMDB looking up info on Miranda July and noticed that today is the 15th anniversary of the founding of IMDB. Here is part of the story from their anniversary section:
"October 17th: Our founder, Col Needham, wrote a series of Unix shell scripts which made the list that were being collected at a Usenet group called "rec.arts.movies," searchable (the lists were filmographies for actors, actresses, directors and something called the "dead list"). The ability to search existing data is one of the key components of the Web experience, and it immediately made the lists more meaningful and useful. Though the new name was still six years off, the Internet Movie Database was, in essence, born."
In addition to little tidbits about the site's history, there are also lists of staff favorite films.
Tip: (although this is probably old news to alot of you) In Firefox, you can simply type "imdb" and then your query (for example, "imdb miranda july") in the address bar and FF will take you directly to the IMDB page.
by smorty71
I finally decided to kick my caffeine habit. It seemed like I was drinking nothing but coffee or Dr. Pepper (and that probably isn't too healthy). So over the weekend, I started weaning myself off of caffeine. I've pretty much got it down to 1 caffeinated beverage a day (Today, I needed a Dr. Pepper in the afternoon to curb the withdrawal headache).
I've kicked my habit once before (for about 3 years). I found that once I got used to not drinking it that I actually felt much better (and I could go to sleep before 1 AM).
by lukcad
I heard it early from my collegues too. Seems the health image of life without coffee are going to be popular around the world. Via month send post about result. May be i will drop down my habit too.
by smorty71
OK, just last week, I was touting the coolness of Gamefly's new FastReturn feature. Now, 5 days later, I still don't have the game that they shipped me.
I guess, technically, the feature lives up to its name considering
that they only promise a fast return. I'll wait until they implement
the FastArrival feature before giving them any more "props."
by smorty71
I've been sort of quiet about my FFL team this season (partially due to the move and partially due to the 2 early losses that I suffered due to my poor coaching). However, I have bounced back and now find myself at 4-2. Even though I am in 2nd place (in the strongest division), I have also moved to #1 in the Power Rankings (which looks at record, points scored and how I would have performed against every team in the league each week).
I face Jim's Team next week and I (so far) I am favored to win. Hopefully, the 6-0 Lyndon Llamas can stumble next week so that I can gain ground in our division.
by smorty71
It took 7 days to finally get "The Ultimate Spiderman" game that Gamefly shipped using its new FastReturn feature. If their turnaround times don't improve, I'm going to have to cancel.
by smorty71
I am trying out the integrated blog editor in Flock. I finally got a beta invite today, so I have been playing around with it a bit tonight.
So far, I like it. Nice integratrion with Blogger, del.icio.us and Flickr.
Time to see if this will actually post...
by smorty71
Maybe it is a bit premature; however, I have changed my default
browser from Firefox to Flock. I have been using Flock all day and its
features (history search, aggregated RSS views, Blogger integration,
del.icio.us integration) are so useful that I can't believe someone
hadn't done this before.
I think the Flickr toolbar for the blogging tool is my favorite
feature. Just drag and drop any of your Flickr photos directly into
your blog posts.
by smorty71
Anyone who knows me (or
reads this blog) knows that I am sort of a technology nut, especially
if said technology helps me watch high-definition images of
millionaires chasing a football.
So it really drives me crazy when my stuff breaks. And I really,
really (rvalue=2) get upset when more than one thing breaks at the same
time.
In the past week, I have seen my Toshiba SD-4700 DVD player (which
I really liked) and the hard drive in Mahlon and Miles' PC die for no
apparent reason.
So now I have to research both DVD players and hard drives. I'm
leaning toward a cheaper (but recommended) Pioneer DVD player ($69)
that will carry me through until I decide if I want an upconverting
player or if I want to wait for HD-DVD.
by smorty71
OK, after Friday's rant about my failed hard drive and flaky DVD player, I came home and tried to fix each of them.
For the DVD player, I tried some compressed air to make sure that
there wasn't dirt preventing the disc from being read properly. At
first, that appeared to work. Unfortunately, after about 30 minutes of
"Batman Begins," the freeze ups began.
So I grabbed the DVD, headed upstairs and continued watching from
our bedroom. While watching, I picked up a Pioneer DV285 for $69 at
etronics.com. It plays just about every format around. Plus, it had
some good reviews on AVS Forum. It should hold me over until I upgrade
to an upconverting player or until HD-DVD comes out.
I had better luck with the hard drive. I opened the case and
checked all of the cable connections. Nothing appeared to be loose.
However, after powering up, Windows loaded just fine. Sweet!
by smorty71
I was checking out photos on Flickr this evening when I noticed that they have finally added the ability to order prints.
Looks like the prints are pretty cheap (20 cents for a 4x6) and
they offer quite a few size options. One of the coolest things is that
they give you the option of having the prints mailed to you or picking
your prints up at your nearest Target. The in-store pick-up costs more;
however, its nice to know that you can get your photos quicker when you
need to.
As with the rest of the site, the checkout process is very easy and has lots of helpful tips to guide you through it.
by smorty71
After looking (unsuccessfully) for the latest Tsar
CD at my local suburban retailers, I decided to see if I could order
the CD online. Fortunately, Tsar has a store on their site and offer
the CD for $7.95. To make it even better, they use PayPal, so I didn't
have to worry about whether my account info would be safe.
So I
was able to get the entire physical CD for much less than the cost of
downloading from iTunes. Why don't more bands do this?
BTW, Tsar will be at The Patio in Indianapolis on November 5th supporting Juliet and the Licks.
by smorty71
Considering how far ahead
TiVo's products and services are from their cable competitors, it has
always been a bit disappointing that they weren't more open with their
customer base.
Well, Tuesday, TiVo officially kicked off a blog
over at TiVo.com. It's too early to tell if it will be more than
marketing fluff; however, at least, it is a start in the right
direction.
by smorty71
A co-worker forwarded me a link to Rollyo today and it looks very cool. It is a search tool that allows you to build your own custom search engines based on sites you like.
For example, I created a "Home Theater" searchroll that only searches AVS Forum, CNET, Engadget, HD Beat, Gizmodo, PVR Blog and News.com. So if I enter "DirecTV" into the searchroll box, I will only see results from those sites.
Below you will see the searchroll tool that Rollyo provides for adding to your own website. Give it a try:
by smorty71
I've uploaded my photos from Eric's Halloween Party to Flickr. I didn't take nearly as many as I had planned. Fortunately, I know that Eric was snapping lots of shots with his super-nice digital camera, so I will link to those once he uploads them.
Anyway, we had a great time. Amy and I dug out some of the prop clothes that I used when I was in film school. I always used 70's clothes in my films, so we were basically just a couple from the 70's (although most people assumed I was a pimp and she was my ol' lady).
Our costumes took 2nd place in the costume contest which earned us:
1. instant street cred
2. a shiny "2nd place" ribbon
3. a Target giftcard
by smorty71
Make magazine
is giving print subscribers free access to a new digital edition of the
magazine. The cool part is that the digital edition is basically just
like the print edition (in terms of layout). And with the digital
edition, you can easily check out URLs suggested in articles.
If you are a print subscriber, you can upgrade your account for free.
by smorty71
I don't know why I found this so funny, but I did. GiganticURL.com does just what it's name suggests, it turns a regular URL into a ridiculously long one.
So the next time, a web-savvy co-worker uses a
TinyURL.com-generated URL in an e-mail, shoot back with a GiganticURL.
That'll teach 'em.
Here is the GiganticURL to sMoRTy71.com. Pass it on:
by smorty71
Engadget is reporting that the next version of the Slingbox could be revealed at CES 2006 in January. One of the rumored features is 1080i/720p support. Very cool if it turns out to be true.
by smorty71
After reposting the rumor from Engadget that Sling Media would be debuting a new Slingbox at CES 2006, I got an e-mail from Jeremy Toeman the VP of Product Development at Sling Media.
He basically let me know that the rumor on Engadget was just that - a rumor. I won't post his entire e-mail; however, he did say:
"To be clear: we are not commercially launching a 'next-generation' Slingbox at CES 2006."
I think it is great to see Sling Media reaching out directly to bloggers and keeping them up-to-date on the official story.
by smorty71
Netflix is quickly climbing up the list of services that I have, but wish something better would come along.
For example, I have broadband from my local cable company. I like
the broadband; however, the cable company (Insight) has terrible
customer support, ridiculously long hold times when calling and
clueless contractors who can't seem to install the equipment correctly
(and cause those long phone calls to support). Unfortunately, there
isn't a better option. DSL requires me to pay for a phone line in
addition to buying their service.
Now, Netflix has joined the list. In addition to the throttling
they do to my account based on my rental activity, they are now
settling a case action lawsuit (which was filed because they are
limiting their "unlimited" service) by giving away 1 free month of
upgraded service. So if you have the 3-out-at-a-time plan, you will get
the 4-out-at-a-time plan for 1 month for free. This "award" works out
to $6 per person who accepts.
But guess what happens if you accept the "award?" You will continue
to be billed for the 4-out-at-a-time plan UNLESS YOU CANCEL IT! Looks
like Netflix will probably make back a big chunk of the class action
costs from people who forget to cancel. Nice!
I am going to opt-out of this settlement (which allows you to retain the right to join a class action suit later).
In order to opt-out, you will need to send a letter to:
Netflix Opt-Out
5654 Geary Blvd. #210511
San Francisco, CA 94121
Here is the info you need to submit:
Name
Address (that you had NF service with)
E-mail Address (that you had NF service with)
Phone Number
A reference to Chavez V. Netflix, Inc. (Case # CGC-04-434884)
When you became a NF member
Your NF service level
A declaration that you want to opt-out
Deadline for submitting your letter is January 6, 2006. Get more info at http://www.netflixsettlement.com
by Erik Eckel
I love Netflix. My membership dates back to 2002, I think.
I haven't followed the details of this lawsuit, but filling out a Web form for a chance at a ten dollar (or whatever) settlement doesn't sound like a smart tradeoff in time to me. I'd rather spend the time watching Netflix movies. Heck, I'd donate an extra $10 to Netflix to make the story go away, so happy am I with the company's service.
by smorty71
I bet it's 'cause you use a Mac, right?
by Erik Eckel
Yes, I use a Mac. A very-well designed, and outrageously efficient, silver model.
by smorty71
You sure? It looks white.
by smorty71
This is the shot Eric took as we accepted our prize for 2nd place in the costume contest.
Eric has posted the photos from his Halloween Voodoo Hex Fest on Flickr.
by smorty71
Miles was featured in an article in the Courier-Journal today. He had taken a Creative Movement class at Cardinal Hill (where he gets occupational therapy) and a reporter from the paper came by the class last week.
We had no idea he was going to be featured, so he was just surprised to see it.
by smorty71
I'm Shawn Morton and I
have an HD addiction. I was actually excited when I remembered that
Good Morning America would start broadcasting in HD this morning. I
even turned away from Sportscenter in HD to check it out (I know, I
know, I need help).
The verdict? Well, the opening and studio stuff looks very good.
Not as good as Sportscenter in HD IMHO, though. They do seem to be
switching to SD when Robin Roberts reads the news headlines (it even
gets pillarboxed with ABC News graphics) and when the weather maps are
displayed.
Of course, like Sportscenter, any footage that is shown that didn't
originate in the studio is pillarboxed SD. The worst part about this is
that the GMA pillarbox graphics are bright red with yellow "GMA"s
running down them. Pretty distracting. I would like to see them go to a
more subtle graphic ala the gray and black ones ESPN uses.
Overall, I think it is great to see more shows in HD; however,
based on the opening statements from Gibson and Sawyer, only a small
portion of the GMA audience are watching on HD sets.
Back to Sportscenter...
by jamesrl
Read an interesting article in the Toronto Star over the weekend - how HD affects our perspective of the "stars".
Among those they mentioned looked "bad" in HD:
Terri Hatcher, Heather Locklear
Apparently makeup that worked well in SD needs to be rethought when shooting for HD.
James
by smorty71
According to this story from Reuters,
DirecTV announced that they are going portable. DTV will work with "an
array of partners" to provide devices that can store DTV's video
content.
I've been hoping that DTV would make this move ever
since Dish Network launched its Pocket Dish (a portable video player
that can download content from a Dish box) product earlier this year.
The
best news is that DTV will show off some of these devices at CES 2006
in January. So hopefully, I will have one of these devices in my hands
my the middle of next year.
And to think I was actually considering a video iPod! What was I thinking?
by smorty71
CNET.com
has launched some new community features and I took them for a spin
tonight. Overall, I like where they are going with the feature set.
They allow you to setup a profile (with bio, interests, etc) and
keep track of your ratings and discussion posts (as most other sites
do). What I haven't seen anywhere else is the ability to build a "Want
it" list and a "Got it" list from the thousands of consumer electronic
products that CNET has reviewed.
In addition to ratings about your products, your "Got it" list has
support information (manufacturer's website, firmware downloads,
owner's manual, etc.) that might come in handy as you are living with
the product.
I can also see the "Want it" list coming in handy around the
holidays (just point gift givers to your profile page for gift ideas).
You can sign up for free and try it out or you can just check out my profile page.
by smorty71
I have seen a couple of really bad ideas brought to life by two of the
biggest broadcasters that deserve ridicule here in my blog.
1. ESPN's simulated press conferences
I
get up early each morning to work out, drink some coffee and ease into
my day with a little Sportscenter in HD. Well, I was baffled the other
morning when ESPN held a "simulated news conference" to discuss the
Boston Red Sox. Some guy, pretending to be the GM of the Red Sox,
sitting in front of bank of mics making statements and answering
questions from reporters about what the Red Sox should do in the
offseason.
No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't get my
head around this. Faux reporters all waving their arms in the air
trying to get noticed by a faux baseball GM? Why should I be watching
this?
Well, tonight, I saw this story on CNN which explains that the "simulated news conference" is something ESPN is trying to liven up its baseball news in the offseason.
According
to the news director at ESPN, "it was done to enliven what is often a
dull segment: analysts like Phillips sitting behind a desk and
speculating about what teams will do." Dull? That is what Sportscenter
is -- a bunch of analysts sitting around talking about sports!
I
can tolerate (barely) the former NFL pros standing on a fake football
field explaining how a screen pass is set up or how to protect against
a blitz; however, a fake press conference is just dumb. And guess what?
ESPN plans to do more of them! Can't wait.
2. NBC's video on demand announcement
Today,
NBC announced that they were going to try a new approach to
distribution - selling commercial-free versions of their big shows for
$.99 the day after they air. At first, I thought they were going
head-to-head with ABC and Disney and making their shows available for
the iPod video (but at a lower price point).
Unfortunately, I
gave them too much credit. Their idea is much, much simpler than that.
They plan to sell commercial-free versions of shows to DirecTV
subscribers who own a DirecTV DVR. That's right, they're going to sell
you something (the day after it airs) that you can easily record for
free when it airs (and zip through the commercials). Brilliant!
I
would much rather see NBC and others trying to extend the medium to new
devices (even if those devices are made by Apple) than see them
reinventing the wheel and then trying to charge you for it.
by smorty71
In the past couple of days, I decided to go ahead and get an XBOX 360
at launch. As I posted previously, I am still a bit disappointed in the
launch titles; however, I am getting more and more excited about using
the 360 as a front end for my HTPC. I really want to get my HTPC out of
the manroom and it looks like the 360 will let me do that.
There is a great thread over at AVS Forum
where a couple of Microsoft employees give details about what the 360
can and can't do in terms of media playback and decoding. Really great
information if you're considering the XBOX 360 as an HTPC replacement.
While
there is too much in that thread to recap here, I was surprised to see
that Windows XP users *can* use some of the HTPC functions of the 360. You can download Windows Media Connect
and use an XP box with your XBOX 360. Of course, some of the
functionality is limited compared to using MCE 2005; however, its good
to know that I can play around with the media options prior to getting
MCE 2005.
by smorty71
A couple more XBOX 360 related things:
1. XBOX 360 Zero Hour
MSFT
is hosting a huge, private party at an undisclosed location in the
Mojave Desert from sundown on November 20th until 12:01 AM November
22nd. Tickets will be given out to around 3,000 people who will have
the opportunity to player the XBOX 360 and all of the launch titles
before the console is released. Also, attendees will have the
opportunity to purchase the console at the event (something that might
be important with the rumored shortages of consoles). Get your tickets here.
The big downside is that you must provide your own travel to and from the event.
2. XBOX Live Gamer Card
You can get a new XBOX Live Gamer Card at XBOX.com.
Your Gamer Card is an extension of the Gamertag idea introduced with
the original XBOX Live. Your GC is a public profile that shows what
games you play, your ranking and other stats.
You can even get a snippet of code that lets you post your Gamer Card on your website.
by smorty71
The new Apple iWipe in action
One of my co-workers
was giving away and old Atari 800XL and Macintosh SE case. He had been
planning to do a mini-ITX project, but had never gotten around to it.
Always wanting an excuse to tinker with something, I decided to take
them off of his hands.
Well, as soon as I saw the Mac SE case, I
realized that this one had the most potential. So this weekend, I
bought a few things at Home Depot and got started making my
Apple-powered, wireless, portable toilet paper dispenser -- the iWipe.
The whole project took a couple of hours and cost about $15.
Step 1: Remove the metal brackets in the SE
There
were still some metal brackets inside the case, so I had to get those
out first. Using a T15 and a Philips head screwdriver, I removed the 7
or 8 screws holding the brackets in place.
Step 2: Clean the case
The
case still pretty grimy, so I soaked it in some warm soapy water for
about 10 minutes. This loosened up all of the dirt and I was able to
rinse it clean
Step 3: Paint the case
Because
Apple has gotten all glossy white on us lately, I figured the SE needed
a new paint job. So I painted the inside a metallic silver (to match
the toilet paper holder) and the outside a gloss white.
Step 4: Mount the toilet paper holder
Once the paint had dried, I used a heavy-duty Super Glue gel to mount the toilet paper holder to the case.
Step 5: Create a faux screen
I
used a transluscent binder that I picked up at Target ($1.39) to create
a screen for the SE. After I cut it to size, I super glued it into
place.
Step 6: Installing the first roll
I inserted a roll of toilet paper into the iWipe and slid the front of the case closed.
Voila! The new Apple iWipe!
UPDATE: Check out a clip of the iWipe in action over at Vimeo.
by kiwimarsi
Anakin didn't turn to the dark side quickly. You probably get that impression because the movies move at such a fast pace. Remember in Ep I, Anakin first show a burst of anger when he encounters Padme in Watto's shop. She doesn't mean to offend him when she asks him if he is a slave. Then when Anakin meets the Jedi Counsel, Yoda senses that Anakin misses his mother and fears for the events ahead. Fast forward to Episode II Anakin is a young man now, the movies don't mention much about how Palpatine was mentoring Anakin. For that you will have to read the books that feature events that happened between the movies. He also fears losing his mother which he does in the most horrible way. By now his anger and arrogance has grown. He knows that he is more powerful than OB1. Then in Episode III, more information is revealed about Palpatine & Anakin's relationship. Palpatine uses Anakin's hatred for losing his mother, fear for losing Padme and mistrust for the jedi to mold him. He also lies to him at the end of EPIII when he tells him that he killed Padme.
So what we have is not a quick turn to the dark side but rather a gradual turn. The movies have to cut out a lot of detail so that it will be interesting and so that it doesn't get bogged down with too much backstory. Check out the books by Del Rey Publishing. They fill in the missing pieces to the movie.
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