My parents, sister and her husband got me a cool gadget for my birthday – a Slingbox. The slingbox is basically a cable TV to streaming internet video converter. You hook it up to your cable TV connection and your home network. Then from any other computer in your network or even from the internet …
I was reading something from a blogger just now about them starting a big new job. Some slightly clipped excerpts: It starts off with “Hi, everyone! Okay, I’ve been waiting to exhale for some time now…and I finally have!!! Last night was my one week anniversary…and the good news is, I’m still employed! (I think)” …
Today was a horrible day. It was also the greatest day I’ve had in a long time. The first thing I did when I got into work is start writing a post-mortem report for a outage yesterday – always a great way to start a day. While I was writing it, a different outage occurred. …
1. Popup ads. I’m paying $15 a month. Why should I be subjected to pop-up ads? They seem to be specifically designed to work around popup blockers. 2. The same Tom Petty ad over and over again during commercial breaks. It’s driving me crazy to hear the same clip 20 times per game. 3. Video …