Fan Noise

The set has been on for about 5 hours and we can hear the fans now. Am not sure we should be hearing the fans in a 71 degree room after 5 hours of use. Am going to check into it. Its a low to medium hum and it colors the audio from my center… Continue reading Fan Noise

Mitsubishi 57732 Review

Wow. The set arrived on time from Video Only today. The delivery guys were quick, made sure it worked and took off. I immediately adjusted the basic settings to get rid of the sharpness and overbright out of the box settings and it looks incredible, even without ISF calibration. I watched some ESPN and noticed… Continue reading Mitsubishi 57732 Review

Roxio Rebate Scam

Roxio rejected my $20 Toast Titanium rebate for my DOWNLOADED Toast due to “missing upc proof of upgrade” (even tho I had to supply my old serial number). I got a nice little postcard in the mail, so i called the rebate center and the dude looked up my rebate and immediately oked it. What… Continue reading Roxio Rebate Scam

Calling Apple to task

Over at the get a mac page is a wonderful new “Security” ad discussing Vista’s over zealous firewall. On the same page is this text: No upgrade nightmares. Before you can even think about Vista, you’ll likely need a new PC. Or upgrades for memory, hard disk, and graphics card. Why go through all that… Continue reading Calling Apple to task

Need Vista? Get a Mac!

On CNN.com a story titled “Gates: Vista all about the Wow” had running right next to it the video for the Apple Get A Mac “Surgery” ad. I love it.

Benefits of snow

While it sucks eating soup and left overs, I can tell you that I love how quiet my neighborhood is. Not a peep outside, no road noise, nothing. Its amazing how noisy the city is with just background noise – And I live in the burbs! I’m staying in – Watching the video of all… Continue reading Benefits of snow

Snow!

I woke up to over 2 inches of snow. I guess I won’t be going to the chiropractor today, what a mess, but a beautiful mess! Pictures

P-Nuttles!

Blast from the past – Found P-Nuttles at the store today. I think I used to sell these as a kid for school trips, etc. Its been decades.

TextMate and regular expressions

I’ve been trying to learn regular expressions for years, but never had a good use for them, because the tools that used them were so obscure. Now with TextMate, I have plenty of uses. In the blogging bundle, the preferences format was: Blog Name http://www.blogurl.com/ The regular expression for parsing that was: ^(.+?)\s+(https?:\/\/\.+) I’ll break… Continue reading TextMate and regular expressions

Wither MacWorld Expo – Enter AppleWorld Expo

If it wasn’t clear by Apple, MacWorld Expo is ending as we know it. Today Apple used the MacWorld Expo venue to do three things: Introduce Apple TV, a consumer device to shuttle media from your computer to the television Introduce iPhone, a brand new phone platform Change its name from Apple Computer, Inc. to… Continue reading Wither MacWorld Expo – Enter AppleWorld Expo