Somewhat strangely, my Mom is responsible for my latest tech lust. Her old TV was getting iffy and now I’m totally jealous of her new 32″ HD LCD. Tonight I started my reading in earnest, and found a few cools sites and articles. Antennaweb.org tells you what digital signals you might receive in your area. I found antennaweb in (stop rubbing cows!) this cnet article which gave an excellent albeit remedial overview of hdtv. Another cnet page has a size calculator which I liked.
Happy New Year
We’ll see how this year goes. I took a few nice pictures at the Guad Christmas party, and I hope to take many more this year. And even show them to people!
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hacking your gpa
This story about some congressional aide trying to solicit hackers is hilarious. I love the pidgeons, or lack thereof!
Merry Christmas
I’ve been a little busy lately planning my recent escape from email servers. I’ve barely had a moment to think about Christmas. Now tonight, after spending a few days recovering from food poisoning, working almost 6 hours on a Sunday, Carol and I are watching the Grinch and shopping online. Christmas shopping is so heartwarming when an actor in a green suit reminds you that “Christmas doesn’t come from a store.” Merry Christmas!
I’m free!
I’m free. I’m no longer an Exchange email server administrator.
food poisoning sucks
Baskin Robbins or a vegan restaurant. It’s a toss up. Now I’m fully on the mend and I got to eat a lot of jello which doesn’t happen everyday.
bad toys
These 10 dangerous toys are not on my wishlist this year. But I think I might have had one of these battlestar toys as a kid.
IT crowd and more Christmas ideas
IT Crowd will be made into a US series ala the The Office, according to wikipedia. I still want a DVD of the orginal series, but that’s not available yet.
Another UK made item is the USB Missile Launcher. The good news, though, is that is now available from a domestic US source. I love Think Geek. No wish list required. If I happen to get 2, 3, or heck even 5 of these from different people, that’s AOK. There is software to run all of them in sync. (I think.. but still, I have special projects planned if I get more than one. Robots, home defense, lots of ideas)
Christmas list
Oh! And I almost forgot. Here’s my amazon wishlist for this year. I will add things as I can. The next two weeks are going to be crazy at work, so I would absolutely love it if people could send me their wishlists. (or leave them in comments) thanks!
serenity second life
Am I last person to see serenity’s presence in second life? I haven’t actually located WashTown in game yet, but it’s good to know there is something in second life worth visting. It seemed kind of pointless when I first checked it out.