I want to go fly a kite
I want to go fly a kite.
When was the last time you flew a kite?
Personal | Comment (0)Feeling Better
As you might have guessed from the lack of whiny, grey-boxed posts, I’ve been feeling rather better lately. I turned a corner about a week or so ago, and rapidly went from being miserable most of the time to being not-miserable most of the time. I don’t know why; probably my natural recovery mechanisms finally kicking in. I’m still nowhere near where I was before Christmas dropped those two bombshells on me, mind you, but I’m hugely better than I was a couple of weeks ago.
Aside from the occasional bouts of sheer misery, though, there are a couple of lasting effects. First is that I’m still really fragile, and anything sad will set me off. This is the exact opposite of the way I usually am, so it’s weird. The second is that I keep catching myself walking around with my fists clenched. I have to make a conscious effort to relax my hands. So clearly there’s still some anger that needs to be worked out.
Personal | Comment (0)HD Transition Complete
Okay, this is the last post on the HD transition, and that’s because it’s finally done! I started talking about it way back in September of 2006, and I’ve been upgrading in bits and pieces ever since.
Well, the last piece is in place. I got the TiVo Expander, and I switched all of my season passes that could be switched over to the HD versions. I can now play games, watch movies, and record and watch TV shows, all in HD.
Now there’ll be more interesting posts, I promise.
Geek, TV | Comment (0)RIP Gary Gygax
Gary Gygax is headed off to visit the Outer Planes.
My life would have been much less interesting without him. Not only do I still play Dungeons and Dragons every week, but his invention laid down the basis for all of modern role-playing, not just tabletop but video game as well.
Here’s a very nice tribute from Order of the Stick.
Games, News | Comment (0)CableCard
Okay, I’ll stop with the “Transition to HD” posts soon, I promise. But that’s because the transition will be finished soon.
I got the CableCard installed today. It was stupid that I had to be home at a particular time and have a cable guy (two guys, yet) do it, because literally all they had to do was slide the card into a slot on the front of the box, and then call the cable company to activate the card. Stupider yet was that the reason I had these guys come in and install the card was that it was free to have them install the card, or $50 to do it myself. Which is completely backwards.
Anyway, I can now watch and record HDTV. It looks freaking awesome. Unfortunately, it turns out RCN only provides about a dozen HD channels–the networks, the major movie channels, and some sports channels. So most of the stuff I watch will still be in SD. But the stuff I do record in HD will look really great. And, of course, that’ll include the Olympics when they roll around, which has really been the impetus for the whole transition.
Now all I need is a bigger hard disk for the TiVo, and I’m all done.
Geek, TV | Comment (0)Car News
Lexus should come out with a new luxury car called the Nexus. That way businesspeople and lawyers could drive a Lexus Nexus.
Trust me, if you were a business type, you’d be laughing right now.
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