A rental disc arrives on Wednesday and I’m able to have it back in the mailbox for pickup on Thursday. The postal service, and an efficient local distribution center, can get me the next selection from my queue two days later for viewing over the weekend. Unless there’s a Monday holiday, this cycle permits 8 DVDs/mo. goes into 10.64 = 1.33 per movie. I’m liking that but maybe neflix is not. An “May we please have a moment of your time?” email arrived with a survey request. “We received Monarch of the Glen: Series 2: Disc 1 this morning and would like to learn when you returned this DVD…” (READ – we are tracking your rapid returns) Uh oh. I’ve heard stories about the Netflix throttle.
Category Archives: social
TV turnerdowner
Back in the day, before FastForward on the VCR and a Mute button for the remote, one suffered through the annoying commercials about cigarettes and head or stomach pain pills. As a work around we fabricated a simple clicker switch from the hobbyist parts bin at Sparky’s. This was a simple hardwired interrupt to one of the input leads on the speaker which killed the audio. Now there is software. Follows is a short list of Firefox Extensions that remove the clutter from your web browsing experience:
- Flashblock Flash can add coolness to page presentation but more and more of these animations are obnoxious promotional distraction. By default Flashblock hides the ads. If desired, you can override with a mouse click.
- Adblock for hands on click removal / banning
- Adblock filterset.G Updater (used in conjunction with Adblock) automates the entire removal process
Hawk Dawg
The casual reader may dismiss this post, family may derive some closure.
I gave up my buddy pal this afternoon… I hadn’t realized how his 10+ year existence was integral to our lifestyle. Our dear pet was always triggered to react predictably to the rustle of a key chain, footsteps, his master’s voice. He would watch you leave and wait patiently in the drive for your return knowing your vehicle by its exhaust beat drum.
He was the neighborhood “best trainned dog” and the park’s “frisbee champ“. The community will remember him for his ability to selfishly guard his tennis ball at the top of the drive and then precisely release it (to roll down to the curb) as one walked or drove by. They could then lob it to him and the process could repeat. He would wait there focused on that dang ball, until someone got a clue and heaved it back. He knew the property line.
Our best routine were all of those prime years when he and I would jog the park. It was always great exercise and on some days when I was lost to the computer keyboard his pining would give me incentive to get up and take him, irrespective of rain or shine. And so we would. It was always a good run and sometimes there were stories to tell.
Our children loved him growing up. They learned about dog handling and responsibility. It was hard to let him go. He is comfortable now. We shall miss him.
who-rahhhh
I’m in a windowless classroom all day all week and the instructor is quite good at keeping us from drifting off. Every couple of minutes there’s a hand clap or a table slap report for punctuation. At first analysis I thought teach sounded like Fire Marshall Bill Burns with sentences beginning: “Lemme tell ya somethin’…” but now I’ve decided his voice is, if you can imagine it; Ned Flander’s (Simpsons) mixed up with drill sergeant, R. Lee Ermey (Mail Call).
New!
This demonstrates a WordPress and Gallery2 mashup. Gallery2 is a standalone photo album server that is integrated with WordPress. It is possible to navigate seamlessly between the two applications thanks to WPG2. Here’s a nifty tool for image choosing. ToDo: Locate a theme plugin to tie Wp and G2 ascetically.
now listening…
Don’t throw it awaaaaay!
Artist: Jeff Weigant
if you are,
were, or knew somone who knew a nerd you might enjoy Napoleon Dynamite – a film. (S’man is pretty good with the soundbytes)
antithesis of raisins
I put my brownbag leftovers in the hotel room’s fridge — I pulled them out just now and found everything half frozen including the green grapes. Actually, they tasted somewhat like Grape Popsicles.
mini bite size.
not bad.
a song(s) for my head
I’m only about a third of the way into the A’s and 3500 songs to sample…
Listening to sweet Alison Krauss & Union Station – ‘Let Me Touch You For Awhile‘ whilst navigating media directories. This chore is easy with WinAmp Pro and a nifty plug-in iTunes clone, ml_iPod, interface. Assigning ratings and building playlists. Hold up! The Allman Brothers Band – Whipping Post is playing now. Crank it up !
protected by lawyers
Evidently, a few X-Box(s) got toasty and Microsoft decided to go pro-active and organized a recall campaign. Our replacement power cable arrived a few days ago and it is beefy. Over-engineered with integral sensors and warning LED as well as built-in circuit breaker, test and re-set buttons. It came with an 11 page “X-Box Protection Cord Manual” too. This assures that my son’s gaming platform won’t go up in flames. Good liability insulation. In the bigger scheme of things, I wonder if their action (fix) will raise the bar and (all/most) future consumer appliance will now come so equipped.
Heck. FORD (singed by it’s SUV roll-over controversy) is now recommending that tires be replaced every _____ months regardless of wear and tear (!). How long before the other car owners manual has adopted similar fine print.