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May 18, 2009

The broadcast networks have a tenuous relationship with their viewership—well, maybe not tenuous, but something is there at least. Now’s the time where we hear if our fave shows get cancelled or renewed, and it’s the time where we get to have our hearts broken again and again as we lose some good shows.

Take this round of numbers:
1) ABC – 2 shows I used to watch, now only one (Castle. Pushing Daisies is gone)
2) CBS – Only 1 I ever really bother to watch (NCIS)
3) FOX – 7 down to 5 (Bones, Dollhouse, Fringe, House, Lie to Me. Terminator:TSCC and prison break are goners)
4) NBC – 6 down to 2-3 (Chuck and Heroes are left, sometimes Medium. Gone are Kings, Knight Rider, and Life)

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Kindle 2

February 10, 2009

Whelp, the [Kindle 2][k2link] has been announced, and against my budget I just had to plunk down some money and get me one. It’s updated looks make it appear almost like an overgrown iPod with a keyboard of round buttons stuck on the bottom. It’ll have more memory built in and even a rudimentary text-to-speach engine built in (nice, but not audiobook quality like you’d get from a real person). But perhaps the biggest single thing I’m looking forward to is the improved screen: 16 shades of gray (v. 4), and faster refreshes (literally in the blink of an eye now instead of 2 blinks).
Once I get it I’ll write up more, closer to when I get it than when I got the original kindle, I swear!

[k2link]:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00154JDAI?tag=hairyidea-20

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Out of Commission

November 17, 2008

So back on the 14th of the month my Xbox 360 Elite decided that it would be fun to read every disc as a DVD movie–I however did *NOT* think so and sent for a label from Microsoft to get it fixed at an out-of-warrantee cost of ~$90. I didn’t really mind that I would be without it for a week or two since I had a backup–or so I thought.
My backup was my 20GB pro system that I had fixed last time back in [May of last year][firstRepair]. The pro was fine for a few days, then on this past wednesday when I went to pickup Mirror’s Edge, I got home and decided not to skip the tutorial even though I’ve run through the tutorial a million times now. I got through most of the tutorial and then the system suddenly shut off, I look over at it and see what every 360 owner dreads to see–the Red Ring of Death (officially known as 3 Red lights), and so it’s back to Microsoft with that one, too! They should be getting it the same day I get my (hopefully fixed) Elite back.
Another cruelly ironic thing with all of this is that over the weekend they announced that they were letting some more people in the public preview, and I was one of them, except with NO WORKING 360!!!

[firstRepair]: http://wyager.com/?p=90

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City of Ember

October 16, 2008

*(rambling review mode)*
Well on sunday I went and saw *City of Ember* with my bro (and his GF). Simply put, it’s a pretty good movie. To be true, there are parts that drag on a little bit, and you never really get answers to some questions that pop up. Really though, the movie does have a set focus and keeps to it admirably more than most movies in recent memory).
If you haven’t heard what it’s all about, *City of Ember* is about–naturally enough–Ember, a city that was built underground to save humanity from a never expounded terrible fate. A box was passed down from one governor to the next, eventually getting lost and forgotten. 200 years later the box pops open and the adventure begins. The box contains the way out of Ember, So our intrepid youth find the map and go from there.
Anywho, see it.

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The Kindle

July 17, 2008

So I originally meant to write my review of the Amazon Kindle about a week after I got it. Instead its about a month later, but that just means there’s been more time to solidify my opinion of it. And my opinion is that it is really good.

To start out–as already said–the Kindle is the wonderful ebook reader from Amazon. This little oddball looking device has gotten me reading more than I had been recently, almost as much as in the past (which was considerable). Easily the first thing you’ll notce (aside from the look of the device you superficial person you), is the screen. The display being used is an E-Ink screen (from a company named E-Ink no-less), what’s so special is the way the screen works by using tiny little balls that are half white and half black. To minimize ghosting of the image there is a brief all-black flash to clean the screen, which doesn’t take long to get used to (unless your anal).
When I’m reading a novel on Kindle it really does disappear as when you’re reading any good paper book.

In the spirit of truthiness, I have not used any other ebook reader myself, however the reviews I’ve read all point to the Kindle being the best, to which I concur. To be true, there is some room for improvement, such as the screen refresh and why they only use 4 grays when the screen can do 8, but there will likely be a hardware rev down the line.
Anywho, If you don’t get what I’m trying to say it’s this: If you love to read and don’t care if it’s not on dead trees, get one now and enjoy!

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Mmmm, pre-orders….

May 14, 2008

So quite a few things are coming out soonish, and me being me, I pre-ordered them, almost all on amazon. For shame, I’m weak, I know.
So without further ado my voyeurs, here’s where I’ve been spending my monies as of late:

**Firefly** ([Bluray][ffbr]) – Sweet mother of Murgatroyd! Yes, we finally get a High-Def release of one of my all-time-favorite shows! I already have the show on DVD, but it’s a show that deserves to be owned in any format that it comes out on. I only wish I actually watched more TV when it was on, then Fox might not have canned it… Oh and if you haven’t seen the movie for it, Serenity ([DVD][serenitycollectors], [HDDVD][serenityhddvd]), you should.

**Terminator** – **The Sarah Connor Chronicles** – *The Complete First Season* ([DVD][1], [Bluray][2]), I’ve been meaning to get my post up about this. If you haven’t seen this yet, do yourself a favor and get it any way you can (eg iTunes, Unboxed, the upcoming DVD/Bluray releases, bittorrent). And of course, it’s got Summer Glau from Firefly.

**Stargate Atlantis** *Season 4* ([DVD][sgas4]) – The latest season of Stargate Atlantis, including the the wonderful Jewel Staite from Firefly. If you like Stargate SG1, you’d like Atlantis, but you probably already knew that…

**National Treasure 1&2** ([Bluray][ntbr]) – And finally we have the National Treasure movies now on Bluray in High-Def. Honestly, you should have seen these movies by now, they’re good flicks, kinda “Who can get to the goods first” movies. I love ‘em both.

**Witchblade** – *The Complete Series* ([DVD][witchblade]) – Finally they (TNT) realize that people want to see *Witchblade* again. It was awesome, and I can’t wait to sit down and watch it straight through when it ships. If you don’t know anything about *Witchblade*, check the Wikipedia pages for the [comic][wbcomic] and the [TV show][wbtv].

[1]:http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000T9OP7G/?tag=hairyidea-20
[2]:http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00168HARG/?tag=hairyidea-20
[ffbr]:http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0018QI5UM/?tag=hairyidea-20
[ffdvd]:http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000AQS0F/?tag=hairyidea-20
[sgas4]:http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0017MO11O/?tag=hairyidea-20
[serenitycollectors]:http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000Q9IZ5C/?tag=hairyidea-20
[serenityhddvd]:http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FA57N0?tag=hairyidea-20
[ntbr]:http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00168O6N2/?tag=hairyidea-20
[witchblade]:http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00170LCWC/hairyidea-20
[wbcomic]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchblade
[wbtv]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchblade_%28TV_series%29

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Birthday

April 21, 2008

Happy Birthday to me! For my voyeurs out there I’m officially 24 now… and that’s about it.
Still working at Qwest, so that means two things: I have not quit yet (though there have been multiple times where I’ve wanted to), and secondly that they have not fired me (yet, though they have a tendency to fire people whom businesses would normally keep, but that’s another subject for another post).
For anyone actually wondering why I haven’t posted anything in a few months, I’ve kinda taken to just making posts over a long (or short) period of time in MarsEdit, and not just hammering them out willy-nilly. So be patient voyeurs! the posts are coming.

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Live Free Or Die Hard

February 20, 2008

With the 2.0 (“Take 2″) update to the [AppleTV][101] you can now rent HD movies directly from your TV (admittedly I could already do this with my [Xbox 360][102] but have not yet done so). So for my first rental I went with [*Live Free or Die Hard*][103].
*Die Hard 4.0* as it’s known in the rest of the world, is the story of a new-age terrorist attack and John McClane must stop it. Basically since everything’s done by computer now, the terrorist try to take everything (utilities, all communications) down and hold the country ransom, and it’s up to John to stop it. Overall the movie was great, 4/5.

[101]:http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000MQNMQ6/hairyidea-20
[102]:http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000OYMSL6/hairyidea-20
[103]:http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000VNMMQ6/hairyidea-20

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The Kingdom

January 30, 2008

So I got [The Kingdom](http://imdb.com/title/tt0431197/) through Netflix the other night. It’s a great little action movie with some CSI-like extras thrown in for good measure. [*The Kingdom*](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000Y7WGOW/hairyidea-20) is about an FBI Evidentiary team that gets sent to Saudi Arabia to investigate a terrorist attack on the American housing complex. Needless to say they get there and all hell breaks loose. What follows are some great chase scenes and crazy firefights. As much as they try not to let it, the story does feel secondary to the action in the movie. Throughout the movie you definitely get the feeling that this is a real team that has worked together for a long time, and see how they befriend their Saudi-cohorts to save the day. Definitely worth a check out if you haven’t seen it already.

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Happy New Year 2k8

January 1, 2008

Just a quick note to wish all my voyers out there a Happy New Year!
Now on to a sucky day at work because *everyone* frakking decides to call the gorram phone company on the first and last days of the year for gods knows why… I sure don’t.

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