what I'm listening to this week...
1) Primal Fear - nuclear fire
2) Nine Inch Nails - with teeth
3) Jem - finally woken
4) Hammerfall - chapter V : unbent, unbowed, unbroken
5) various artists - fade to bluegrass : a bluegrass tribute to metallica
| You Are Rudolph |
 Why You're Naughty: You sometimes stick that nose where it doesn't belong Why You're Nice: Christmas would be a sad affair without you! |
Is it better to let a child believe that Santa Claus is real? Or is it
better to let them know early in their life that Santa Claus is not
real. Personally, I do not recall a time when I did believe that Santa
is real, as I always knew my parents were responsible for my gifts. I
wouldn't know how it would feel to all of a sudden learn that Santa
does not really exist. Wouldn't that lie be traumatizing?
Serious Random
woomba (video)
$45 emergency menu for 4 to 6 people (link)
go raiders! (video)
some blockbuster stores returning to late fees (link)
the chronic of narnia rap (video)
anonymously talk smack about a co-worker (link)
kangaroo pleasure (video)
where are they now? debbie does dallas (link)
a peter griffin Christmas (video)
snow fight 3D (game)
Japanese spider-man (video)
carol maker (flash)
It's been a little over two months now since I started using a TiVo.
The main reason I even got one (two actually) was because one of my
VCRs finally broke. TiVo was also offering a $150 rebate offer
that made the decision easier to make. In many cases there are lots of
advantages in owning a TiVo, but at the same time there are obvious
improvements that still needs to be done in the future to make the
product perfect. The whole "pause, rewind, slow mo live TV" bit
though? Yeah, it's as
cool and convenient as it sounds. It's proven very beneficial
when I
watch live TV.
At first, it took a little bit of installation per my personal
preference on how I wanted things set up. I had my cable line
split up between the TV, one VCR, my broadband modem, and the
TiVo. The reason I did that is because I wanted each equipment to
be able to act independent of each other. That brings to mind one
problem TiVo still has, the inability to watch live TV and record
something else at the same time. You are able to watch pre-recorded
programing while recording something else, but that's about it (hence
the setup I did). But if you are like me, you hardly ever watch live TV
anyway, so it's hardly a huge issue.
Programming your timer recordings can also be a bit of a chore too, as
you are dependent to TiVo's guide, which in theory makes things move a
lot slower than you would have on a standard VCR. Now, there are
many other ways to make life easier in programming your TV shows.
There's this thing called a "season pass" which programs the TiVo to
record your TV shows whenever it's on or simply all the new episodes
that show up. With the season pass, you literally do not ever have to
timer program that show ever again. Well, there are some
imperfections to that system, but it is exceptionally convenient.
Depending on the TiVo box you purchase also determines how many hours
of programming you can record. Just consider 1 hour worth of
"high" quality recording to be about 2gigs, and you'll be able to guess
how much you should be able to hold.
So is TiVo the life altering device that a lot of people make it out to
be? No, not really to tell you the truth. Some of the benefits that
TiVo has should already be familiar to those (of us) who really
utilized a VCRs capabilities, but there are definitely more advantages
of owning a TiVo over a VCR. With the price of a TiVo though, as long
as you take advantage of any rebates / sales that are being offered, I
give it a recommendation.
Ofcourse before you jump on that chance of getting a TiVo, I'd like to
inform you that you should check with your cable company first about
whether they have their own DVRs for lease. You should also know that a
TiVo is useless without the subcription. Also keep in mind that at this
time, TiVo is not HDTV capable just yet.
So I was driving in the number four lane of the freeway, when all of a
sudden this big red pickup truck swerves into my lane from my front
right and just about a second away from hitting my car. He
notices me and swerves back into the number three lane where he came
from, but I on the other hand had to swerve a bit to the loose gravel
road to the left of my lane. My tires actually loose traction and
my car starts turning left unvoluntarily. With some luck and/or skill I
was able to steer, brake, accelerate out of two "fish tails" and safely
back into the number four lane. I madly blared my horn at that point.
The big red pickup truck is still boxed in at the number three lane so
I go ahead and merge right behind him. The truck speeds up as soon as
the car in front of him sped up, and it opens up an opening for me to
pass the slow ass car I was following in the number four lane in the
first place. I merge into the number four lane again, going up next to
the truck. I suppose I must have made the driver of the truck nervous
because immediately it merged to the number two lane away from me. I
didn't bother to look at the driver and drove away from the pack of
cars I was in. Friggin idiots!
The Real Random Thing
man dancing (video)
howard stern leaves "terrestrial radio" (link)
i scared you (video)
paramount buys dreamworks (link)
morning musume vs bob sapp (video)
get your inflatable beer bong (link)
there goes the fish tank (video)
the Japanese game to end all Japanese games (link)
animated bunny evolution (video)
Jet Li to quit kung fu movies (link)
what really happens at soccer practice (video)
Halo Zero (download)
Well I'm feeling much better now, and it looks like I'll be working the
third night afterall. I suppose all I needed was to relax for a day or
two. I even went out and did some x-mas shopping. I did get tired after
a couple of hours of walking and driving though, which is probably
because I'm not completely healed yet. The end of the day, I played
video games with my friends, which was the first time we tried our
hands on the multiplayer features of the xbox360. I then did my laundry
and will now be off to bed. Gotta prepare myself for another day
working graveyard, and then it's my two regular days off! I should be
seeing King Kong and the Chronicles of Narnia this weekend as well.
what I'm listening to this week...
1) Stellastarr* - harmonies for the haunted
2) Eminem - curtain call
3) - Stan's mixtape
4) Hayley Westenra - odyssey
5) various artists - punk tribute to metallica
| You Were a Dog |
 A good protector, you smell trouble before it arrives. |
Random Crash
speak directly to a human (link)
knockout (video)
best movie mistakes of 2005 (link)
spoof signs (link)
card through glass illusion (video)
original episodes of Family Guy to be sold on the internet (link)
how to kill a porche 911 (video)
extravagant gifts for everyone (link)
the White House's x-mas (link)
the dormitory boys (link)
The Knockout by Wamrage MMA PrideFC UFC (video)
sober santa (flash game)
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