Heroes Season 3 Preview
OMG
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Saturday, June 07, 2008
Battlestar Galactica
OK. So LOST's season 4 has been incredible.
In contrast, BSG's season 4 (which is also the last) has been very spotty to me.
It's like they have an awesome episode one week followed by a lame episode. This week's episode was superb. But last week's episode was one of the all time worst. I mean as bad or worse than the horrendous "Black Market" episode. Is it a coincidence that they both featured Lee acting out of character? What makes it worse is that they should have known better. Also, it's the last season and we want to find out about the final 5. They don't have time to waste on a vanity filler episode.
In the episode ("Sine Qua Non"), they dedicate nearly the entire thing to Lee trying to find a replacement for the President, presumed dead after disappearing on the base ship. You can see what they're doing from a mile away. It was like they thought "We need an episode featuring Romo Lampkin so let's bring the story to a screeching halt to do it." For the record, I hate the character of Romo Lampkin.
I'm very interested in listening to Ron Moore's podcast for this episode to see what he says about it.
In contrast, BSG's season 4 (which is also the last) has been very spotty to me.
It's like they have an awesome episode one week followed by a lame episode. This week's episode was superb. But last week's episode was one of the all time worst. I mean as bad or worse than the horrendous "Black Market" episode. Is it a coincidence that they both featured Lee acting out of character? What makes it worse is that they should have known better. Also, it's the last season and we want to find out about the final 5. They don't have time to waste on a vanity filler episode.
In the episode ("Sine Qua Non"), they dedicate nearly the entire thing to Lee trying to find a replacement for the President, presumed dead after disappearing on the base ship. You can see what they're doing from a mile away. It was like they thought "We need an episode featuring Romo Lampkin so let's bring the story to a screeching halt to do it." For the record, I hate the character of Romo Lampkin.
I'm very interested in listening to Ron Moore's podcast for this episode to see what he says about it.
Labels: tv
16 Meg Broadband Rules!
I upgraded to 16 Mbps broadband service today from Charter. I had to swap my old cable modem (which I have had for 5 years) for a new model to support the faster speeds.
The speed increase is pretty nice... 3 times faster than my previous speed.
(Downloading HD movie rentals from iTunes on Apple TV still sucks even with the bigger pipe. For the love of God, Apple, add some extra servers or something!)
The speed increase is pretty nice... 3 times faster than my previous speed.
(Downloading HD movie rentals from iTunes on Apple TV still sucks even with the bigger pipe. For the love of God, Apple, add some extra servers or something!)
Labels: tech
Thursday, June 05, 2008
My New Job
So this week I started a new job. I'm now a Sr. Developer at AGCO Corporation.
It was difficult leaving my previous position, but I feel that the time was right to make a change. While I'll miss my former co-workers, I am very excited about my new opportunity.
It was difficult leaving my previous position, but I feel that the time was right to make a change. While I'll miss my former co-workers, I am very excited about my new opportunity.
Labels: work
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Apple TV Fun
So I got an Apple TV for my birthday.
I got it for an awesome price. I found the last one in the clearance rack at a Sam's Club. They were selling it for $179. I took the card to a register and paid and went to the customer service desk to pick it up. They couldn't find it. They called someone over from electronics and they looked and couldn't find it. So he said they'd sell me the floor model and the customer service manager said she'd sell it to me for $125. (HELL YEAH!) So then he couldn't find the floor model. I must have been there for at least a half hour. They apologized over and over and then started to give me a refund when another CSR came back from break and said "We used to have a ton of these." She opened the cage and moved a box and there it was. The last one. They ended up giving it to me for the $125 price for my trouble.
After hooking it up to my TV via HDMI and connecting it to the Ethernet switch in my entertainment center, I got it up and running. I have it synced to my Mac Mini, which has some movies and TV shows on it. It also is syncing my photos from iPhoto (the photos are actually stored on my Windows Home Server box).
It came with Software 1.0 and had to download a software update to version 2.
Viewing photos and videos on it is an absolutely amazing experience. It is so much nicer than the TiVo Series2 I currently have conected to the TV for home media. (I watch and record TV with the Moxi DVR provided by Charter.) Even the TV shows purchased from iTunes look good. Not as good as real 720p files, of course, but still much better than they look over the TiVo.
You can watch YouTube videos on it as well. As you can imagine, they look like ass.
I've rented a couple of high-def movies on it from the iTunes store. Apple says that with a broadband connection you should be able to start watching movies within a couple of minutes. That is such a joke. Apple apparently needs to beef up their servers. It takes HOURS before you can start watching a movie. They really need to fix that. My movie renting is spontaneous and I want it to start now not in 7 hours. But once you are able to watch it, the picture quality is pretty amazing.
I got it for an awesome price. I found the last one in the clearance rack at a Sam's Club. They were selling it for $179. I took the card to a register and paid and went to the customer service desk to pick it up. They couldn't find it. They called someone over from electronics and they looked and couldn't find it. So he said they'd sell me the floor model and the customer service manager said she'd sell it to me for $125. (HELL YEAH!) So then he couldn't find the floor model. I must have been there for at least a half hour. They apologized over and over and then started to give me a refund when another CSR came back from break and said "We used to have a ton of these." She opened the cage and moved a box and there it was. The last one. They ended up giving it to me for the $125 price for my trouble.
After hooking it up to my TV via HDMI and connecting it to the Ethernet switch in my entertainment center, I got it up and running. I have it synced to my Mac Mini, which has some movies and TV shows on it. It also is syncing my photos from iPhoto (the photos are actually stored on my Windows Home Server box).
It came with Software 1.0 and had to download a software update to version 2.
Viewing photos and videos on it is an absolutely amazing experience. It is so much nicer than the TiVo Series2 I currently have conected to the TV for home media. (I watch and record TV with the Moxi DVR provided by Charter.) Even the TV shows purchased from iTunes look good. Not as good as real 720p files, of course, but still much better than they look over the TiVo.
You can watch YouTube videos on it as well. As you can imagine, they look like ass.
I've rented a couple of high-def movies on it from the iTunes store. Apple says that with a broadband connection you should be able to start watching movies within a couple of minutes. That is such a joke. Apple apparently needs to beef up their servers. It takes HOURS before you can start watching a movie. They really need to fix that. My movie renting is spontaneous and I want it to start now not in 7 hours. But once you are able to watch it, the picture quality is pretty amazing.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Let it Snow!
I took the picture on my iPhone. It takes surprisingly good pictures. When the lighting is good, of course.
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
What'd ya get this year?
This year was a good Christmas as always. I had a great time and got some nice things, a nice Polo shirt, new belts, a CD and DVD... and an iPhone! Yay! So far I'm loving it. The only thing I have run into that I wish it did was send a picture via text message.
Labels: christmas
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Rob's iPhone optimized sites
Today I played around with creating iPhone optimized versions of my Will & Grace and Star Trek web sites. It was actually pretty easy. I used the iUI project for the UI and I think they turned out pretty good and they should work well on the iPhone or iPod touch.
The main Star Trek web page will redirect you to the iPhone version if it detects mobile Safari.
http://durfee.net/will/iphone
http://durfee.net/startrek/iphone
The main Star Trek web page will redirect you to the iPhone version if it detects mobile Safari.
http://durfee.net/will/iphone
http://durfee.net/startrek/iphone
Saturday, December 08, 2007
Thursday, October 04, 2007
Typing Test
I took the Typequick.com online typing test. I type 76.5 words per minute.
Thank you for doing Typequick's Online Typing Test. You have done well to type above 45 wpm. At this speed you would most probably be typing with all your fingers and not looking at the keys. If you know that you aren't using the correct techniques it is never too late to change.
YOUR RESULTS ARE:
Number of words typed: 229
Test duration: 3 min
Speed: 76.5 words/min. (382 keystrokes/min.)
Error penalty: 10
Accuracy: 95.6%
Thank you for doing Typequick's Online Typing Test. You have done well to type above 45 wpm. At this speed you would most probably be typing with all your fingers and not looking at the keys. If you know that you aren't using the correct techniques it is never too late to change.
YOUR RESULTS ARE:
Number of words typed: 229
Test duration: 3 min
Speed: 76.5 words/min. (382 keystrokes/min.)
Error penalty: 10
Accuracy: 95.6%
Labels: web
