I wouldn’t vote for “President Bloomberg”

I read of the idea at The Corner.   I can’t imagine any realistic circumstances under which I could vote for him.   He seems to be a firm believer in extending the state’s control and regulation of  as many personal decisions as possible.   About the only decision he doesn’t want the state involved [...]

Doctor Who – No limit On Regenerations, Correct?

I know that the Doctor Who character and the Time Lord are limited to 12 regenerations. Supposedly there is some big hubabub that the show mythology is dropping this. Doesn’t anybody remember the “Trial of a Time Lord” season? I commented on the TV Squad Link: I hate to sound like a Dr Who geek…but [...]

What is Wealth?

Arhering’s post got me thinking. I don’t think this post will interest anybody. What is Wealth? Personal  wealth is: >>The value of all my tangible and intangible stuff …less… >>The ongoing costs (real and opportunity) of that stuff. Tangible “stuff” is things like the net of  material possessions, property, investments, NPV of income streams, currency, [...]

I don’t understand CA politics…

…but perhaps this sort of things will help Meg Whitman:      

“The Tea Party represents…”

A quote noted at HotAir on the Tea Party Movement: The Tea Party represents stakeholders in the American system; people who were never involved in politics or thought they had to be, yet realized that political corruption and incompetence threatened not only their families, but the future of the nation itself. Economic collapse, the shocking [...]

This Affirms My Decision to Not Attend Law School

And how! Favorite Line (among many great ones): “I do not like my Blackberry. I would like to torture it until it begs me to kill it.”

Draft Design v1 – TV/Visual Media Viewing 2011 Project

For better or worse….I think this is what I going with as the design for my TV/Visual Media Viewing 2011 Project: Notes: -Drop Time Warner Cable – saving $68/month (I hadn’t realized how high it had gone in the last year) -Add Hulu Plus – costing $10/month -Roku is adding Hulu Plus soon (so I [...]

This is kind of cool actually – “Songify This: I’M NOT A WITCH – sung by Christine O’Donnell”

Are they trying to make fun of her? I thought it was neat!  

Anybody out there using “Rosetta Stone” for self-directed foreign language learning?

Anybody out there using “Rosetta Stone” for self-directed foreign language learning? How does it work? How did it work for you? I am thinking of using it to brush up on and expand my Spanish in 2011. It is on sale right now (10/18/2010).

Me and Mitch Daniels: Crossing him off for 2012

I like what Mitch Daniels is doing in Indiana -Fiscal fixer with the  social conservative agenda not being that important. So far so good, right? Alas, he likes the VAT Tax – a type of consumption tax. In general, consumption tasks are a good thing (only non-savings, non-investment gets taxed). A VAT though is a [...]

TV/Visual Media Viewing 2011 Project

Project Goals (by priority):1) Replace (or replace functionality of) aging VCRs2) Reduce overall Month-to-Month Costs3) Increase quality of the Experience (content and visuals) Current (Legacy) Environment:-All 3 TVs connected to analog cable TV service (no Digital TV box needed) via Time Warner Cable-Only one of the three TVs have OTA digital TV tuners (the small [...]

My Purpleslog identity is safe…

….from http://www.peekyou.com.   I found this via Slash Dot.

Anybody out there using the Channel Master CM-7000PAL Digital Video Recorder (DVR) for OTA TV?

Anybody out there using the Channel Master CM-7000PAL Digital Video Recorder (DVR) for OTA TV? I think this would be a good candidate to replace my aging VCRs and facilitate a dropping of cable TV for OTA TV and streaming stuff from the internet. The DVR has dual-tuners and no monthly fee$. I think I [...]

Brett Favre and Karma: See the…

…full video here.

Anybody out there using any iRobot home robots?

Anybody out there using any iRobot home robots? If so, what models? What has been your experience with them (the good, the bad, the ugly)?

Bill Whittle Gets “It” – “This is a once-in-history idea” – Now what?

I came to this by Bill Whittle via a post by Zombie: In fact, in all of human history, there has been only one genuinely progressive, genuinely liberating idea: a lightning bolt across the pages of history – the why in 1776, the how in 1787 – the idea of limited government, god-given rights, personal [...]

“Why is it that the media keeps reminding us that we shouldn’t exaggerate the threat of a small group of radicals – but completely changes tact, when it comes to their own personal safety?”

Greg Gutfeld nailed it. They are the islamophobes.

Here is that Gallup “Image of Federal Government” Wordle

I tweeted on the Gallup Wordle this morning:

Music Break: “Jedward – Ice Ice baby featuring Vanilla Ice (Official Music Video)”

Anybody out there using Sezmi (instead of Cable or Satellite TV)?

If so, could you share your experience with it[1][2][3]? This would seem to be a much cheap alternative to Cable/Satellite with Tivo. This is especially true if paired with Netflix Streaming (for movies and older TV shows) ,  or Boxee | Hulu (for other internet content). FYI: It is available in the Milwaukee area. [1] [...]

Whoa…a 4 Hour TV version of ‘The Man in the High Castle”?

I hope it doesn’t suck.

RevG…are you out there still?

Is so, please email. Thanks.

Anybody out there using BeyondTV or MythTV?

If so, could you share your hardware config and experience? BTW, Tivo and Moxi are not right for me.

Anybody out there using a residential VOIP service?

If so, could you share your experience (e.g. vendor, price, service quality). Thanks!

“It takes a monkey to catch a monkey”

I needed to be un-pissed.   This did it!