Man, I haven't blogged in a long time...And if I keep doing what I'm doing, I might not for a while again either.
After snagging a shiny new, abeit plastic, iPhone 3GS, I have a lot more space to fill on my phone now. I could simply copy my whole music library over, seeing as I have the space. But I'd like to do things a little more smartly.
I've been having this annoyance with my music library lately. Basically I'm sick of my music and I feel like I'm listening to the same stuff over an over.
So I'm embarking on a long journey whereby I'm updating the tags on my music. I've never used the Genre or Rating tags and I'm making an effort to do so now. I'm hoping in the end that I'll rediscover some music I had forgotten about. And ultimately, I'll be able to create some Smart Playlists with more randomized music for me to listen to.
It's a big effort (and I have a smallish 2500 song library), but hopefully it will be worth it in the end.
The New Hotness
I had been eyeing it for a while and was planning all along to actually buy a refurb unit from apple.com. Well, it turns out I waited long enough for them to drop the price buy another Franklin, which sweetened the deal even more. The backlit keyboard on this unit is much brighter and consistent than that on my PowerBook, it's obviously much snappier with the upgraded hardware, and I love the new look of the black keyboard and screen. I'm really digging this so far.
As for my PowerBook, Craigslist, here you come.
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Apple,
technology
The TO Experiment
It's funny how diverse the reactions have been to the Bills' signing of Terrell Owens. When Missy and I first saw the breaking news on ESPN, all I could yell was, "What!?!". I think it was just more shock than anything. I was just trying to picture TO living in Buffalo and wondering how bored he would be. Brent thinks he'll try to kill himself again halfway through the year after he realizes where he lives. Bflo Blog thinks TO will say things that make Willis McGahee look like he worked for the Chamber of Commerce. Personally, I just hope Lynch and Owens don't go on a shooting spree on Chippewa. Then they'll really have no place to go.
Most of my friends and family just sort of groaned when they heard the news. I think if you had asked me last week (or ever) if I wanted TO on my team, it would have been an emphatic "no". But after seeing it actually happen, I am actually excited. Why? They need a receiver to compliment Lee Evans and got a potentially huge player (if he holds up to his past stats) for cheaper than they would have gotten someone like Laveranues Coles. So I'm all for it. It's only a one year deal. TO has been good in the first year. I have no belief that he'll stay for more than one year or if he'll even last the whole year. But I'm okay with that.
Alot of why I'm okay with it has to do with the fact that at least the Bills are relevant again. The national media is talking about the Bills. And if Lynch miraculously avoids suspensions and Edwards doesn't get scared during a Monday night game again, the Bills offense could actually be good this year (don't we say something like this every year?). Maybe it will at least be fun to watch again, instead of boring me to sleep. I'm really excited to see if Evans and Owens, with a little Reed on the side, can destroy a defense now. Teams can't just double team Evans anymore.
And if this whole experiment blows up, what the worst thing that happens? They are simply the same sucky team they would have been without him anyways. Well, maybe the worst thing is that Chippewa shooting spree thing. But at least they are taking a shot now. And I applaud them for that.
And I have to at least ponder Missy's question: I wonder if we'll see him in the bars of Rochester during training camp?
Most of my friends and family just sort of groaned when they heard the news. I think if you had asked me last week (or ever) if I wanted TO on my team, it would have been an emphatic "no". But after seeing it actually happen, I am actually excited. Why? They need a receiver to compliment Lee Evans and got a potentially huge player (if he holds up to his past stats) for cheaper than they would have gotten someone like Laveranues Coles. So I'm all for it. It's only a one year deal. TO has been good in the first year. I have no belief that he'll stay for more than one year or if he'll even last the whole year. But I'm okay with that.
Alot of why I'm okay with it has to do with the fact that at least the Bills are relevant again. The national media is talking about the Bills. And if Lynch miraculously avoids suspensions and Edwards doesn't get scared during a Monday night game again, the Bills offense could actually be good this year (don't we say something like this every year?). Maybe it will at least be fun to watch again, instead of boring me to sleep. I'm really excited to see if Evans and Owens, with a little Reed on the side, can destroy a defense now. Teams can't just double team Evans anymore.
And if this whole experiment blows up, what the worst thing that happens? They are simply the same sucky team they would have been without him anyways. Well, maybe the worst thing is that Chippewa shooting spree thing. But at least they are taking a shot now. And I applaud them for that.
And I have to at least ponder Missy's question: I wonder if we'll see him in the bars of Rochester during training camp?
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Bills
Death of the Aud
I was pretty shocked to see the state of the Aud last week when we went to Buffalo for the Sabres-Hurricanes game. You could practically see the orange seats from the road now.
So long old friend. We'll miss you.
Here's the rest of the pics I took during the game, which was probably one of the worst I've ever been to: Sabres-Hurricanes
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photography,
Sabres
Netflix in Front Row
The news of an add-on called (or by?) Understudy can easily be read elsewhere, but I wanted to add my thoughts since I didn't see too many others talking about using it.
First of all, it's not a full Netflix wrapper like those on a TiVo or Xbox 360 or Boxee. But I think it's a simple, clean way of getting access to your online queue.
In order to use it, you have to be logged into Netflix's site through Safari, since Understudy will pull your RSS feed data. Then, you can view and play your content like you would any other content in Front Row. You don't have access to edit your queue or anything like that though. It's just a viewer.
Once your content starts playing, it's pretty much full screen. There's a button for Full Screen play, but I didn't seem to have any mouse access to select it. I think it may just be there as part of the normal browser-based player that's getting crammed into Front Row. ???
Regardless, after 5 minutes of playing with it, I think I'll use this as my way of watching content on my Mac. I tried Boxee, but I don't like the fact that I can't get the Apple Remote to control the system volume in Boxee. The remote wants to control Boxee's volume, which on my system, results in the same output volume to my speakers regardless of the app's volume setting. So it's pretty much useless. With Understudy, since I'm in Front Row, I have full access to all of the normal Front Row functionality, including system volume.
First of all, it's not a full Netflix wrapper like those on a TiVo or Xbox 360 or Boxee. But I think it's a simple, clean way of getting access to your online queue.
In order to use it, you have to be logged into Netflix's site through Safari, since Understudy will pull your RSS feed data. Then, you can view and play your content like you would any other content in Front Row. You don't have access to edit your queue or anything like that though. It's just a viewer.
Once your content starts playing, it's pretty much full screen. There's a button for Full Screen play, but I didn't seem to have any mouse access to select it. I think it may just be there as part of the normal browser-based player that's getting crammed into Front Row. ???
Regardless, after 5 minutes of playing with it, I think I'll use this as my way of watching content on my Mac. I tried Boxee, but I don't like the fact that I can't get the Apple Remote to control the system volume in Boxee. The remote wants to control Boxee's volume, which on my system, results in the same output volume to my speakers regardless of the app's volume setting. So it's pretty much useless. With Understudy, since I'm in Front Row, I have full access to all of the normal Front Row functionality, including system volume.
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Netflix
I Heart Rivet
There's nothing I can say about the tragedy in Buffalo that hasn't been said already. I'll just add that my thoughts and prayers go out to all those affected. May God give you the strength to heal and move past this.
I think Craig Rivet is everything the Sabres have been longing for during the past 1.5 years. While Pommer gets credit for the game tying goal with 3.9 seconds left, to me it was symbolic that it was Rivet taking that final shot against his former team when the city needed a hero and a fairy tale ending the most.
I think this guy has taken his team on his shoulders and has chosen to lead them. And I think he can become as representative of the city of Buffalo and this team as Lindy Ruff is. That role could have belonged to Briere or Drury, but they chose not to accept it. Maybe Rivet will.
I think Craig Rivet is everything the Sabres have been longing for during the past 1.5 years. While Pommer gets credit for the game tying goal with 3.9 seconds left, to me it was symbolic that it was Rivet taking that final shot against his former team when the city needed a hero and a fairy tale ending the most.
I think this guy has taken his team on his shoulders and has chosen to lead them. And I think he can become as representative of the city of Buffalo and this team as Lindy Ruff is. That role could have belonged to Briere or Drury, but they chose not to accept it. Maybe Rivet will.
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Sabres
More In-N-Out Fun
Most of my friends at work have never been to an In-N-Out, seeing at its a west coast thing and all. So I always enjoy showing them pictures of people who order 18 Wheelers or 20x20's, etc.
Well, little did I know that I could have been telling them the story of a group of guys who ordered a 100x100. I have no clue how I missed this one, but here you go:
100x100
Absolutely disgusting. And at the same time, I can't wait to eat there again. For more disgusting goodness like this, check out my new favorite blog This Is Why You Are Fat.
[via Uncrate]
Well, little did I know that I could have been telling them the story of a group of guys who ordered a 100x100. I have no clue how I missed this one, but here you go:
100x100
Absolutely disgusting. And at the same time, I can't wait to eat there again. For more disgusting goodness like this, check out my new favorite blog This Is Why You Are Fat.
[via Uncrate]
Top 10 Sabres Goals
According to TSN, this is their top 10. Obviously it doesn't include any of the French Connection era goals, so take it with a grain of salt. I have a few others in mind that didn't make the cut too, but regardless, it's still fun to watch and relive the memories.
Top 10 Sabres Goals
Top 10 Sabres Goals
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Sabres
My Jersey At Last
I originally ordered one the first week in November, after discovering they were actually available online. I had watched the status go from "not available in my size" to "available in my size by February 12" to "available in my size by November 26". Then I realized the size I had ordered wasn't going to fit anyways so I ordered another one. Long story short, they both ended up being back-ordered by 14-16 weeks, so the dates shown when I ordered were meaningless anyways. The delay eventually became so long that my order was at risk of being canceled because the stores didn't want to keep the order in their system that long. So much for keeping a place in line.
Frustrated, I ultimately searched on Amazon on a whim, and low and behold, I found a vendor who had one, yes one, in stock in my size. That and it was $20 cheaper than the ones I had on back-order. Score!
So, it finally arrived today and I have it in time to wear to the game in two weeks.
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Sabres
A Losing Battle
Well, I never thought I'd have back-to-back posts about the winter weather in NY, but this isn't fun anymore. These frigid cold temperatures make snow even more annoying, since the flakes are essentially little ice crystals, which means they don't stick and they blow like crazy in the wind.
After getting stuck in our driveway when I pulled in after work, I decided it would be best to only shovel half of the driveway out. I just didn't have it in me to do the other half that still had a foot of snow on it. I was ready to write a post here tonight officially claiming that we were down to one lane in the driveway for the rest of the winter.
Well, a few hours later (right before I thought we were going to bed), I took a peak outside and the "open" lane was now covered with a foot of snow again -- the "closed" lane had just drifted over to even things out. So the winter gear went back on and we ended up shoveling the whole thing. Am I'm sure we'll redo the whole job again after we wake up in the morning. Ugh.
The worst part about all of this is that none of the other homes around us have this problem. Something about the positioning of our lot (and presumably lack of any trees or shrubs in the right places) leaves our driveway exposed to non-stop blowing and drifting. I guess it's time to bite the bullet and get a snow blower and some snow fencing.
The other alternative is to just leave. As we trudged through the parking lot at work this morning, one of my co-workers asked me why the heck I moved back from CA for this. My answer at the time was that I wanted to own a home. Tonight's answer? Screw the home. I want to move back...
After getting stuck in our driveway when I pulled in after work, I decided it would be best to only shovel half of the driveway out. I just didn't have it in me to do the other half that still had a foot of snow on it. I was ready to write a post here tonight officially claiming that we were down to one lane in the driveway for the rest of the winter.
Well, a few hours later (right before I thought we were going to bed), I took a peak outside and the "open" lane was now covered with a foot of snow again -- the "closed" lane had just drifted over to even things out. So the winter gear went back on and we ended up shoveling the whole thing. Am I'm sure we'll redo the whole job again after we wake up in the morning. Ugh.
The worst part about all of this is that none of the other homes around us have this problem. Something about the positioning of our lot (and presumably lack of any trees or shrubs in the right places) leaves our driveway exposed to non-stop blowing and drifting. I guess it's time to bite the bullet and get a snow blower and some snow fencing.
The other alternative is to just leave. As we trudged through the parking lot at work this morning, one of my co-workers asked me why the heck I moved back from CA for this. My answer at the time was that I wanted to own a home. Tonight's answer? Screw the home. I want to move back...
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