I have an over-large expensive 301 disc DVD/CD player. But it’s fairly old (no HDMI output). The Pioneer DV-F727 got slightly flaky before it stopped working all together.
Some investigation showed that the mechanism to spin the disc is what failed. With all the other moving parts I thought it would have been something else.
Of course, I have the 3rd season of Battlestar Gallactica borrowed and was in no state to be DVD-less (sure, no hot water still, but I can manage). I went to the Target, they didn’t have the one on the shelf I wanted (for $80), so I got the $50 RCA DRC277. It’s tiny. And it upscales for HDMI output, not that I’ll need it anytime soon - my receiver doesn’t manage that format, either.
After some cabling troubleshooting, I finished off the 3rd season. Now I have to wait till the current season is over and for sale.
Also, Pioneer wins over RCA for website customer support!
June 4th, 2008
Posted by
bshirley |
725, tech, television |
no comments
I’m not one to fill out marketing surveys. I’m one to abhor them, actually. But I filled out this one because it’s for a friend of a friend.
And now he wants to give me a dollar!
So, you should fill it out, say I referred you, and he’ll give me a dollar. (You know my name, right?)
So, just do it!
He’s planning on starting a beer related website and there are three pages worth of beer and internet related questions.
So, just do it! I’ll get a dollar. You won’t get anything (but good karma, and an invitation to my Christmas party.)
(You should have pity on him for thinking he’ll make money on a beer website. Or envy him, or respect him. Just take the survey!)
May 30th, 2008
Posted by
bshirley |
beer, web |
no comments
I had the odd and uncommon experience of not being able to find my keys Wednesday morning. I checked the two spots I normally leave them. Then checked again. Then the five expanded places I might leave them.
I tried to recall what exactly I did with them when I came home - to no avail.
I walked out to the car, peered into the ignition. No luck. Went back in the house to check again. Got as far as the dining room, and froze. I had seen something. Something in the last twenty paces.
I rewound it in my head, saw the dangling orange Texas that had been an inch above my hand when I walked back in the door.
Tuesday when I arrived home from work, a day after boardgaming in the Hill Country with friends, there was a package obstructing my door. The game I had purchased the week before. My hands being full, after I got the door unlocked and grabbed everything I kicked it open and entered.
I returned and closed the door, forgetting the keys. They spent the night.
May 29th, 2008
Posted by
bshirley |
games, random, weekend |
one comment
Quote of the Day of the Blogosphere:
“Although it is true that since the Middle Ages, the number of witches burned has decreased while the average temperature of the Earth has increased, global warming wouldn’t be reversed by throwing old ladies on pyres.” - Strange Maps, Transgenic Corn linked to Neo-Fascism
May 27th, 2008
Posted by
bshirley |
random, web |
no comments
Houston is at the top of another list: the most grease pirate-plagued city in Texas.
Who is responsible for keeping that stat?
May 23rd, 2008
Posted by
bshirley |
houston, inthenews |
no comments
I spent a nice evening watching the Astros with Cary Brock, Jim Henkel, and Tomas Escalante.
We started the evening at Inn at the Ballpark. A nice lobby to rangle a beer in preparation for the game.
A great game - a 2-4 4th inning. That was the final, a grand slam home run.
We had a nice traffic-scatter beer back at the Inn. Good conversation, a few strangers in on the conversation. And I think I sold Danielle and her “husband” on the roller derby in three weeks.
I’ve been listening to the Marfa radio since I got home, but haven’t heard Alderman David’s voice in the last 20 minutes. It’s recording, so perhaps I’ll make it available somewhere.
May 21st, 2008
Posted by
bshirley |
astros, family, houston, sports |
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