Archive for April, 2007

Life is not random

Saturday, April 14th, 2007

I don’t care what they tell you.  Life is not random. 
Life bunches up on you.   It will come at you in patches and bursts.  You’ll spring for pizza on a thursday night, then someone will bring pizza to work on Friday, and you’ll visit your parents on Saturday, who will offer you some pizza.
Next, a […]

Your Next TV–Component vs HDMI

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

The obvious choice is that you will run whatever connectors you have.  You can’t easily convert one to the other.   But, if you have a choice here are some guidelines. 
Over short runs in your entertainment center, you probably will not be able to see much of a difference (at least I can’t) Both are high definition connections, capable of 480i, […]

Who thought that up?

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

 We had a conversation at work about some things that are cool, but don’t know how anyone figured it out.
An example I saw demonstrated by an old roommate, Riley:

Take a heavy glass tumbler, and flip it upside down (it’s recommended that you start with an empty glass, but at this point it doesn’t really matter)
Using […]