Lets Go Outside

Distractions

I downloaded TimeLapse from the Apps store and made a little movie in iMovie. It was a bit of a chore not having used iMovie before but after a few online searches, I gots it done! In this masterpiece I am at work, dreaming of the weekend. En Joy It!

Now, THAT’S a Trailer

Celebs and Media

I was cool about the previous District 9 trailers after the second/third viewing. Oh dear it’s going to be another Alien Nation but with a reverse Apartheid message wa wa waaaa.

New trailer kicks me in the balls and tells me to stop whining. Funny thing is, we’ve seen these effects before in this summers dolt-busting Transformers and Terminator, but this movie is FRESH and NEW, which makes it AWESOME in my books! Click it!

Time Masheen!

Personal Bits

A year ago today: I was laughing at Phronk and rehasing his joke, with little success.

Two years ago today(ish): I reminisce about clunky “electronic” toys that get caught in the carpet.

Three years ago today(ish): Shelly chimes in with her review of “A Devil Wears Prada”.

Four years ago today: I recall one of Toronto’s dirtiest little fashion secret: Buy The Pound

Five years ago today(ish, the database is corrupt pre-2005): I speak of curious updates that will probably bore. I miss Defcon Radio.

Rogers Pushes a LOT Down The Pipe

Celebs and Media, You Stupid Dick

For the last few days our HD channels with Rogers have been not all that HD-y. See the video below:

I know it’s not a faulty PVR because our digital box in the bedroom does the same when you run an On Demand video, not so much live TV. It’s purely the amount of info not being dumped into the player and the buffer not having any reserves to maintain image cohesiveness.

I wonder about Roger’s infrastructure. If they promise HD TV (which is 720p, by the way, not 1080p – their own hardware displays it) then they should be able to transmit that much info all the while offering the internet (here’s where I blame all you BitTorrent theives) and Home Phone to their customers. When we were having issues with our Home Phone, a technician confessed that the junction box out back that services 7 homes was actually split wired for 11 outlets and that might be “the problem”. He also said that if it gets rainy there is standing water in the bottom of the box. Granted we’ve had no issues since the fall with our Home Phone, but the above mess is starting to happen more and more.

Stay tuned, dear readers. I am calling Rogers soon to see what they can do.

UPDATE: I’ve done some searching and found this gem: Rogers Compresses it’s HD signal. While this comes as no surprise, the quality does. Ease up, big boy!