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Entries from October 2006

Where is all the HDTV?

October 17th, 2006 · Comments Off

I’ve now been watching HDTV for a decent part of a week, and I’m still amazed at the lack of HDTV content out there. HDTV has been on the air since 1998. That’s 8 years. There is just over 2 years left until analog content gets switched off. Now I realize that it’s only beginning [...]

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Tags: Reviews · TV & Movies

The Wiley and Illusive TiVo Series 3

October 8th, 2006 · Comments Off

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Yesterday I bought a brand new TV. I bought a Sony KDL-32S2010 at a local Best Buy. I did it this weekend because I had a 10% off coupon which would save me money. As it turns out, LOTS of money. When the clerk rang the item up, it already had the 10% discount applied. [...]

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Tags: Me · Reviews

Reflection, Ham Radio

October 1st, 2006 · Comments Off

Not too much going on right now. I’ve been getting to use reflection in my job with Java. Reflection can be a little bit of a pain, but some of the things it lets you do are pure magic.
Other than that? I’ve finally got my ham radio station set up.

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Tags: Ham Radio · Programming