Previously I sent some e-mail to all the local TV broadcasters asking about there OTA plans.
It’s been over a week and I have heard nothing. Not even a peep to acknowledge that they got my question. That’s great customer service for you isn’t it? You wonder why broadcast TV is going down the toilet.
All I can say is this is unreal.
Bailout execs get bonus billions from taxpayers
(Via Aftermath News.)
A good piece on the state of the auto industry from the New York Times
Best quote:
“Lastly, somebody ought to call Steve Jobs, who doesn’t need to be bribed to do innovation, and ask him if he’d like to do national service and run a car company for a year. I’d bet it wouldn’t take him much longer than that to come up with the G.M. iCar.”
Every industry needs a “Steve Jobs”.
I agree with most of what he said, except drop all the crap about Flex Fuel. All that does is make people feel like they are doing something when in reality they are just creating other problems.
Wouldn’t Apple’s MobileMe service becoming an OpenID provider be good selling feature?
Thoughts? Comments? Ideas?
Although I didn’t see this coming this quickly, I knew the firing Doug Berry was more then likely inevitable.
I was listening to it on the news on the way back to work and Lyle Bauer was quoted as saying they expect to have a new coach in place with in two weeks. That got me wondering if it had anything to do with Don Matthews resigning recently from Toronto. I doubt it, but if it does happen you heard it here first!
Is it just me or would del.icio.us and url shortening (ala bit.ly or tinyurl.com) be a great fit? Did I just miss this feature at del.icio.us?
Do I get a finders fee?
Another thing I want to do in ditching my cable TV is to find out if I can pick up local stations digitally OTA (Over The Air). I’ve sent emails to all the local TV stations(CBC, CTV, Global and City) asking what formats, channels, etc they broadcast on. If they do not I’ve also asked what their plans are for the future in this respect. Stay tuned for the results as I get them.
I know it’s not really the season for it, but I think I’ve finally perfected my home-made iced tea.
8 cups of water
3 orange pekoe tea bags
1/2 cup of sugar
1/4 cup of fresh lemon juice (approximately 1 lemon)
Boil the Water and add tea bags. Let steep for 30 minutes. Remove tea bags (duh!). Add sugar and lemon juice while still warm. Strain the juice unless you want pulp and seeds in your glass. Stir and refrigerate. Serve chilled.
Let me know how you like it.
yum.
Looks like what I wanted to do with the AppleTV is not going to work.
I didn’t some reading on the differences between the types of DVI. It appears my MacBook Pro has what is called DVI-I. The I stands for integrated. That means there is a digital and an analog signal produced. That’s why the adapter can convert it to a s-video/compsit signal.
From what I have read, the AppleTV and HDMI in general is purely a digital signal. Converting it to DVI you would end up with DVI-D. If you haven’t guessed it, the D stands for digital. This will not trivially convert to an s-video/composite signal with out some conversion hardware. I’ve found a few items on the net that will do this but they all cost around $150. I think that money would be better spent on a new TV.
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I’m trying to find a way to cancel my cable TV. One of the main things I want in the process is an AppleTV. One problem, my current TV only has s-video and composite inputs. Buying a new TV is going to happen at some point, but not in the near future. I realize there is a hack or two out there that I can do to enable composite out on the AppleTV, but I’d like to try and leave the unit in it’s factory configuration if possible.
I’ve found a few things that might make this possible I’m wondering if this will work.
The first piece is a HDMI to DVI converter cable from ExtremeMac. The next is a DVI Gender Bender and the third is the Apple DVI to s-video/composite converter that I already use to hook my MacBook Pro up to the TV.
My questions are; will this work? Is the signal compatible through all those conversions? What will the Quality be like after? Will the AppleTV recognize the destination and have SD output as an option? Has any one tried this successfully?
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