Being Electrocuted
August 28, 2008
YouTube on Tivo!
Got the new Tivo update yesterday. They added a YouTube menu and the quality is pretty good for getting stretched to 42 inches.
We watched the always entertaining "Cat attacks Pit Bull".
We watched the always entertaining "Cat attacks Pit Bull".
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August 8, 2008
Stop lying to me NBC
I don't really care that much about the Olympics, but I honestly thought the opening ceremonies advertised for this evening were going to be live, in the evening, for us and tomorrow morning in Beijing. That just didn't seem too far fetched to me.
This morning I am online, with the TV on in the background as usual, and I am reading about the Opening ceremonies while NBC is pretending they haven't happened yet. I think most Americans are aware of Time Zones, and it's acceptable to show events in the middle of the night (online or on one of your several cable television channels) to at least give us the opportunity to watch it live. I have a feeling this is going to be a theme this year: Read the scores before you see the games.
An article in the NY Times gave a live report of the events in the early morning, here are a few reader comments:
This is really weird, and there really is no good excuse. Either NBC is technologically incapable of offering live feeds online, or they are not business-minded enough to figure out advertisers will still pay to advertise in the middle of the night, then they will pay again when you re-play the bigger events in primetime. Focus on the user and all else will follow. Go Team USA.
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This morning I am online, with the TV on in the background as usual, and I am reading about the Opening ceremonies while NBC is pretending they haven't happened yet. I think most Americans are aware of Time Zones, and it's acceptable to show events in the middle of the night (online or on one of your several cable television channels) to at least give us the opportunity to watch it live. I have a feeling this is going to be a theme this year: Read the scores before you see the games.
An article in the NY Times gave a live report of the events in the early morning, here are a few reader comments:
Tape delay is becoming annoying in this day and age. We trade stocks 24/7 across time zones, we get news as it breaks, etc. NBC has got seven TV and cable channels, this ain’t 1988 anymore.
— Posted by Tom
I simply tired of NBC’s Olympic coverage. Over-exposure of American athletes, ridiculous behind the sport stories, and horrific timing. Remember Sydney? I was hopeful their online player would allow greater flexibility for schedules, but not showing the opening ceremonies online is further evidence of NBC’s “don’t worry, we’ll show you what we think is important” approach to the olympics. boo.
— Posted by killie42
NBC’s Olympic coverage is terrible across the board. Their TV stations don’t cover many events, case in point: this opening ceremony. Their Internet coverage is simply unaccessible.
I can’t say this is a bad thing as it further legitimizes and promotes piracy.
— Posted by NBC Dislike
July 28, 2008
Hey Cuil, Use a Robots.txt
Cuil.com is flooding my newsfeeds this morning. Reid already reported that their home page links are only periodically working. I, too, don't see my site on the first three pages of a vanity search. Also, looks like they need to add a robots.txt file to block other search engines from indexing their search results. This should work:
User-agent: *Honestly, who searches for search results? When I hear about a new website, the first thing I do, is a site: search. The second thing I do is check the robots.txt. Isn't that what all normal people do? ¶ 7:09 AM 3 Comments Links to this post
Disallow: /search
July 27, 2008
iPhoto woes
Sometimes iPhoto lets you import pictures, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes you can find these imported pictures through Finder, sometimes you can't. Sometimes you can attach these photos using Gmail, sometimes you can't.
Apparently, this is is by design. I might be completely wrong, but from reading through a few forums, it seems that Apple wants you to use the Apple Mail application to send pictures, and only lets you access pictures from other applications if you first copy them onto the desktop from iPhoto. Seriously?
Trying to make iPhoto work better with Picasa Web Albums Uploader and iPhoto2Gmail plugins just doesn't cut it, especially since I have to re-discover them every time under the Export menu. I need Picasa for Mac! ¶ 8:26 PM 0 Comments Links to this post
Apparently, this is is by design. I might be completely wrong, but from reading through a few forums, it seems that Apple wants you to use the Apple Mail application to send pictures, and only lets you access pictures from other applications if you first copy them onto the desktop from iPhoto. Seriously?
Trying to make iPhoto work better with Picasa Web Albums Uploader and iPhoto2Gmail plugins just doesn't cut it, especially since I have to re-discover them every time under the Export menu. I need Picasa for Mac! ¶ 8:26 PM 0 Comments Links to this post
July 14, 2008
Wild Suburban Weekend
I spent most of last week in the city for a management conference. One night we had dinner inside AT&T Park, and another day took the out-of-towners on a boat cruise of San Francisco Bay. Needless to say, all this excitement meant I deserved a relaxing weekend back at home.
On Friday, I played poker with a knife-wielding maniac after going out to celebrate a teammate's last day at Google. Good luck in Chicago, Mark.
On Saturday, Brigitta and I finally stopped in and ate at Garden Fresh, the vegan Chinese food restaurant in Mountain View, this weekend. I liked it so much I decided to Yelp about it.
Sunday, We rode our bikes to the Farmers' Market. Here's a tip: Go before 10 to beat the crowd. ¶ 7:08 AM 1 Comments Links to this post
On Friday, I played poker with a knife-wielding maniac after going out to celebrate a teammate's last day at Google. Good luck in Chicago, Mark.
On Saturday, Brigitta and I finally stopped in and ate at Garden Fresh, the vegan Chinese food restaurant in Mountain View, this weekend. I liked it so much I decided to Yelp about it.
Sunday, We rode our bikes to the Farmers' Market. Here's a tip: Go before 10 to beat the crowd. ¶ 7:08 AM 1 Comments Links to this post
July 13, 2008
Jitterbug
My mom made a funny joke. I asked if she was getting an iPhone for my dad. She said he'd probably be better off with a Jitterbug...
I forgot to blog about this last year when I saw it on TV. They show this commercial in Georgia and Florida, but I've never seen it out here. I'm surprised Earthlink or NetZero haven't scooped up this hot new technology and integrated into their marketing scams targeting the elderly. ¶ 7:14 PM 1 Comments Links to this post
I forgot to blog about this last year when I saw it on TV. They show this commercial in Georgia and Florida, but I've never seen it out here. I'm surprised Earthlink or NetZero haven't scooped up this hot new technology and integrated into their marketing scams targeting the elderly. ¶ 7:14 PM 1 Comments Links to this post
July 5, 2008
Summer Vacations, Siauciunas Style
My parents-in-law survived another week in California. Seemed like they might have had their best trip yet. As usual. Charlie loved his lunch at Google and Ruta didn't. They went to Monterey, Alcatraz, and Yosemite while they were here, and survived the bears, hippies, and nerds along the way. In addition to eating out quite a bit, they also made us Kugelis and Blinai at the house - mmmm. We all got to listen in on our upstairs neighbors three-hour long midnight sex party one night. It was memorable, and disgusting, not unlike a Vacation movie or an episode of Curb.
Next comes my brother-in-law, Adam, so we're thinking ahead what to do with him while he's here. I want to do an Anchor Steam tour, which is weekdays only, and go to the Wolf Parade show at the Fillmore, which is sold out. Bummer. This is his first time to the Bay Area, so we'll be putting him on the tourist circuit (Big Ben, Parliament) no matter what. If anyone has any other great ideas, let me know. Maybe a Giants game?
Next comes my brother-in-law, Adam, so we're thinking ahead what to do with him while he's here. I want to do an Anchor Steam tour, which is weekdays only, and go to the Wolf Parade show at the Fillmore, which is sold out. Bummer. This is his first time to the Bay Area, so we'll be putting him on the tourist circuit (Big Ben, Parliament) no matter what. If anyone has any other great ideas, let me know. Maybe a Giants game?
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