Allen March 31st, 2008
Matthew 6
1“Be careful not to do your ‘acts of righteousness’ before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
2“So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. 3But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Allen October 21st, 2004
Have you heard about TV-B-Gone?
Altman’s key-chain fob was a TV-B-Gone, a new universal remote that turns off almost any television. The device, which looks like an automobile remote, has just one button. When activated, it spends over a minute flashing out 209 different codes to turn off televisions, the most popular brands first.
I’m working on a deal with Amazon to start selling my amazing TV-B-Gone-B-Gone.
Allen October 21st, 2004
When I first heard that the SciFi channel was going to air a remake of the Battlestar Galactica, I was skeptical. After all, a series that has a lines like:
Baltar : And what is the standing order, for humans, from your Imperious Leader?
Cylon: Extermination.
Baltar : Then carry out your orders.
doesn’t deserve to be remade. Well, perhaps as a MST3K-type series.
I’m beginning to re-think this.
Allen September 3rd, 2004
One used TV. Fist-shaped hole in the tube. $25 OBO
Allen August 25th, 2004
Are all talk shows based on CrossBalls?
Read Bait-and-switch media to see if you don’t come to the same conclusion.
From the article:
Readers sometimes ask why I am seldom seen or heard on television or radio. Mainly it is because I turn down 90 percent of the invitations I get.
The article goes on to illustrate several examples of the bait-and-switch tactics in use by the media today. Michelle Malkin recently was subjected to Chris Matthew’s attempt at slime-ball journalism. She is brought on to discuss her new book and ends up discussing Kerry’s self-inflicted (and now self-admitted) wounds.
And people wonder why traditional media is held is such low regard.
Oh, and sometimes I just sits.
Allen August 15th, 2004
Life has been incredibly busy lately. I finally recovered our SATA drive on the home computer (it had a problem with one of the hives in the registry) and finally set up a wireless network (had problems getting the encryption keys to work automagically). Whew!
Anyway, I’ve been catching the Olympic coverage on the various NBC channels and I would have to say I have been most impressed with the coverage so far. In past years, my complaint about the Olympic coverage was more fluff than athletics. I really don’t care to hear for the 47th time about the struggles of the young athlete when he couldn’t pay his gym coach. This year seems to cover more of the events (and not just the headline events).
Work should be busy next week with lots of projects coming due. I’ve got some draft posts that I hope to clear up as I get a chance.
And now, the heart-wrenching story of the poor blogger who can’t find time to blog. Next on NBC.
Allen March 13th, 2004
After reading the review in Yahoo, I would say this isn’t a workable solution for most computer users, but would appear to geek-heads who can work through the multiple steps to set it up. I could see it being bundled in a PC however.
Read Yahoo! News - REVIEW: Proving That a PC Can Rival TiVo to learn about how $80 software and a video card with capture capabilities can turn your PC into a TiVo-like device.
The upside for sacrificing all the geek-sweat needed to set this up? TiVo costs $13 per month. Beyond TV is subscription free. Or I should say, is currently subscription free. This may be a business model of giving away the razors to get the rights to sell the blades.
As more and more families move to this method of viewing TV, we will see more and more embedded commercials or fee-based TV watching.
[Via Boing Boing Blog]
[Note: This is a scheduled post written earlier.]
Allen January 17th, 2004
I’ll admit it. I’m a manufacturing geek. I think it is kind of cool to transform material from one form into another.
Of course, as a software developer, I transform problems into solutions. A good manufacturer transforms a need into satisfaction.
So I really enjoyed a recent episode of John Ratzenberger’s Made in America.
He travels around the US and takes tours of manfuacturing plants.
On a family vacation in 1999 was a jaunt through Colorado. While in Boulder, we stopped at Celestial Seasonings and took a tour of the plant.
I look forward to the rest of the series. As expected, the series concentrates on consumer goods. Not too many visits to spring shops or industrial ball bearings plants!