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TV Needs a Serious Refresh
By ack154 / in Random Thoughts / September 13, 2012And by TV, I mean every cable and satalite company in existence. I was thinking I might drop our cable when we move and save the $100 per month we pay right now. Instead resorting to the likes of A...
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So You Think You Have HD…
By ack154 / in Nerdy Things / August 9, 2011This past Christmas, I was at my aunt & uncle's house for our usual family get-together. We wanted to play some Wii, so it was up to me to connect it to their Sharp LCD TV so we could laugh hyster...
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Get Your Commercials Out of My Shows
By ack154 / in Random Thoughts / February 22, 2011Last I checked commercial breaks are for commercials. TV shows are for TV shows. And the two should be mixed as little as possible. Tonight's example is White Collar. I've never actually seen the s...
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It’s Not ALL Bad
By ack154 / in Random Thoughts / February 18, 2011I hate on TV a lot here... especially commercials and advertising. There are just a lot of thing that annoy me in that world I guess. But just to show that I'm not always a hater, I thought I'd share ...
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I Hate You and Your Jingle
By ack154 / in Random Thoughts / February 11, 2011I suppose I'm not your "average" consumer. I rarely watch any commercial and think "Hey, I didn't know that existed. I suppose I'll consider buying that now that I am aware of it." But there are so...
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Why the Commercials?
By ack154 / in Random Thoughts / October 11, 2010Do people think that repetition honestly works so well? "Hey, look, a commercial for XYZ! Oh, wait, I'm not interested in that." *more tv show* "Hey, look, another commercial for XYZ. Nope, s...
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Still in CA Day 3: Dublin is Cool
By ack154 / in The Life of Me / March 23, 2010Back home... we have a mall with a couple small strip mall-like plazas around it. It's really not that great, but it's what we have. Here in CA, it seems like there is a Walmart and/or Target ever...
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Logitech Harmony 1100 & Carbon Fiber Background
By ack154 / in Nerdy Things / March 18, 2010For those of you that don't know... right before I ordered my new TV, I also upgraded my remote. Previously I was using a Logitech Harmony 550 (now replaced by the Harmony 510). This was cool enough. ...
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Samsung PN50B860: First Thoughts / Quick Review
By ack154 / in Nerdy Things / March 16, 2010As some of you may know, I got my fancy new TV yesterday. In the dictionary, under the word "awesome" ... there is a picture of this TV. Go ahead and look it up... I'll wait. See, told you so. M...
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Getting Ready for Awesome
By ack154 / in The Life of Me / March 13, 2010My TV is supposed to be here Monday. Awesome. Was thinking today to try and rearrange the living room. We have a pretty limited space and most of it is occupied by our couch. It's a 5 piece corner ...
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