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Tuesday, August 9th, 2011, in
Nerdy ThingsThis 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 hysterically at family members playing Just Dance 2. Poking around behind the TV, I noticed something strange… composite cables for audio/video. I actually did a double-take because I knew they had a blu-ray player… They [...]
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011, in
Random ThoughtsLast 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 show, but have at least been curious to check it out. Turns out the show is not that bad… but the product placement blows. I’m fine with seeing specific products casually placed within a show… I expect that. They make money [...]
Friday, February 18th, 2011, in
Random ThoughtsI 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 a couple commercials that I do truly enjoy and may even put a smile on my face. This, of course, doesn’t necessarily mean I purchase their products for whatever reason, but at least the advertising [...]
Friday, February 11th, 2011, in
Random ThoughtsI 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 some commercials that seem to have the opposite of the desired effect on me. Commercials that make me loath a product or company. Not because of the actual product or company… but because of the commercial. The product could [...]
Monday, October 11th, 2010, in
Random ThoughtsDo 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, still not interested.” *more tv show* “Oh joy… Another XYZ commercial. Hey wait… I’m interested now… Oh wait, strike that, no I’m not.” Is that really how they imagine it going? Do people get browbeaten with 30 commercials of the same thing and [...]
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010, in
The Life of MeBack 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 every 1/4 mile. Not to mention the myriad of other stores around here that we don’t even have at home. The number of shops, restaurants, plazas, etc is really staggering for someone like me. I’m not used to [...]
Thursday, March 18th, 2010, in
Nerdy ThingsFor 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. I mean, the Activities functions are so much easier when you have many devices to control for everything I watch. At any given time, 3 different devices are probably on. TV + Receiver + (cable box, PS3 or [...]
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010, in
Nerdy ThingsAs 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. Moving right along to seriousness. This TV really is quite spectacular. But let’s back up a bit… if you remember a week or so ago, I posted about ordering my new TV. I ordered through [...]
Saturday, March 13th, 2010, in
The Life of MeMy 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 sectional… and while not incredibly huge, it is quite large in our living room. It is basically the firs thing we have to consider with furniture placement. We previously had our TV in the corner on [...]
Monday, March 8th, 2010, in
Nerdy Things The Life of MeFor me anyway… if you have something nicer, good for you. This is something I’ve been talking about (probably nonstop) and/or planning for the last 3 years or so. A big-ass TV. Right now I have a 32″ Samsung LCD. It’s not bad. Picked it up a year or two ago. It’s a nice TV for what it is – but I basically bought it to get in the LCD game and with the intention [...]
