More HD experiments
Living with an electrical engineer is always…interesting. I’m also an engineer, but my desire to tinker is more software-oriented than hardware, whereas Damir likes to build things. After our initial experiments with the HD TV antenna that we bought for $35, he started researching on the web, and ended up building three other HD antennae. [...]
Blogging from the Wii
Okay, I don’t think that I’m going to do this very often, but I just have to prove that I can. Tonight, I downloaded the Internet Channel to my Wii (500 Wii points = $5), and I have a fully-functional Opera browser. So here I am in WordPress, typing a blog post on my Wii. [...]
Book review: Stuck in Downward Dog
My first book to review from MiniBookExpo, and I picked a light “chick-lit” read to complement the summer weather: Stuck in Downward Dog. Chantel Simmons’ debut novel is a pleasant, humourous read about Mara Brennan, a mid-20′s woman who hits a rough patch — job, boyfriend, apartment, friends — and gets through it while learning [...]
HD OTA experiments
An online conversation with a few friends last week got me thinking harder about something that’s been on my mind lately: is it possible to get rid of my Rogers cable subscription, and get TV signals the old-fashioned way: with an antenna? This is now referred to as “OTA” (over the air) for those in [...]
Argentine Malbecs in Ontario
I don’t blog for the Australian Wine Society any more, but I still like to lift a glass, and I subscribe to the excellent winecurrent.com newsletter that provides reviews of wines just before their release at the LCBO. On July 5th, a number of Malbecs from Argentina were released, and here’s the ones reviewed by [...]
Wii Workout: Day 7
Whoever said that you can’t get fit on a Wii Fit never tried the Expert level of Rhythm Boxing, or even Super Hula Hoops: 2 minutes into the 10-minute boxing session, the sweat is running down my back. You can get fit with this, and I’m on a mission to drop some weight and get [...]
MiniBookExpo for Bloggers
Wow, it’s been over 3 months since I posted here: work and travel have taken up most of my time. I have a ton of billable work to do over the summer, but there’s always time for reading. A couple of years ago, I rediscovered the Toronto Public Library, which was a godsend for me [...]
