Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Friday, September 15, 2006

slingbox, part 2

After much deliberation, I decided that the potential benefits of purchasing a Slingbox (I would get to watch all of my Detroit sports teams in reasonable quality) outweighed the potential negatives (I might waste $160). I had the box shipped directly to Andrew so he could set it up in Detroit. It took a bit of tinkering, but he eventually got the box working and I must say it is a wonderful product for my purposes. The quality is about what you'd expect from video streamed across the internets, not TV quality, but good enough to watch the Lions lose every week. Slingbox will be the best solution for me because I want to be able to watch all of the Detroit sports teams, something that would cost a pretty penny if I was to try to do the same through satellite. If you want a relatively inexpensive way to watch all of your home teams even while you're across the country, Slingbox is the way to go.

In other news, it's Friday!!!

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

not the billy bob thorton movie


For the past couple months I've been toying with the idea of purchasing a Slingbox. My idea was that I could have my parents hook it up at their house and then I would be able to watch all of the Detroit sports that I have been missing since moving away. The problem is that I have no practical experience with this technology. I've done a lot of research to see how the device works, but what I'd really like to know is the opinion of someone who owns a Slingbox. So if you own a Slingbox or know someone who does, please leave a comment or send me an e-mail to let me know if it's worth purchasing, especially for my intended use.

it was legendary

It's been a couple weeks since my last post, so here's a quick update.

Spent last weekend hanging out with Kurt and Justin. Kurt flew up for the weekend. I hadn't seen Kurt in a long time so it was really nice to be able to hang out and spend time with one of my best friends. We spent all day Saturday drinking in DC and then went to see the Violent Femmes at the 930 Club. Great show. Sunday was spent in Baltimore at Drew and Misti's house eating an incredible barbecue dinner, enjoying a few drinks, and just spending time socializing. (I'll post a picture soon.)

I purchased my tickets to fly back to Michigan over the Thanksgiving holiday. I'll get see my family and go to the Lions game. Not sure who, if anyone, will be around, so if anyone is going to be in Gaylord over Thanksgiving let me know.