Tumblr Tuesday

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Iyaz

Whoa dudes! The official Tumblr app is shown in the new iPhone commercial for a few seconds. We’re truly honored. But there’s more!

In an upcoming episode of a popular hospital drama, a lead character searches Tumblr to solve a medical mystery! Plus, a top player in a well-known football league is planning to post a photo of his new touchdown celebration during next Sunday’s game! Lastly, I have it on good authority that a Tumblr balloon will be featured in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade!

Ahh, fantasy is better than real life.

Commonplace
I know what you’re thinking. “Oh look! Text on photos! How original! Oh crap, I left the oven on!” I’d make an impassioned argument against your misguided thought process here, but you really need to get home before your stupid house burns down.

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“Art” is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way that appeals to the senses or emotions. That’s what Wikipedia says. I’m honestly not sure why those nerds think they can say anything on the subject.

Jazz Channel
Jazz is perhaps the great American art form, and Jazz Channel celebrates it. If you’re into jazz, you’ll love this site. If you hate jazz, you’ll still love this site. That’s the power of the rhythm of life, you jive turkey.

Fuck Yeah Subtitles
This is awesome. It’s like watching a video without all that annoying movement and sound and stuff. But seriously, looking at these screencaps is strangely addictive. I’m going to start watching everything in freeze-frame.

One Theme Every Day
This is perfect for the discerning reader that has no idea what they like. Every single day, this Tumblr blog picks a brand-new theme to cover. So one day it’s rainbows and the next it’s famous Eastern European dictators. Win-win.

Who do you nominate for next Tumblr Tuesday?

Look! It’s Tim from NY

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Iyaz

More TV?

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Iyaz

I finally picked up FiOS TV, but now there are much more options. Monday night is particularly troublesome with plenty of programming on but not enough tuners. A solution would be to take an OTA antenna and connect it to a HD HomeRun or an Elgato EyeTV 250. I'm leaning towards the HD HomeRun since it has dual tuners and then streams HD over Ethernet. The more connected the television and computers get, the better.

The big annoyance with my antenna is that it is in the attic and not on the roof. Reception since the digital transition has been spotty. It's either CBS and NBC with Fox spotty or Fox good and no other channels. Another tweak can get maybe another channel or two. Options for the antenna would be either taking it to the roof (and maybe get all the channels that way) or having one antenna pick up one set of channels and then another to pick up the rest.

There is another idea: just watch less TV.