gadgets, sports, tv
While the main gist was “you’ll be able to use AirPlay to beam it to your TV via an Apple TV”, two things caught my eye in this post about Popcorn Time: That an iOS app for Popcorn Time will allegedly be made available in the official Apple iOS App Store and not something that … Read more
I use iOS devices and my iPhone is my camera, so I use iCloud for syncing calendar & contacts as well as automatically uploading any pictures I’ve taken to a desktop or laptop. That works pretty well for me, and as long as I’m living in the iOS world, I can’t imagine not using iCloud … Read more
Sure, 100% of us would rather pay less (or preferably nothing) for our cable and satellite television service. But despite years of the media building the cord cutting myth, not very many of us are actually cutting the cord. It’s a popular idea that resonates with many of us, but not enough for most of us … Read more
The Twitterati is up in arms this week about changes to some versions of Twitter that insert tweets the people you follow favorite, and some of the people they follow into your Twitter timelines. This has caused some “will this change how I use the “favorite” option?” handwringing. How can I be too pissed about … Read more
A Petco opened near me about a year ago. It replaced a Pet Food Express. The Petco folks hired very well. The staff is great. They’re friendly, helpful, and definitely love animals. Those are all nice attributes. But for me those attributes can’t offset that Amazon is almost always significantly cheaper. I feel bad for … Read more
I’ve had the newest $150 Slingbox M1 for nearly a month and am happy with it. The TiVo Roamio Plus has a few holes, namely that outside of the home, its WiFi experience is pretty spotty and at this point TiVo still doesn’t offer streaming over cell networks. The TiVo does offer downloading via cell … Read more
I’m a big fan of FX’s ‘The Bridge’ currently in its second (and hopefully not last) season. Earlier this season I was trying to get someone to watch it so I suggested Comcast’s On Demand for catch-up. I noticed the experiment pointed out here by USA Today. It definitely caught my eye that they were … Read more
Update: ‘Highly Questionable’ did indeed return on 9/8 – for one episode (in a brand new studio) before getting the rest of the week off. A nice schedule if you can get it! The show is back on 9/15 with a full week’s (Monday-Friday) worth of episodes scheduled. Original post: After being suspended by ESPN two … Read more
Yeah, it’s a slow summer Friday. Like the headline says, i get that people love schtick. I often love it too. But this regular intro to MLB Network’s ‘High Heat’ by Chris “Mad Dog” Russo? For those looking for some ratings for “High Heat,” the August 5th 1-2p ET telecast averaged 65,000 viewers and the … Read more