Yes. You. Watch it. You won’t be sorry. Have I ever steered you wrong? My god, you remember EVERYTHING! But I’m right this time, I swear. http://www.fox.com/dollhouse/
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The Mini Review
So here we go: my well-overdue review of my Mac Mini entertainment center. A quick refresher: I bought a Mac Mini, the cheapest one ($599) that had baseline RAM, storage, no keyboard or mouse etc. My plan was to plug it into the nice TV and use Boxee, among other things, to contribute to my general entertainment. The Mini showed up quickly but I was stuck without the right cables or my keyboard and mouse so I spent a very frustrating night just looking at the box. While I was working on picking up the cables (comes with DVI to mini-DVI but I needed a DVI to HDMI for my…
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The [adjective] Old Days
In the process of moving my blog over from Blogger I had to shift some “categories” and “tags” and I’m still updating old posts that had nothing. So it’s been in turns, funny, pathetic and nostalgic to review my earlier posts. A couple of posts in particular stood out: some comments on politics, old family trips, my yearly devotion to autumn. But there were two things I really enjoyed, and I think they’re a good reason to actually wallow in my nostalgia for a moment. Mac vs. PC I stumbled across a couple of pro-Windows posts from years past. I found it hilarious to read about Windows Vista since I…
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Always Look on the Bright Side of Life (Monty Python)
My crazy cousin has a great blog where she spends lots of time talking about her sweet little baby (http://jellybeanmama.blogspot.com/). Her post yesterday (“It Could Always Be Worse”) resonated because I, and I suspect many of you, have been feeling the chill of recession and tension of questionable job security lately. So here is my contribution to positive thinking. The 5 things I am grateful for today: Friends who have you over for a fantastic (and free) home-cooked meal. Comes with great conversation. A home that has a mortgage I can afford. Having a skill and a job (with awesome perks like health insurance and coworkers I like) where I…
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iLove iPhone
I’m sorry, I completely glossed over this fact in my last post: I got my iPhone. Woohoo! Before I geek-out completely I’d like to state publicly, for friends and family that have had to deal with me over the last week and forever after this– I’m sorry if I’m ignoring you. My name is Jen and I’m addicted to my iPhone. (Hi Jen.) It’s just so damn cool! I’ve had the phone for 9 days and I’ve downloaded 38 apps. I have 3 email accounts, 2 calendar tools and a task manager. I’ve created 4 ringtones, taken 2 dozen photos and downloaded 10 games. It’s an addiction. I blame Apple.…
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An Admitedly Early Holiday Celebration
I was sitting on my couch enjoying my favorite at-home activity: browsing the web while watching TV, when I was distracted by the sound of my first Christmas commercial. Actually it’s my first Christmas anything, of the year (FYI it was the “Carol of the Bells” ad with the cash register lights but that’s not important). Anyway before I could even work up exasperation I found I was smiling. I should have been annoyed- it’s November 5th- but I’m a little impressed they made it past Halloween. I suspect I was also excited by the contrast between carols and candidate attack ads. So in case you haven’t heard your first…
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Poli-ticked-off
It’s politics season. Once every four years my favorite time of year (yeah, fall!) is marred by the Battle for the White House. Ok, “marred” might be too strong a term. I think it’s wonderful that we have a chance to select our leaders, locally and nationally. Even though the people I vote for almost always lose I recognize that this is an important process and take my vote very seriously. I always investigate my options and make my voting decisions based on the canidates records and their plans for the future. But I do think that your political opinions should be just that: opinions. If you want to share…
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Facebook Know I’m Fat
I stumbled across a pretty interesting article today about how Facebook mines your personal preferences and profile information. Then it uses that data to select the ads that appear on your pages so that they’re tailored to you. For example, if you’re single, as I am, you’re likely to see a bunch of singles ads. And I do. What other ads am I blessed with? “The SuperModel Diet” and “The Oprah Diet” I guess if you’re 29 and single it assumes you’re fat? Or does someone judge my picture? I’m actually not that offended, mostly curious. “29 and Alone Again?” That’s just low. “Tech Jobs on {blank}.com” No way am…
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The State of Hollywood
Quick review of some of this years Oscar contenders: Atonement – a chick flick and kinda too long, but a story that haunts youNo Country for Old Men – I was disappointed by the end, but there were some great performances and the infamous weapon is like another characterCharlie Wilson’s War – a humorous (apparently true) story of a congressman who fights Russians in Afghanistan. The meaning of our success and failures there are poignant.Eastern Promises – Viggo Mortensen is naked! But with good reason. It’s an incredible scene in a disturbing and disturbingly good movie. I’m hoping to see ‘Juno’, ‘Sweeny Todd’ and maybe ‘There Will be Blood’ this…
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My $.02
I’m not kidding myself that any of you really care how I feel about politics but I think I might enjoy re-reading this on, say, the first Tuesday in November. Or next January after the re-count. McCain – a morally righteous man with whom, I’m sorry to say, I disagree on a number of important issues.Obama – too soon to tell. I’m worried about his experience but everything I hear is good. Need to learn more about where he stands on the issues.Edwards – uninspired twerp who seems to feel entitled to the presidency.Huckabee – C-R-A-Z-Y. Can’t do that religion.Romney – dittoClinton – I’m glad a woman can compete; it’s…
