Dear Video-on-demand,
I love you. This summer you allowed me to catch up on Season 3 of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (via www.hulu.com) and I’ve been using you to watch True Blood (via Charter Video-on-demand). Recently I watched the first episode of Chuck Season 2 (via www.amazon.com and Charter Video-on-demand) before the episode airs.
You allow me to watch TV on my own schedule without a DVR. You rock!
Love,
Jonathan
I found out about drop.io a couple months ago from a co-worker, and I must say it’s a pretty sweet service. The service allows you to share up to 100MB files at no charge, with the option of purchasing their premium service. Unlike other services such as Dropbox, Drop.io does not require that you register at all. If you need to share some documents very quickly, this is the way to do it.
I would however recommend encrypting your files!
I love TV, I truly do. From my guilty pleasures to those wonderful rare gems that have carved out a special place in my heart, I love it all. For me, the fall TV lineup is full of excitement: answers to last season’s cliffhangers, old favorites returning, new shows trying to make their mark before the midseason replacements come looking for a time slot.
This is an exciting time, however it can be pretty frustrating as well. In years past I have been in absolute heartache over the cancellation of some of my favorite shows. I always get a little nervous when I get attached to a show on FOX, they probably have the worst track record of killing amazing shows such as Undeclared, Firefly, and Wonderfalls. Now it troubles me that I’ll be tuning into FOX for more than one new show.
A short list of returning shows in my Fall lineup:
Some new shows I’m excited about:
TV Guide’s Fall TV schedule – This link does not include cable network shows.
Earlier this week my passenger side headlamp burned out. I went to the auto parts store to purchase a replacement. I thought about it for a second, I could have purchased the two pack for $8 more–but since only one light was out, what was the point? At home, I replaced the lightbulb, turned on my headlamps to test it all out–and the other one burned out. So I got in the car, headed to the auto parts store to purchase another bulb.
In short, replaced both bulbs and now I can safely drive at night.
My work laptop has been acting up lately, the latest was having issues connecting to the wireless network at work (works fine everywhere else!) Rather than tackling each problem individually, I decided that it was a great opportunity to start fresh. (You will notice I do not have any office suites, or anti-virus programs listed here as I use the company provided software.) Here are some of my must haves:
Hello, my name is Jonathan and this is my first post.
I originally planned to have a nearly completed site–something a little rough, something I could improve upon–before my first post. It’s the idea I had nearly two years ago when I registered this domain, and the same idea I had a year ago when I finally decided to host the site somewhere. My point is, I could have waited another two years before I found the time for this project. As motivational-speaker-trying-to-pedal-his-overpriced-self-help-tapes sounding as I may seem: I realized that if you want to do something–MAKE the time to do it.
I want to take a moment to write about my hopes for this blog. I hope that this will be something I continue long after this post. I hope that by writing down my thoughts and experiences, it will help me to clarify, understand, and hopefully broaden my view on life. I mostly hope that my future posts won’t be written in a voice that seems too distant and detached.