Comcast adds HD channels and sacrifices quality

Comcast has been adding new HD channels to their lineup — you may be excited about it, but they’re compressing the channels to fit them all on their network. Here’s some technical comparisons showing how Fios is inferior to Comcast from AV Science Forums (via Consumerist)

Wii’s Pitiful online service

Slate nails it on the head: Wii’s pitiful online service

Appendix Removed Through Hoo-Ha

Appendix removed through hoo-ha.

John Adams

I’m hearing rave reviews about John Adams, the 7-part miniseries currently airing on HBO — part 4 just aired last night, if I’m not mistook. Paul Giamatti plays John A. — Anyone else watching it?

Nationals Park In Pictures


Opening Day at Nationals Park

C and I got lucky last week and scored some tix to last night’s opening day at Nationals Park. We met up with Tim H. and Papa H. at our casa and rode the Metro to the much improved Navy Yard.
Saturday we strolled down to the Tidal Basin and saw some [...]

LETS GO NATS!

Who’s got two thumbs and is going to Opening Day on Sunday night at the all-new Nationals Park in DC? THIS GUY!!!!

Off to the great breakfast sandwich in the sky

Let’s all pour some liquid egg product on the ground for my dead homie.

My MacBook Goes Boom

This weekend my first Apple computer, the MacBook I purchased just one year ago went kaput. Thankfully, I didn’t really lose anything I’d miss (besides my Peggle high-scores — still bummed about that), but thankfully most everything else resides in backups elsewhere. I started getting some serious ’spinning wheels of death’ and then [...]

Our world is ending

A chunk of Antarctic ice, about SEVEN TIMES THE SIZE OF MANHATTAN collapsed today What scientitian is making these predictions? They know nothing. Our world is ending. Buy real estate in the midwest now! Move inland everybody. Pack it up. Let’s go!