http://blog.withoutvoice.com Thought To Print Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:32:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My ongoing efforts to broadcast my life continue.  It's a bit bizarre as I'm such a private person in general. I'm so fascinated to play with all of the technology involved I suppose I'm willing to sacrifice a bit of privacy. For now. Anyway, I played Carl in my ... http://blog.withoutvoice.com/2008/12/30/posterity/ My first ustream broadcast went off pretty well.  The broadcast was a bit delayed as Dan showed up about an hour late but three other friends stayed on and watched Fresno State grind out a solid 24-7 victory over New Mexico State.  My second-straight run at a WAC title is ... http://blog.withoutvoice.com/2008/12/24/successtream/ I'm a big fan of finding little tech-related projects and then seeing if I can get them to work.  Inspired by the lack of a spectator-mode in NCAA, Mike and I have been discussing various ways of streaming the game to various other members of our dynasties.  Audio/Video capture from ... http://blog.withoutvoice.com/2008/12/23/nerdstream/ Google "surprised" the world several weeks ago when it released Chrome, a new web browser --  The surprise being that everyone was wondering why it was taking Google so long to release the browser that had been rumored to be in development for a couple of years.  Anyway, Chrome manages ... http://blog.withoutvoice.com/2008/12/19/pimping-my-browser/ My NCAA dynasties continue, though ever more slowly.  I'm now in three dynasties: WAC as Fresno State, SEC as Vanderbilt, and CUSA as Tulsa.  We've got 6-10 people in each dynasty and the time between "weeks" is getting further and further apart.   The WAC is still my #1 dynasty and ... http://blog.withoutvoice.com/2008/12/19/ill-always-have-the-wac/ ... is not to be found at Cox. My long awaited TiVo HD arrived last Friday and I quickly scheduled an appointment to have them come out to install the CableCARD necessary to get their encrypted HD channels. I was pleasantly surprised that they were extremely accommodating and ... http://blog.withoutvoice.com/2008/12/19/superior-customer-service/ Despite what Pandora thinks, I have a pretty wide and varied taste in music.  My iPod shuffles between rock, country, rap, and even classical throughout the day in my rather eclectic music collection.  I'm always on the lookout for new music.  These days, however, it's almost always because I heard ... http://blog.withoutvoice.com/2008/12/12/audio-gratification/ I'm making even more progress on getting my media-related situation resolved.  I figure it's been long enough for me to go without HD service so I finally ordered a TiVo HD.  The final selling point for me was the Netflix integration they added in -- supposedly the nicest integration yet ... http://blog.withoutvoice.com/2008/12/09/media-improvement/ This past weekend was another full one.  Friday night was an old-school Gears party and a great time, as usual.  The chainsaw is still overpowered but what can you do.  Saturday was another painting day at the condo as we try and class up the joint for the new tenant. ... http://blog.withoutvoice.com/2008/12/09/zombies-car-contentment-and-bowling-disgrace/ Thanksgiving has come and gone and my least favorite holiday is now behind me.  It's not that I dislike Thanksgiving -- I'm just not a big traditional meal kind of guy so a holiday devoted to just that isn't really my thing.  A few days off work, on the hand ... http://blog.withoutvoice.com/2008/12/03/holidelays/