That may have got your attention; but it is not the kind of date 99% of you were thinking about. I have the date I am scheduled to take off for Tanzania: Oct 29th. Just in time for the weather to get ridiculous! But I am still excited anyway! For those that don’t know, I am heading over there as part of a project to install VSATs, wireless networks, and personal computers so that we can have better connectivity with our field offices. This is going to be one of the best experiences of my life and I just cant wait to go! Lots of little things to tidy up though before I leave, so it is good that I have some time. If five years ago (maybe even 3 years ago) you had told me I would be going to Africa I would have told you that ‘I have a letter confirming your reservation at the nut house’! Let alone heading over there to use my computer skills to do God’s work. Life is great.
Well the highlight video was finally completed and it looks great! Of course the video wasnt rolling when Leenis had his bounce-pass-alli-oop to me for a dunk or our team’s dunk fest on the commissioner’s team but oh well. We are in it getting dunked on quite a bit by the video producer’s team but they had to make themselves look good. And no I didnt win the dunk contest with that creative dual-dunk attempt.
Since I may be heading to Tanzania, I have become completely enraptured with this show… A fellow youtuber was kind enough to put together a highlight reel of Bear Grylls in action. This guy does it all, drinks fluid from elephant droppings, jumps into sub zero water to show you how to get out, and seems to skydive into the location about every other episode.
Note: Thanks to ShadyKing for tip on turning off rich text editor for embedding youtube videos!
I cannot stand IVR systems when I call in to get help. Give me the number pushing any day (as long as I can press 0 to speak to someone). If you hate them as much as I do, lifehack.org came up with a good article to talk to a person immediately after calling.
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Ok maybe not that drastic but I am going down to limited ($15/mo) because I lost my roommate and need to trim back the bills a bit. (also turning off my heat… hey its springtime right?)
Here are a few reasons why I was thinking that it doesnt make sense to keep paying six figures for cable service:
Comcast’s DVR service is terrible anyway. I had those wankers out to my house 6 times, had my dvr box replaced 2x (the ones in WA are programmed by MSFT… go figure), and it would intermittently decide that it wanted to delete all the shows it had saved. Not to mention that the shows were quite frequently all garbled b/c of the crap service
I have a pc capture card. Was just using this $50 item to get old video footage onto the pc to keep for posterity (what can i say I am sentimental. isnt that sweet) but am in the process of testing it to record scheduled programs. Still not the same as my beloved Tivo.
I dont watch much tv. The only shows I watch regularly are LOST and Scrubs. Lost episodes can be found here and Scrubs episodes are bound to be out there somewhere. For the occasional Southpark Episode you simply go to this site. (thanks Tunis)
I’m trying to read more.
Blockbuster membership. You just cant beat having movies or tv series mailed to you. I love the service.
Its baseball season. Lets be honest, who in their right mind watches baseball on tv?
We’ll see how it goes but I don’t think I will be missing tv very much.
But I am still excited anyway! For those that don’t know, I am heading over there as part of a project to install VSATs, wireless networks, and personal computers so that we can have better connectivity with our field offices. This is going to be one of the best experiences of my life and I just cant wait to go! Lots of little things to tidy up though before I leave, so it is good that I have some time. If five years ago (maybe even 3 years ago) you had told me I would be going to Africa I would have told you that ‘I have a letter confirming your reservation at the nut house’! Let alone heading over there to use my computer skills to do God’s work. Life is great.
