Bye-bye Podcasts, Hello vLogs

Yeah, my AppleTV arrived Friday. Well, actually since I wasn't home Friday I had to go and wait at the door of the FedEx office until they opened Saturday morning.

Anyway... I got it hooked up via the device's HDMI port to the TV's component video inputs. Running short on inputs, I had to switch my HDTV to the DVI input because I couldn't play PS3 Tiger Woods Golf 2007 on anything less than the best quality settings.

A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!

I just told a co-worker that I've already deleted all of my favorite podcasts from iTunes - Slashdot, NPR Tech, podcast411.com (I'm sorry Rob, I'll still listen on my iPod) and started scoping out video blogs.

Rocketboom looks great on the wide-screen though my wife hasn't quite appreciated this yet. (She says it is no wonder their demographic show that only 8% of their audience are female.)

We did agree on Reuters "Odd News" videos, but that one only comes out once a week. I bet that is all about to change.

Apple Airline Adapter, meet my CueCat

I've been to California twice in the past four weeks. Before the first trip I purchased the new Apple MagSafe Airline Adapter thinking that I'd get some work time in during the flight.

On the first trip out, after being upgraded to what is referred to on United as "first class", I thought I'd be in luck to use my new gadget. Not so. There were plugs under the seat, but none looked anything like the two adapters on the end of my power cord - one looked like a USB port and the other looked like some sort of Ethernet outlet.

Back to reality in the back of the plane for my next three multiple-leg hops across the country, there was not an outlet to be found.

Last night on the flight from Sacramento to Chicago, while reading MacWorld, I saw mention of the Apple Airline power adapter and in the article a small mention of a site called SeatGuru.com where you can do your power outlet research before booking flights. After browsing the two airlines I travel most frequently - Delta and United - I don't expect to be using my new cord any time soon.

I guess I'll keep it in my computer bag for a little while, but soon I'll probably introduce this device to it's new neighbor on my office bookshelf that is filled with gadgets I got that never worked.

MagSafe, meet CueCat. CueCat, meet MagSafe.

2007 Bassmaster Classic

My mother-in-law called this past weekend to say, "There are a lot of boats on the Lay Lake today". Well, the story is that the 2007 Bassmaster Classic was held on Lay Lake in Shelby County, AL last weekend.

My in-laws have their waterfront house for sale on Lay Lake, so hopefully one of those fisherman noticed the sign out front!

Now, if there were only some sort of sporting event in the northern part of Shelby County where I know of another "for sale" sign!

(The photo is a shot of my mom, sister, my nieces and nephew on my boat where we were getting ready to head out for a ride on Lay Lake last summer.)

The New York Snow Derby

As published in the newspaper this morning, Rochester, NY has seen 39.9 inches of snow in February, 20 inches higher than the month's norm of 19.4 inches.

74.9 inches of snow have fallen on the Rochester area so far this season which is within a half-inch of the normal to-date totals.

The snow derby compares our two neighboring metros on the East and West of Rochester. So far this season, Buffalo has had 86.3 inches of snow and Syracuse has seen 105.4 inches of snow.

The normal snowfall for Rochester, NY for the entire season is 100.3 inches. More snowfall is in the forecast for tonight.

Let's get going Rochester... We still need another 30 inches in order to reach "Normal". Let's shoot for 50!

Who wants to be just normal?

It will be fine

People I work with (mostly Howard Owens) have been giving me a lot of grief over the fact that I must have said, "It will be fine" more than a thousand times since December 6. That is the day we turned on the first of (now) more than 160 new community sites.

Ice Man

Ice Man, originally uploaded by sailorbill.

One lens at a time, I'm rebuilding my camera bag! Here is a shot with my 70-200 f/2.8 that just arrived.

I also noticed that the Flickr to Blogger Beta crops the images, so you'll have to pop over to my photo gallery to see the full frame.