This is a service.
So NBC decided to be dicks and run the new show QuarterLife at the same time as CBS’ Jericho. The choice, for me, is clear. Jericho rules over all. However, since I somehow am in the Hulu beta, this not only allows me to watch many a show such as QuarterLife, but it also allows me to embed it wherever I please. Which is right here, for people like me who would rather watch an established awesome show verus an untested pilot. Here you go.
Playstation 3 Junior-Reviews
If you’re not into videogames or guys talking about videogames, move along. With schoolwork and regular work occupying the majority of my days, not too many people I know in town, and still in perma-grin mode with my new TV, I have understandably spent a lot of down-time with it. Gamefly has been kind enough to send me games to play, and play them I have. Much like the post I did with short Wii reviews, I’m going to run through the games I’ve been playing with some thoughts, likely about those games. Read more
Super Stardust HD is Awesome.
It’s like Geometry Wars, only more better. I suck at it, unfortunately. Dro is much better, being on the Leaderboards and whatnot. But I have the ability to suck at a game and still enjoy it. I wish I had something more substantial to say, but work and school monopolize not only my time but my thought functions. Not only do I have nothing in my life to write about besides the games I’m playing in my fleeting hours of off-time, but I can’t even coherently discuss (or maybe even comprehend) half of the news I read everyday online. It all flows into my think-processor-humidor and gets lost in the ether and I continue to be spaced out. It’s possible that my brain is dying.
I also picked up The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion yesterday, because clearly when my brain is fried and I have no real free time, it’s an obvious choice. It was probably a bad move.
Why I’m Antisocial
Blu Ray, it teh winnar
Why I Support Obama
I couldn’t agree more with Andrew Sullivan’s reader. I also am 21 years old, and support Obama. In fact, I donated to the Feburary 12th Obama money bomb. Normally, I would never consider donating to anyone, and never donated to Ron Paul (even though I like RP) because it just didn’t seem right.
Obama is my candidate of choice, because having him as president would make me proud to say “I am an American” again.
My School Is A Little Ridiculous…
Jericho returns tonight!
No, I will not shut up about this.
First Guest Post, Evar.
Today marks a wonderful day. Today is tezNdro’s first guest post! Unfortunately, it was not due to our obvious awesomeness, but because I paid for it. The post is by Golf Widow, a friend of a fellow blogger (I guess?) who was recently unceremoniously canned from her day jorb. She is now doing guest posts for $2 a pop, which pays for…well, I’m not sure. I’d like to say it pays for a new pair of shoes, but it seems like it might just go towards beer. In any case, I had $2 and was feeling charitable, so I figured I’d build up a little karma in the likely event that I am broke in between semesters. And now, to the post:
I am guest posting for Tez and Dro today. Actually, probably more for Tez, since I don’t know quite how much Dro had to do with my being invited in to play.
Tez’s note: Dro doesn’t have much to do with anything on the site recently, except for footing the bill. He’s like my online sugar-daddy. It’s understandable, however; and given that his posts tend to be Linux porn, we’re likely all better off. What? Prove me wrong.
This is one of the easier guest posts I’ve done, because Tez and Dro don’t tend to do very long posts, and also there is no set theme to the subject matter. I am supremely good at writing random shit, and I’m also good at running out of steam and being easily distracted.
I direct your attention to http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/
If you’ve never seen it, find some time to spend with it when you’re not going to be interrupted. I cannot decide what it is, about this site. It’s sort of like Wikipedia’s crack-ho sister.
Simply put: for some unfathomable reason, I feel like less of an asshole when I read ED. If only all of my personality issues were so easily repaired.
This Blog Post Is Awesome
Big things going on in Tez’s life right now:
-Kicking Semester 3’s ass. Mostly. I’m having trouble forcing myself to read the Bible in time to get assignments done. It’s nothing against the Bible, it’s more that I’m not in complete agreement with the instructor’s teaching style. But there’s nothing I can do about that short of dropping the course, and I’m not gonna do that. I think I’ve wasted enough money this year already.
-Season 2 of Jericho starts on Tuesday!
-I won a super-swanky online auction at this place called eBay. The prize? A Playstation 3 at a hugenormus discount. I am told this is called, “shopping victoriously.” Considering it’s my first real eBay-ing, I’m rather proud of myself. The thing is shipping out today (hopefully), and along with a Gamefly and Netflix account, I’m gonna be pretty set. Set in front of the TV, anyway. Speaking of TV…
-Season 2 of Jericho starts on Tuesday!
Seriously. Anybody not pumped for the return of Jericho sucks. If that’s you, reading this right now, I apologize. The truth hurts. Jericho is the bomb (get it?).
It’s like a bloggy blog blog thing.
I have now spent about a week with my new TV. I have a few things to say about it:
1) Westinghouse, what the fuck is the point of four HDMI ports if they are all on the same hub and thus use the same image calibration settings? The answer is there is none. None points. Fix it.
2) I get random weirdness when I try to change channels quickly, go back to the previously viewed channel, or use the “Favorites” setting on the remote. Sometimes it simply won’t go back to a different channel. Doesn’t happen if I input the channel manually. Weirdness.
3) Holy crap, real HD stuff looks good. NBC, PBS, and CBS are all glorious when broadcasting in HD. SD is remarkably bearable.
4) 1:1 Pixel Mapping. I suppose this is technically a good thing, but this creates problems with a few channels. NBCHD shows a yellowish vertical line on the left side of the screen. It’s pretty small, but it’s there. SD broadcasts usually show a garbly line at the top. Now, this would not be a big deal if the TV had an option to overscan a little. The TV has two options (fill and overscan), but the Fill option overscans by maybe 5%. Again, not a huge deal, just a little annoying.
5) The 8ms response time. I’m really not sure if it’s my eyes or the broadcasts, but the blurry/pixalization stuff going on during fast stuff has me worried. Some stuff looks phenomenal: Hockey, golf, and most regular broadcasts look great. But basketball was almost impossible to watch, and a few fast-moving images on some shows get garbled. I’m not sure if the response time isn’t fast enough, or if it is the broadcast itself. I really need to test a true HD source like a 360 or PS3/Blu-ray to see how it handles fast motion.
Anyway, assuming the PS3/Blu-ray tests out okay, I’m very happy with the TV. HD stuff looks great, SD stuff looks fine. Everything else are small problems that do not ruin the TV-watching experience, especially considering the deal I got. I’ve still got a couple of weeks on the return period, so hopefully I will have completeled my tests and will have a verdict on this TV eventually.