Hello 2012, What’s up?

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March 24, 2012
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Seeing as how 2011 has come, and gone, and I only made 2 posts last year (that almost beats my record), I figured I should make an update. A lot has changed since my last post in August.

We’ve moved from a 2 bedroom apartment with a decent sized balcony, to a 3 bedroom house with a yard, a big driveway and an essentially unfinished basement, for only a little more than we were paying per month for the apartment. The kids love having a yard to run around in, and playing with their friends next door. I love the fact that there’s more space in the house, so we can watch TV after the kids have gone to bed and not have to worry about waking everyone up, and having a “workshop” downstairs where I can do whatever I want and not make a mess through the rest of the house… and I’m sure my wife is very grateful for that too.

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2011-12 TV Season – New Shows I’m Looking Forward To

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August 25, 2011
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It’s almost the end of August, September will be here soon, and that means that all the new shows will be starting up soon. These are a few of the new shows that I plan on checking out. I don’t expect them to all be great shows, but within the first few episodes I should be able to tell whether they’re worth watching or not. Check out all of the YouTube clips after the break.

Last Man Standing
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My Home Theater PC – As of February 15, 2011

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February 15, 2011
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HARDWARE

Motherboard:
  • Asus M2NPV-VM
Processor:
  • AMD Athlon 64 3500+ (2.20GHz)
Memory:
  • 4 x 1024MB OCZ PC5400 RAM
Video Card:
  • GeForce 8500GT (512MB)
Display:
  • Philips 46″ 1080p LCD HDTV – 46PFL3705D (connected via DVI->HDMI)
Hard Drives:
  • 80GB SATA HDD
  • 160GB SATA HDD
  • 500GB SATA HDD
  • 500GB LaCie External HDD (USB 2.0)

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It’s About Time I Caught Up With 2010

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December 19, 2010
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Well, I finally did it. I just upgraded the main TV in my house from my ~6 year old 24″ Philips CRT to a brand spanking new 46″ Philips LCD (view specs from Philips.ca).

Now my next goals are to upgrade my surround sound receiver to something a little newer/better. Right now I’m using a 6+ year old Kenwood VR-6070 receiver, which was $800 when I bought it and served me well until one day it decided to stop working so I’ve had it sitting in the closed for the last year and a half. I decided to pull it out today just to see if anything had changed and… it works now. I’m not sure how to explain it, but I’m not going to complain. The main reason I want to upgrade it is because I’d love to have something with some HDMI inputs/output on it to simplify the mess of cables behind the TV.

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Whoa, Where Am I?

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November 28, 2010
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What is this weird place, and how did I get here? It’s been over 8 months since I last posted anything here, and A LOT has changed in that time. In the last 8 months I quit the job I was at for 9 years, and started a new job (almost 6 months ago) doing something completely different than what I was used to, and I love it. My daughter, Rebecca, turned 3 last week, I have a new son, Nathan, who is almost 4 months old. Sometime in June we got a new car (2005 Honda Civic). I also got rid of my BlackBerry Curve 8330, and am now rockin’ a BlackBerry Bold 9700, which is a huge improvement.

I shall try my best to update this blog at least semi-regularly. I know that I’ve told myself that in the past and usually ended up failing miserably, but this time is different somehow… but I guess that only time will tell.

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