BigCat’s Blog of DOOM

• I'm also still waiting for wireless sync – kindle has that on them for books, but it is silly to not have bluetooth or wireless sync by now. #
• Seriously lame that they don't seem to have any multi-tasking on this thing – really need for that in the iPhoneOS 4.0 or I'm goin android. #
• If you are an apple junkie you can now own something in every segment of the market – $100 thru $3000, with only a few stops on the way. #
• $30 for unlimited data is what I'm paying – cool part is the no contract – definitely like that. Too bad no verizon so far. #
• So far I am unimpressed with the iPad. Just sayin… #
• Sold my old router to a guy who has no idea what DD-WRT is. Not sure if this is awesome, or really sad in a way. #
• Doing a little research for prepping my sale of WAP54G and discovered you can load DD-WRT on it, and the stock fw has some cool features 2. #
• Sweet, sold my router on craigslist – dude picking it up tonight. Hopefully soon my access point and 24-port switch will go as well. #
• The google voice web-app that they released today is pretty sweet – major upgrade from their old mobile site. m.google.com/voice #
• Had a great small group last night, gonna be a fun time with those people – And there is a WOOT-Off today, can life get much better? #
• Excited for small group tonight! Anyone who doesn't have a small group should come check it out at 7pm 2nite at the Ashbachers place. #

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• Team Jake – Edward is king of the pale Emo whiny dorks – definitely team Jake #
• I love the Riverview – great atmosphere and 2 tickets cost less than 1 @ a mega-plex. Sparkly vampires & shirtless warewolves for date nite. #
• Pricing out parts to do a server upgrade. Thinking AMD w/ integrated GFX to stay on the cheap. #
• HTML5 Video would be totally rad if they could just nail down a way to handle licensing as well as be forward facing for future codecs. #
• OH NO! The Office is having a flash-back episode! Is this the beginning of the end? #
• Would someone please explain why it takes more than 51 votes to pass a health-care bill. Cuz this process has been a little ridiculous. #
• Contemplating a network architecture overhaul – anyone know of a good place to get a cheap used server that is 2 to 3 years old? #
• I think there may be hardware issues – MythTV showing a 93% signal and still getting artifacts and stutters – tuner card, CPU, or HD? #
• Apple Event followed by State of the Union address – coincidence? I think NOT! #
• Thus far the two channels I most want to record get the weakest signal from this antenna. Time to reconnect old antenna and compare. #
• Ben-tenna 2.0 completed – Now it is time to test it and see how it works indoors on the TV before moving it to the mythTV backend. #

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On Friday my MythTV server (my DVR software running on my server) had major audio and video artifacts and skipping during Dollhouse. This isn’t the first time this has happened and is particularly annoying since the TV upstairs rarely, if ever, has issues with Fox. Well, this was the last straw for me.
( WTF is broken?!?! )
( How am I gonna fix it )

And finally, before the pics, some links for more interesting info:
Two articles about building the antenna from some RF magazine
http://www.tvtechnology.com/article/68820
http://www.tvtechnology.com/article/68436
And the PDF for the GPLv3 version of the antenna with the rod reflectors/passive elements.
http://www.xmtr.com/articles/RF182-fig1.pdf

• Thinking about building a new antenna or two today – trying to decide which version to build. #
• As a man who made fun of many vikings fans during the Tice era I can say with certainty that this is a REALLY bad idea. http://is.gd/6g8iJ #
• http://is.gd/6c93c – A great, short, "What is Google Wave" FAQ from lifehacker/smarterware. Read this if the idea of wave confuses you. #
• The Bible Experience = best audio Bible ever. Lavar Burton and Samuel L Jackson, how can you go wrong. #
• Reboot of spiderman…really? Could you at least wait until some assclown makes everything neon or ten years – whichever comes first? #
• We're at about the 40 minute mark now – this is stupid. I hate iTunes. If the iPhone didn't rock so hard I would never use it again. #
• Why is it that iTunes takes 18 years to sync my iPhone still – this + google sync is why I frequently 'forget' to do it. Stupid iTunes! #

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• Everything is falling into place for a new small group – Monday nights, 7pm, starting the 25th – Anyone interested? It is gonna rock! #
• I've got an electronics project itch to scratch and it is seriously making miss having good surface-mount soldering tools at my disposal. #
• Just watched Friday's Dollhouse on DVR – it BLEW MY MIND. I like that the show seems to be actually heading somewhere as it wraps up. #
• Date night at the Walker Art Center – The company was much better than the art, and I had a great time. #
• Dear GM – iPhone/blackberry/Android app for Volt = YES! Onstar subscription required = you still don't get it u dumb upsell jerks. #
• Dear wireless carriers, our goal is to slowly lure you out of your consumer unfriendly business models. Love Google and Apple. #
• Boxee Box for under $200!!!! http://is.gd/5MXVF Sweet, that is very likely my next DVR/Media-center PC. #
• Oh Bono… <shakes head and sighs> http://is.gd/5MVUw and an appropriate response from ars technica http://is.gd/5MVVW #
• I got 2 XKCD books (vol 0) for Xmas. Anyone intersted in buying one off me – $18, and if you are local you will get free shipping! #

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• Supposed to be double-digits below zero most of this week. The In-laws left at the right time. #
• At work when we can't find the right material 4 something we say "If we could just invent unobtainium." In other news Avatar made me laugh. #
• I want to express my severe disappointment over the lack of a flying car in 2010. It is +10 to the level of disappointment I had in 2000. #
• A few of us are doing a weight loss challenge, 3 mos, most % of weight lost wins the pool. Anyone else interested in joining us? #
• RT @danblah: Arianna Huffington: Move Your Money: A New Year's Resolution http://bit.ly/4ZkbGD #
• RT @cnnbrk: Iran's parliament calls for arrest of Moussavi, two other opposition leaders http://bit.ly/6kZKZq #
• RT @sourceforge: Elastix is Asterisk on steroids, plus a whole lot more, all in an easy-to-manage package http://ow.ly/Qwai #
• Let's try again when ppl r back @ work. I need to borrow and office 2k3 small business disc from someone local. Anyone? #

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