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I am always looking for ways to get my internet video content onto my TV. Once I get a new TV I am thinking about either building a Mythbox or Media Center PC. I could also go with a Tivo and an Apple TV. I am not sure which would work best. I am very curious on how Cali Lewis’ Mythbox turns out. I am glad I don’t have to make the decision now. I wont be getting a new TV until we move and get into a bigger house.

For the time being I am using the Xbox 360 to view my internet videos on the TV. Yesterday I learned that you can stream content from Orb to the Xbox 360. I have used Orb in the past to access my media from any computer on the internet, but now I can use it to play any video on my Xbox. No more have to convert videos to WMV files.

Check it out. Hellogoodbye is coming to Fargo. Most people know them from being in The Real World Austin, but I knew them before that. They released an awesome EP in 2004. That EP generated a lot of hype for their debut album which finally came out last year. They have a really unique sound. I couldn’t tell you who they sound like because they don’t sound like anybody. Boyslikegirls are opening for them. I saw Boyslikegirls in St. Paul last summer. They are another really cool band. Also either The Hush Sound or The Rocket Summer will be there. I have seen The Hush Sound and they are good too. I am kinda hoping The Rocket Summer comes to Fargo since I really like him and have never seen him yet. It’s so nice when good concerts come to Fargo. A five minute drive is much better than a four hour one. Plus, the crowds in Fargo are usually pretty lame so it’s easy to get right up front without getting kicked in the head too much. That’s always a plus.

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If my blog seems to be loading slow it’s not my fault.  Well, I guess it’s not toatally my fault.  Since I am hooked on Twitter, I have my Twitter status in the sidebar.  At times Twitter gets really slow.  I think they are growing faster than they planned.  When Twitter gets slow my sidebar loads slow.   You can check me out on Twitter here.

I was all caught up on my podcasts yesterday. It felt strange. I am never caught up. I needed something to listen to at work, so I looked around on iTunes and found Skeptoid. I love podcasts that make you think and learn stuff. I am a very skeptical person. I always want to hear both sides on topics before I decide what I think is true. Skeptoid is a nice short 5 to 8 minute podcast. I downloaded and listened to every episode yesterday. They have many interesting topics. I really enjoyed the episodes about organic foods, SUVs, and cell phones on planes. Good Stuff.

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Sweet, my Gamer Card is in the holiday spirt. It’s all decked out for St. Patrick’s day. I really need to find more time to play on the Xbox 360. My Gamerscore is pathetic.

I am a huge Jeopardy fan. I have probably only missed one or two episodes in the last few years. I have seen almost everything. I have seen only one person playing in Final Jeopardy, I have seen many two person ties, I have seen idiots that don’t bet enough in Final Jeopardy and lose their lead despite getting the question right. The only thing I haven’t seen was a three way tie. I guess the reason I have never seen it was because it had never happened, until last night that is. Last night was the first ever three way tie. The reigning champion could have easily bet another dollar to be the only champ, but I think he saw that the other two players each had $8000, so he bet enough to get him to $16000. He was nice and gave them a chance and they both bet it all and it ended up in a three way tie. It was pretty cool.

Now I think the only thing I haven’t seen is all three players in the red for Final Jeopardy. That would be cool to see also.

I don’t really use any of the online photo services, but my Mom like me to put pictures on Shutterfly so she can see them and buy some if she wants. I have always hated uploading my pictures because it takes so damn long. Well today I finally got around to uploading my pictures from Florida to Shutterfly and it kept crashing my browser. I gave up and tried to do it from ie. I see why it was crashing Firefox now. Shutterfly uses a active x controller to upload images. It sure does make it simpler to upload pictures, but I am sure there is a better way to do it so it works with other browsers and operating systems.

Anyways, are there any better online photo sites out there? I pretty much use Shutterfly because that’s what my Mom knows.

Happy pi day!

I wasn’t much of an arcade gamer as a kid. Mostly because I always had a game system at home, and the nearest arcade was at the bowling alley way across town and that was a long bike ride. The one arcade game I did play alot was “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”. It came out in 1989, my freshman year of high school. The best thing about the game was you could play with your friends. My buddy was and still is a god at the video games. It was fun playing with him because we could get really far into the game.

Well, Wednesday my favorite arcade came is coming to the Xbox Live Arcade. I can’t wait to play it again. Back in 1989 the game had incredible graphics. I wonder how bad they are going to look compared to 2007 graphics.

We had a good time on vacation despite the lack of wifi. On the way down to Orlando out flight out of Minneapolis was delayed 20 minutes. Not to bad. We had a hour to wait at the airport, but no free wifi in the Minneapolis Airport. They did have wifi, but it was $8 a day, and I didn’t need it that bad since we were there for only an hour and I had podcasts to listen to.

In St. Louis we were delayed two hours because they didn’t have a pilot for our plane. I guess our pilot was coming from Boston and they were having weather out there. No wifi what so ever in St. Louis. We ate and then just hung out and I listened to more podcasts. We didn’t get to our hotel until almost 1:00 AM. It was no big deal because we had no plans for the first day.

The hotel was super nice. Two bedrooms, two bathrooms, Jacuzzi tub, full kitchen, it had everything a person would want except wifi. It wasn’t to bad since we were out and about most of the days, but it would have been nice to have some of the Internets at night.

I am not a huge theme park fan, but my wife likes them. Saturday we went to Sea World, Sunday we spent the day with my family that lives down there, and then Monday we went to MGM Studios. It was a fun time. It wasn’t to warm down there. It was only in the 60ºs, but it felt way better than the 10º we came home to.

On the way back home I did find some free wifi at the Orlando Airport. Every Airport should have free wifi. We weren’t in the Orlando Airport long enough to do much. I was able to download a couple of podcasts to listen to on the way home and that was about it.

The trip home was pretty uneventful. Short vacation are nice. I don’t really like being gone that long, but man it did go by very fast.