Archive for November, 2007

Satellite Versus Digital Cable

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Television choices abound for the consumer in 2007. You can get your favorite programming from two sources: a traditional cable setup or a satellite dish. The two most popular choices for these methods, at least in my experiences, are Comcast Digital Cable and DirecTV, respectively. Which one is better?

Top 5 Thanksgiving Day Foods

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

Thanksgiving food is the absolute tops. The beauty of these wonderful dishes is that there is no need for  compartmentability: you can essentially mix all of the foods together on your plate and it still tastes amazing. In the spirit of the latest holiday where we give thanks, I present you with ...

To Flickr or Not to Flickr?

Monday, November 19th, 2007

Lately I have been thinking about how to better incorporate photos both into this site and my life in general. I have toyed around with an installation of Gallery2, which can be viewed here. It's not a terrible solution, but it's also not ideal. It certainly does not make it ...

Blu-Ray Versus HD-DVD

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

I remember the good old days of VHS tapes. Man, were those awesome. Sure, you had to clean out the 'ol VCR every once in a while, but you could record anything on television! Then, of course came the Digital Versatile Disc, or DVD. Picture quality was through the roof. ...

Top 5 Reasons Why Fantasy Football Rules

Monday, November 12th, 2007

In the world of professional sports, the National Football League is king. Who wouldn't love to watch some of the best athletes in the world dress up in pads and caged hard-hats and hit each other as hard as they can? Just take a look at Tom "Dreamboat" Brady, the ...

HOW TO: Set Up Your Retirement Account

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Everyone wants to retire someday. No matter how much you like your job, there will come a time when you just want to sit back, relax, and do things that you haven't yet gotten to do in your life. Maybe that includes bungee jumping, sky diving, and seeing every country ...

The Importance of Patriots vs. Colts

Saturday, November 3rd, 2007

This Sunday is perhaps the most hyped regular season NFL game of all time...the 8-0 New England Patriots go into the RCA Dome to take on the 7-0 Indianapolis Colts. This is the latest meeting of two undefeated teams since the 1970 AFL/NFL merger. The game has blockbuster potential and ...

Google’s OpenSocial is Open for Business

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

Google recently announced the formation of an open-source application development suite, dubbed OpenSocial. It will allow third-party software developers to code their own applications for various social networking sites including LinkedIn, Ning, and Google's own Orkut. Recently, it was confirmed that the big-daddy of social networks, MySpace, will also join ...

Divine Dis-Like (of the AL East)

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

Surfing the web is awesome. Some times you find wonderful things that you never knew existed. Today I found BustedTees.com and SnorgTees.com that both have some tee shirts that are funnier than Seinfeld in his prime. Check 'em out for yourself. I'm going to have to order a couple of ...