DVD Shrink on Ubuntu Tutorial
July 31st, 2006
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PVR Owners Actually Watch Less TV
July 31st, 2006
According to MediaPost publications, PVR owners actually watch less TV than non PVR owning households. I’d say that this is probably true based on my own personal experience. In our household, we set the PVR to record all new episodes of shows that we watch, and we only turn the TV on when we feel like watching them.
Having a PVR in the house has changed how we use the TV, and it has made TV watching a deliberate affair, instead of a “nothing better to do”. Our ExpressVu 9200 PVR also has a nice 30 second fast forward button that pretty much eliminates commercials, saving on average 20 – 30 minutes per hour of TV watched.
[via pvrwire]
CRTC approves amendments for HD Channels
July 10th, 2006
Alliance Atlantis, best known in Canadian TV for their specialty programming channels, HGTV Canada, Life Network, Food Network, History Television, and Showcase. Have been granted an ammendment to their broadcasting licesnse to also broadcast in Hight Definition. Its great to see the CRTC finally making decisions again for the consumer. Who knows when they will start to broadcast in HD, but at least some news is good news at this point. You can read about the CRTC Decision here.
Hopefully it isn’t long before we get to enjoy showcase in HD! 
Heat Vision and Jack
July 7th, 2006
Here is a pilot for a very funny TV show that FOX deciceded to pass on. Its called Heat Vision and Jack. Starring Jack Black as Jack the Astronaut that becomes the worlds smartest man and is hunted down relentlessly by NASA. Owen Wilson stars as the voice of Jacks motorcycle named Heat Vision. The pilot was directed by Ben Stiller.
BlackBerry push email with procmail and BIS
July 2nd, 2006
Here is a quick tip on how to get “poor mans” push email with your BlackBerry using BlackBerry Internet Service. This of course assumes that you are on an email system that runs procmail, and you have access to update your .procmailrc file in your home directory. If you run MS Exchange, then you are better off using BES (BlackBerry Enterprise Server), where you will get more features.
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