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Saturday, March 10, 2007
Have you noticed that analog is dead? No, seriously. Looking online, it's hard for me to find an analog TV or monitor. TVs are LCD or Plasma. Monitors are LCD. By the way, stay away from Plasma. And, did you know that HD CRTs look better than LCD and Plasma? But guess how HD CRTs weigh compared to LCD and Plasma? Weight is why HD CRTs are dead.
The analog/digital thing comes up twice in my life recently. I've been looking at monitors lately, the first come up. I prefer flat screens and largish sizes. The only ones I can find in my prices range are LCD monitors. In fact, almost all the monitors that I can find are LCD. I have nothing against LCD. When I first saw them over ten years ago, I liked the way they looked. They've only gotten better. I'm just a little stunned at how hard it is to find a CRT monitor.
As for TVs, they are getting hard to find themselves. In a way, this is a good thing. We all need to move toward digital. When more people do move that way, HD content will become cheaper and so will the TVs. It just saddens me a little to see CRTs go away. I have loved, loved, loved my NEC CRT monitor all the years. In fact, I've had two. If I am to get a new monitor in the future, it'll probably be LCD. NEC, interestingly, makes LCD monitors. I was just thinking. All I've ever had were NEC, Sony, and that one monitor that came with my first computer, a 386 Pac Bell. The Pac Bell had the speakers mounted on the sides. When I upgraded to the Sony, I had to put the speakers next to the monitor, and they, the speakers, were wobbly. I have noticed that a few LCD monitors have built in speakers. If I can help it, I'll never go back to monitor/speaker combo. Not even with a Mac (sorry Apple).
Anyhoo, I would also like to point out that I ate at a local Chinese restaurant and my fortune cookie said, "Digital circuits are made from analog parts." True. That's the second analog/digital come up in my life. The fortune also said, "Lucky Numbers: 34, 38, 18, 45, 26, 1" and, "Peng-you means Friend." You can read more here about how important fortune cookies are to the Chinese. I really wanted some dumplings but they didn't have any on the buffet when I was there. Why? I saw some being made in Three Extremes.
Oh, one last thing. I have some Joost invites if anybody wants them. Just email me. Joost is going to be something really cool when it gets out of beta.
The analog/digital thing comes up twice in my life recently. I've been looking at monitors lately, the first come up. I prefer flat screens and largish sizes. The only ones I can find in my prices range are LCD monitors. In fact, almost all the monitors that I can find are LCD. I have nothing against LCD. When I first saw them over ten years ago, I liked the way they looked. They've only gotten better. I'm just a little stunned at how hard it is to find a CRT monitor.
As for TVs, they are getting hard to find themselves. In a way, this is a good thing. We all need to move toward digital. When more people do move that way, HD content will become cheaper and so will the TVs. It just saddens me a little to see CRTs go away. I have loved, loved, loved my NEC CRT monitor all the years. In fact, I've had two. If I am to get a new monitor in the future, it'll probably be LCD. NEC, interestingly, makes LCD monitors. I was just thinking. All I've ever had were NEC, Sony, and that one monitor that came with my first computer, a 386 Pac Bell. The Pac Bell had the speakers mounted on the sides. When I upgraded to the Sony, I had to put the speakers next to the monitor, and they, the speakers, were wobbly. I have noticed that a few LCD monitors have built in speakers. If I can help it, I'll never go back to monitor/speaker combo. Not even with a Mac (sorry Apple).
Anyhoo, I would also like to point out that I ate at a local Chinese restaurant and my fortune cookie said, "Digital circuits are made from analog parts." True. That's the second analog/digital come up in my life. The fortune also said, "Lucky Numbers: 34, 38, 18, 45, 26, 1" and, "Peng-you means Friend." You can read more here about how important fortune cookies are to the Chinese. I really wanted some dumplings but they didn't have any on the buffet when I was there. Why? I saw some being made in Three Extremes.
Oh, one last thing. I have some Joost invites if anybody wants them. Just email me. Joost is going to be something really cool when it gets out of beta.
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From a Hole in the Sky
13 Stories of Horror, Madness, and Religion make up this dark-kudzu collection. A city run by angels with demanding burial rites. A white van jostling with clowns and warnings about sleep. A weeping pastor with a dead man in a boat. Homicide, Suicide, Jesus, and The Devil. To join a family, you're going to need some stitches. Kids today on their way to cut grass and play cowboys and injuns'. A hole in the ground where poor John Henry met a foul ending. And unholy birthing machines with a chosen one. All this and more. Where do bad things come from? They come FROM A HOLE IN THE SKY.
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A blog of the current forecasts, watches, and warnings for the state of Alabama. The posts are automatically generated from E-forecast and E-warn e-mails from my local ABC Network Affiliate, ABC 33/40. The images are from the National Weather Service. The site will refresh itself every ten minutes.
From a Hole in the Sky
13 Stories of Horror, Madness, and Religion make up this dark-kudzu collection. A city run by angels with demanding burial rites. A white van jostling with clowns and warnings about sleep. A weeping pastor with a dead man in a boat. Homicide, Suicide, Jesus, and The Devil. To join a family, you're going to need some stitches. Kids today on their way to cut grass and play cowboys and injuns'. A hole in the ground where poor John Henry met a foul ending. And unholy birthing machines with a chosen one. All this and more. Where do bad things come from? They come FROM A HOLE IN THE SKY.
The Alabama Weather Blog
A blog of the current forecasts, watches, and warnings for the state of Alabama. The posts are automatically generated from E-forecast and E-warn e-mails from my local ABC Network Affiliate, ABC 33/40. The images are from the National Weather Service. The site will refresh itself every ten minutes.
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