My Opinions

Office Observations, PC vs. Mac

Submitted by Burnspot on Tue, 07/20/2010

No, this is not a story about the age-old battle of PC vs. Mac, but rather a simple observation about transitioning from old equipment to new when Macs and PC's are involved. The week before last, our boss decided it was time to upgrade our office equipment. Our office is all PC, but for the past year, I'd been using my personal MacBook. With that in mind, my boss gave me the option of getting a shiny new 21.5" iMac...an option he also gave the rest of the office.

So Chicago Lost - Deal with it

Submitted by Burnspot on Fri, 10/02/2009

Whoopsie!Today it was announced that Rio won the opportunity to host the Olympics in 2016, beating out Chicago, Madrid, and Tokyo. Chicagoans, don't get your panties in a bunch, you probably lucked out by not hosting the Olympics. Chicago's rife with crime, corruption, and a budget deficit...trying to build for the Olympics would have only added to the mess. I read an article today detailing Chicago's failings with public works projects; I'm sure that c

Weekend Observations

Submitted by Burnspot on Mon, 09/14/2009

 Well, this weekend signaled the real start of the NFL season, the Italian Grand Prix, and some other things; there a few things I noticed. Jake Delhomme and the Panthers pretty much suck; guess the crappy pre-season they had pointed to the disaster we watched yesterday. Seems like they should've replaced Jake a few years back, but anyway. A little north of Charlotte, we have Chicago and the Bears.

All About the Music?

Submitted by Burnspot on Thu, 09/10/2009

 For the past few days, I've been driving around my wife's Beetle just for a change of pace. Her car is not equipped with Sirius satellite radio, so I've had to deal with normal radio or a CD. After years of Sirius, I'd forgotten just how bad normal radio can be with all of the commercials and "humorous" observations of the hosts (i.e. forced, fake humor). The local radio station here proudly claims that they're all about the music and that it plays music from a time when music mattered...they go over the top to remind you of this throughout the day.

DirecTV Drops Versus Due To Greed

Submitted by Burnspot on Fri, 09/04/2009

Okay, so I'm slow on the uptake for this one, but I just found out that DirecTV was forced to remove the Versus channel due to a squabble with Comcast (which owns Versus). I'm an Indy Car fan and I'm naturally not happy about this because I love my DirecTV. That being said, so long Indy Car, I hope that in the future you hitch yourself to a channel that features more than rodeos and...hockey. I'll not be switching service just to see a channel I watch only when an Indy race comes on.

A Car Show for the Ages

Submitted by Burnspot on Tue, 04/22/2008

Well, today I don’t have any grandiose prose or wisdom to share, but since it’s been a little while since I posted anything, I thought I’d better get something up here before it got too stale, lol. Monday nights are always good for television on cable...or Directv in my case.

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