Update on the iPOD. There were some corrupt mp3’s that whever I tired to upload them to the iPOD they would make it crash. I timed the time it took for the iPOD to drain battery just playing songs and not plugged in. The result was 3 hours 36 minutes give or take 5 minutes.
I don’t think its worth refurbishing at this point. It does its job sufficiently, at least enough to keep me from paying the 60 or so dollar fee.
# by mice r.r.
# for Perl Programming
print “What is your beginning temperature in Farenheit?\n”;
chomp ($begint = <STDIN>);
print “What is your ending temperature in Farenheit?\n”;
chomp ($endingt = <STDIN>);
print “By what amount of degrees would you like to increment the temperature?\n”;
chomp ($incrementt = <STDIN>);
if ($begint < -459.69 || $endingt < -459.69) {
die “Sorry, your one of your temperatures is less than absolute zero which is physically impossible.\n”;
}
elsif ($begint > $endingt) {
die “Sorry, your beginning temperature is more than your ending temperature which is not permitted.\n”;
}
else {
print “Farenheit Celsius \n”;
while ($begint <= $endingt){
$celsiust = (($begint) -32) /1.8;
printf “%-7d\t”, $begint;
printf “%-7d\n”, $celsiust;
$begint = $begint + $incrementt;
}
}
output
Aw Yeah.
It’s not dead in the water. It will turn on, but the battery will not hold a charge. So Its fine in the car plugged into the power. Also to sync it I have moved the Altec Lansing speakers next to the computer so it can sync and be charged at the same time. What, Why? Doesn’t your Mac charge it? Not using a Mac at this time kids. I’m a semi-skeezy PC user. Yep.
I used to be the cool Mac user. No longer.
Anyway, I am making do with this not terribly annoying deficiency in me iPOD. In case you care its a mark 3.
In the old days before there was Tivo, before there were DVRs, Before there was Blu-Ray, Before there was DVD. Yea before there was even VHS (well actually there was VHS for some movies) We watched shows on television. We watched television shows. We knew when the shows were on and when and we ritually and habitually watched our favorite shows.
Sometimes we missed an episode or two.
In this weird world of past-y-yesteryear that was OK. Each show was a complete story unto itself. The episodes did not rely on each other for continuity. They could be watched in any order, you could drop in and every episode would make sense to someone who had never seen the show before. TV was an ephemeral medium, not meant to last.
Fast forward (ha) to today. You rent or buy your old favorite show on DVD, or stream it from Netflix or whatever. At first the nostalgia is so sweet. It washes over you like a mister on a 113 degree day. You devour it like ambrosia. But then after a couple episodes you realize something is a bit sour in your TV dinner feast. What is it?
I see it now. The problem is EVERY SHOW IS THE SAME.
I’m not saying TV is better now than it was then. It just was written to be consumed in a different way. TV shows then were meant to be enjoyed catch as catch can. TV shows now if you miss an episode you are LOST. LOST I think is think is an apt title since every time I try and watch it that is exactly how I feel. If I want to feel LOST, I can simply try and use Google maps to get to someplace I have not been before. That is LOST.
I’m not complaining. I am simply pointing this out. Many shows on air when I was a kid (2100 BCE) don’t hold up to being watched consecutively, one after another, several at a a sitting. The repetition is just mind numbing.
Netflix is now streaming movies via the PC that you can watch if you are a subscriber. Nothing new there, but I really like it. The movies that they choose to be streamed are all kinda a little bit old though. The first run movies, the kind that would have been gone from the video rental store if you were renting a video from a store. SO its like going to a Blockbuster, only the slightly older and cheesy stuff is there. Like me.
One of the things you can watch on Netflix streaming that I have watched some stand up movies. I love comedy, but I am not typically interested in putting my money where my mouth is. I don’t want to pay to see comedy. I don’t even want to use put comedy shows in my Netflix queue. But the streaming costs nothing and doesn’t even use up a DVD from my queue.
That being said I got to watch some Margaret Cho the other day. Does that say something about me that I like her? I don’t really care, I think she is funny. That is all that I care about. If you think that I am liberal or a poser or a race traitor because I like her I don’t care about that either. Comedians like everyone else have varying political views. I don’t mind if a comedian is conservative or super liberal. If they are funny and insightful then I will watch them. Margaret Cho is cool. I like her.
What do you think? Do you thing Margaret Cho is funny? Who do you think has a good standup movie/HBO special?
Yesterday I helped move my brother into his new apt.
No, it wasn’t what you call fun. There were a lot of annoying old, nasty pieces of furniture. There was a headboard and matching footboard made from two inch pipe. Whose idea was that? But the total amount of stuff was pretty small. Anyway my brother is back in the Bay Area and he is happy to return. The trouble is he seems to have brought the weather with him.
It was nice to have a day with just my brother and my Dad -plenty of foul humor.
