Critter’s Krib

Talon will definitely, without a doubt, want to watch this movie. Over and over and over again.

This is “supposed” to be Bumblebee. In the cartoon he was a VW Beetle. He looks a little souped up now, eh?

Season finale of LOST just finished. All I can come up with to write is Holy shit!!

I will have to get my thoughts together, but it has definitely left me hungry for more! bah!

This is ripped from a mate of mine #coldfusion [g]roucho,
sounds like a great idea. I am signed up!

If you or anyone you know likes guitar or wants to learn more about playing guitar read on and please do your “guitar playing friends” (in the Raleigh, Cary, Apex, Durham, Chapel Hill, etc) a favor and pass this along to them:

Join my group of bi-monthly (every other week, wink-wink) playing guitar together or simply learning new techniques, tricks, riffs, jam, peanut butter, whatever you want to call it.

I feel the “power of learning something new” is simply learning with others who have the passion to learn with you. You can come to one meeting or all; it’s all in a laid back approach that I want this group to form.

This will not be a classroom setting; but a free social in which you can show off a trick you have learned or face adversity in the face for the first time with others. Keep your sense of humor intact and you will overcome all feats. Peace, let’s play guitar! http://steelguitar.meetup.com/2/events/4873465/

First meeting will be April 4th, 7pm in Apex, NC (directions to follow once I have an approx count of people).

“Approach your guitar intelligently, and if there are limits, don’t deny
them. Work within your restrictions. Some things you can do better than
others, some things you can’t do as well. So accentuate the positive.”

- Chet Atkins

Love and Kisses:
Paulineeeeeeeeeeee

There is a new show on television called Black. White.
The show is described as:

In this new FX reality series, two families trade places to get a taste of how the other one lives. The catch? Through the use of extensive makeup, the African-American Sparks family from Atlanta will appear white, and the Caucasian Wurgel family from Santa Monica, California will look black.

I heard about the show earlier today, and thought it sounded interesting. I am actually still in the process of watching the show, but I do not
think it is a real representation of how things are.

• The black father (as a white guy) goes to try on shoes, and the clerk actually puts the shoe on his foot. He claims this would have never happened
  if he was in his normal skin.
• The white father (as a black guy) keeps saying, “I want someone to call me nigger, and I will just ask them, why would you say that? I won’t get
  upset like they are expecting me to” - He has said this numerous times throughout the show.

To be honest, I am really not impressed with the show. So far the (white) daughter is the only one that seems to “get it”. The (white) father is
just oblivious to everything. He is like that idiot they interview after a natural disaster. The (black) father seems that he looks for things that
are racist. The salesperson comes over to talk to them. Black father says it’s to size them up, while white father just thinks he is greeting them.

I cannot say I will go out of my way to watch the show, but if I flip by an episode, I will probably catch it.

TiVo is preparing to roll out version 7.2.2 of its software for all Series2 TiVo owners. The update brings a number of new features including the ability to undelete recordings, improved suggestions and support for new USB network cards.

According to TiVo, “All deleted programs go to the Recently Deleted group in the Now Playing List where they will remain until space is needed for new programs.” TiVo users can request priority access to 7.2.2, which will be delivered automatically through the set-top box’s standard update process.

I have logged in and requested mine. Go ye and ask nicely for yours.

Gear Live has just posted about a new TIVO feature they will be releasing
soon.

TiVo is going to announce their new KidZone service that aims to give parents guidance and control over what their kids watch on TV. Now, this isn’t your standard, run-of-the-mill parental control feature. KidZone actually creates virtual TiVo menus and virtual channels, specifically targeted to the children. TiVo partnered with leading parenting and family groups including Common Sense Media and The Parents TV Council to select kid-friendly content for the new service.

Parents have the ability to select from an entire menu of weekly recommendations and automatically record all of those shows. When TiVo is in KidZone mode, it locks out all other programming access by children. Parents get password-protected ability to decide what’s best for their children to watch and kids get their own space on TiVo to enjoy their favorite shows. The service will be launched in June 2006.

This sounds like a cool idea. While, I do not have to worry about Talon operating the TIVO on his own,
other than changing the channels to 4-3, it will be a nice addition for the future.

i keep hearing people talking (or typing) about this show. i grabbed a copy of what is available so far of season II.
i’m on episode 3, and so far it seems like a pretty good show. i’ve added it to my “favorites” list on tv.com.
i’ll have to add it as a season pass on my tivo.

here’s to having a second monitor!! i’d go nuts working with no background “noise”…

seen this?