So on Saturday I bought an Apple TV, and so Far I like it... I spent most of Sunday sitting and watching stuff on the Apple TV. Despite the amount of time it takes to transcode things to Apple TV Format from DVD, it works quite well. The only issue I have is that pixelation on a larger dark spot of black while watching '24', but other than that, it's not bad at all. The setup is a breeze, and it looks really good on an HD TV, with an HDMI Cable setup. I haven't watched a movie on it yet, so I'm not sure how those have transcoded; but I will watch one eventually.

The Apple TV, in conjunction with the 802.11N Wireless, synchronization to the Apple TV was quite fast. I like the ability to both synchronize and stream from the same computer, it makes it a lot nicer to be able to watch what I want, when I want.

Just a couple of stories....

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RE: Virginia Tech Shootings.
While I understand the tragedy and horror behind this incident, the thing that irritates me is the fact that it is all that all of the news channels seem to be focusing on. Not the fact that there are two Wars going on... the War in Iraq and the War in Afghanistan. Those don't matter...

RE: Don Imus
Don Imus was fired for making a comment that has never gotten Jesse Jackson in any trouble. If Jesse Jackson said "That white honky cracker of a redneck is driving that car like he's running from the cops". It'd be funny, and nothing would happen to him. so I think Imus was just being a scapegoat for all "shockjocks".

so, I bought some new memory for my iMac, since I want to be able to run Parallels efficiently. And well... it would've been nice if I could've done so... one of the memory sticks that I bought is no good... so I have to return them tomorrow and get a replacement.

It's been 4 weeks since I posted any stories of the Week... so I have posted some more... check them out here

So I bought a brand spanking new Intel Core 2 Duo iMac with 128MB ATI Radeon x1600 graphics (dedicated), 1GB of RAM and 250GB Hard Drive...

I didn't post any stories of the week, this week, since I was looking at Macs, which I am going to be buying one on Friday... Still haven't decided between a Mac Mini and an iMac, but I'm leaning towards the iMac...

So I just spent another good chunk of change at Kohls... on top of last week's purchases.

Here's the run down:

1 New pair of work shoes
1 New pair of gym shoes
3 New pairs of work pants
2 New T-shirts
3 New Pairs of Jeans

So I bought some new stuff....