- Slingbox Givaway: First off, Dave Zatz (who is employed by Sling Media) is giving away a Slingbox Pro with nothing required by you except your comment on his blog. Read more on how to win this Slingbox at ZatzNotFunny.com.
- Seems to be a lot of rumbling going on at the various Software PVR makers forums/blogs. Snapstream, Vista MCE's Chris Lanier Blog & Charlie Owen's Blog, and SageTV to name a few. Snapstreamers are unhappy about not seeing a new, single interface for TV/PVR, DVD and Music; Chris Lanier and others are unhappy about the lack of true convergence with Microsoft's Media Center Products (the comments on Charlie Owen's Blog are a must read); and SageTV users are lamenting the difficulty in getting encrypted HD. I'll be posting on this in more detail soon as it's very near and dear to me. There really is no Holy Grail of HTPC's even today.
- Halloween is almost here and judging by the amount of traffic I've seen on this blog, many people are on the net searching for last minute Jack-O-Lantern Patterns/Ideas and Costume Ideas. Once my daughter and I carve our pumpkins Halloween is sort of a non-event for us except for the many trick & treaters and trick & drinkers (it's really a little mini-party :) at our house.
- I'll be reviewing the Firefly Remote Control for Home Theater PC's made by Snapstream soon. Haven't started the review, but it's coming.
- Last week I had the honor of meeting with Rakesh Agrawal, one of the founders and the current CEO of Snapstream Media, Inc. during his visit to Kansas City. I'm glad I had the opportunity for this meetup - it was a great experience. I'll be sharing some of what I learned hopefully later this week or early next week at the latest. As many of my readers know, I use Snapstream's Beyond TV and Beyond Media for my Home Theater PC software so I was particularly interested in meeting Rakesh.
- I'm borrowing my dad's handheld GPS device for the next few months. I plan to take it with me to the Caribbean to "play" with it. Gotta love toys :)
- Speaking of trips, I'm trying to figure out a way to make the "Indiana Jones Map Effect" for a vacation video I'll be making for the trip. You know the way they show a line mark on a map to represent the movement from one destination to the next. Anyone have any thoughts on how to do this?
