Noah's Blog

2012-01-20T07:49:00.001-05:00

If car A accelerating from 0-55 mph in 13s 1500 ft in front of car B driving at a constant 55 mph. How long before car B strikes car A?

2012-01-17T18:44:00.001-05:00

Mean trick Apple! http://ping.fm/wZJFA

Mitsubishi 73" 1080p 120Hz 3D DLP HDTV Review

2012-01-07T22:00:00.001-05:00

I did not think that my viewing experience could get much better but it did. First of all my first test was viewing Avatar. I unknowingly inserted the SD version of the movie in my blu-ray player. The quality even from the SD movie was so astonishing I didn't notice until I took the movie out and was shocked that I didn't have the blu-ray inserted.

The quality, brightness, contrast, black levels are amazing. There's no LCD light bleed. No motion blur whatsoever. Even games on my 480p Wii look great.

I'm impressed with the nearly in existent bezel on this thing.

The iOS remote app works well. I can turn off the tv from another room if I forgot to turn it off.

The included Wifi Dongle connects to 5ghz wireless networks.

I have 2 problems There are only 3 hdmi ports, 4 should be standard.
Streamtv is only limited to Vudu and it's apps. Other manufactureres have a much better variety of online streaming apps.

Other than the brief list of cons. Im blown away by this thing. I thought that I would be an LG tv purchaser for life. I was wrong.

2012-01-01T01:14:00.001-05:00

Tamela Mann aka Cora Jean Simmons is on the screen. I had to snap quickly. The ushers were not happy tonight. http://ping.fm/PaVp2

2011-12-27T20:35:00.001-05:00

@plexapp on my appletv. I might not leave my couch anymore http://ping.fm/zTc1e

2011-12-21T23:45:00.001-05:00

Merry Christmas To Me! http://ping.fm/ODNxk http://ping.fm/qp6LQ

2011-12-21T08:16:00.001-05:00

OSX Lion Tip: Access accented characters via a pop-up dialogue when you hold down a character. It's just like iOS!

2011-12-17T11:01:00.001-05:00

Anyone know what these things are for near interstates and highways? http://ping.fm/7uNAd

2011-12-17T11:00:00.001-05:00

Yeah! Gas under $3 http://ping.fm/1nbks

2011-12-13T17:12:00.001-05:00

Traffic is gridlocked near #ga400 #marta is not only smarter but the only way today! http://ping.fm/CyzBF http://ping.fm/LovUY

2011-12-11T13:40:00.001-05:00

Poached Tuna Grilled potatoes peppers and snow peas for dinner. Yum! http://ping.fm/fqPGS

2011-12-07T12:06:00.001-05:00

The Dark Knight http://ping.fm/NR6MI

2011-11-18T19:49:00.001-05:00

Breakfast of champions http://ping.fm/jsFU1

2011-11-13T15:03:00.001-05:00

New #tshirtwoot http://ping.fm/cBeW0

2011-10-18T18:57:00.001-04:00

It's time for 20 minutes in my Pettibon Crown http://ping.fm/A74P8

2011-10-18T18:54:00.001-04:00

It's time for 20 minutes in my Pettibon Crown http://ping.fm/t5khY

2011-10-08T20:58:00.001-04:00

Dear Google,

Please make all your mobile apps 2-step verification aware #thatsall

2011-10-05T19:59:00.001-04:00

Steve Jobs Candle Memorial http://ping.fm/AaQRQ

2011-09-27T20:14:00.001-04:00

Fail! my dual core i5 mac mini encodes video faster than my quad core Macbook pro

2011-09-20T07:18:00.001-04:00

Is going to be the final holdout using MySpace Messenger. Specific Media will have to serve me papers!

2011-09-14T19:03:00.001-04:00

Feels Ill when I see prices like this. 7 years ago this was $200 http://ping.fm/FVX3G

2011-09-14T18:15:00.001-04:00

If nutella had more protein I would eat it solely. http://ping.fm/CdojI

9-10-11

2011-09-10T10:46:00.001-04:00

It's 09 10 11 today!

Stuff I Use At Home

2011-09-10T01:27:00.001-04:00

I've often been asked what happens here at the Jetson house. The house does talk but I I've turned it off because it is a little spooky. I'm going to a brief list of what I have and what's been modified.

Here's some of the stuff that I can disclose.

Starting from the curb and going in.

Mailbox - standard edition that came with the house
Modification: X10 Motion Sensor to detect mail deliveryand/tamper if the mailbox door was left open.

Wifi Router - Linksys Wndr3700 dual band wireless n router. It reaches to the curb.

Microcell - AT&T Microcell because I live in a valley where only Verizon works.

Door Locks - Schlage iLink Zwave locs because I'm a home automation junkie

Light bulbs - generic Led from amazon and fry's and CFL bulbs from Ikea

Audio - Logitech Squeezebox Booms in large rooms, Logitech Squeezebox Radios in small rooms.

I have Squeezebox Duet connect to my surround sound system in my loft.

Air Purification - Surround Air Intelli-Pro air purifiers.

Thermostat - Wayne Dalton Zwave Thermostat. It's programmable from my house automation system.

TV - LG 42" LCD, Viore 40" LCD

DVD - LG BD390,LG BD550

Gaming - Nintendo Wii

Surround Sound - soundmatters Mainstage HD soundbar

Universal Remote - X10 Iconremote

Computers - 13" MacBook,13" MacBook Pro, Mid 2011 Mac mini, Original MacMini

Tablets - iPad 1, IPad 2

Home Automation Systems - I use a combination of the Micasaverde Vera and Misterhouse because I have a hybrid Zwave and X10 setup. I can do things in perk with Misterhouse that I have not been able to program in Lua for the Vera.

PVR - mythtv. I have a Hdhomerun classic, Hdhomerun prime, and a Motorola DVR that feed to a backed allow me to have 6 shows record at one all over the network. The drv is connected Via FireWire to a mediapc that records over a Nfs mount on my main server.

Home Server - running amahi 6.1, Misterhouse, mythtv 0.24, Logitech Squeezecenter, Twonkyserver. 4TB raid 10 array with a 2.3 TB raid mad for backup. And yes I've had both to fail in the past.

Here's a diagram of it. Some components have changed slightly but most of it remains the same.

16 Days With The Hdhomerun Prime

2011-09-10T01:21:00.001-04:00

Ive been using the Hdhomerun Prime Cablecard Tuner for the past 16 day. It's only bee working 10 days due to poor activation on Comcast's part. After about 10 calls and 8 tier 2 activations a technician came out and phoned back into the home office and activated in 4 minutes. Why couldn't the other 15 people have done the same thing.

Comcast rant over.

Since then I've been recording multiple shows at one. The fall tv season is about to start and im Ready to record six shows at once :) . I'm having one major problem that I hope is firmware related. From time to time the Hdhomerun encounters packet loss and that means that mythtv cannot connect to the tuner when it's time to record tv and I miss some shows. Granted I have another 3 tuners waiting to be called to active duty it's not good for it to not work 100% as expected.

Mythtv also has a bug in the latest stable release that's not detecting all 3 tuners. I have to add 2 that it automatically discovers then another fake one that I have to correct in the database. If this is corrected I can ditch my cable box hopefully and save $15 a month.