Dean Owen

The beaches of Oregon

Dean Owen — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 21:17:41 +0000

Summing it up in one picture.

Sunset at the beach in Oregon

Dean Owen — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 21:14:34 +0000

One of the many great spots to see the sunset into the ocean.

Podcasting?

Dean Owen — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 21:07:49 +0000

We might be getting into podcasting again. Producing our own.

Insect eating plants in Oregon

Dean Owen — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 21:05:57 +0000

These plants devour insects and look like cobra snakes.

Sea Lions in Newport Oregon

Dean Owen — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 21:02:37 +0000

Always good for a laugh! The antics of the sea lions.

Wind Surfing on a lake in Oregon

Dean Owen — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 20:57:27 +0000

Most of the parks were closed due heavy smoke from forest fires but these guys were out on the lake.

Wood handles

Dean Owen — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 20:53:32 +0000

Travelling through Fort Steele

Forest Fires in BC 2017

Dean Owen — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 20:48:44 +0000

The smoke was thick in the air as we passed through BC on our way to Oregon.

TV on the internet

Dean Owen — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 20:27:43 +0000

The internet and television are converging and in the process our viewing experience is changing radically. Along with this convergence are many terms that refer to similar technologies and opportunities but there are major differences between them. Combining TV with the internet has many faces and here is our attempt at explaining the difference.

There are three elements that come into play when looking at TV on the internet: technology – TV’s and computers; content – the stuff we watch; distribution – how we watch it. These three things were once distinctly different and separate but are now blending and blurring into one stew of viewing options.

Internet TV

Essentially this is watching traditional TV shows on a traditional TV set but with the signal delivered to your home via the internet. Over the air – rabbit ears, cable and satellite are examples of delivery technologies which are now joined by a broadband internet connection hooked up to your TV. The content hasn’t changed but it adds one more player into the competitive market which as once dominated by cable companies.

Internet Enabled TV

All of the major brands are introducing TV sets which allow you to connect them to your internet service via Ethernet/Cat5 cable in the same way your computer connects to the internet. These TV sets come equipped with widgets – or small applications – such as YouTube which allow you to display various media websites or services on your TV. Typically these TV’s don’t include web browsers so they have limited access when compared to computers but they are just the beginning of the convergence of the old media with the new.

Web TV Boxes

These are gadgets that you hookup between your internet connection and your TV which

Let’s go 2014

Dean Owen — Sat, 11 Jan 2014 15:36:34 +0000

What good is a personal log if you don’t use it? In looking back through the posts on this blog I can see that it has one through a few iterations in content topics. We here goes another new topic: starting up a new project in Olds – a community TV station.

January 1, 2014 is the official stat date of the station and through this blog I plan to keep track of the progress of the start-up. My morning coffee time is usually spent trying to wake up, consuming local news TV, reading news on my iPad and drinking lots of coffee. From here on in I’ll add or substitute blog writing into my morning routine. There will be some rants but mostly it will be a journal of the activities and thoughts as the project progresses.

So… in keeping with the new topic theme: While writing this I’m watching Global TV News out of Calgary. Olds Community TV has no interest in duplicating what already has been done. We are after a new look and format. Watching the mainstream news I see a few things that strike me as identifying elements (good or bad). Essentially the mainstream news at this level curates the stories with the hosts being the link between the segments. What strikes me odd is that the segments are local, regional, national and international. Not bad and certainly not the political influenced news that we get to see on other channels such as CNN or SUN. Not what we want to do but it’s okay. On second thought maybe not okay. There is a lot of news going on every minute of everyday and this type of reporting is just too narrow for me. Time for more coffee.