Trey's Blog

Happy ____day!

cranst — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:47:44 +0000

Pulled from a daily devotional: Sometimes we come to an unhappy place in our lives. If we examine ourselves on those days, we will most likely discover that the things that make us unhappy are the fruit of the choices that we made earlier. Today can be a new start. I think God gave [...]

The intersection of lives

cranst — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:16:05 +0000

As many of us work our way through life, we never take the time to notice those around us. We take for granted the people that are in our lives and we don’t really appreciate the impact they have. In many cases, people may step out of our lives, and we don’t even realize they’ve [...]

MacBook Pro and other Apple stuff

cranst — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:39:34 +0000

I just purchased my first computer in 2 years. For me, this is a big deal. That last computer was a Mac Mini that I still use quite a bit. Since the purchased of that Mac Mini, I decided I would not purchase a computer other than an Apple. Just before Black Friday, I purchased [...]

Apple TV and Boxee

cranst — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:21:06 +0000

The Apple TV always seemed like one of those devices that didn’t quite fit my needs. It lacks one very important component from being a good DVR, the actual TV tuner to record from. It lacks one thing from being a super DVD player… the DVD player. So what is it good for? Streaming media [...]

QAM and Comcast

cranst — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:55:46 +0000

When I first became aware of QAM, I connected my HDTV to see what I could get. I was surprised to find some channels available in HD that I didn’t receive OTA. For example, I was getting USAHD, TBSHD, TNTHD, ESPN2HD and Music in HD. For local networks, I received all but PBS in HD. [...]

Random Thought: Wal-Mart pulling inventory?

cranst — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:43:46 +0000

Where I live (Katy, TX), Wal-Mart has a policy of price-matching local grocery stores advertised specials in order to compete, but many times I’ve noticed that the day the new grocery ads are released, Wal-Mart doesn’t seem to have any stock of those items the other stores are placing on sale. This could be attributed [...]

Netflix Watch Instant new plans

cranst — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:54:13 +0000

When the Roku box was released allowing Netflix users to stream Watch Instant content from the Netflix servers to their TV, I thought to myself that if the box could stream content from hulu.com, a site featuring more current content as well as many old TV shows and movies, I would definitely make the purchase. [...]

Netflix Set-top delivery

cranst — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:16:15 +0000

Anyone reading tech news has surely heard of Roku’s latest offering, a Netflix set-top box (running Linux) that allows the user to watch movies and TV shows from their Watch Instantly Queue. Although I think this device is great, I think Netflix Watch Instant content is still lacking, and until Roku offers content from other [...]

YMCA

cranst — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:58:48 +0000

As some of you may know, I’m involved with the local YMCA in several programs. In fact, most aspects of my life have some tie to the Y. I’ve got my daughters in a Parent-Child Program designed to build the relationship between parents (fathers in this case) and their children. With this solid relationship, our [...]

Things I’d like to get

cranst — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:56:19 +0000

Things I’d like to get. I know this list can seem infinite at times, but for some reason when my birthday or Christmas rolls around, I can’t think of anything.

another Tivo (preferably HD)
an AppleTV (Take 2)
PED3 for my iPod Touch

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