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Re: Cutting the Cord #tvchat

TheOpie — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:03:49 -0000

I "cancelled" cable like 2 years ago. I say "cancelled" because I still have Comcast for the internet, and because it works out to be about five dollars more than just having the internet, I have basic cable, which gives my TV the access to the HD OTA channels I could get if I wanted to put an antennae on the roof. Plus I get an SD TBS signal so I'll occasionally watch Conan in low-res glory. Also I get the cable access channel so I can watch great locally produced content. (Smell the sarcasm.) But for the most part I get the majority of my media through my Mac Mini and XBox 360.

On the Mac Mini I use Boxee as the main media server (I tried Plex for a while and found it to be a suitable alternative but I think I just like Boxee's interface and the "Watch on Boxee" bookmarklet better). I use Hulu a lot for the few remaining NBC and Fox shows that I watch regularly.

A few months ago I bought a replacement XBox 360 for the original white one I had that finally died at the end of last summer. I've found that the Netflix experience on the 360 blows away Netflix on Boxee. So I bit the bullet and bought a year of XBox Live Gold (approx $45) for Netflix. The really cool thing about that is you also get access to the XBox ESPN app, which provides a ton of cool, free sports. Lots of college b-ball, soccer, and also a ton of obscure stuff. It's basically ESPN3.com's content accessed through the Xbox interface. So I get some of my sports fix through that.

For more sports there's also ATDHE.NET (which the Feds recently seized for copyright violations, but they're back at their IP: http://88.80.11.29/) and they offer streams of a ton of live sporting events. I just fire up Firefox on the Mac Mini and watch the pixelated stream full-screen, it's not great by any means, but it's better than the radio. This doesn't really help with baseball, but there's MLB.tv (although if you're a Twins fan that still doesn't help you because all local games are subject to blackouts) and I'm not sure what to do about the NFL. I still get local channels, so I can watch the Vikings games, if I'm not at the bar watching them, but other teams I'm still at a loss to figure out. The NBA has the League Pass, which again, if you're a Wolves fan (God help you) doesn't do much since locals are blacked out, but I'm a Suns fan so I'm good to go (not this year, but at least I can watch them).

That pretty much summarizes my media strategy without "cable."

Re: South 12th // Here is a photo of me that was used in a Crown...

TheOpie — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:17:40 -0000

Crown Royal, when a good meal and wine just aren't enough to deal with the memories of your uncle's touches.

Re: A sloppy, sentimental life, 190 bytes at a time.

TheOpie — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:24:53 -0000

If you're really serious about keeping them, I know a good tattooist, you could get them chronologically inscribed on your back. Maybe even in cute iChat style bubbles.

Re: South 12th // The $15 Midtown Drug Phone, 2009-2009. “You were...

TheOpie — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:08:06 -0000

I have three old Sony Ericsson phones that all will work on AT&T if you don't want to buy one. I have a problem throwing perfectly good technology away. Email me if you want one, I think all you'll have to do is put your SIM card in one.

Re: South 12th // The $15 Midtown Drug Phone, 2009-2009. “You were...

TheOpie — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:34:09 -0000

Did you get a new phone? I loved the story you told me at the first tumblr meetup about the Midtown Drug Phone.

Re: Testing.

TheOpie — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:38:04 -0000

I personally like your long and rambling posts in my dashboard. But what do I know?

Re: this is water, this is water, this is water...

TheOpie — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:15:37 -0000

I too really like the first AVP, and thought for what it was, it was well done. I saw the sequel, and for every good thing they did in this one, there was a bad thing done in the sequel. It was a very big let down.

Re: Hello late twenties.

TheOpie — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:32:56 -0000

Happy birthday Colin! Late twenties aren't so bad... late thirties, however, they're scary.

Re: South 12th // Girls with accordions (#11). There once was a...

TheOpie — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:59:01 -0000

Andy, I believe she's holding a concertina, so this is technically not a "Girls With Accordions" post.

Re: Once a loafer man, always a loafer man.

TheOpie — Fri, 15 May 2009 16:17:28 -0000

Oh and "insouciant" used to be my stock answer for "How's it going?" It would illicit some strange and wonderfully befuddled looks.

Re: Once a loafer man, always a loafer man.

TheOpie — Fri, 15 May 2009 16:13:23 -0000

Stupid 140 character answers... Two bottle caps, flatten, insert. That would look cool.

Re: ____ like you give a damn.

TheOpie — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:42:45 -0000

Where can I pick one of those up? And can I get a full beard one?

Re: ____ like you give a damn.

TheOpie — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:42:47 -0000

Cool, glad I could help. That site's a great resource, looking for to the next Salon Saloon.
-Cheers

Re: ____ like you give a damn.

TheOpie — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:14:45 -0000

http://www.dafont.com/dymax...
http://www.dafont.com/norto...
http://www.dafont.com/top-s...

Are a few on dafont.com -- Don't have a lot of time to look while working, but that might get you started.

Re: ____ like you give a damn.

TheOpie — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:58:07 -0000

It's not really "ice" but there's Frank Zappa's "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow"