Powdered and plowed, we’re back with news of indy game abandonment, Nintendo doppler-shifts, and feverish Olympic fever, in addition to a winner to our first game giveaway!
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It’s some what of a pet peeve of mine, the whole “log on” phrase when talking about a website. I’ve gotten over it because it’s everywhere but I still cringe when I’ve noticed it being said.
Yeah I’ve walked away from cable a while back. It’s been really nice to not have that bill but finding things that fit the need still requires some effort. Plex helps, as Corey pointed out, but I still wish there was an easier answer.
Oh! I’m jealous!
Though in my old age I’m often happy to discover when work has been done for me (ie Plex and Rokus), I do miss the days if DIY and tinkering. Makes a dude feel like he’s accomplished something… Right before he plops down for a marathon session of Sherlock.
I can’t decide if your dual citizenship counts as one more successfully penetrated national market or one less! 😀
And I agree, “logging on” harkens back to the days of screeching modems, hydrogen zeppelins, and cars that ran on burning newspapers. Also wooden clown automatons… probably.
I should have waited ’till the end of the episode before commenting – cheers for the game, guys. To mess with you further, I actually have dual citizenship. British…and Swedish.
Also one totally “tunes in” – but one does not “log on”. Apparently lots of organisations still think it’s the thing people do – “log on to our website!”. You know, or “visit” the website like every other non-retiree on the planet.
Totally agreed on the industry having itself to blame. I want a service like Steam for video content. Streaming is nice but I want to be able to build a library and download stuff/delete stuff on my own terms.
My media setup uses a Raspberry Pi running OpenELEC to keep power requirements down. I’ve got a remote for it on my iPhone and it shares files via standard samba shares for other machines on the network to access. I’ve not watched TV at home since about 2006 because compared to having a media library it’s total garbage.