Archive for May 19th, 2005

Underwater Electronics

Thursday, May 19th, 2005

Mom always told me to keep the hair dryer out of the shower, I listened to her on that one. Richard Henry isn’t having it. He’s on a mission to stay underwater for 7 days in order to smash a previous record of only 5 days underwater. What do you do when you’re under water for 7 days solid?

Listen to mp3’s, play video games, read ebooks, and with hope watch DVD’s (if someone donates a player to him before he goes under). The scuba excursion will start in June and take place in Wisconsin. This should all take place about 15 feet under the surface… I was expecting 20,000 leagues but then I just watch too many movies.

Sirius Wrap Up

Thursday, May 19th, 2005

It’s been three weeks now and I’m feeling a bit serious about the Sirius satellite radio. I have found myself parking my car, turning off the engine, and leaving the radio running in order to finish the song, talk show, or even a comedy sketch. I’ve done this even when I’m late to my destination because I feel that being 2 mins earlier is not worth wondering what was the end of that Richard Pryor joke or how E! True Hollywood Stories Alyssa Milano ends.

Sirius does a decent job with programming, I would have liked a bit more variety, but I’m one of those who always wants more. Drives from San Francisco to San Jose and back gave me a solid hour or so with the Sirius radio to see what it was really made of. The unit really warmed up after an hour of use, but performance was acceptable.

Click on the picture to see a video of Sirius channel surfing:


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