I’m thankful that I still have a CRT television — you know, one of those boxy TVs that’s as deep as it is wide. It’s not HD either.
Why am I so happy about this? Well, according to CNET, my TV consumes less power than my neighbors LCD or Plasma television. So while their cable may look better than the two or three channels I get across the broadcast airwaves, I’m saving money, even if you don’t factor in that their TV cost far more than mine did.
I’m also curious as to how many people out there also don’t have cable TV. My wife and I don’t have it because of three reasons:
1. Cost (don’t wanna pay for it)
2. Time (have other things to do besides watch the picture tube)
3. We’d rather wait until the DVD comes out so we can skip the commercials
Obviously, number three would be “solved” if we bought a TiVo, but that would then make number one more objectionable.
For those of you who have always wanted a cooking show on how to cook up some Beat Box, this is your lucky day. Here, the venerable chef teaches how to make the electro funk daddy superstar break:
I use Google (for free) to host my Schellack.net email accounts and have had no problems with it, similarly to the writer of the ZDNet article. Google’s service is far better than that provided by my own site’s web host, and you can get your emails by going to a sub-domain on your own web site (e.g., mail.mysite.com) or by using an email client like Outlook or Thunderbird. It also handles spam better, in my view, than any other email service I’ve used, personally or occupationally.
If you or your company/organization is looking for a better solution for your email, read the article and feel free to email me or comment here with any questions you might have.
