The new Incredible Hulk movie isn’t as good as the Iron Man movie, but it’s sure better than the awful first Hulk movie! We borrowed Bismo’s copy, with deluxe packaging that was available at Target stores exclusively. Maybe it’s still available, but my guess is it’s already been turned into an eBay exclusive.
The nether side of the Netherlands
You may think K3 is silly, but here’s something from Holland that’s stupid.
The Clash they ain’t.
Weekend Note
I’m going to New York City on Friday. I’ll try to have a few items scheduled to publish automatically, but the moderating of comments will have to wait until Sunday night.
The Birds
We’re under attack! Birds are trying to take over our house.
First, they built a nest in some exposed insulation in the garage, after taking some of the insulation to build nests outside, accounting for why the insulation is less pink on the right.
And now there’s a bird attacking the roof. Look at the hole he made!
Several mornings recently, including today, we heard pecking outside our bedroom window, and this afternoon, while cleaning the gutters (again), I saw the damage. It’s been below 40° at night, and I can’t imagine there are insects that are attracting him, so I don’t know what’s inspired the activity. Maybe they’re upset that I had two trees taken down from that side of the house.
Before going to bed last night, I concluded there’s no way some birds, except a woodpecker, could have created such a large and deep gouge, and we didn’t hear a woodpecker. I figure what happened is a large branch hit when one of the trees was taken down. The birds have been mistaking the hole for something they would expect to have insects in it.
Composite video beats HDMI?
This will be a totally techie comment, but I’m so surprised by something I’ve got to explain it. I have a Verizon FiOS Motorola QIP6416 DVR set to 720p with an HDMI cable going to my Panasonic video projector. HDTV looks wet-your-pants fantastic. SDTV is rather disappointing, and I avoid it.
I have a FiOS Motorola DCT-700 digital/analog converter with a cheapie RCA composite video cable going into a Panasonic DMR-ES15S DVD Recorder that’s set to 480p. From there is a 12-ft component video cable going to a Kenwood THX receiver that has a 50-ft component cable going to the projector.
There is absolutely no comparison in picture quality. The bottom-of-the-line DCT-700 going through the recorder and the receiver totally blows away the video going directly from the top-of-the-line DVR over HDMI. Savvy techies would say “no way!” but I’m telling you definitely yes.
The Spy Who Came In From The Colbert
With the new James Bond movie about to be released, Stephen Colbert recently got clued in about the intricacies of international spying at the Spy Museum in Washington, D.C. We were there four years ago (that long ago already??).