How we geeked out and stuck it to The Man

Rabbit Ears

Chel and I recently took the drastic step of canceling our cable, and in the process, we created for ourselves a gadget and entertainment nirvana. Here’s how.

For my birthday, Chel wanted to get me a new computer since our old home computer was on its last legs. I had been eyeing a new iMac for quite a while, but also came upon the idea of connecting a teeny weeny Mac mini to the TV in our living room.

Connecting a computer to a big screen TV …

Posted at 11am on 02/06/10 | 1 comment | Filed Under: Internet, Music, Tech read on

Storytelling

Ah, the annual corporate retreat — a chance to get out of the office with all your colleagues, grab yourself a delicious box lunch, and listen to various company leaders talk about plans for the year. At SMU, I approached our annual division retreat yesterday with the requisite feelings of dread and that my time would be better served by actually working on projects.

But I shouldn’t have felt that way, because I actually left the retreat reminded of something important that will help me do my job better.

The main presenters were the chair of our board of trustees, our VP …

Posted at 4pm on 01/30/10 | no comments | Filed Under: Asides, Higher education, Law & law school, Marketing, Work read on

Jaminfrog...

  • wonders whose stupid idea it was to put smiling, nodding people behind the dude giving the Republican response to the state of the union. 01.27
  • thanks the BCS on behalf of TCU and Boise for our spots at the kids table. 12.06
  • And the Frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants. -- Exodus 8:4 11.08

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