Monthly Archives: March 2009

Quick Tuesday Note

The Post Office gets a lot of bad publicity, but I have to give it to them today. I’m taking a vacation in a few weeks where I’ll need my first passport and I sent it via the post office. … Continue reading

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Don King Boxing (Wii) 2nd impressions

The punch detection is better without the balance board, but it’s still not as good as you’d like to see it.  One of the first things that you do in the story mode (Note to those of you that played … Continue reading

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Monday notes

– Re: Netflix.  It sucks.  Really sucks.   This is really making me think about Blockbuster… even though I’ll be giving up the online watching.   The price difference between Blu-Ray and DVD isn’t enough to justify this increase.  It’s … Continue reading

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Update on Netflix

For the 4 out program, your cost is only going up $4 ($1 from before + $4 new = $5)…Phew.

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Netflix sticks it to Blu-Ray renters

An extra $5 a month on the 4 out plan? Yikes…..now is that an extra $5 over the extra $1 we’re paying now? Or does that mean an extra $6? Yeouuuch.

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Monday Thoughts

Super Punch Out for the SNES hits the Wii’s Virtual Console this week, which of course is a must buy, now that the Memory Card helps out with the storage. The transfer to Wii memory works quite well, ironically much … Continue reading

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Hockey, and Soccer

1. Hey, Bill Abner, OSU sucks at Hockey, just thought I’d point that out..8-3? holy crap! 2. Revs tie NY in the 90’…wow! 3. UNH ties UND with 0.1 seconds left. They then win it at 0:25 of OT. Holy … Continue reading

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Friday night notes

– Man… what a week.  Kids got strep over the weekend, and the youngest got the flu the next day… which they shared with me for Tuesday and Wednesday. As a result I’ve been pretty much out of it this … Continue reading

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Friday Fun

Well, did anyone know that Mario Kart Double Dash for the Gamecube is insanely expensive? Guess Wii fever carries over to GameCube games, eh? This is the end of my ‘spring break’ which means back to Graduate school and work … Continue reading

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NFL, DirecTV

The NFL,  not content to limit choice to one football video game, extended the DirecTV monopoly for Sunday ticket yesterday by extending the exclusive DirecTV deal until the end of time (well 2014). The NFL really can’t be any more … Continue reading

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