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Digital TV changeover: The disaster everyone's ignoring?

Oooooh. Slick. I stole a headline from an article and made it my own by making it a question, rather than a statement. I so smart.
I’m sure that somewhere you have heard, read, or seen stories and rumors of the dreaded DTV transition. You’ve likely heard people panicked in some fashion over not being able to watch TV unless they do a ton of upgrades to their entertainment system. Heck, I nearly got into an argument at a Christmas dinner over someone’s misconceptions of the DTV transition. (see here: http://twitter.com/kg4vma/status/1078226274 and here: http://twitter.com/kg4vma/status/1078227108)
Honestly, I’ve been enjoying the confusion. Reading and listening to the mess has been very entertaining, and has even brought me several laughs. One of the latest articles I read is included amongst those gems. Continue reading “Digital TV changeover: The disaster everyone's ignoring?”

CyntheticMedia.com » Blog Archive » boredom

In reading back through my old posts, i found this entry:
CyntheticMedia.com » Blog Archive » boredom.
In that entry, I mention that my GDS index was reporting 83,053 searchable items. As of right now, my index is up to 788,501 items. The main reason for such a huge jump (other than it’s been a few months shy of two years) is that I had, at one time, mapped to Sullivan’s “public” folder and had GDS crawling it.

My New Year's Resolution

This entry originally started as, well, something entirely different. After giving it some thought, I realized I could turn it into a resolution for the new year. Here’s hoping that I succeed.

I haven’t written anything worth reading in a very long time.
It disturbs me.
I really don’t know why it bothers me so much, considering I have maybe five people who actually stop and see what I’m up to, or what my thoughts are. Heck, I probably have more people checking out what I have to say via facebook than through this.
Still, I hate the fact that I haven’t found it easy to say anything.
I’ve decided to try and go back — starting with my first entry (which was imported from my livejournal account) — and read everything I’ve ever shared to see if I can somehow rediscover my voice.
I hope that with the new year I will be able to return to sharing my thoughts and delivering messages that I’ve found interesting or important.

Freezing rain advisory

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
452 PM EST TUE DEC 23 2008..
A MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL
INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY CAUSING SLICK AND HAZARDOUS
ROADWAYS…
NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND AMPLE MOISTURE WILL PRODUCE LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA AND
NORTHCENTRAL KENTUCKY THROUGH MID EVENING…
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN
ADVISORY…
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING.
SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO CLIMB THROUGH THE EVENING.
HOWEVER…PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES ARE STILL BELOW FREEZING DUE TOTHE
RECENT COLD SPELL ACROSS THE AREA. THEREFORE…RAINFALL WILLFREEZE ON
THESE SURFACES…ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.
USE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING THIS EVENING AND ALLOW EXTRATIME
TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION AS SLICK SPOTS ARE LIKELY ONUNTREATED
ROADWAYS.
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILLCAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOWDOWN AND USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING
—

(Fwd: Google Alert – cynthiana ky)

if these people think that’s bad, they should see my in-laws…
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Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:34:21 +0000
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To: kg4vma@gmail.com
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Family in Need Christmas Spirit Please
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He recently met the young man and friend of the young mans at their homes near
*Cynthiana KY*. He was shocked at the poverty in the area. *…*
See all stories on this topic
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trying to get back into the swing

I really haven’t been writing a whole lot of anything in a very long time, and it really irritates me. I would love to jump right back into sharing everything I feel, think and do; but for some reason, I am finding it rather difficult. I wish I knew why.
Fortunately, over the past few weeks, I have rediscovered the fun of toying around with the blog, and have been half-way forcing myself to spend some time here. Perhaps the biggest thing I’ve done has been changing the theme of the blog, and editing it to try and suit my needs/likes. This has been a slightly daunting task, as I still don’t know much about how wordpress works, or any of the stuff in the background, like css and php. But, I’m learning.
Continue reading “trying to get back into the swing”