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Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Boys will be Boys?


















Hey there sexy. You look so hot with your cute top, and those sexy skinny jeans that show off your seductive curves, especially the curves of your…..testicles?! Gross, you’re a dude. What are you doing man?

Unless your Adam Levine, and even then, I’m still a little skeptical and wearing skinny jeans I am kind of doubting that ladies are your concern. Well, with the exception of wondering where they got their pants.

My wife and I have noticed that now more than ever there is an influx of boys, some men, who are prancing around with these jeans that look like leggings. Is this the state we are in now? For instance, there is a certain someone from American Idol, Danny Noriega, who loves sporting the skinny jeans. Well, he does look "Super", or so he would probably say. I just don’t get it. Are the 80s back? I certainly hope not. Now, I’m not a fan of baggy jeans, but how about something that doesn’t make a statement about the size of your package.

What do you guys (gender ambiguously) think?

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Format War Over: Blu-ray Declared King of the Hill



Just in case you haven't heard the news, HD-DVD has given up in the next-generation format war. Well, actually Toshiba has decided to pull the plug on HD-DVD, saying that they will cease production and shipments of HD-DVD players by March of this year. It is the FINAL nail in the coffin for HD-DVD. As a Playstation 3 owner, I had no doubt that Blu-ray would be victorious. I'm not a fanboy by any means, but when Sony took the risk to push a format by integrating it into their newest console, that became the "trojan horse" that played a huge role, even though most critics were skeptical.

Consistently, Blu-ray disc sales outnumbered HD-DVD from month to month. As a Playstation 3 owner, and an HDTV owner as well, it has been a pleasure to watch movies on Blu-ray. Currently, we have over 20 Blu-ray movies. If you are interested in deals, keep Amazon.com bookmarked as they offer pretty good deals. If you are looking for a cheap dvd upscaler, which is a device that adds pixels to simulate a higher resolution, then HD-DVD may be a sweet deal. Blu-ray offers uncompressed resolution, so from a video standpoint, DVD upscaling is not as high of a quality as Blu-ray.

What does this end mean to the high-definition landscape? I believe to begin with, this news will be a boost to the Playstation 3 as it becomes an attractive prospect for consumers looking to jump in the high-definition arena. Also, with manufactures focusing on Blu-ray, it should help drive the prices down on hardware as all of them will be fighting to have consumers choose their product. I don't think that prices of discs will be dropping anytime soon, but here to hope.

Another change for current Blu-ray owners will be the release of movies on Blu-ray from Universal and Paramount. This is probably the best thing for comsumers. This gives Blu-ray a total lock on movie studios. Finally, Universal on Blu-ray. Hopefully now, consumers who were waiting for an end to the format war can now be confident and become proud owners of high-definition players. As for the HD-DVD owners out there, I've got a question for you. How does this affect you?

Saturday, February 9, 2008

Can Games Bring Your Marriage Closer? Probably Not!

As I continue my quest to bring my marriage into a new level, I thought how about a nice time with my wife playing Rock Band. I think the jury is still out on this new therapy. Let me know what you guys think.
Enjoy.