Free HBO: Game of Thrones

As mentioned in my last post, the Uverse guy game me 3 free mos of HBO with the upgraded internet subscription. I had been hearing good things about Game of Thrones, so I decided to check it out in On Demand. Well, its been a week and I have seen 16 episodes. Let me explain how significant this is: I have ignored the Tigers and several of the NBA Finals games, and my average bedtime has been 11:30 (normally 10). All due to this show.

I love it, and I love the imp. Although I'm not so sure about the dragons and the white walkers.

Faster Internet

I have Uverse for TV and internet service. For the past three years, I have been receiving speeds of 1.5 MBS. I didn't know this was slow! We started having netflix and youtube buffering issues and I started educating myself on speed. When I did a speed-test at my in-laws, I found they had 18MBS speed! I was enraged and jealous.

So a few weeks later I got motivated to call Uverse and upgrade. I am now paying an extra $14/mo for 18MBS speed and downloads are coming quick. Along with the upgraded speed, the guy gave me free HBO for 3 mos, which brings me to my next post...

Product Review - non-specific

Today for my birthday I received some bluetooth headphones from my mom (too lazy to get up and look at the brand name). Thanks, Mom!

I've tested them out and they work great. Paired easily. and Freedom! No need to carry your phone around in your pocket with wires going down to your pocket. Great for mowing the lawn, going to the gym, or, like, anywhere you want to use headphones!

On the mowing the lawn note, that reminds me of when I bought a Nomad mp3 player in 2002 with 64MB of memory. It held like 7 songs. I listened to those same 7 songs for years every week when I mowed the lawn. It sucked.

Sweet TV at Work

Today we had a 51 inch Samsung installed in our office by Mark's Modern Media. It was a great deal, looks classy and sophisticated, and will allow much more functionality when making presentations. I can use my laptop and connect via bluetooth to the tv. Also, I can play tv shows on my laptop on uverse and broadcast to the TV just like airplay with apple. Sweet!

Landscaping

Last week we had Ron the crazy Iranian do some work installing trees and cleaning up the mulch beds, weeding, etc. Here are some pics of the trees. We added some to frame the driveway, as well as some sugar maples in the back yard to block the line of sight from our deck to our neighbors. I am happy with the way it turned out. The next item on the agenda is to plant a crimson king maple in the front and one in the back. I like how they are red all year round.

Car update

We've had the new car for 18 days and wifey sat in it once for less than one minute, has not ridden sotgun at all, and has not driven it at all. This is much longer than expected. I figured 10 days max. I will keep you posted.

Father's Day 2012

I received no gift for Father's Day. That is all.