iOutage

I have been without internet at home sine Monday. During this outage I considered canceling my Internet service and becoming an Internet HoBo (DT, UD). iHoBO?. Using either an iPod Touch, or a MacBook Air I could hop Wi-Fi hotspot to Wi-Fi hotspot when I need Internet access. Internet usage would be limited to only the necessary activity. Inconvenience of accessing the Internet become a productivity boom. This week I made a to-do list of what I needed to do on the Internet.

However, I’d be:

• slowed down in responding to e-mail or updating home computers.
• asking friends to download and burn DVDs when I want to try the latest Fedora or VMware ESXi.
• planning when to take the laptop when I want to download podcasts, or upload files to my websites.

Yeah, internethobo.com is already taken. cyberhobo.net is also taken, but that’s a different kind internet hobo.

This?

I’m paying $65 (includes TV) for this? Ars Technica (Gizmodo) covers some stupid stuff on YouTube. However, most constructive is eating of a canned cheeseburger. Not that eating canned cheeseburgers is construction, it show’s the inferiority of the canned cheeseburger.

Clearly, my Goerge Foreman grilled cheese hamburger is much more appealing.

GizMag also mentions:

• a chocolate mousse dessert
• powdered red wine

The emergency rations taste test (MP4](http://lyndell.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/ext/yt/emergency_rations.mp4) (YouTube) might also be worth a watch if you plan on buying those. Without watching it, I think I’ll stick to cans of Wolf Brand chili in a http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/ZAA066-1.html“>.50 caliber ammo can.

TV

TV can easily be replaced with wireless TV, er, broadcast TV. Ironicly, my TV has been restored just in time for the termination of the analog signal I don’t use. Strange how high-tech broadcast TV sounds when you call it wireless TV.

I won’t buy a converter. Can’t conventiently change the channels from the computer. The coupons are $40, and I haven’t found a $40 converter.

Even thought of selling the TV. I prefer watching TV on my computer instead. I made my own DVR with a WinTV-PVR-150 PCI TV-Tuner. A couple month of Internet/TV payment would cover the cost of a new ATSC tuner.

Benefits

However, there are good thinks on the internet, such as this article on the realism of the balloon lifted House (Wired) in movie Up Rakkav emailed me. Additionally, this article, “Blah, blah, blog!”, prodded by:

• raising the bar on my blog by writing more meaningful brainy posts rather than just compiling links to interesting pages.
• less frequent updates; saves time too
• changing the name and slogan, intentionally alluding to Star Trek
• changing the theme, even though preferred the previous theme

Fun

Just found played a while with tetris, thanks to Google. Good clean fun, but a reason to cancel my Internet to save time.

The Incredibles Comics Preview

Wired brought this to my attention.

More at Flickr, and Wordpress.

Pic Shows Man Robbing Stores With Klingon Sword: Clerks Recognize Sword As ‘Bat’leth’

Kroger’s flier advertised Wall-E for $19.99 with 3 free reusable grocery bags.  BestBuy offering it for the same price, and a collectors edition for $10 more.  Walmart.com lists it for $14.86.

Just saw Wall-E.  Now Disney already has a webpage up for the next film, Up, coming out May 29, 2009.

Are you making plans to watch this one already?  To what extremes would you go to watch a great movie.

• Pixar Blog

Do note the other Pixar links in the sidebar.

Gizmondo writes that:

• Disney released an action figure Wall-E.
• Someone made an ORIGAM-E WALL-E
• and a Lego WALL-E gizmodo.com brothers-brick.com Lampy too.

Also, Darth Mater with video and pictures.