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Netflix Instant Picks for January, 2012
Netflix Instant Picks for January, 2012 It’s a new year and we are now reevaluating our Netflix subscription. We both agree that the instant streaming will remain but we are seriously considering dropping the mail delivery of new movies. … Continue reading
What’s In Your Backyard?
What’s in your backyard? I’ll bet there is more than you might be aware of. You just have to take the time to walk around and look. Sometimes it involves crawling behind bushes or stalking an animal that is all … Continue reading
Posted in Nature: Plants and Animals, Backyard, Woods, and River, Occasional Commentary
Tagged backyard, ferns, flora, flowers, fungi, garden, Island, mushrooms, nature, Rhode, RI
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Netflix Instant Picks for November, 2011
Television. In my humble opinion, it really is the pits. I can’t seem to find anything that I care to watch. Most of the time I would rather read a book or do a little ham radio. Television just does … Continue reading
Feed line Issues Revisited
How do you weather-proof your feed line connections and the coax itself? Some coax claims to be direct-bury or buriable (my word processor spell check does not like that word). Just cover it over with dirt and forget about it. … Continue reading
Impressions from a ride home
It’s a crowded parking lot. If I back the truck out straight and then swing left there will be plenty of room to then go out the way I came in. Why is that guy turning back to look at … Continue reading
Posted in Occasional Commentary
Tagged 95, arrest, cuffed, detained, driving, handcuffed, interstate, police, Route, turkeys
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Netflix Instant Picks for September
I once again have what I believe is an impressive batch of movies that are all offered as Instant View (streaming) selections through Netflix. All of the featured flicks on this list rate 10/10 on my scale. As a bonus I … Continue reading
Posted in Occasional Commentary
Tagged dvd, film, Instant, movie, Netflix, recommendations, review, streaming, video
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Getting The Coax In
How many different techniques for bringing a signal into the shack have you experimented with? I’ve tried a number of them. My first shack, outfitted with a Heathkit HW-101 transceiver, was in the basement. Immediately to the left of the HW-101 … Continue reading
Netflix Instant Picks for August
My wife and I love to watch movies and our favorite way of doing that is by accessing our Netflix account. Some of the movies come in the mail as DVD’s. The other way we watch them is directly on the … Continue reading
Installing a new Antenna: Gap Titan DX
Moving day was full of wind, rain, and flying November leaves. The day was made even drearier since my ham radio antenna (a used Gap Titan DX vertical) along with lawn furniture and a ladder were all stolen the day … Continue reading
Netflix Instant Picks for March, 2012
I have a few more nice picks for you Netflix Instant Streaming devotees. I must first complain that the search interface for Netflix Instant is really poor. It is just such a pain trying to find something that you like. … Continue reading →