Niro REFERENCE- July 29, 2004 For a while I have been looking for a new stereo receiver (and for that matter a new TV, but that is still a ways out into the future). I have a couple of desires, but primarily I wanted decent 5.1 fidelity, compact design, as few wires as possible, and the ability to use optical coax and RCA cable inputs. I would prefer it did not have an integrated DVD player. I was immediately interested in the Niro 1.1 Pro. The problem with it was that it had a DVD player I did not need, and it had no...http://louis.gerbarg.org/archives/000135.html The League just got Unlimited- July 28, 2004 You know, now that Aaron Sorkin is no longer writing The West Wing, and Angel has finished its run, the only upcoming shows I am looking forward to are the next season of the Simpsons and Justice League Unlimited (and if you go a year out Family Guy season 4). Justice League Unlimited starts next week and I am suddenly quite looking forward to it. Cartoon Network just launched the site for it, and it includes character bios and episode blurbs for the first 13 episodes, and there is a lot of...http://louis.gerbarg.org/archives/000134.html Outfoxed- July 19, 2004 Tonight I went to an Outfoxed showing that was sponsored by MoveOn.org’s political action group. It was a lot of fun, and very informative. I saw it the Campbell Community Center with about 300 other people, which I think was the largest group showing in the US. I knew that Fox was far to the right of all the other cable news shows, and being leftist their views always seemed very conservative to me, but I like to have hard numbers before I judge something like this. I know my views are...http://louis.gerbarg.org/archives/000133.html |