Actually, it is I who am no longer snowed in, and my Apple Airport Express is back to work! It's still under warranty, so I took it to IT Worx, a certified Apple Reseller and Service Center, and they fixed it. It was a configuration issue. Boy, do I feel silly.
Even though I had three Netflix DVDs at home, I immediately watched a movie on my Roku. It was such a relief to have it back online. My Roku gave me the welcome message telling me that it had been upgraded. I changed my display settings to HD, but I haven't tried watching an HD movie yet. There aren't any in my queue. I still can't see the Amazon menu, which is supposed to be along soon.
I should confess that, in my desperation, I went to Video Review, the best video store in Greensboro, and rented a couple of DVDs to carry me until I could get my Airport working again.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Snow Day, and no Netflix
I'm bummed. We are having a rare snow day in North Carolina, and the office is closed, but I have run out of Netflix DVDs to watch. Worse yet, my Apple Airport Express died, so I can't watch instantly on my TV. OK, so I should be grateful I can watch instantly on my Mac, but it's awkward, since my desktop is not a comfortable place to watch a movie.
Should I risk my neck to venture out into the cold, to find a video store or movie theatre where poor, minimum-wage-slaves have risked their necks to get to work?
Or should I read a book?
Should I risk my neck to venture out into the cold, to find a video store or movie theatre where poor, minimum-wage-slaves have risked their necks to get to work?
Or should I read a book?
Monday, January 05, 2009
Family movies in 2009
Cinematical has an interesting list of family movies to anticipate in 2009. I'm looking forward to Disney-Pixar's Up, which is coming in May.
Best family movies of 2008
Commonsense Media, which partners with Netflix to provide information for parents, has compiled a list of the Best Movies of 2008, and the ages of the children for which the movies are appropriate.
AGE 4+
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
AGE 5+
WALL-E
AGE 6+
Kung Fu Panda
AGE 13+
Iron Man
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
AGE 15+
American Teen
Slumdog Millionaire
AGE 4+
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
AGE 5+
WALL-E
AGE 6+
Kung Fu Panda
AGE 13+
Iron Man
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
AGE 15+
American Teen
Slumdog Millionaire
Thursday, January 01, 2009
How many movies did you see in 2008?
Without even trying hard, I saw more movies in 2008 than in 2007. I saw 263 movies in 2007.
194 from Netflix (36 of those were Watched Instantly)
56 in a theatre
14 from Classicflix
12 from various other sources: TV, a friend, or eBay
6 from Video Review, a bricks and mortar video store
4 from SilverScreenArchive
1 from the Greensboro Public Library
For a total of 287.
You can see all the titles, categorized by source, on my Listology list of Movies Seen in 2008
194 from Netflix (36 of those were Watched Instantly)
56 in a theatre
14 from Classicflix
12 from various other sources: TV, a friend, or eBay
6 from Video Review, a bricks and mortar video store
4 from SilverScreenArchive
1 from the Greensboro Public Library
For a total of 287.
You can see all the titles, categorized by source, on my Listology list of Movies Seen in 2008