I saw this new T-Shirt design from Threadless Tees called “The Marvelous Cartoon Wigs Museum”, and it’s an instant hit with me! I know these characters – I grew up with them.
Here’s my attempt to identify them:
1919: Popeyes
1929: Tintin
1930: Betty Boop
1935: ??
1950: Peanuts
1952: Astro boy
1959: ??
1960: The Flintstones
1966: ??
1969: Scooby Doo
1970: Josey and Pussycats
1983: He-Man
1984: [...]
These days, a parent like me who has a lot of things to do every day and night, would not have so much time to watch any TV, right? Surprisingly, I do have some time, thanks to streaming technologies like Hulu, Netflix, Torrents, Tivo, and YouTube. Time shifting becomes much easier. Granted, I don’t [...]
It’s been a long wait. We (us folks in America) are finally switching to an all digital TV broadcast, today! The antiquated analog broadcast is finally starting its slow decent to oblivion.
I’ve been anticipating this day for a long time. It was suppose to happen back in February 2009. However, a senator decided we were [...]
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I’m trying to cut costs these days. One of the way of doing this is to stop my satellite dish subscription. Dish Network is currently billing me $60 a month for a 200-channel subscription with DVR service. Sounds impressive, but out of 200, I only watch maybe 5 of them on a regular basis.
Also, I [...]
A few months ago, I took the step and started building an HTPC (Home Theater PC) to watch/record TV and access the internet. For years, I used to do this on my desktop PC that was to a 19″ LCD monitor. Now, I have the need to watch TV (and connect on to the Internet) [...]
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