So, I really want to see this new Paul Giamatti special about John Adams. It premiers on Sunday night on HBO. Except, I don’t have HBO. My first inclination was to just add it, but it’s $12 a month. Granted I would get ALL the HBO channels, but I really don’t need it, and I dread calling Cablevision for any reason. Plus, this is only a 7 episode mini-series.

So, my choices are:

1. Suck it up, get HBO, pay the damn $12, then cancel.
2. iTunes - Hope HBO puts this show on iTunes. From what I can tell, HBO doesn’t have an agreement with Apple, but some shows have appeared from time to time. iTunes as of this writing, does not list HBO as a studio they offer. Cost: $2 per episode.
3. Amazon Unbox - I’ve tried it before and hated it’s HDTV unfriendly format. But they do offer HBO shows for download. The problem is, how quickly will they appear, if at all? Cost $2 per episode. HBO also not listed in the TV Show section.
4. Hulu/Joost - Carries TV shows, but not HBO, and from the looks of it, it takes a while for the latest episodes to get online. Cost: Free.
5. BitTorrent - I can set up a tracker to catch every John Adams episode and probably have them within an hour of them airing. They will be in HD and can be converted to my iPod, PSP, or played directly on my 360. Convenient, fast, no restrictions.

Now do you wonder why the pirates are winning?

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Continuing my tradition of avoiding tech topics, this one is too good to pass up. Today, in a heated game between the Caps and Penguins. Nicklas Backstrom scored what amounted to the game winner for Pittsburgh. There’s only one problem, he plays for Washington. The story is here but better video is below. It wouldn’t be as funny if he didn’t look so determined to score! Love the announcers reaction too…

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I’d be surprised if this happened to anyone else. Let me fill in the backstory and then you can look at the image. After watching a few westerns lately, I became somewhat intereseted in learning about the Civil War (being that they always mention “the war” in westerns, anyway). After exhausting wikipedia, I began looking for a documentary DVD. As it turns out, there is one documentary highly regarded as the best. It’s the Ken Burns Civil War documentary. I bought this and encoded it for my ipod last week.

Setup 2 - I happen to be a fan of the Adult Swim show Metalocalypse. If you like metal and like to laugh, i highly recommend it. I still haven’t finished watching season one, have just a few episodes left.

Now, I watch videos during my commute, so today went something like this: On the way in, I watched Episode 1 of the Ken Burns Civil War Documentary. Then, on my way home I watched the Religionklok episode of Metalocalypse in which Skwisgaar presents Murderface with the very same DVD as a get well present.

Yeah, I pretty much fell out of my seat. See screenshot. I know this has nothing to do with Tech, deal with it, it’s my only blog.

Skwisgaar and Toki

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