http://www.theloosechange.com Random stuff, thoughts and ideas Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:17:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm watching the current 2009 US Tennis Open in New York.  I have been a tennis fan for well over 30 years.  I am old enough to remember McEnroe, Conners, Martina, and some of the 'older' players.  And what I have noticed is that tennis seems to have gotten alot ... http://www.theloosechange.com/tennis-is-getting-slower/ Ok, having a long time addiction to the occasional McDonalds visit, I have now tried all 3 of their new 1/3 lb Angus Burgers.  And they aren't bad.  I do like the 1/3 lb option.  The quarter pounder is sometimes just a bit shy of being filling and the double ... http://www.theloosechange.com/mcdonalds-angus-burgers/ Plastic Implants & Tattoos! Fake breast implants, collagen lip implants, bad nose jobs, or practically any plastic surgery what so ever.  I can understand reconstructive surgery as a result of accident or illness, but just for beauty reasons I can't believe people are still doing this.  It shows they have no appreciation ... http://www.theloosechange.com/ruin-beauty/ Well, I was a bit disappointed.  I was all set to watch Duke vs Bingamton and FIOS in my area starting to show the game and then switched to VCU vs UCLA???  Who the hell cares about that game, especially if you are a Duke fan.  Dick Enberg and Jay ... http://www.theloosechange.com/fios-ncaa/ I just recently upgraded to Verizon FIOS, both their Internet and their TV.   And the installation guy was here for about 2 hours.  They gave me a new modem and router which was just one integrated unit.  It was a pretty painless operation for me.  They use the existing coax ... http://www.theloosechange.com/verizon-fios-reviewed/ I recently had the chance to buy a Sony HD video camera at a good price.  I was going to put HD on the web.  Or so I thought.  But like most things, it's more complicated than that. First of all, HD on the web requires a ton of bandwidth and ... http://www.theloosechange.com/hd-on-the-web/ I finally got my first mp3 player.  I probably was one of the few without one, or so it seems.  I guess you could count my old PocketPC as a mp3 player, but that's another story.  However, what ultimately influenced my decision to buy a new mp3 player was my new truck.  ... http://www.theloosechange.com/creativezen-mp3player/ I don't have a TV in my office, just my desktop PC.  So watching TV is something of a luxury.  I had an old TV tuner on my old desktop, but haven't risked plugging it into my new one and VISTA.  Everything is working just fine now and I am ... http://www.theloosechange.com/watching-the-olympics-on-nbcolympicscom/ I decided to hook up my laptop to my big screen LCD HD TV.  Now I have an HP Duo 2 Core laptop and an HDMI jack so connecting my laptop to my TV was actually easy.  Just not cheap.  The HDMI cable is about $45 for a 6 foot ... http://www.theloosechange.com/how-to-connect-laptop-to-your-tv/ Last night saw Billy Joel in concert.  It was a perfect night at the outdoor amphitheater for the occasion, about 75, slight breeze.  Had seats in the lawn/grass part of the concert, but the sound system was so good, I don't think it really mattered that much where you sat. All ... http://www.theloosechange.com/billy-joel-an-outside-concert/