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Omar is great, no doubt, but its a series full of great characters. He makes my top 10, just not my top 5. I also kind of like his character a tiny bit more in Boardwalk Empire. Speaking of other HBO shows, how oddly appropriate is it that Tommy "the Horse-trader" Carcetti is Littlefinger in GoT? Made me laugh when I realized it was the same actor.

Finally finished last night. Man… what an ending. Season 5 was just masterful TV. I wasn't feeling the whole "one of the best TV series ever written" thing until I finished Season 5. Just wow. A very satisfying conclusion. I loved the stuff with the news media. Easily my second favorite season after the first. Top 5 Characters: 1. Bunk 2. Prop Joe 3. Sgt. Landsman 4. DeAngelo Barksdale 5. Carcetti's Aide Norman

I'll be at the other California Audio Show going on at the same time. You know... The one that isn't for dorks. http://www.sfoutsidelands.com/home/

Coming from the retina iPad the 7-inch screen is a revelation. I considered the iPad mini, but I like the idea of a 1920x1200 screen and streaming bluray rips in native 1080p off my NAS.

On a whim I picked up a nexus 7 over the weekend. I really like it. It is a heck of a device for only 230. It might be the beginning of the end of my allegiance to iOS.

Carmack is one of the smartest guys in the entire PC/gaming industries and I love hearing his keynotes. They are pretty technical, but very very informative. I have it on in the background while I'm working this morning and I'm really enjoying it. Link to part 1 (starts at 15:00)

The weather wasn't great this weekend so now I'm through all of season 3. Gotta say, one of my favorite parts of the series so far is when Lt. Daniels lectures McNulty on how closing the case will never "be enough" and the he will never really find satisfaction in doing what he is doing. When you think about it, its not just Daniels talking to McNulty but also the writers of the show making a joke at the expense of the audience. We as viewers will also never quite "have enough" when the case closes. We also also unsatisfied and are going to want another case. Good writing. Good acting. Good show.

This list is also interesting. Seeing as how our British cousins appreciate well written TV more than we do I'm shocked that more of these British shows did not make the American lists. In 20 years are people still going to be thinking shows like Breaking Bad and Modern Family are classic TV? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Greatest_British_Television_Programmes

Got through 3 more episodes last night. Season 2 is still decent, but it is taking them way too long to get momentum built up on the main story threads. The pacing could use some work. It is not as tight as season 1.

4 episodes into season 2 and still enjoying it, though not quite as much as the first season. It'll be interesting to see where they go with things. I don't really know what to make of the dockworkers, though that Ziggy kid better get what is coming to him. I miss having DeAngelo being more of a central character. He always kind of felt like a cypher for the audience as he was always easy to understand and sympathize with. After 4 episodes it feels like act one is about to end and the season is ready to move on to act two. Also, as Ric and others have alluded, the Tom Waits intro a definitely a major plus.

I started Season 1 last week and finished it yesterday. Pretty good. I'll start Season 2 this week. I went to college in Annapolis and spent a lot of time in and around B'more so it was fun to see that part of the country again. Also, being an attorney, the procedural stuff can be fun. A law school classmate of mine was always calling me "McNulty" and now seeing the way he is irreverent towards authority figures I can see why. I have no idea how they are going to carry the show through 5 seasons but I guess I'll find out soon enough.

I have also had problems with Khozmos. One totally failed which they replaced, but now the replacement is acting up.

Been listening to a lot of the Carpenters lately. Between Karen's amazing voice and her tragic story its hard not to get emotional. Or maybe I'm just a sucker for Altos.

Wow. Look at that brick wall. That being said, I find with a lot of recent releases the vinyl release gets a way better (read: more dynamic) mix. Maybe once someone gets their hands on a vinyl copy they can report back?

I have it and played the first 30 minutes or so. Whoa. I haven't had a free weekend to sit down and finish it out yet. Agree with the above comment RE it coming to PC. It is hard to go back to consoles after spending so much time on PC. 30fps sucks relative to 60.

I just finished Blood Meridian. Probably the most intense thing I have ever read. It literally took acts fortitude to get through it at times. Utterly amazing. I heard the NYTimes polled authors as to what is the most important American work of fiction in the last 30 years and Blood Meridian tied for second. That seems fitting. Judge Holden can never die.

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Wow nice. Between that and the news that Sony released yet another PS3 firmware update that bricks consoles I'm feeling quite a bit better about my preorder.

Not gonna lie. I lol'ed at this post. What is the world coming indeed.

My HV is now back up and running after the replacement trafo came in. To be on the safe side, I went from having a 100VA to a 150VA.

Liberty-shimberty. What most people are going to care about is the $100. Until Microsoft makes a compelling case as to why they should cost $100 more they are going to suck wind.

What the NES launch must have been like! http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/fcdcd7aa8d/the-1985-nintendo-system-reveal?playlist=featured_videos

For what its worth, people said the same thing about movies a few years ago. Now, in the age of netflix steaming, apple tv and amazon instant it has been more than 2 years since the last time I actually bought a bluray or DVD. Heck, Best Buy is slowly going out of business because of stuff like this. I could really care less about whether I own the movie or just a license and I feel pretty much the same way about games. I think people will eventually come to view games largely the same way. My guess is that it's the $60 price point (as opposed to < $20 for movies) that throws people off? Once the tide begins to turn on purchases of physical games it'll be time to start shorting the stock of GameStop and whatever remains of Best Buy. In any case, as long as Microsoft's digital game service is similar in functionality to steam I will be a happy camper. Microsoft is ahead of the curve on this one. Only time will tell whether they are too far ahead for their own good.

I'm going to hold on to mine for now in hopes that Microsoft can do some explaining in the next 5 months before they launch. As far as I see it, PS4 comes out of E3 with three big feathers in its cap. 1) It doesn't need to be online all the time. 2) It can play used games. (Maybe, Sony seemed to backtrack and say it was up to the publisher). 3) It costs $100 less. Of the three, only the $100 cheaper price point really matters to me. Having a PC I've gotten used to being online all the time and there is no such thing as a used game on Steam. The $100 is a pretty big deal though. Psychologically $500 for a console feels like a rip-off. In any case, the next five months will be an interesting race. The cutthroat competition can't be anything but good for the consumer. GT had an interesting interview with the President of Nintendo America yesterday that is worth watching for any potential Wii U buyers. In it, Nintendo states their case for why a consumer would want to purchase a Wii U over the other two consoles. Part 1 Part 2 Personally I found their case unconvincing, but others may differ. The way 3rd parties are avoiding the Wii U does not bode well for it in the future.

Sadly Thunderbolt 2 is more or less just Thunderbolt 1 in different clothes. Source. I don't know what you mean by that, but one of these days iTunes needs native FLAC file support.