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  1. Dave Poehlman

    Help! I'm addicted to freesound.org!

    For anyone whose ever checked out a sound effect album from the library as a kid: freesound :: home page I find myself mixing random samples together... it's addicting.
  2. Dave Poehlman

    You guys see the size of this hog ?

    There's a joke here someplace... I just can't put my finger on it.
  3. Dave Poehlman

    Tweet

    YouTube - Twouble with Twitters: SuperNews!
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    Seriously, what is the advantage of using optical cable over coax?

    I actually have a harmony in my basement boxed up somewhere... I didn't think of it because I thought the optical out on the TV would work for me and the u-verse remote is pretty nice, actually. I'll have look into getting it set up. As for the Toslink vs coax... I would think it would be...
  5. Dave Poehlman

    What's Wrong With My Tree?

    I'm going to go with Brian and say shock. I had a similar problem with a couple of maples I had planted in my yard a few years ago. They looked great for a few weeks and then started to wilt and the leaves began getting black around the edges. Even the following summer, they still had a few...
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    Seriously, what is the advantage of using optical cable over coax?

    Oh.. wow.. okay.. hmmm... So, the optical out is only for 5.1 from the HD tuner.... I guess I was assuming it would pass-thru the 5.1 from the HDMI... and Jeff, you're telling me it will pass-thru, but only Prologic. I guess all will be revealed when my optical cable comes in the mail. Maybe...
  7. Dave Poehlman

    MP3 Players: Recommendations?

    I was hesitant to get an iPod at first because my impression of Apple at the time was they were very restrictive about what and where your mp3's are getting copied to and from and you had to use their proprietary software... plus they like to commandeer your media with Quicktime any chance they...
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    Seriously, what is the advantage of using optical cable over coax?

    I wasn't sure what forum to post this.. but here goes: I bought me a new LCD TV for my livingroom last week. This was my first experience with HDMI which, I must say.. is very cool. Digital video and audio is all routed through one cable. Hookups took 2 minutes. It couldn't get any easier...
  9. Dave Poehlman

    "No ship that small has a cloaking device..."

    "...has created a “carpet cloak” from nanostructured silicon that conceals the presence of objects placed under it from optical detection. While the carpet itself can still be seen..." Um... I believe that's called a blanket. Just kidding.. that does sound pretty cool.
  10. Dave Poehlman

    The End Of My Era...

    Scoot, sorry to hear about your troubles, man. It sounds like someone hit the reset button on your life. I hope you keep your chin up and try to stay positive with the fresh start. There's been plenty of times I've had to surpress the urge to run out of my cubicle and just hop in my car and...
  11. Dave Poehlman

    Trek Yourself

    What the heck!?! I blink for photos even when I'm a Romulan!
  12. Dave Poehlman

    Anyone else think 120hz makes film look like video?

    Forgive me here, but aren't all these films all shot digitally... which is essentially HD video?
  13. Dave Poehlman

    Looking at 32" LCD tv... should I go for 1080p?

    Okay.. I've been busy getting divorced and remodeling a foreclosed house so I've kind of been out of the whole HT loop for a while. Anyway... I've decided to upgrade my livingroom TV to a 32" LCD (I've got an old 27" 4:3 CRT). 32" is the biggest size I can get that'll still fit in my...
  14. Dave Poehlman

    P90X

    Where's forum member John Stone when you need him?
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    Can anyone identify this tree?

    I'm going to vote for some sort of Hibiscus... ...although I don't know diddly about trees. The flowers remind me of a hibiscus plant I once had... that I killed.
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    Make your own pizza - the Holy Grail?

    I was just going to suggest that site, Greg. I found it when my wife and I had a "make your own pizza" party a couple years back and we knocked out a bunch of premade crusts and kept them in the freezer. When guests came, they threw on whatever topping they wanted and tossed it in the oven for a...
  17. Dave Poehlman

    BATMAN fans, you've GOT to see this!...

    Awesome. I'm going to make one and park it in my garage right next to my Land Walker! Although.. once I watched the land walker video.. it didn't seem that cool. The Batmobile is cooler.
  18. Dave Poehlman

    Question about 50W laser pointers

    Great! I can shoot my office coworkers with my barcode scanner and not have to worry about it! They're going to think I'm so funny!
  19. Dave Poehlman

    What to spend $500 on?

    Two words: Rock Band.
  20. Dave Poehlman

    HTF Support in a Contest

    Funny! I love the premise. What do you use to create them?
  21. Dave Poehlman

    Anybody here own a newer Nissan Maxima?

    I'll swear by Nissans. I bought a used Altima a few years ago after test driving several used (and new!) midsized cars. The Nissan just felt more solidly built while every other car felt like its plastic would rattle loose within a few years. I've since traded in the Altima (after a run-in...
  22. Dave Poehlman

    Severed Feet...Creepy!

    This article says: So, apparently it's the shoes that are preserving the feet while the bodies are decomposing... eventually becoming detatched and floating away. I wonder if Nike could spin this into an ad campaign somehow.
  23. Dave Poehlman

    Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

    Ugh.. caught Indy this past weekend. The entire film seemed like it was written on a cocktail napkin to me... like Lucas and Spielberg just made it up as they went. I realize Harrison Ford is old... but this movie was mainly riding on nostalgia with very little action. Also, too many studio...
  24. Dave Poehlman

    Is now the time to buy a home or wait it out?

    Here's an interesting piece about this very subject from ABC News which includes an animation from none other than "Odd Todd": ABC News And for those not familiar with "Odd Todd's" work: oddtodd.com - Laid Off - No Nothing Productions.
  25. Dave Poehlman

    Crazy 8's party theme - ideas?

    Drink Olde English 800? They come in 40 ounces... so, you'd have to drink two of them to make an even 80 ounces. (remember to pour a little out for your dead homies).
  26. Dave Poehlman

    Cat porn.

    You should upload it to icanhascheezburger.com That's a pretty good one.
  27. Dave Poehlman

    Garage Door Problem

    You can also get it in a tub in sort of a cake-frosting form. You can just slather it on your tracks/wheels. I've never used the spray stuff... actually, I've never seen it in spray form before.
  28. Dave Poehlman

    Garage Door Problem

    Does it sound like the motor is running and the chain is not moving or does the whole thing stop? I had a garage door opener stop working on me (an old craftsman) and found that, internally the gears are made of plastic... well.. vinyl, probably. But, these would wear out over time and...
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