Rocky Smolin
rockysmolin at bchacc.com
Tue Jan 26 09:36:02 CST 2010
I'm getting my books through Dover Thrift Editions - got turned on to them by Max when he was in high school - his lit class used them (http://store.doverpublications.com/by-subject-literature-dover-thrift-editi ons.html). Dirt cheap and the best of literature. Reading House of the Seven Gables at the moment - Hawthorne - just finished The Scarlet Letter. Never read either one. Been reading a lot of Dickens - man, that guy could write! Voltaire, Chekov, Lewis - this is great stuff! Joyce is up next (already did the Dubliners), then some Russians. All stuff I never read in high school when I should have been. Try Shelley's Frankenstein - nothing at all like the movie. But I still want to watch TV!!! R -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark Breen Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 2:19 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Comp to TV >And no time to watch TV!! :( Haha Nice one Rocky, And more to the point, you have a shelf of books. In the last few years, I have tried to only buy / read books that have won prizes for literature. I am enjoying reading and watching less and less TV, although I do like the movies, Best Mark 2010/1/24 Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> > No HDMI output from the laptop but I could plug the headphone jack > into the sound of the TV. But I'm not sure why - I've got You Tube on > the HDTV through the Blu-Ray player. I suppose I could stream movies > through the comp but we've not got 8750 channels of TV with about 20 > dedicated movie channels and TIVO. > > And no time to watch TV!! :( > > R > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark Breen > Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 1:56 PM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Comp to TV > > Hey Rocky, > > I was using the VGA to TV cable and then had the audio from the PC > into the TV also, which allowed me to view web casts while sitting on > the sofa wiht wireless kbd. All good. > > Then I discovered that if I use the HDMI output from the laptop > instead, it sends the audio as well as the video. > > Just something to keep in mind, > > Enjoy, > > Mark > > > > 2010/1/22 Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> > > > Well, you're right - I'm definitely going to try the short cable > > tonight and see what happens. In fact, that sounds like more fun > > than the program I have to write this morning which, if I do it, I > > promised myself to go to the gym and engage in some brainless > > exercise which I need. > > > > R > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary > > Kjos > > Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 9:02 AM > > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Comp to TV > > > > That's why I use a desktop computer, sitting next to the TV with a > > wireless mouse and keyboard. > > > > Looks like you will need to buy a longer cable then. I was just > > suggesting something you might have on hand for a proof of concept. > > > > My TV also has an SD card slot in the front that can be used to put > > the camera memory card directly into for viewing pictures. Might > > have done that once. > > > > GK > > > > On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Rocky Smolin > > <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> > > wrote: > > > Yeah, but it would be nice to have a longer one - like 10'. Most > > > of 'em are short so you can't have the laptop on your lap while > > > you're butt's on the sofa. > > > > > > R > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary > > > Kjos > > > Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 8:36 AM > > > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > > > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Comp to TV > > > > > > Often you can borrow one off another monitor. > > > > > > GK > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Rocky Smolin > > > <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> > > > wrote: > > >> Well, Dang! So does mine! That was too easy. All I need now is > > >> one > o' > > >> them VGA-VGA cables. > > >> > > >> I want it for pictures mostly not sound. So no problem there. I > > >> also have the right adapters for my stereo so if I need sound, no > > problem. > > >> > > >> R > > >> > > > > > > -- > > Gary Kjos > > garykjos at gmail.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com