I've been busy

I have been catching up on everyone else's blogs recently so I haven't updated recently. Discovered "Shelfari" recently - that is the neat looking widget in the upper right column of this blog that displays books I am currently reading.

I also discovered a neat application on the Net last night called Playon which when run on my network at home will allow me to watch various internet videos on any of my televisions hooked up to an Xbox. The videos right now include anything on CBS, Hulu and most of YouTube. We watched an episode of 30 Rock and another of Father Knows Best last night. This is very similar to the Netflix - Xbox connection that we used to use when we could afford Netflix. The quality varies from site to site - You Tube is the worst and Hulu the best so far of the 7-8 channels available for free. The Playon software has a one time purchase price but I'll use the free trial for a couple of weeks to see if it is going to be worth the cost.

Giants took 2 of 3 from the D-Backs over the weekend. Great pitching from Timmy, the Big Unit and JSanchez. Still only 4-8 on the season though. Gotta get more hitting from Ishikawa and the Kung Fu Panda (Pablo Sandoval). Panda had three hits on Sunday so that's a start in the right direction.