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Prompts?
OK, so this is a harebrained idea that I probably won't do anything about, really, but I'm in OH GOD I'M ON A PLANE FOR A WHOLE 2.5 HOURS AND HAVE ONLY BOUGHT 7 HOURS WORTH OF TV FROM ITUNES* HOW AM I GOING TO ENTERTAIN MYSELF? mode. As I'll have my laptop and paper and pen with me, but can't really do art, maybe I'll write. OK, probably not, but maybe. So if you have any prompts you feel like throwing at me, do so. :) I'll have a list of them JUST IN CASE I get the urge. Fanfic, orig fic, whatever.
OW my head still hurts. I have to wait for an artichoke to finish steaming because I won't have time tomorrow to cook and eat it and I fly Sunday morning to the conference, but once it's eaten, I am so in bed.
* SciFi Channel, I bloody wanted to give you money. I looked for Battlestar Galactica on iTunes to purchase and watch the opening miniseries on my iPod. But did you supply me with purchasable content? No! You ahve some sort of deal with Amazon Unbox. Oh, sure, I can purchase BSG and download it to my TiVo and watch it, but I am going ON AN AIRPLANE. And if I have a Zune or other form of video player, sure I can watch it there, but I do not. I have an iPod. And I am not about to purchase another portable video player merely to watch shows produced by your network. So therefore I have, er, acquired the miniseries**. And if I find that I really like this show, I will probably just borrow Himself's box set and watch it that way, as I cannot watch it on my preferred player, in my preferred way.
** Yes, you can take this to mean the comm rejected me. XD Which is OK: any world in which I can't post Telophase's Out Of Context Theatre publicly is a world not worth living in. And I've forgotten why on earth I requested membership there in the first place. Hrm.
OW my head still hurts. I have to wait for an artichoke to finish steaming because I won't have time tomorrow to cook and eat it and I fly Sunday morning to the conference, but once it's eaten, I am so in bed.
* SciFi Channel, I bloody wanted to give you money. I looked for Battlestar Galactica on iTunes to purchase and watch the opening miniseries on my iPod. But did you supply me with purchasable content? No! You ahve some sort of deal with Amazon Unbox. Oh, sure, I can purchase BSG and download it to my TiVo and watch it, but I am going ON AN AIRPLANE. And if I have a Zune or other form of video player, sure I can watch it there, but I do not. I have an iPod. And I am not about to purchase another portable video player merely to watch shows produced by your network. So therefore I have, er, acquired the miniseries**. And if I find that I really like this show, I will probably just borrow Himself's box set and watch it that way, as I cannot watch it on my preferred player, in my preferred way.
** Yes, you can take this to mean the comm rejected me. XD Which is OK: any world in which I can't post Telophase's Out Of Context Theatre publicly is a world not worth living in. And I've forgotten why on earth I requested membership there in the first place. Hrm.
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http://escapepod.org/ Sci-fi stories, but they don't really limit themselves to strict sci-fi. The variety is so good that I'm rarely disappointed.
http://pseudopod.org/ Sister podcast to Escapepod, only for horror genre.
http://podcastle.org/ Brand new podcast by the same people, which focuses on fantasy. First story up is by Peter Beagle, known for the novel 'The Last Unicorn'.
The owners have a thing for not being too stringent on genre rules; sometimes stories come that could fit in a number of these podcasts. Overall, whether you prefer one genre or the other, I recommend listening to all of them (except for pseudopod, and only if you dislike potentially gory and/or BAD END-esque storylines).
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Tivo To Go (Mac) (http://www.tivo.com/mytivo/domore/tivotogo/mac.html) "To convert TiVo playlists to portable video formats, use Roxio Toast 8.0 for Mac OS X."
Tivo To Go (Windows) (http://www.tivo.com/mytivo/domore/tivotogo/windows.html) "Roxio Creator is a recording and editing solution that also allows you to easily transfer your recorded TiVo shows to your PC to watch on your computer; burn to DVD to enjoy in your living room or convert for your iPod or PSP to enjoy on the go."
Not sure if it will work for you. Maybe something to consider in the future? You will need Roxio software for converting/ downloading content from the Tivo. Otherwise, you can only make your music and photos viewable through the Tivo (at least that's how it is on my Mac). I think Unbox sometimes has freebies available, so you could test with one of those before buying shows.
I usually read on the plane. Or play video games (I have an old gameboy, and some games on my laptop). Grass Games (http://grassgames.com/) has some games you can download free trials of. Also, you might like iPod Arcade (http://www.ipodarcade.com/) for free iPod games.
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Hopefully they realize sooner rather than later that they should allow for conversion to a format playable on iPods.
Maybe you'd like some video podcasts? You may like the Neurotically Yours/ Foamy the Squirrel podcast (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=265526424&s=143441) (so not work safe, but very amusing). The Neurotically Yours website is here (http://illwillpress.com/) (for full-sized cartoons).
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