Seems I haven’t posted much lately!
It was a busy fall. I taught a couple of courses, I did a business trip to Toronto (and went to Buffalo, New York for a couple of days before the meetings), and survived another Christmas. (Christmas is fun – but it always seems to go by so fast.)
Buffalo was a lot of fun – I’d like to go again. I discovered a couple of good microbrews, a few good restaurants, had actual Buffalo wings at Duff’s in Amherst, NY, and got an AT&T SIM card for my iPad. (I felt lost without my iPad in New York… and there isn’t always WiFi to use.) Secret: Canadians can get AT&T iPad plans by using a Canadian American Express card. Canadian MasterCards don’t work (I didn’t have a VISA card to try but I understand it has the same problem.) (I read on a web forum the other day that Americans can do the same trick to get Rogers iPad or prepaid service here in Canada – by using an American American Express card.)
We got a new home theatre system as our mutual Christmas present. My Yamaha VX-495a receiver is now semi-retired in the bedroom (it still works great, it just doesn’t do high-def video switching) and has been replaced by a new Yamaha RX-A1000 receiver. Attached to it are our existing LG BD390C Blu-Ray player that also does network streaming, and a new Panasonic 46″ 1080P plasma television. The 27″ Sony Trinitron Wega flatscreen CRT is now in the bedroom, still an awesome TV (especially for standard definition content). New speakers complete the system (the old ones are still in use on the old receiver). Very happy!
I’ve been off work since the 24th (aside from starting two more classes last week). Back to work on Monday.
Tags: Buffalo, Home Theatre, iPad, New York, Toronto