22July2008

Just waiting for the eviction notice

Posted by Rotorboy under: Living it up.

I’ve wanted an a/v receiver for many months now and started researching them near the beginning of the year.

While I’ve never owned a receiver before, I had a pretty good idea of the major features I was looking for:

• 7.1 surround
• video up-conversion
• HDMI 1.3a compatibility (the latest generation)
• iPod connectivity
• the latest audio decoders, such as Pro Logic IIx, DTS-ES and DTS Neo:6
• I also wanted a name brand I could trust.

After some serious online comparison shopping and after many hours of going over models from various manufacturers, I finally made my decision. I had to order the unit in special order and I ‘not-so’ patiently waited the arrival of my new toy.

Today I received the call. It had arrived.

Ladies and Gentlemen… may I introduce you to my pride and joy… the Pioneer VSX-1018AH-K:

If you’ll excuse me… I think I just wet myself…

Now all I need are some decent speakers.

14July2008

Hitler Banned from XBox Live

Posted by Rotorboy under: Just for a Laugh.

I thought this was pretty funny. Poor Hitler.

6July2008

Under the “What were you thinking?” category…

Posted by Rotorboy under: the World.

The other day I saw on the news that two of Toronto’s finest were arrested for allegedly being part of an organized crime group who bought houses to facilitate marijuana grow-ops. A number of other people, including corrections officers and a realtor were also arrested.

During the news piece, they showed one of the houses that one of the officers lived at. In the driveway was a Cadillac Escalade. Apparently his other vehicle was a Hummer.

Gee, that wasn’t a tip-off, was it? Cops don’t make nearly enough money to afford either of those vehicles… never mind both.

How stupid can you be?