Shyamali Malakar

Holy Crap! My Apple TV's in Atlanta!

Finally!

After a nearly one month delay, my Apple TV finally shipped. According to those in the know, the delay may have been due to FCC approval. But I guess the wheels of justice spun just enough to get this product out of the warehouses in Shenzhen, China.

The feature set is rich. 720p. HDMI, Component and Toslink out. 802.11b/g/n and 100BaseT ethernet networking. A USB 2.0 for God know what.

As you might imagine, I'll report on my experience with it when I get it. Hopefully next week will be lighter than average at work.

What a Flop

Greg Paulus puts in an Oscar worthy performance in their first round loss to Virginia Commonwealth.

Since It's March Madness Time...

Lay of the Land

Well, we got good news about the contract. And we went to the property to take a look at the land and start developing a plan for the house. The first step in the process is to cut down some trees. Atlanta has a pretty strict tree removal ordinance, which we have to comply with. We talked with the city's arborist, who will approve which trees we can remove and which we can't.

We also are going to start working on the house plan. Today, we put together a list of things we need and things we we want. The plan should come together in the next couple weeks. Lots of drawing. Lots of dreaming. Lots of wishing. Hopefully I'll do some budgeting, too.

Well, with out further ado, the pictures:


This is a shot of Lake Claire Park, which is two doors down from the lot.




The view of Lake Claire Park from where our front porch would be.




The view up the current driveway. The green house on the left is right on the setback line. The property extends very close to that house.

The Waiting is the Hardest Part...

The Mrs. and I are in a back and forth with the owner of a piece of property in Lake Claire. We really hope we get the lot, because it is a great piece of property. We're not in a disagreement about price, luckily. Just a few terms.

Keep your fingers crossed.

Now Those Atheist Liberals have Gone Too Far....

Look at Me!!!!!

Tonight, I logged onto TerraPass and purchased offsets for my car and my wife's car. I was inspired by a messageboard discussion and decided that talk was cheap. In the end, so was reducing my net carbon footprint by buying carbon offsets from folks like TerraPass.

I like to think that I'm actually doing something -- anything -- to help. And I really like the fact that what I'm doing is based on the market, not some government mandate. Anyway, maybe you'll think about it, too.

Happy Birthday to Steven P. Jobs