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General Discussion / Re: The Economy/Wall Street

« on: July 23, 2009, 04:51:05 PM »

Over 9000?

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TWC Artist Chat / Re: U Guys Probably Already Heard but......

« on: July 21, 2009, 02:55:58 PM »

I haven't heard.  And that's something TWC has needed for a very very long time now, especially for independent artists.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: July 20, 2009, 01:07:59 PM »

Well, yeah, but the full-fledged IN YOUR FACE Christmas trees in every aisle, snowflakes everywhere, and TOYS TOYS TOYS won't hit for a month or so.

I did read that Sears stores are already putting up Christmas trees in their stores, though...

In my area, Labor Day is a big deal, so X-Mas stuff gets pushed back a little bit longer.  I'll also have to listen for the go date for Wal-Mart's Christmas changeover...last year it hit about Oct. 10...

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: July 20, 2009, 11:02:33 AM »

Hope you all are ready for Christmas season to hit in about a month, too...

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Local Forecast / Re: August 2009 playlist early?

« on: July 20, 2009, 10:40:13 AM »

I think they just played an instrumental version of "Do You Wanna Dance" and it sounds awful.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Wake Up With Al

« on: July 20, 2009, 10:37:13 AM »

I did not enjoy the CNBC news update.... the WEATHER channel.

One stop for weather/news/financial information = attempt for a ratings pull.  I think it's brilliant (a little different for TWC, but still)...didn't they do news/financial headline stuff on First Outlook or WYT early in the shows' lives?

Seems like the show isn't clicking right...it just seems "off".

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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: Comcast Sucks.

« on: July 19, 2009, 08:39:09 PM »

Found this gem on the Interwebs.

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Local Forecast / Re: August 2009 playlist early?

« on: July 18, 2009, 06:47:55 PM »

The Beach Boys   Do You Wanna Dance?   U.S. Singles Collection - The Capitol Years

Okay, I'm a big Beach Boys fan, but holy hell keep it away from the Weather Channel.

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: July 17, 2009, 09:01:54 PM »

I've had three cities on the LDL since June 2, 08, and has only had one alteration (that same day, too...I think.)

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: July 16, 2009, 05:29:42 PM »

WEP is a joke, and is crackable in less than 30 seconds. However, it's better than no encryption at all.

Better yet, set up a MAC access list...that way ONLY the computers you own can access the network at all.

What he said.  I'm forced to WEP because of a legacy device, but once that goes away, boom, heading for WPA.  MAC address list is great, too...remember to modify it every time you add a wireless device to the network (I currently have ten, for example.)

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Weather Warriors now known as iWitness Weather

« on: July 15, 2009, 03:40:37 PM »

Y'all ain't gonna like this:  NBC mandate apparently...my local NBC affiliate has their eyewitness thing is also called iWitness...

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TWC Today News / Re: Need Your Help! -> Rich Johnson

« on: July 15, 2009, 01:43:46 PM »

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Wake Up With Al

« on: July 15, 2009, 12:54:33 PM »

IMO:
99.99% news
00.01% weather.

Can't be.  They still have at least eight minutes of weather during the hour (Locals)..so:
92.5% news
7.5% wx

 

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: July 14, 2009, 05:58:31 PM »

The economy.  Gas prices.  Wal-Mart.  E-commerce (online shopping).  Stop me anytime.

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Contributions / October 9, 2007

« on: July 13, 2009, 07:44:34 PM »

...the day I got the beta test of the IStar overhaul.  Noticed this wasn't really covered on the site, so here's a couple of vids of the Star before, during, after the update.

Also: some Rich and Sharon love, too!