Comments on: Life and its daily happenings

By: Mikie

Mikie — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 12:48:17 +0000

I REALLY do not want to miss it live, however I am currently at Carnival in Koln and it is A) crazy and B) hard to get online at 2 in the morning on a Sunday. Sounds like a sweet setup you guys got there. When I return for summer (the non-Mordor time of year) I’ll have to check that out.

I hoping for an great summer up there this year, to make up for all of the missed Finnish summers. Hopefully it will be better than this winter was.

By: Cookie

Cookie — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:33:57 +0000

Nice, looking forward to reading some more How CAN you miss Superbowl live, how do you sleep at night?? I’m not even American, and I can’t miss watching it live and won’t sleep sunday night We’re gonna stay up all night with some friends. Doing some finishing touches at a friends house on his media room, Full HD projector, Bose 5.1, 150″ screen and nice chairs from thailand which you can lie on as well on top of a platfrom which is built over a pool And then we’re gonna pump it up to eleven, put the subwoofer in the pool, under the platform and feel the crowd. Gonna be great! Oh and just out of curiosity, how come you’ve never been in Finland during the summer? Only the months when you feel like you’re living in Mordor and feel like slitting your wrists? Dude, summer rocks. Oct-Feb suck big time. It’s been a mild winter thus far, but it can get a lot worse and it still can. I was in the army 2003, spent a hundred nights in the woods in -25-30°C add wind. You could put your trousers to guard the tent. In the dark, no one could tell the difference Enjoy!

By: Mikie

Mikie — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:43:03 +0000

Thanks Cookie. I am actually out of Helsinki for the moment, so I will probably miss the game and hopefully be able to watch it after the fact.

The Slingbox is ok, but far from great. A friend had set it up, so I’m not sure if there are settings on his end to increase the quality, otherwise it gets the job done but is far from HD quality. Football especially is difficult because of the fast movements, but regular TV is comfortable.

Thanks for the compliments, there should be some updates sooner than later, as Carnival in Cologne has proven to be quite full of surprises.

By: Cookie

Cookie — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:52:59 +0000

Superbowl is broadcasted live Sunday on MTV3. You’ll miss the english commentaries, but maybe you can get that through the slingbox and get better video quality on the finals by watching it on tv. How is the slingbox bitrate by the way? Oh, and I found you thorugh Phil’s blog. You write well, interesting read.

By: Mom

Mom — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:02:47 +0000

OK, I understand that “Someday” you’ll be coming home. But in the meantime, please have a great experience, be safe
& we’ll talk soon.
Love to you both,
Mom & Ricky