For about a month, I have a Slingbox. What it is? well you can watch TV... on your computer. Any computer that is plugged to your internet router. A router with Wi-FI, it will make a laptop shine.
To keep an ear on Keith Olberman's Countdown when I'm doing my dishes, it's kind of cool. :)
But it can also work... over the internet. I had to fumble a little bit, as it was the first attempt to do so... 5000km away from home... and Bingo! Of course, the images aren't as sharp as at home, but who cares! I'm in my hotel room in Seattle, and I had Montréal on my laptop!(I think that I'll repeat that stunt in January when I'll be in Paris with my family. I'm the computer geek, so a computer geek has to impress his host with geeky stuff. Right? Right. :)
Here are some computer screen snapshots, as they appeared on my laptop. I'm watching MétéoMédia (The French-speaking side of the Weather Network).
I was there, watching their images in complete disbeliefs. 40cm up to 50cm of snow for today, Sunday (that's 14 inches to a 16 inches of new snow on top of what we already have!).
One word:
WHAT ?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
(Sound of jaws being dropped here!)
Gee whiz, great timing for leaving Montréal! Supposedly, Seattle is extremely rainy at this time of the year. So far, it has rained a bit, but we had a bit of sunshine too!Temps are in the mid 40s, (between 6 and 8 Celsius) and of course no snow on the ground. Heh!
Look at the screen shot on the left. Hint: -12 Celsius is in mid 10s Fahrenheit.
All in all... I maintain my words:
Ahhhh!!!! Balmy Seattle!!! :)
(At the blogfest, one asked me: You must had quite a dose of special brownies to utter Balmy Seattle. Gee whiz, our winter has been so crazy so far, I wish I had those brownies!!! That's the point!)
Cheers!
-E
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