I'm working on a project for work and I need some input from the crowd.
How do you mostly acquire your prime time "tv" programming?
For instance, how do you watch shows like NCIS, 24, Lost, CSI, etc. Do you mainly acquire it by watching on your television set connected to cable? Or do you get the shows through websites or bit torrents?
Leave your answer on the poll at the right of the page. If you want to leave more information, please do some in the comment portion of this blog post.
If you are one of the millions of people that own a Wi-Fi router a newly proposed bill in Congress could make your life a little more difficult.
Republicans have introduced two bills that would require Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and operators of Wi-Fi access points keep records about users for two years.
What would this mean to you? If you own a wireless router and the bill passes, you would have to keep a record of all users that have accessed your Wi-Fi network. You would also have to keep those records for two years.
This would also impact your cell phone if you have it enabled to act as a Wi-Fi hotspot.
I'd like to hear what you think about the proposed legislation.
Media companies are not exempt from the global economic woes.
Media General is the latest media company to announce cut backs in spending. The company announced today that it will be implementing a mandatory 10-day furlough for employees.
Media General owns and operates 296 newspapers and other publications, 19 television stations, and 75 online enterprises.
Media General isn't the first media company to announce a furlough program. The Gannett Company announced a 5-day furlough program for its employees in January. Employees must take the 5-day furlough during the first quarter of 2009.
When times are tough, companies don't have as much money to advertise. Advertising is how media companies make money.
I'm looking forward to a trip to Tamp, Florida in a week and a half. I could use a little R&R!
Finding good priced airline tickets are easy. I found a ticket on American Airlines from St. Louis to Tampa for $205 (including taxes and fees).
The hard part can be finding rental cars without needing to apply to the "$700-billion Staimulus Bill".The tip I have for finding good prices for car rentals is to visit Hotwire.com.
I have used Hotwire for car rentals before and have always had good luck.For example, I used Orbitz (I like for airline/vacation deals) to search for car rentals for Feb. 26 - March 3. The search comes back with prices ranging from $413/week to as much as $514/week for a midsize car through a major car rental company. Using Hotwire, I was able to find a midsize car for $220 (all taxes and fees included).
Be aware that when you use Hotwire to find the cheapest rates for car rentals you do not get to see which company it is through. However, Hotwire tells you that it will be through one of the "major" car companies (Alamo, Avis Budget, Enterprise, or Hertz). As long as it is one of the major companies, it doesn't bother me.
Bottom line... Check out Hotwire.com if you are looking for a car rental and want to save some cash!
Since we are on the verge of "March Madness" I am going to take a "TV Timeout".
