http://www.blog.uofmtiger.com Entertainment, reviews, sports, gadgets, audio, and video Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:53:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was messing around on my computer and noticed a new device on my home network. It was showing up as Directv2PC. I went over to Directv and found a page related to it. Directv will allow you to download an application that will run a series of tests ... http://www.blog.uofmtiger.com/2008/11/15/directv2pc/ I was listening to XM radio this morning and noticed that the station I was listening to had been changed to "Classic Vinyl". I realized that they must have merged the programming and many of the channel names were changed. I know a lot of people are not happy about ... http://www.blog.uofmtiger.com/2008/11/13/xm-and-sirius-finally-merge-for-the-most-part/ After the Cowboys' loss to the Cardinals, they got even worse news. Tony Romo broke his pinkie finger and now Adam "Pacman" Jones has been suspended for at least 4 weeks. The Cowboys were already suffering at the cornerback position with 2008 Pro-Bowler Terrence Newman out with an ... http://www.blog.uofmtiger.com/2008/10/16/a-bad-week-for-the-cowboys/ In a recent Business Week review, the writer makes some of the same points about the 135i that I did in my review. Mainly, the 135i is cheaper with better performance than the 335i. It is smaller, so those that transport large adults with any frequency should rule out ... http://www.blog.uofmtiger.com/2008/10/15/business-week-reviews-the-bmw-135i/ Got back from the Dallas Cowboy vs Philly Eagle game on Monday Night. I had pretty decent seats on the 5th row between the 20-25 yard line. Luckily, some people in the row left at half time and we moved over to the 35-40 yard line at that ... http://www.blog.uofmtiger.com/2008/09/18/dallas-wins/ Well, the end of summer is always a sad event for me, but the one thing that makes me feel better is the beginning of football season. While I do keep up with the Memphis Tigers, since they are not in the BCS, they have no realistic shot at ... http://www.blog.uofmtiger.com/2008/09/06/are-you-ready-for-some-football/ (NOTE: this review has been taken in part from the review I did on my main website - Sorry about some of the margin settings) Since I bought the 135i, I obviously like it, but I will discuss some of the things that reviewers have said and whether I agree with ... http://www.blog.uofmtiger.com/2008/09/01/my-bmw-135i-convertible-review/ Well, my new car has an ipod adapter that makes it compatible with my iPod Touch and now my 160GB iPod. Unfortunately, the Touch only has 16GB of storage and it was not enough for my tastes. Also, I really like to keep the Touch around the house ... http://www.blog.uofmtiger.com/2008/08/31/apple-ipod-classic-160-gb-review/ NAIAS 2008 BMW 1 series 135i Convertible car BMW Blog - BMW 135i Convertible Exterior Review - They look like they are having issues getting the top down. It usually takes around 20 seconds for that to happen. Anyway, a nice overview of the styling BMW 135i Convertible Exterior Review ... http://www.blog.uofmtiger.com/2008/08/24/some-bmw-1-series-videos/ On my website, I mentioned a couple of the bad reviews (one of them being more idiotic than bad), but I should have also linked to the numerous great reviews of the 135i. See below for a little bit of what is out there: Reviews: The Good: Consumer Reports picks BMW 135i ... http://www.blog.uofmtiger.com/2008/08/16/135i-reviews-found-on-the-web/