After I moved out on the SO, stage one of the big D, I decided to forego the cable offerings of our esteemed big providers in Rogers and Bell. Screw them I say! If they let me pick a strictly sports package with HBO I would be happy but we all know how that goes. Anyway, I started experimenting with streaming. This is the way to go guys. I can find anything, stream live sports, particularly a shit load of Euro soccer and most importantly the Basketball playoffs. Quality is solid for the most part and I suspect if I had a stronger processor it would be better since my laptop has been around since Christ was a cowboy! Step two is a small antenna since I live in direct line of site to the CN Tower the signal will be solid. Stay tuned for more reports.
Anyway, back to the topic at hand. In my hunt to cure the boredom of the day, since I'm on vacation doing sweet f-all, lol, I found the best show ever written for television...the Wire. I've watched the whole series through about 5-6 times so far and each time I pick up on subtleties I previously missed. I have yet to see character development along the lines of Omar, Bubbles, McNulty, Carter and hell even Bodie.
For those of you not familiar, the Wire takes place in Baltimore, created and written by former B-More Sun writer David Simon. The general plot concerns the drug trade of Baltimore and the war with the police and other crews. It also takes an in-depth look at the damage caused to the people, the scheming politicians, the importation of goods at the docks, the school system and finally in season 5 the effect on the press.
If anyone is looking for something interesting to watch given the shite the networks push on us these days I strongly suggest you check the Wire out. Do yourself a favour, you can thank me later!
Anyway, back to the topic at hand. In my hunt to cure the boredom of the day, since I'm on vacation doing sweet f-all, lol, I found the best show ever written for television...the Wire. I've watched the whole series through about 5-6 times so far and each time I pick up on subtleties I previously missed. I have yet to see character development along the lines of Omar, Bubbles, McNulty, Carter and hell even Bodie.
For those of you not familiar, the Wire takes place in Baltimore, created and written by former B-More Sun writer David Simon. The general plot concerns the drug trade of Baltimore and the war with the police and other crews. It also takes an in-depth look at the damage caused to the people, the scheming politicians, the importation of goods at the docks, the school system and finally in season 5 the effect on the press.
If anyone is looking for something interesting to watch given the shite the networks push on us these days I strongly suggest you check the Wire out. Do yourself a favour, you can thank me later!
