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Feeling Like An Idiot
As a pretty technical savvy guy, I am feeling like quite an idiot tonight. For the last year or two since we replaced our last HDTV with our current model, we have struggled with an issue on the TV that I have been unable to resolve. But, that’s not where the problem really lies.
This Samsung DLP TV has been a really good TV. I have set up a movie mode that is a series of settings optimized for TV viewing at night. However, whenever I would select this movie mode I had created and calibrated, the setting would revert back to default or dynamic mode after about 30 minutes.
It was really aggravating while watching a movie to have to change the settings back every 30 minutes during the movie. It definitely interrupted the flow of the movie.
I had scoured the manual and settings on the … READ MORE
Barcelona and Transatlantic Cruise 2008 – Day 9 – Madeira, Portugal
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Editor’s Note: Sorry for the delayed updates here, but technical difficulties have prevented posting. Yes, even Internet Service Down issues apply while cruising. Hopefully back to normal now.
Today we had a port of call in Funchal, Madeira which is part of Portugal. We arrived into port at about 7 AM. While we planned to go ashore, we didn’t have any planned tours, so we arose around 8 AM with breakfast in the cabin. We enjoyed eggs benedict with some bacon and sausage.
It was about 9:30 in the morning when we went ashore. We had two distinct areas of touring planned, one near the ship and one a bit of a ways away. The first, near the ship consisted of the local town.
We toured some gardens, a museum, walked around the center of town and … READ MORE
