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Introduction from Journey of Insight Meditation by Eric Lerner AS THE WORLD ADVANCED into the early seventies I felt strangely dislocated. I really couldn't accept that the sixties had so quickly become an “era” in the past tense. I tried to remind myself that, if only for a brief time, the mind of my generation had been wide open to experiences, perceptions of the universe and modes of life whose power and truth contradicted a lifetime of convention. For a while, through chemicals, a wholly other state of being seemed possible. In the initial hour's rush of my first dose of mescaline, that surge in which my perceptions set out on their own, I was freed for the first time from my conceptions, and the world of accomplishment and prestige became someone else's bad dream. But somehow, I was still the same. Despite the incredible visions of Truth I had experienced, I was no more peaceful or loving than ever, and as the visions became memories, I began to experience the most profound disorientation. Nothing made sense. Almost overnight I had given up most of the beliefs and operating principles of twenty years. I was ready to give up old explanations as long as I had a new one. ... by Eric Lerner 2025 7 minutes 38 seconds Listen to Streaming Audio Your browser does not support the audio element. Download Audio (4.5MB) Audio copyright, 2025 Pariyatti View the book, eBook and free PDF download. You can also find it at Amazon worldwide using this link: http://a-fwd.com/com=pariyatti-20&asin=B0CJL9SG5D. About Eric Lerner. View more books and audio resources available in the Pariyatti bookstore.

 Happy new year!Scott London, Propmaster on Big Bang Theory, has passed away. Chuck Lorre paid tribute in a vanity card after a recent George and Mandy episodeOur episode discussion includes Big Sur, Rick Fox's appearance, Leonard and Penny talking about their breakup, deleted scenes, the fantastic panel, and more!Download hereRunning time: 1:18:54, 47.5MB

Ya disponible el podcast.Para descargarlo pincha aquí.Programa: 18x01Fecha de emisión: 11/10/24Duración: 2h31'05''Peso: 207,5MBEmpezamos la Temporada número 18 del Complejo Lambda con un programa de los que nos gustan: el Especial Legacy of Kain. En este programa repasamos todos los juegos de esta saga de culto, además de comentar algunas curiosidades.Esperamos que disfrutéis del programa y, ahora sí, podemos dar por comenzada la Temporada 18. Pronto volveremos con mucho más y nuestro toque de siempre.¡No os lo perdáis!

I saw a post recently about the incredible shrinking computer, where a software consultant had written down his predictions for the future. In this case, he writes about a computer shrinking smaller than today, essentially to one chip, with docking stations wherever you need them. We're already at the place where many of us have an extremely powerful computer in our pockets in the form of a mobile phone. I'm still amazed that I bought a phone recently with half a terabyte of storage. A few years ago I gave a keynote where I looked at the changes in disk storage, starting with an IBM hard drive being loaded onto a plane. The capacity was 5MB. I remember working with KB floppy disks and MB hard drives, and lots of different connection technologies: IDE, ESDI, SCSI, and more. I've seen disks shrink from a 5 1/4" form factor to mere wafers with today's NVMe drives. Read the rest of The Invisible Disk 

제작 및 진행:안병억(대구대 군사학과 교수). 주요 뉴스. 1. 나토 무기로 우크라, 러시아 영토 내 공격 가능. 2. 조르자 멜로니 이탈리아 총리, 구애에 시달려. 3. 트럼프, 입막음 돈 다 유죄 평결. 독 기본법 공포 75주년, 시민이 민주주의 수호에 적극 나서 1. 5월 23일 기본법 공포 75주년 기념식 열려. 2. ‘제로의 시간'부터 기본법 제정까지. 3. 총리 민주주의와 연방주의 명시. 4. 독일대안당 대두와 시민들의 반대 시위. 5. 기본법에 연방 헌재 조항을 신설해야. 10.5MB, 15분 11초.

Ya disponible el podcast.Para descargarlo pincha aquí.Programa: 17x10Fecha de emisión: 17/05/24Duración: 2h09'15''Peso: 177,5MBHemos vuelto con el fontanero más famoso de la historia de los videojuegos con el análisis de Super Mario Wonder. En la segunda parte del programa nos hemos puesto nostálgicos con el Retro-Análisis.Como siempre, esperamos que hayáis disfrutado del programa. Pronto volveremos con muchos más videojuegos y nuestro toque de siempre.¡No os lo perdáis!

Ya disponible el podcast.Para descargarlo pincha aquí.Programa: 17x09Fecha de emisión: 19/04/24Duración: 2h07'48''Peso: 175,5MBVolvemos con un programa especial, en esta ocasión para hablar de un género que no ha dejado de evolucionar desde los años 80s. En el Especial Aventuras Narrativas hemos repasado algunos títulos actuales del género. Además, hemos terminado con el análisis de The Quarry, uno de los juegos más importantes de Supermassive Games.Esperamos que hayáis disfrutado del programa y os recordamos que próximamente volveremos con muchos más videojuegos y nuestro toque de siempre.¡No os lo perdáis!

Ya disponible el podcast.Para descargarlo pincha aquí.Programa: 17x07Fecha de emisión: 22/03/24Duración: 2h18'42''Peso: 190,5MBVuelve la saga Yakuza al Complejo Lambda con el análisis de Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, uno de los grandes de este 2024. En el Debate hemos hablado sobre Dragon's Dogma 2 y la polémica suscitada a raíz de su política de DLCs.Como de costumbre, esperamos que hayáis disfrutado del programa y que disfrutéis de una buena Semana Santa. Pronto nos veremos con nuevos programas.¡No os lo perdáis!

STAGE200に到達！今回もSTAGE190～199についてＸに頂いた感想やコメント、DMやメールフォームなどに頂いたお便りを紹介させて頂きます！初めて聴かれた方、いつも聴いて頂いている方、本当にありがとうございます！これからもよろしくお願いします！！STAGE200「200面到達記念！リスナー大感謝祭！！」B3_stage200.mp3（01:33:44 22.5MB）

Je vous raconte l'histoire de l'évasion de Mussolini ordonnée par Hitler ! Une opération rocambolesque mise sur pieds par le Capitaine allemand Skorzeny. C'est digne de Mission : Impossible !Merci de votre écoute :)Suivez-moi sur Instagram et Tiktok "Les Histoires Secrètes" : je vous partage des quizz, des mini anecdotes et plein de trucs cool :)Crédits : Titre : Synthwave Vibe, Auteur: Meydän, Source: https://meydan.bandcamp.com, Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.fr, Téléchargement (5MB): https://auboutdufil.com/?id=504 & Musique proposée par La Musique Libre, Cjbeards - Brave The Storm : https://youtu.be/R3RDf0B91BQ, Cjbeards :https://soundcloud.com/cjbeards Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

This week's EYE ON NPI has a dash of DSI - it's the new STM32U5 Series microcontroller processors from ST (https://www.digikey.com/en/product-highlight/s/stmicroelectronics/stm32u5-series-ultra-low-power-mcus). These bring a wonderful upgrade from the same-old same-old Cortex M4 or M7 with some eye-popping peripherals that will make quick work of any graphics project, but without the weight of a Linux processor overhead. There's lots of chips that purport to have a 'graphics interface' but the moment you sit down to actually use it, you realize that there's very limited SRAM for the graphics display. So you either have to use slow external PSRAM, or you don't get a double-buffer for smooth updates. That's because it's kinda rare to see a microcontroller with more than maybe 1 MB of SRAM. The STM32U5 series is plumped up with up to 3 MBytes of delicious on-chip SRAM, which is perfect for double buffering a 800x480 display with 1.5MB left over, or even double-buffered 720x720 with 1 MB of SRAM left over. Compare that to the STM32H7's max of 1 MB. (https://www.digikey.com/en/product-highlight/s/stmicroelectronics/stm32h7-32-bit-high-performance-mcu) That RAM will come in handy because this is one of the first microcontrollers we've seen that has true DSI host support! DSI (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_Serial_Interface) is the latest interface standard for connecting to medium-size displays of approximately 480x480 pixels or larger. It's a differential signalling interface which means fewer pins, but the ability to go fast to address fairly large displays. However, because it's differential and high speed, you really need peripheral support - which very few chips have unless you upgrade to microprocessors that drive phones or tablets. Previous to DSI, folks would use SPI displays for up to about 320x240 (https://www.adafruit.com/search?q=spi+display) and 8-bit parallel for displays from 128x640 up to around 480x320 (https://www.adafruit.com/product/1774) and then for displays larger than that - 480x272 or greater - RGB TTL dotclock interface. SPI displays are nice because they have a built in framebuffer - but SPI is slow so you can't drive anything but the smallest screens. Parallel is faster, but still suffers from speed issues. RGB TTL displays have no framebuffer, so you have to write them continuously, and that requires built in RAM or PSRAM and hardware support to keep up with 20-60 FPS updates. Also, ideally, double-buffers to avoid tearing. However, you need a pin for each bit of colors, so easily 30 pins are needed - and even then RGB TTL tends to top out at 1024x600. For 720p or 1080p, most folks would go with HDMI, but you can get these displays with DSI interfaces: and DSI only uses 6-10 pins for 2 to 4 lanes of data plus a clock lane. These new chips are a nice step up from the STM32F7 and H7 series (https://www.digikey.com/en/product-highlight/s/stmicroelectronics/stm32h7-32-bit-high-performance-mcu) in that they have the low price, multiple pin package count, with improved RAM and display support. There's also variants with hardware crypto support, high-speed USB, and like we mentioned, with DSI host. There's also a new version of the NeoChrom graphics engine that has vector graphics support, vector font rendering, and JPEG hardware decoding which will allow for video playback with MJPEG (https://blog.st.com/neochrom-gpu-neochromvg-gpu/). We're excited to see DSI interfaces make their way into microcontrollers, and doubly so because the STM32U5 series (https://www.digikey.com/en/product-highlight/s/stmicroelectronics/stm32u5-series-ultra-low-power-mcus) is in stock for immediate shipment from DigiKey! We particularly like the feel of the STM32U599 as it has a l'il bit of everything without being top-of-the-line, and it comes in QFP (https://www.digikey.com/short/15vv8m9r) for easy integration no matter what fabrication setup you've got. Order some STM32's from DigiKey today and they will ship faster than you can render a bouncing ball, making its way to you by tomorrow afternoon. Check out the ST video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xi-eagiGtU

Part 6 - Expanding Into New Frontiers from 'What Does Mindfulness Really Mean' by Bhikkhu Bodhi. Mindfulness has traveled a long way from its homeland in northeast India. It has journeyed to the island of Sri Lanka, the river basins of southeast Asia, the mountain monasteries of China, Korea, and Japan, and the hermitages of the Himalayan kingdoms. But the last lap of its journey is without parallel. Today Buddhist meditation has been lifted from its traditional setting in Buddhist doctrine and faith and transplanted in a secularized culture bent on pragmatic results. Here it is finding new accommodations in urban meditation centers and even in busy hospitals, pain clinics, and treatment centers. Its teachers and practitioners are more likely to wear street clothing or white coats than ochre robes; they are more likely to hold degrees in medicine and psychology than in Buddhist philosophy and scripture. Meditation is being taught to help people obtain release, not from the cycle of birth and death, but from the strains of financial pressures, psychological disorders, and stressful relationships. narrated by Jonathan Nelson 2023 6 minutes 58 seconds Listen to Streaming Audio Your browser does not support the audio element. Download Audio (3.5MB) Audio copyright, 2023 Pariyatti 'Investigating the Dhamma' as a book and eBook can be found at https://store.pariyatti.org/investigating-the-dhamma. More by Bhikkhu Bodhi. View more books and audio resources available in the Pariyatti bookstore.

This week's EYE ON NPI is going to Matter a lot to you if you're interested in integrating with the world of IoT devices and sensors that is converting on us, inside the home and out in the world...It's the Silicon Labs MG24 Series of development boards (https://www.digikey.com/en/product-highlight/s/silicon-laboratories/mg24-development-kit) - featuring the Silicon Labs EFR32MG24 series of chips (https://www.digikey.com/short/00892bvf), designed for use with Matter (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matter_(standard)) an open-source connectivity standard for smart home and Internet of Things devices from the Connectivity Standards Alliance (https://csa-iot.org/) formally the ZigBee Alliance. The EFR32MG24 chips (https://www.digikey.com/short/f8z8rbvn) are fully featured Cortex M33's with tons of peripherals, timers, and of course, a 2.4GHz radio that can be programmed to operate as a ZigBee device. That makes it perfect for use in designing low cost, low power, home automation devices that don't need the power and complexity of WiFi. These transports live on the lower 'levels' of the 7 Layer OSI Model (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSI_model) Each family of home devices comes with their own transport, and often they come up with their own custom application layer as well. This means that you can't use something made for Alexa with HomeKit unless the developer programmed both. It's caused fragmentation and utter frustration when someone buys a smart light bulb or HVAC controller just to find out that its walled off from the rest of their devices. The goal of Matter is to unify the upper layers (https://developers.home.google.com/matter/primer) so that devices can be discovered and controlled by any kind of hub: from a DIY Raspberry Pi to an official device from Apple, Google/Nest, Meta, or other - much like you can use your Windows desktop or Android phone to view a website designed on a Mac, and hosted on Linux. The biggest companies in this space, Amazon, Apple and Google, have already signed on to make sure that their products adhere to Matter's API (https://csa-iot.org/members/). You, the engineer tasked with creating the next new product line for your company, should be interested in whether or not this "Matters" to you. The good news is that joining an ecosystem means you can make a small device that competes in a 'big playground' of sensors, voice agents, automation tools, and gateways. (https://pages.silabs.com/rs/634-SLU-379/images/Matter_Certification_The_Value_it_Brings_to_IoT%20Devices.pdf) But need to play nicely with the others - not scream in kids' ears, errr... overwhelm the share spectrum resource. We also have to let every device have a turn at commands, and not interfere with their behavior. Thus, Matter certification! Silicon Labs has a white paper on Understanding The Path to Certifying Your Matter Devices (https://www.silabs.com/whitepapers/how-to-certify-matter-devices) Moreover you can get started immediately by picking up one or two of Silicon Labs' MG24 development kits (https://www.digikey.com/short/0rc3n5f7) for less than $40 and you can begin immediately with developing on the EFR32MG24 (https://www.digikey.com/en/products/base-product/silicon-labs/336/EFR32MG24A010/629647) a well-documented, low-power friendly chip with built in 2.4 GHz radio. Inside is a Cortex M33 running at 78 MHz, with 1.0 to 1.5MB of flash and 128 to 256KB of SRAM (https://www.digikey.com/short/f8z8rbvn) so it's got plenty of room to handle multiple protocol stacks, security layers and any RTOS or Matter layers. SiLabs has been making radio-inclusive chips for many many years, so you know that there will be great support and documentation. We also have the beginnings of a CircuitPython port for this chip (https://circuitpython.org/board/sparkfun_thing_plus_matter_mgm240p/) although at the time of this writing there is not Matter support built in, it would still be very helpful for bringing up a development board and verifying hardware. Want to take Matter into your own hands? DigiKey has you covered here: the XG24-EK2703A Explorer Kit (https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/silicon-labs/XG24-EK2703A/17051436) is a great starting point with USB, mikroBus-compatible GPIO headers, debug port, and Qwiic/QT port. (https://www.digikey.com/en/videos/s/silicon-labs/mg24-development-kit-datasheet-preview) For final integration, you can also pick up raw chips such as the Silicon Labs EFR32MG24A010F1536IM48 (https://www.digikey.com/short/07qww54q) or integrated modules (https://www.digikey.com/short/3n4rp9dt) that have passives and antenna wired up for quick usage. All are in stock for immediate shipment - order today and DigiKey will deliver to you Matter on a silver platter by tomorrow afternoon! Follow it up by watching the DigiKey + Silicon Labs webinar on Matter development and certification (https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/4241172/CE3FB2F9DB2D54D5A47A124701A93047) to get your product out the door ASAP.

Cette semaine, je vous raconte l'anecdote où on a proposé à Einstein de devenir le deuxième président d'Israël. Cette proposition était complètement sérieuse et est arrivée entre les mains du scientifique via un télégramme officiel !Je vous raconte cette anecdote folle, que le scientifique a évidemment refusée...À la semaine prochaine pour la deuxième émission !Venez me suivre sur Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/les_histoires_secretes/Crédits : Titre : Synthwave Vibe, Auteur: Meydän, Source: https://meydan.bandcamp.com, Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.fr, Téléchargement (5MB): https://auboutdufil.com/?id=504 & Musique proposée par La Musique Libre, Cjbeards - Brave The Storm : https://youtu.be/R3RDf0B91BQ, Cjbeards :https://soundcloud.com/cjbeards Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Ya disponible el podcast.Para descargarlo pincha aquí.Programa: 16x14Fecha de emisión: 26/05/23Duración: 2h57'59''Peso: 244,5MBVolvemos una vez más a adentrarnos en una de nuestras sagas favoritas con el análisis de Resident Evil 4 Remake, uno de los juegos más esperados de este 2023. En la segunda parte del programa hemos vuelto con el Debate para hablar de Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater; el remake del clásico de Hideo Kojima que acaba de ser anunciado en el último PlayStation Showcase.Como siempre, esperamos que hayáis disfrutado del programa. Volveremos próximamente con muchos más videojuegos.¡No os lo perdáis!

Adrien Ménielle dévoile les coulisses de la création de contenu viral !Dans l'épisode pilote captivant de "Pardon GPT", les animateurs Pierre Lapin et Rémi Boyes reçoivent le célèbre créateur de contenu et humoriste, Adrien Ménielle.Connaissez-vous le secret derrière les vidéos virales qui font le tour d'Internet ?Adrien Ménielle nous emmène dans les coulisses de la création de contenu viral et partage ses réflexions sur la créativité, l'humour et l'impact des médias sociaux sur notre société.Grâce à la participation de ChatGPT, le modèle de langage avancé, les échanges entre les invités et les animateurs prennent une dimension encore plus profonde.ChatGPT intervient avec des informations contextuelles, des références pertinentes et des perspectives uniques pour enrichir les discussions et offrir une expérience d'écoute unique en son genre.Musique de la pub pour les toilettes :Titre: Sakuya2Auteur: PerituneSource: https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridotLicence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.frTéléchargement (5MB): https://auboutdufil.com/?id=579▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Vous pouvez retrouver l'équipe sur les réseaux sociauxRémi BoyesPierre LapinZu▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Trois coups de pouce pour aider le podcast ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬1. Abonnez vous

Et si Hitler n'avait pas été le seul auteur de Mein Kampf ? Aujourd'hui je vous parle de Rudolf Hess, un partisan du führer de la première heure. Partisan ? Le mot est faible. Hess idolâtrait carrément Hitler, au point d'être ravi quand il fut emprisonné avec lui après leur putsch raté de 1923.En prison, les deux acolytes rédigent un livre qui restera célèbre: Mein Kampf. Hitler est donc, à tort, présenté comme le seul auteur de ce livre; et Hess, un grand oublié.N'hésitez pas à vous abonner :) À la semaine prochaineCrédits : Titre : Synthwave Vibe, Auteur: Meydän, Source: https://meydan.bandcamp.com, Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.fr, Téléchargement (5MB): https://auboutdufil.com/?id=504 & Musique proposée par La Musique Libre, Cjbeards - Brave The Storm : https://youtu.be/R3RDf0B91BQ, Cjbeards :https://soundcloud.com/cjbeards Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Welcome to the Chicago Beer Pass: Your ticket to all the great beer events happening in and around Chicago.On this episode of Chicago Beer Pass, Brad Chmielewski and Nik White are on location in Lisle at BubbleHouse Brewing. The guys sit down with Jon Miller to go over the history of the brewery and how he got into the world of beer. Jon shares the story about Skeleton Key Brewery's “Spare Keys” incubator program and how that has helped many breweries get started. The guys also learn about some of the upcoming beers you’ll be able to see soon as well as a potential pizza phone that will be at the brewery. This is a space you need to checkout and see what they have to offer.Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (68.5MB) or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes!

La FDJ, vous connaissez ? Évidemment ! Jeux à gratter (Astro, Illico...), EuroMillions, Bingo... Eh bien sachez que l'origine de la FDJ nous vient tout droit de la Première Guerre mondiale et de nos "Gueules Cassées", les soldats aux visages défigurés pendant ce terrible conflit que fut la Grande Guerre.Je vous raconte tout ! Si vous avez des suggestions d'épisodes, venez me suivre et me les donner sur Instagram !À la semaine prochaine :)Crédits : Titre : Synthwave Vibe, Auteur: Meydän, Source: https://meydan.bandcamp.com, Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.fr, Téléchargement (5MB): https://auboutdufil.com/?id=504 & Musique proposée par La Musique Libre, Cjbeards - Brave The Storm : https://youtu.be/R3RDf0B91BQ, Cjbeards :https://soundcloud.com/cjbeards Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

1945, les anciens cadres nazis fuient l'Europe pour éviter d'être jugés comme criminels de guerre. Pour cela, ils peuvent compter sur l'aide (parfois involontaire) du Vatican, de La Croix-Rouge et de la C.I.A (spoiler : eux, c'était bien volontaire).Cette histoire est compliquée et il est difficile de vraiment cerner l'implication du Vatican et de La Croix-Rouge. J'espère que l'épisode vous plaira !Bonne écoute :)Crédits : Titre : Synthwave Vibe, Auteur: Meydän, Source: https://meydan.bandcamp.com, Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.fr, Téléchargement (5MB): https://auboutdufil.com/?id=504 & Musique proposée par La Musique Libre, Cjbeards - Brave The Storm : https://youtu.be/R3RDf0B91BQ, Cjbeards :https://soundcloud.com/cjbeards Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Aujourd'hui, je vous propose une petite anecdote rapide : l'origine d'un mot que vous utilisez tous les jours, et plus d'une fois !Vous avez deviné de quel mot il s'agit ? En tout cas, son origine remonte à la guerre de Sécession aux États-Unis...N'oubliez pas de vous abonner et de noter le podcast si l'épisode vous a plu !À la semaine prochaine :)Crédits : Titre : Synthwave Vibe, Auteur: Meydän, Source: https://meydan.bandcamp.com, Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.fr, Téléchargement (5MB): https://auboutdufil.com/?id=504 & Musique proposée par La Musique Libre, Cjbeards - Brave The Storm : https://youtu.be/R3RDf0B91BQ, Cjbeards :https://soundcloud.com/cjbeards Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Le S.O.E était un service spécial créé pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale et uniquement actif pendant cette période. Le concept était simple : recruter des civils (aussi bien femmes que hommes), les former et les parachuter en zone de guerre pour mener des actions de sabotages.Je vous raconte cette histoire digne d'un film !Crédits : Titre : Synthwave Vibe, Auteur: Meydän, Source: https://meydan.bandcamp.com, Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.fr, Téléchargement (5MB): https://auboutdufil.com/?id=504 & Musique proposée par La Musique Libre, Cjbeards - Brave The Storm : https://youtu.be/R3RDf0B91BQ, Cjbeards :https://soundcloud.com/cjbeards Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Story 77 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie. Doing non-doing deconditions the mind so that a happy life, defined by the Stoics as true, virtuous, and natural, arises like a phoenix from the ashes of the conditioned mind. Since the real shift is within you, your new life may retain all the appearances of your old life. After all, the difference, they say, between heaven and hell is a mere sixteenth of an inch, surely an imperceptible amount of change in the grand scheme of things.... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2023 4 minutes 22 seconds Listen to Streaming Audio Your browser does not support the audio element. Download Audio (2.5MB) Audio copyright, 2023 Pariyatti 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' as a book and eBook can be found at https://store.pariyatti.org/a-lifetime-doing-nothing. More by Ian McCrorie. View more books and audio resources available in the Pariyatti bookstore.

Aujourd'hui je reviens sur les liens entre le Coca-Cola et la cocaïne. La boisson est à l'origine française, et s'est ensuite exportée au États-Unis.Depuis, la recette a changé plusieurs fois pour se libérer de sa fameuse drogue. Mais pourquoi ? Vous allez voir, la raison est assez inattendue.N'oubliez pas de vous abonner et de partager le podcast !Crédits : Titre : Synthwave Vibe, Auteur: Meydän, Source: https://meydan.bandcamp.com, Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.fr, Téléchargement (5MB): https://auboutdufil.com/?id=504 & Musique proposée par La Musique Libre, Cjbeards - Brave The Storm : https://youtu.be/R3RDf0B91BQ, Cjbeards :https://soundcloud.com/cjbeards Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Cracker la machine à encoder les messages allemands fut un tournant de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Des milliers de vies sauvées, la durée de la guerre réduite... On peut remercier le professeur Alan Turing et ses compères qui ont travaillé à créer la "Machine de Turing", permettant de décrypter de manière automatisée les messages allemands.Aujourd'hui, je reviens sur l'histoire un peu triste de la machine de Turing et sur la vie de son créateur.Crédits : Titre : Synthwave Vibe, Auteur: Meydän, Source: https://meydan.bandcamp.com, Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.fr, Téléchargement (5MB): https://auboutdufil.com/?id=504 & Musique proposée par La Musique Libre, Cjbeards - Brave The Storm : https://youtu.be/R3RDf0B91BQ, Cjbeards :https://soundcloud.com/cjbeards Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Je vous l'annonce : au regard de l'histoire de ce pays au XXème siècle, ça va vous surprendre. Je ne peux pas trop en dire ici sous peine de spoiler l'épisode, mais cette dictature fut, au départ, le premier pays à dépénaliser l'avortement au tout début du XXème siècle.J'espère que cette anecdote vous plaira !Crédits : Titre :  Synthwave Vibe, Auteur: Meydän, Source: https://meydan.bandcamp.com, Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.fr, Téléchargement (5MB): https://auboutdufil.com/?id=504 & Musique proposée par La Musique Libre, Cjbeards - Brave The Storm : https://youtu.be/R3RDf0B91BQ, Cjbeards :https://soundcloud.com/cjbeards Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Story 72 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie. I think there is a place in our lives for tradition and even ritual. They keep our lives simple and understandable. In our family we have pancakes every Sunday and tea every evening. We go for walks together. We spend a month every summer at our cottage. We watch a movie every Friday night.... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2023 4 minutes 14 seconds Listen to Streaming Audio Your browser does not support the audio element. Download Audio (2.5MB) Audio copyright, 2023 Pariyatti 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' as a book and eBook can be found at https://store.pariyatti.org/a-lifetime-doing-nothing. More by Ian McCrorie. View more books and audio resources available in the Pariyatti bookstore.

C'est bien connu : pour gagner la guerre, les Alliés ont fait preuve d'ingéniosité parfois débordantes. Pour s'assurer la réussite du Débarquement de Normandie, les Alliés ont mis en place des leurres pour induire les allemands en erreur.Un des leurres était de créer une fausse armée en plastique (chars, tanks, avions gonflables) pour tromper les allemands sur le lieu du Débarquement. Je vous raconte cette opération secrète.Crédits : Titre : Synthwave Vibe, Auteur: Meydän, Source: https://meydan.bandcamp.com, Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.fr, Téléchargement (5MB): https://auboutdufil.com/?id=504 & Musique proposée par La Musique Libre, Cjbeards - Brave The Storm : https://youtu.be/R3RDf0B91BQ, Cjbeards :https://soundcloud.com/cjbeards Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Ahhhh le doigt d'honneur. Geste ultra populaire, qu'on a toutes et tous utilisé bon nombre de fois dans notre vie... sans en connaitre l'origine. Aujourd'hui, on pointe du doigt (lol) les origines historiques du doigt d'honneur, entré depuis longtemps dans la culture populaire. J'espère que cette anecdote vous plaira ! J'avais envie de commencer l'année là-dessus ;) Crédits : Titre : Synthwave Vibe, Auteur: Meydän, Source: https://meydan.bandcamp.com, Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.fr, Téléchargement (5MB): https://auboutdufil.com/?id=504 & Musique proposée par La Musique Libre, Cjbeards - Brave The Storm : https://youtu.be/R3RDf0B91BQ, Cjbeards :https://soundcloud.com/cjbeards

William Stead, propriétaire d'un journal, s'amuse à écrire dans sa revue des histoires fictives, fruits de son imagination. Mais 2 fois, il raconta des histoires qui s'avèreront être le récit quasi exact du naufrage du Titanic, avec des détails déconcertants. Simple hasard ? Mysticisme ? Je vous laisse en juger. Bon épisode ! Crédits : Titre : Synthwave Vibe, Auteur: Meydän, Source: https://meydan.bandcamp.com, Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.fr, Téléchargement (5MB): https://auboutdufil.com/?id=504 & Musique proposée par La Musique Libre, Cjbeards - Brave The Storm : https://youtu.be/R3RDf0B91BQ, Cjbeards :https://soundcloud.com/cjbeards

Story 65 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie. From my small hut atop a hill in Maharashtra, I could watch the farmers on the plains below. Late afternoon was my favorite time of day. The cow dust hour, it was called, and for good reason. The cows kicked up reddish dust as they were herded home from the pastures. The farmers sang... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2022 2 minutes 13 seconds Listen to Streaming Audio Your browser does not support the audio element. Download Audio (1.5MB) Audio copyright, 2022 Pariyatti 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' as a book and eBook can be found at https://store.pariyatti.org/a-lifetime-doing-nothing. More by Ian McCrorie. View more books and audio resources available in the Pariyatti bookstore.

Noah Klieger, un survivant. À son arrivée à Auschwtiz, il se fait passer pour un boxeur alors qu'il n'y connait rien, avec l'intuition que ça lui portera chance. Et il a raison. Un peu mieux traités que les autres prisonniers, les athlètes avaient un petit peu plus de chances de survie. Noah survivra, et mènera une longue vie bien remplie. Je vous raconte son histoire. Crédits : Titre : Synthwave Vibe, Auteur: Meydän, Source: https://meydan.bandcamp.com, Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.fr, Téléchargement (5MB): https://auboutdufil.com/?id=504 & Musique proposée par La Musique Libre, Cjbeards - Brave The Storm : https://youtu.be/R3RDf0B91BQ, Cjbeards :https://soundcloud.com/cjbeards

Story 63 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie. I like to bake bread. Actually, the bread bakes itself; I simply facilitate the process. I add the flour to the yeast and water. I then knead the mixture, but even in this most tactile of experiences I am more an engaged observer than a creator. Kneading continues until the mixture reveals to my hands and fingers that the mixture is well kneaded. I do not know how long this takes,... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2022 2 minutes 14 seconds Listen to Streaming Audio Your browser does not support the audio element. Download Audio (1.5MB) Audio copyright, 2022 Pariyatti 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' as a book and eBook can be found at https://store.pariyatti.org/a-lifetime-doing-nothing. More by Ian McCrorie. View more books and audio resources available in the Pariyatti bookstore.

Ah, la famille Kennedy. On connait l'histoire tragique de JFK, le président assassiné; celle de son frère Bobby lui aussi assassiné en pleine campagne électorale... Mais en réalité, tellement de membres de la famille Kennedy sont décédés d'une manière tragique que c'est à se demander si une malédiction n'est pas à l'oeuvre les concernant... Je vous raconte tout et je vous laisse vous faire votre propre idée ? N'oubliez pas de vous abonner ! Crédits : Titre : Synthwave Vibe, Auteur: Meydän, Source: https://meydan.bandcamp.com, Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.fr, Téléchargement (5MB): https://auboutdufil.com/?id=504 & Musique proposée par La Musique Libre, Cjbeards - Brave The Storm : https://youtu.be/R3RDf0B91BQ, Cjbeards :https://soundcloud.com/cjbeards

En 1940, De Gaulle est condamné à mort par un tribunal français, puis déchu de sa nationalité française. Retour sur cet épisode de l'Histoire où s'oppose deux France : la France occupée et la France libre. Crédits : Titre : Synthwave Vibe, Auteur: Meydän, Source: https://meydan.bandcamp.com, Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.fr, Téléchargement (5MB): https://auboutdufil.com/?id=504 & Musique proposée par La Musique Libre, Cjbeards - Brave The Storm : https://youtu.be/R3RDf0B91BQ, Cjbeards :https://soundcloud.com/cjbeards

Story 52 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie. Life naturally simplifies. The many miracles of small things sidetrack the singular quest for ever greater success and accomplishments. Life loses its Photoshop luster when you simply live it. The little voices in your head or your gut may tell you to go right or left, here or there as they are conditioned. These are not usually the voices of wisdom but of... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2022 2 minutes 10 seconds Listen to Streaming Audio Your browser does not support the audio element. Download Audio (1.5MB) Audio copyright, 2022 Pariyatti 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' as a book and eBook can be found at https://store.pariyatti.org/a-lifetime-doing-nothing. More by Ian McCrorie. View more books and audio resources available in the Pariyatti bookstore.

Ya disponible el podcast.Para descargarlo pincha aquí.Programa: 16x03Fecha de emisión: 02/11/22Duración: 2h16'32''Peso: 187,5MBEn esta ocasión, hemos analizado la última consola mini de Sega, la Sega Megadrive Mini 2; una máquina pensada para los más nostálgicos de la clásica de 16 bits. También hemos repasado la actualidad de la semana, con las últimas noticias del mundo del videojuego.Os recordamos que podéis ver el vídeo del análisis en nuestro canal de YouTube, ElComplejoLambdaTV.Esperamos que hayáis disfrutado del programa y os recordamos que nos veremos dentro de dos semanas con muchos más videojuegos y nuestro toque característico.¡No os lo perdáis!

Une flotte de porte-avions en glace, une armée de chauves-souris... Aujourd'hui, je vous raconte deux projets fous des Alliés pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Si ces projets ont été créé à l'étape de prototype, ils n'ont malheureusement jamais vu le jour à grande échelle. N'oubliez pas de vous abonner et de partager l'histoire si elle vous a plu ! Merci de faire partie des auditeurs de ce podcast. Crédits : Titre : Synthwave Vibe, Auteur: Meydän, Source: https://meydan.bandcamp.com, Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.fr, Téléchargement (5MB): https://auboutdufil.com/?id=504 & Musique proposée par La Musique Libre, Cjbeards - Brave The Storm : https://youtu.be/R3RDf0B91BQ, Cjbeards : https://soundcloud.com/cjbeards

On connait tous Jackie Kennedy comme la femme du président américain assassiné JFK, comme une très belle femme qui a su conquérir tous les dirigeants européens en éclipsant même parfois son président de mari... Mais on la connait moins sous un aspect engagée, pourtant très présent dans sa vie de Première Dame. N'oubliez pas qu'il s'agit d'une tout autre époque, celle où les droits civiques pour tous n'étaient pas acquis et où la parole des femmes avait moins d'importance que celle des hommes. C'est parti pour les combats de Jackie Kennedy ! Crédits : Titre : Synthwave Vibe, Auteur: Meydän, Source: https://meydan.bandcamp.com, Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.fr, Téléchargement (5MB): https://auboutdufil.com/?id=504 & Musique proposée par La Musique Libre, Cjbeards - Brave The Storm : https://youtu.be/R3RDf0B91BQ, Cjbeards : https://soundcloud.com/cjbeards/

Welcome to the Chicago Beer Pass: Your ticket to all the great beer events happening in and around Chicago.On this episode of Chicago Beer Pass, Brad Chmielewski and Nik White are reviewing their Oak Park Microbrew Review experience. As they share the details of this great event, they crack open cans of Beer #116 from Obscurity Brewing. Both the guys don't know much about this brewery beyond them being in Elburn but it’s nice to get to see what they have to offer.At Oak Park Microbrew Review there were some great beers and even more rumors heard about what’s happening in the Chicago beer scene including who is taking over Finch’s space in the Brewing District.Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (52.5MB) or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes!

Story 37 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie. The Buddha was more scientist than spiritual seeker. He wanted to understand human suffering using himself, his body, and his mind as his laboratory. After many years of ascetic practices, while sitting under a pipal tree in Bihar in northern India, he took a vow not to move until his experiment gave up an answer. As dawn broke so did the yoke that tied him to this earthly realm. Enlightenment. He was now awakened. He was now the Buddha. The one who knows. And what does he ask of us? Reverence? Obedience? Blind devotion? Not at all. He asks... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2022 6 minutes 16 seconds Listen to Streaming Audio Your browser does not support the audio element. Download Audio (3.5MB) Audio copyright, 2022 Pariyatti 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' as a book and eBook can be found at https://store.pariyatti.org/a-lifetime-doing-nothing. More by Ian McCrorie. View more books and audio resources available in the Pariyatti bookstore.

Welcome to the Chicago Beer Pass: Your ticket to all the great beer events happening in and around Chicago.On this episode of Chicago Beer Pass, Brad Chmielewski and Nik White are back after a short break with Covid-19. The guys are feeling good and drinking Hazy Beer Hugs from Goose Island. Brad originally picked up this six-pack when the guys interviewed Goose Island Brewhouse pub brewer Mike Jacobs. After 3 months, it’s still tasting great and really hitting the spot as the guys get back behind the microphone. Since it’s been a couple weeks, the guys have a number of spots they checked out around the state including, Dryhop, Double Clutch, Alarmist Brewing and many more. Grab yourself a summer beer and hit play!Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (52.5MB) or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes!

Story 27 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . My father fought in WW2. This entailed sleeping in drafty and cold English castles on camp cots, followed by living in bivouacs as the regiment made its way from Normandy up the coast to Arnhem in Holland. He suffered from chronic back pain the rest of his life. He had his throat slit by an enemy agent in London,... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2022 4 minutes 18 seconds Listen to Streaming Audio Your browser does not support the audio element. Download Audio (2.5MB) Audio copyright, 2022 Pariyatti 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' as a book and eBook can be found at https://store.pariyatti.org/a-lifetime-doing-nothing. More by Ian McCrorie. View more books and audio resources available in the Pariyatti bookstore.

Ya disponible el podcast.Para descargarlo pincha aquí.Programa: 15x20Fecha de emisión: 10/06/22Duración: 2h36'08''Peso: 214,5MBUna semana más, volvemos con investigación, terror y suspense; de la mano de Observer System Redux. Durante el programa, también hemos comentado todo lo visto en los primeros días del Summer Game Fest 2022; la semanal de noticias videojueguiles que viene a sustituir al E3 este año.Como siempre, esperamos que hayáis disfrutado del programa. Volveremos con muchos más videojuegos y nuestro toque de siempre.¡No os lo perdáis!

Story 22 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie. To repeat, all man's problems stem from an inability to sit alone in a room in silence. However, Pascal omitted to say that sitting alone in silence in such a room is not easy. It can be so difficult, in fact, that it unbalances the mind. narrated by Ian McCrorie 2022 6 minutes 19 seconds Listen to Streaming Audio Your browser does not support the audio element. Download Audio (3.5MB) Audio copyright, 2022 Pariyatti 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' as a book and eBook can be found at https://store.pariyatti.org/a-lifetime-doing-nothing. More by Ian McCrorie. View more books and audio resources available in the Pariyatti bookstore.

Ya disponible el podcast.Para descargarlo pincha aquí.Programa: 15x16Fecha de emisión: 06/05/22Duración: 3h14'47''Peso: 267,5MBVuelve el Jefe Maestro con el Especial saga Halo, un programa dedicado a la serie de FPS que ayudó a la evolución del género en consolas. En este programa, repasamos los juegos más importantes de la saga y terminamos con el análisis de Halo Infinite, la última entrega.Esperamos que hayáis disfrutado del programa. La semana que viene volveremos con mucho más y nuestro toque de siempre.¡No os lo perdáis!

Story 14 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie. Many of us are busy with the business of being busy, and Knausgaard was no exception. His writing explores the busyness of his mind, especially with how he deals with his family. He explores the conditioned mind with objective honesty. Being busy can often be an affirmation of our status... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2022 3 minutes 38 seconds Listen to Streaming Audio Your browser does not support the audio element. Download Audio (2.5MB) Audio copyright, 2021 Pariyatti 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' as a book and eBook can be found at https://store.pariyatti.org/a-lifetime-doing-nothing. More by Ian McCrorie. View more books and audio resources available in the Pariyatti bookstore.

Story 11 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie. If dukkha, “suffering” or “unsatisfactoriness,” is the first noble truth, wherein lies its cause? The Buddha discovered that the root of suffering lies in the human tendency to involve ourselves in... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2022 2 minutes 51 seconds Listen to Streaming Audio Your browser does not support the audio element. Download Audio (1.5MB) Audio copyright, 2021 Pariyatti 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' as a book and eBook can be found at https://store.pariyatti.org/a-lifetime-doing-nothing. More by Ian McCrorie. View more books and audio resources available in the Pariyatti bookstore.

This week we take a look at a new Drywall Screw that supposedly will isolate your theater from adjacent rooms. We also take a look at the differences between Dolby and DTS. Does it still matter in the era of their high definition codecs? We also read your emails and discuss the week's news. New Spring-Loaded Screw Turns Drywall Into Sound-Absorbing Panels The smooth featureless walls around your home are easy to paint and great for hanging artwork, but they're also very effective at transmitting soundwaves from room to room—a less desired feature. Adding soundproofing is one solution, but a cheaper and easier way is to install drywall using these clever spring-loaded, sound-damping screws instead. Full article here... Dolby Digital Vs DTS: What's The Difference? As home cinema has improved, new surround sound formats have sprung up, bringing more detail and realism to movie nights. But let's go back to basics and look at the two most popular surround sound formats: DTS and Dolby Digital. Full article here... Both DTS and Dolby Digital are audio compression technologies. In their most basic form, both DTS and Dolby Digital support 5.1-channel audio. And more advanced versions of the formats support 7.1-channels, HD surround sound and overhead speakers, in the form of DTS:X and Dolby Atmos. DTS is encoded at a higher bit-rate and therefore is considered by some experts to be better quality. Others argue that Dolby Digital's technology is more advanced and produces better sound quality at a lower bit-rate. The first film to use Dolby Digital was Batman Returns in 1992. Since then, Dolby has released a slew of increasingly advanced codecs, including Dolby Digital Plus, which supports HD surround sound and up to 7.1 speaker channels. Want the best? Dolby TrueHD is a lossless format that promises to be identical to the movie studio's master recording. Then there's the object-based audio system Dolby Atmos. DTS (originally Digital Theater Systems) was founded in 1993 to compete with Dolby Labs. The first film to use DTS was Jurassic Park also in 1993. The major differences are the compression levels and bit-rates. Dolby Digital compresses 5.1 digital audio down to a bit-rate of 640 kbits/s (kilobits per second) for Blu-ray discs (448 kbits/s for DVD).  DTS is less compressed and supports higher bit-rates of up to 1.5Mb/s (megabits per second) (768 kbits/s for DVD). In HD formats, Dolby Digital Plus supports up to 1.7Mbps, while DTS-HD High Resolution supports up to 6Mb/s. In True HD vs DTS:HD Master Audio theoretically there shouldn't be any difference since both are lossless.  Which is better: DTS or Dolby Digital?Many people have done A/B testing of DD and DTS and in most cases DTS comes out on top. We too agree that there is a richer and more detailed sound. Even if you accept that Dolby has a better compression algorithm, in 1993, the computing power of machines were not strong enough to bridge the 1Mbps data rate gap. And probably more importantly, like everything in our hobby you need equipment that is precise enough to be able to hear the difference between these formats. If you have a $500 system, speakers included, you are not going to hear the difference.  Fast forward to the Blu-ray era. Discs now have the capacity for more data storage and higher data rates. Compression is better and computing power more grew by 100X from 1992. Lossless is on the scene and there is no longer a difference. But both Dolby and DTS have lossy formats that claim to sound as good as their lossless formats. But DD+ does so at 4Mbps less than the other.  We have done tests with DD+ and DTS MA High Resolution and can't tell the difference between the two and their lossless counterparts. But who cares about the lossy formats because Bluray discs have enough space that there is no reason compress the audio anyway. True, but streaming does have bandwidth limitations and that's where DD+ wins. Indeed there are some streaming services using DD+ in their streams. What about Object Based Audio? Both Dolby and DTS have object based audio. Dolby calls theirs ATMOS and DTS uses the X moniker. ATMOS is what the streaming services are using. Why is Dolby Seemingly the Format of Choice? We think it comes down to two things, data rate and tools. Currently, data rates limit the quality of streaming. The more bits you can set aside for picture quality the better it's going to look. If you can get studio quality audio at 1.5 Mbps vs 6 Mbps the choice is pretty obvious. Then there are the tools. Dolby has developed great tools and have trained the mixers to use them. They have plugins for all their formats built right into ProTools and other commonly used authoring software. DTS also has similar tools but were later to the game and have fewer mixers familiar with them. These two factors are huge for the adoption of Dolby. Which one is Best? It's like Bourbon. There are really good and extremely good Bourbons out there. You can find really good bourbons everywhere. You buy and enjoy them and know there is better but if you can't find any, who cares? DD, DD+, and Dolby ATMOS are everywhere DTS is harder to find. Enjoy Dolby like a good Bourbon. But if you have a UHD player and you want to up your experience, pour yourself a Pappy pop in a disc and enjoy your DTS!  

1000 Episodes in Review It's our 1000th episode so we thought it would be fun to go down memory lane. It has been so much fun getting to know all of you. Some we know well and have developed personal relationships with. Others came and went as things in their lives changed. To Industry members, thank you for your support! To our listeners, thank you for subscribing, downloading and listening to our show. It's because of you that we are here today and will be here tomorrow!   There was a big gap in our records between 2005 and 2007. We switched to Google Docs in 2007 and have been able to keep everything we wrote archived there. But from memory some highlights were: We became the official podcast of AVS Forum and were introduced to members at their CES Party We had an affiliation with HDTV Magazine Met Mark Cuban (owner of HDNet at the time) and Interviewed the President of Syntax-Brillian at the HDTV Conference in Beverly Hills Dolby Flew us to San Francisco to demo some of their projects they were working on. While there we recorded two shows of their now defunct Dolby podcast Oppo and Monoprice were big supporters of the show early on as was Olevia TVs Sonos - The first real product we reviewed on the show back in 2005 A few of our day job colleagues mocked us for doing a podcast. LOL jokes on them   HT Guys TV Tech Timeline Braden (Sony CRT...) ->  Panasonic Plasma 480p EDTV ->  JVC LCoS 1080p Rear Projection ->  Epson 1080p Projector(s) ->  (Lots of 4k TCLs) ->  Sony 4k LED Ara  RCA CRT -> Samsung DLP-> Panasonic Plasma-> JVC Projector-> Vizio 4K TV Optoma UST Reviews of all the Rear Projection TVs from 2007 - JVC HD-61FN97 61" HD-ILA Our bottom line at the time - The JVC HD-61FN97 is an excellent value.  It looks great, does a wonderful job with HD content, a great job with DVDs and a pretty good job with standard definition TV.  Blacks are good, contrast is solid, colors are excellent and detail is vivid.  We try to look for great values to help you (and us for that matter) get a little more out of each hard earned dollar. You'd be hard pressed to find a better looking 61" TV at its price. At an online street price of $2125 this is an awesome TV for the money.  It really helps bring the big screen home. Our first mention of home automation was in March of 2007. We wrapped up our discussion with - One day home automation will be standard.  We'll wonder what people ever did without them.  But for now your options are somewhat limited.  You can spend a lot of money to get it custom built and done just right, with a system like Crestron, AMX or Control4, or you can try to put it together yourself if you don't mind the occasional hiccup that comes with a home made system. This can be one of the most fun home projects you've ever worked on.  And it lasts forever - it's the gift that just keeps on giving. Our earliest “Kaleidescape Killer” comment was also in 2007 when we showcased a $2500 Linux based machine with full DVR and DVD server capabilities. The company was called Interact-TV and they are no longer in business. Our Top Ten shows in HD from 2007: Ara: American Idol (Fox) Dancing with the Stars (ABC) Football/Basketball/Sports Center/Etc on ESPN Planet Earth/Sunrise Earth (Discovery HD Theater) Lost (ABC) CSI Miami (CBS) CSI (CBS) Bikini Destinations (HD Net) Heroes (NBC) NHL Hockey on HD Net Braden: The Unit (CBS) Las Vegas (NBC) Numb3rs (CBS) Monday Night Football (ESPN) Lakers Basketball on KCAL 24 (Fox) I Shouldn't Be Alive (Discovery HD) Destination HD (Discovery HD) Planet Earth (Discovery HD) CSI Miami (CBS) SlingMedia VS Major League Baseball Issue: Slingboxes infringe on the local cable company's right to broadcast the content. Interactive TV Still not a thing  DVDpedia In an attempt to build a video server or “Kaleidescape Killer” out of a Mac Mini Ara used DVDpedia to catalog and display album art and id3 data about his library. It worked OK but was quickly abandoned for Boxee and then eventually Plex. Plex is indeed the Kaleidescape Killer! Vudu Movie Download Set Top Box ($399) - October 2007 What we liked: High quality movies on demand Large selection with more coming every week Easy to use remote and easy menu navigation Up and running in five minutes   What we disliked: No lease option to defray $400 entry price Not a large selection of Dolby 5.1 Downloads interfered with VOIP telephone service Bottom Line: This is the best home video on demand system the HT Guys have seen. The video quality is first rate! The user interface is clean and simple. You will have the system up and running in no time. All of this is with the initial release of the system software. With more movie releases coming, HD, external storage, and new software updates this product will only get better. At $400 for the Vudu box its not for everyone, but you will get a very good video on demand system for the investment. HDDVD - Bluray - a comparison Conclusion Blu-ray clearly has an advantage in specs, higher storage capacity and higher maximum bitrate.  HD-DVD seems to hold the edge in "market readiness" if that's a real term.  All the features you want were required in the spec from the beginning, so you know your player supports it.  Man it would be nice if the studios would create discs in both formats so we didn't have to buy two players... Netflix Watch Instantly Technology Minimum Requirements Computer running Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or higher, or Windows Vista Internet Explorer version 6 or higher Windows Media Player version 11 (DRM version 5145) or later An active broadband connection to the Internet 1.0 GHz processor 512 MB RAM 3 GB free hard disk drive space Recommended in addition to minimum requirements An active broadband Internet connection of at least 1.5 Mbps 1.5 GHz processor 1 GB RAM The Death of Rear Projection TVs - Jan 2008 Harmony One Universal Remote - As with any Harmony remote, the One is a great choice for your home theater.  It's new, sexy and easy to use.  The touchscreen is cool and the larger buttons make it a bit easier to use.  But overall it doesn't represent a huge departure from the 880.  Of course we're gadget freaks, so we'll both be using them, but if you want to save some money, the 880 remains a great option.  Bang for the buck, the 880 is still probably the way to go.  For the coolness factor, the One is where it's at. Mobile Digital TV Standard - Although ATSC 3.0 has a provision for this most people are just using IPTV over the Cell Networks Orb Speaker Review - we did a review of these cool spherical speakers that sounded pretty good at the time. The cost for a 5.1 system was $1597 in June of 2008. The company is still around and today you can get an improved 5.1 system for $740. Is TidalTV the Next Big Thing? - a new service that mimics the Cable or Satellite experience over the Internet. So the answer is No and Yes! This was in 2008 Popcorn Hour A-100 Review Not a week goes by that we don't hear something about the Popcorn Hour A-100 network media player.  We tried relentlessly to get a demo unit for review, but to no avail.  Finally, slightly weary but committed whole-heartedly to the show, Ara decided to pony up the cash and purchase one.  It arrived last week and we got a chance to play with it.  All in all, not a bad little unit. If you want an inexpensive network media player that can play anything, the Popcorn Hour is the best we've seen so far.  It requires some IT expertise to get it up and running and to use it on a day-to-day basis, but it works like a champ.  Even streaming 1080p HD content over the network looked good, granted it was all that was happening on the network at the time, but it still looked good.  If you want something with a little more visual appeal, stick with AppleTV, the PS3 or the Xbox 360 (or Vudu when it adds local network playback).  But all of those options are a bit more expensive and not quite as flexible. Vudu HDX Movies Black Friday Roundup 2008 Panasonic Viera 50" 720p Plasma HDTV 899.99 min 10 per store Sony 40" 1080p LCD HDTV & Sony Blu-Ray Player Bundle (Model # KDL40V4100 and BDPS350) - $1,199.98 Sony Blu-ray Player (BDP-S350) -- $179 (with a firmware upgrade and a 1 GB USB stick this will be come BD Live Compliant) Mitsubishi 65" Home Theater 1080p DLP HDTV (Model # WD65735) - $1,199.99 IPTV - Can it replace Cable and Satellite?  Note- This was us just talking about the subject LONG (2009) before it was even dreamed of in it's current state -  If you had to, you could cut the cord between you and your cable company and not miss a beat. But in reality if you won't have the same video quality. The other thing to consider is that the Cable or Satellite box has an simple well understood interface. Connecting a computer to the TV requires using a keyboard and a mouse and there are no channel numbers. You'll have to bookmark your sites. Companies like Apple, Netflix and Boxee are all trying to provide a ten foot interface that is Grandma proof but we still have a ways to go. Finally, cable companies are not going to be happy with subscribers that watch a lot of Internet streamed content. So even if the quality improved you may not be able to stream a months worth of TV into your home. If you are a light TV watcher that is computer savvy then you may be able to cut the cable cord completely. But in actually, for most of us, IPTV is a good way to augment what we already have. If you are on the road you can watch something on your terms. If you forget to record something then its a great backup. Its also a great way to watch old TV shows that are no longer aired. What if AppleTV Replaced my DVR?  The concept at this point in time was to buy subscriptions to your favorite TV show. But as we see today, that's not even required. Plus we now have boxes from Apple, Google, Amazon and Roku. It's safe to say that the AppleTV type STBs have replaced the DVR Zune HD The Zune HD is a powerful portable media device. It has a beautiful OLED screen, small form factor, smooth touch screen menus, and wonderful 720p output to a TV. However, for Microsoft to steal some iPod users, more apps and video content need to be available in the Zune Marketplace. The Zune HD has solid hardware that is almost as sexy as the iPod. What would make this device perfect for a home theater would be Hulu and Netfilx support. Microsoft has also stated that they will release games for the Zune HD, since Xbox Live and the Zune Marketplace already seem to be linked, the possibility of it being a good portable gaming device are great. The Zune HD is a solid device. With future updates it may take a run at the iPod's dominance in the market. RedEye Universal Remote Control (MSRP $190) 2010 - This remote eliminated the need to be in the same room with your gear and will work with your iPod Touch or iPhone. LED TV Technology was just coming on the scene in 2010 Quartics(2010) Quartics Inc. is a semiconductor company based in Irvine, CA, with offices in India, China and Taiwan. Quartics was formed in 2003 to focus on semiconductor architecture for video-based media, aiming to overcome a raft of modern digital challenges. To date, the company has been granted 10 patents, with 40 pending, in media processing architecture, video and graphics processing and QoS algorithms.  We don't know if these patents were sold or even used. But the company does not seem to be in business any longer Life|ware Today as part of our ongoing series on home automation we discuss Life|ware.  Life|ware™ is software developed by Exceptional Innovation that allows you to seamlessly merge control of your home along with your world of digital entertainment.  Life|ware lets you control your home through your TV with a Media Center PC, Media Center Extender or Xbox 360™, from your home or office PC or notebook, or from a Life|point touch screen. You can even use your iPhone or iPod Touch and iPad as a Life|ware client with full two-way functionality. One of the biggest draws to Life|ware is that it works with numerous third party devices. Life|Ware provides bridges to lighting, HVAC, Media and more. The system will go from IP to IR, RF, or RS-232. Life|ware is OS agnostic as well. The control software will run on Windows, Mac OS, and LINUX machines.  But if you don't want to mess with loading the software on your own equipment Life|Ware sells a complete line of home automation controllers, servers, and bridges.  We can't find a trace of this company any longer. It may have been sold or merged Are High End Audio/Video Retailers a Dying Breed? “If the AV business cannot more clearly illustrate why specialty audio is in fact special, then expect more stores and regional chains to fold in the coming months even as the economy improves, simply perhaps fueled by the fact that mainstream home theater gear is just too good.“  Crystal LED HDTV Technology So when can I have one and how much will it cost? Sony isn't answering any of these questions. Our hunch is that it will cost about what an OLED TV will cost. And if Sony wants this technology to have a chance it needs to come out at about the same time as OLED. We know that Samsung will be releasing their OLEDs in the second half of the year. Our prediction is that you will be able to buy a Crystal LED TV from Sony by the summer of 2013 and it will run about $6,000.   The best we can tell is that this tech never made it into consumer TVs. Sony still has a page dedicated to it but more in the commercial side of it's business. Revolv Home Automation Hub 1/2013  The beginning of the “Year of Automation” The best we can tell is that Revolv was bought by Nest and lives on in their products Conclusion When we first learned about a device that could unify all the various home automation and control devices out there we were sceptical. But after putting the Revolv Home Automation Hub through its paces, we can say, yes you can control everything regardless who makes it. Well maybe not everything yet. But we are sure the engineers at Revolv are working diligently to make that happen! Is a 7.1 System Worth it? Bottom Line - A properly installed 7.1 system with 7.1 content will take your home theater to the next level. You will definitely be able to hear a difference, especially with good content like the movie Super 8 . However, if you are not watching Blu-rays or your room doesn't support proper placement of the rear surround channels, a better approach would be to upgrade your 5.1 system or just save the money. This was from 2013. Consistent with our ATMOS recommendations too Netflix SuperHD (6/2013) Netflix SuperHD claims to provide superior 1080p video quality for the same price as regular streaming. But not everyone is eligible.  Requirements Netflix Super HD requires an internet connection with at least 5Mb/s download. Not all devices can play Super HD. Super HD is only available via Internet Providers that are part of the Open Connect network. Supported devices include Sony PlayStation 3, Apple TV with 1080p, Roku with 1080p, Nintendo Wii U, Windows 8 App, TiVo Premiere DVR Blu-Ray Players, Smart TV's, Home Theaters, and Streaming Players with existing Netflix 1080p support Bottom Line Netflix is really pushing the streaming frontiers and they have come a long way. We can now sit on our couch on any given evening and find a high quality movie at a moment's  notice. We anxiously await the day when we will be able to stream Blu-ray quality movies whenever we want. From what we have seen that day is not too far away! Is Blu-ray a Dead Format? Also from 6/2013 Ask anyone who knows something about home theater what is the highest quality audio and video available to mere mortals today and they will tell you Blu-ray. Blu-ray video is stunning and the audio is simply amazing. But we don't have to tell you that. So does Blu-ray have a future? The following are some reasons why Blu-ray may not be around for too much longer. . . . Time to Bury Blu-ray? Its probably too early to put the last nail in the Blu-ray coffin right now. There needs to be one or two more paradigm shifts before Blu-ray goes away. The first is the studios realizing that DRM is more hassle than it is worth. Once this hurdle is crossed in-store Kiosks or online downloads will soar. Prices will come down and the world will be saved from all that plastic being created. The second is a jump in online speeds. Once gigabit Internet is ubiquitous there will be a shift to storing content in online lockers and again the world will be saved. The big question is when? Based on what we are seeing we are betting on within 5 years.   ZyXEL 500 Mb/s Fast Ethernet Powerline Wall-Plug Adapter We reviewed almost a dozen powerline Ethernet adapters. They never achieved their advertised speeds, but they did work and depending on what you needed them to do they were an excellent solution. However, with faster mesh network Wifi it's not really a thing any longer. Aereo  In April of 2014 we interviewed a broadcaster who opposed our stance on Aero's business plan. He felt Aero was making money off of the local broadcasters. We felt Aero was providing a service to allow us the viewer to watch our local stations. The Courts agreed with the broadcaster. But today we have Locast. And so far they have been in business for a couple of years. SmartThings Home Automation Hub And so continues the many years of “The Year of Automation”. This was before Samsung bought the company. A full year after we kicked off the “Year of Automation” Pono Player (1/2015) Neil Young's "high resolution" PonoPlayer is on sale for $400. PonoPlayer, a triangular portable music player that promises only the highest of fidelities.  We were Skeptics from the beginning: The point is that you don't need fancy hardware to make music sound good, and that no amount of hardware will make your ears hear better than the limits of biology and physics. Ara's first DIY Speaker project was in Jan 2015 Axiim Q Wireless Home Theater System 2/2016 The first Wisa system we reviewed. We are happy to say it's still around today! Conclusion Many of our listeners have asked us to recommend wireless solutions for their home theater over the years. We have tested and rejected all but a few and the acceptable solutions still required some speaker wire from an external amp. Not exactly wireless! The Axiim Q Wireless Home Theater System is the first one that delivers on the promise of a truly wireless system that is simple to install, looks fantastic and sounds great! We hate having to send it back! It would be so easy to bring 5.1 to your master bedroom that we are seriously thinking about buying one! What is HDR? (4/2016) To Sum it Up Getting the best picture from an HDR TV will require HDR content.  To guarantee your TV will support HDR look for the “Ultra HD Premium” label. If you really want a UHD TV that does not have the “Ultra HD Premium” label buy a TV that has or comes close to 1000 nits brightness.  HDR from cable, satellite, and OTA are still a bit off. We will stop here in 2016 because we'll save some for the next 1000 shows. Along the way we have had dozens of interviews, product reviews, buying guides, and lists that were not mentioned in this episode. Some weeks we struggled to come up with show ideas, some weeks we had too many. But we always managed to have a show ready for your Friday morning commute.