Have Laptop Will Travel

How to Watch Cable TV While Traveling

Originally posted on January 29, 2013 @ 1:01 am

Traveling to other countries is a great and enriching experience but too often, many of us feel the need to connect back home when in a new place especially during nighttime. No matter how exciting we feel about exploring another city or the countryside, there seems to be a longing to do something we’re used to. Watching our favorite cable TV shows is one of them.

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The question now is, “Is it possible to watch your cable TV back home while traveling?” The answer is a definite yes.

There are various ways to allow you to connect to your favorite television shows in the U.S. while in another place. You can choose to use a specific device or simply log on to the internet.
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Commercial Love

Originally posted on August 13, 2010 @ 1:30 pm

Thanks to the makers of the latest commercial for Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, I bring you one of the funniest sounds that I’ve heard in a very long time which comes about 15 seconds into it:

Did you catch it? FOOM! Muhahahaha!!!

Walking On Water

Originally posted on September 24, 2010 @ 9:05 am

This experiment is something that totally needs to be done in a High School science class. Walking on water.

Well not exactly water, but liquid.

From their YouTube.com video description:

They filled a pool with a mix of cornstarch and water made on a concrete mixer truck. It becomes a non-Newtonian fluid. When stress is applied to the liquid it exhibits properties of a solid.

All I need is a mixer truck and millions of pounds of corn starch. Anyone up for a science project with me?

Bubble wrap

Originally posted on August 27, 2010 @ 1:02 pm

Bubble wrap was created by two engineers, Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes, in 1957 and I’m sure this holiday season you received a few peaces of bubble wrap used as padding for Christmas gifts.

We all love bubble wrap. Why? Because it makes fun sounds when you pop it of course, so in keeping with the theme of bubble wrap and fun popping sounds, I bring you this glorious 4 minute video of a guy demonstrating 13 exciting techniques to pop bubble wrap.

A few of my favorites are “Bubble Mummy Masochism”, “POParty Trick” and “Pop your feelings Luke” which is a Star Wars tribute.

After watching the video, be sure to let me know your favorite popping methods in the comments and if you have some that weren’t represented in the video, share those too.

Yay bubble wrap!

Use a video as your desktop wallpaper with VLC

Originally posted on May 28, 2010 @ 12:45 pm

I better file this under “just because I can.” If you’re wondering where the unused (for a good reason) Dream Scene features found in Windows Vista went when Windows 7 came to the scene, well, it’s dead, Jim.

If you’re looking for a way to integrate video in your desktop, you can try this one hack, with a little help from everyone’s favorite open-source media player, VLC. This isn’t going to help you with productivity, but why the hell not? [Read more…]