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...buzz terms you might hear these days are ?time shifting? and ?place shifting.? Time shifting is what a TiVo does, recording something in the 8 pm slot that you watch later on. Place shifting is what a Slingbox does, giving you access to video stored up in one location-be it on DVD or recorded on a TiVo?s hard drive-from another place using an Internet-connected PC or mobile device...
...Last Friday afternoon, I was racing out the door for the weekend, juggling bags of groceries, bags of clothes and two cats, each in its own carrier. At 4:11 pm I realized I had forgotten to setup the Slingbox Pro, so we could watch our home TV while out of town. Determined to set a record for Slingbox setup, I pulled out the quick-start guide and rolled up my sleeves. I connected wires for video, networking and power in a particular order. Then I powered everything on and popped the software disc into a PC laptop. (Alas, Slingbox...
...wondering if place shifting can be anything more than a novelty; I?ve often wondered the same thing. But think about this: If you own or rent a vacation home and want to be connected to television to check news or a game, but not to watch all the time, you can skip the cable or satellite subscription altogether and use a Slingbox. Of course, if you want your place-shifted video to look good, your get-away-from-it-all home will need a broadband connection to the Internet...
...Australia-Japan Year of Exchange proves anything, it's that with a foundation of mutual curiosity, exchange can be as meaningful one-on-one as it is between 90 musicians and 1,700 audience members in an Osaka concert hall. And it's even more thrilling to watch the process in its chrysalis phase. In this respect, the masterclass between five Sydney Symphony woodwind players and 100 budding band members at an Osaka high school was the high point of the tour. The stage was a plastic-covered gymnasium floor, with headmaster Yoshio Shinohara's office standing in as green...
...provided me with details, but my guess is that any of the following may or may not have been involved: a) cheap alcohol, b) ogling of various body parts and/or other random objectification, or c) the phrase “Hey baby, want to come over and watch Party of Five at my place after school—uh, I mean, class?” Hardly appealing...